Every so often, I’ll see a new brand of notebook that interests me, but I don’t feel like spending money on it. I usually snap a photo or write down the brand name, and then look it up online to find out more. Below is a photo I took of a notebook found several months ago in Brooklyn’s Book Court (a great independent bookstore):
Despite having the brand name (HOM, as far as I can tell), the name of the artist whose painting is on the cover (William Witenberg), and a SKU number, I haven’t been able to find out anything about this notebook! Nothing relevant seems to pop up in Google searches.
Does anyone else know more about this notebook?
I can’t believe I actually found an answer for you! It looks like it’s Hom Essence brand. They don’t have details on their page, but you can see it here: http://hom-essence.myshopify.com/collections/journal/products/artist-series-blue
I have also found a little more, borrowing from the prior commander’s link:
http://hom-essence.myshopify.com/search?q=Journal
The above was a search I did from the HOM home page, as navigating via the image buttons produced little to nothing (maybe they are having problems getting their site properly updated? idk). But the link I shared AT LEAST brings up a list of a large array journals offered, and I’m very interested in some of these, so ill simply ‘contact’ for order info, as suggested there….
Does anyone know of a company that does one-off customized journals? I have a simple gift idea; a nice journal with the persons name and place. Ruled pages.
Seems a lot of services can accommodate me, however the minimum quantity is 20-50. I just want one journal.
Any pointers are much appreciated.
Hi John, here is a site where you can order an individual notebook with a customized Embossing Line (a bit pricey for $15 for the embrossing line but really nice Leuchtturm notebooks). http://www.jennibick.com/collections/leuchtturm-1917-notebooks#
Olia,
Thank you so much! This is exactly what I was looking for! Can’t believe more places don’t do this kind of thing. I will send a review of the product when it has arrived.
John
Glad to help John. The Book Factory site also has embossing available:
http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.ACCT107430/sc.23/category.47/.f
I used their soft cover pocket notebooks before and those were nice, though the paper is more standard and not smooth like the high quality paper in other journals.
Did Shea Ryan ever get a response from the HOM order inquiry? I picked a few of these up in a local Walmart once a while back and hadn’t found them anywhere since. I’d hoped to order online but I was afraid they’d gone out of business
I never got a response, come to think of it…
Their ‘newest catalog’ (PDF downloadable from their site) now no longer includes JOURNALS, just photo albums… pity.
Those were some nice looking little notebooks, and I wouldn’t have minded buying a few of the half dozen or so Iliked!