Make a Desktop Organizer Out of a Notebook
Now here’s a cool and unusual way to use a notebook! Not for writing notes in, but as a desk organizer for stray odds and ends: Feldnotizbücher* in Deutschland via the Field Notes Blog
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Addict of the Week: Notizbuchblog.de
I don’t speak German, but this picture is worth a thousand words: I’m wondering if the ones at the top of the pile are Moleskines with a little pen-loop added on… Notizbuchblog.de » Blog Archive » Sonntagsidee 1: Kinderentwicklungstagebuch.
Do You Like Notebooks Because You Write?
Or do you write because you like notebooks? “Girl with A Notebook” ponders the question “How has writing affected your life?” One of the seemingly obvious answers would be that I spend a lot more time alone since I’ve started writing, preferring the company of my keyboard to the company of my classmates… or did … Continue reading Do You Like Notebooks Because You Write?
Notebook Addict of the Week: Strikethru
This week’s notebook addict is Strikethru. For reasons I don’t understand, some of my notebooks are at least half used, while others have only a sullied page or two, and still others are completely blank. When I look back over my skritchings, one thing is clear– since college, I have rarely used a notebook for … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Strikethru
Poem: Two Pens, One Book
I stumbled across this poem at Transformation by Dialectic and just loved it. Two Pens, One Book (for the wedding of my firstborn) A blank book begins on a pedestal. Knock it off. Spill some ink deliberately. Life is gloriously messy, let it know that you are participating! Let it know that you have both … Continue reading Poem: Two Pens, One Book
Renegade Craft Fair Finds
The blogger at Dig Under Rocks recently attended the Renegade Craft Fair in Los Angeles. She found a few vendors of interesting paper products including these notebooks: Next I came upon a shop, Tyler Bender Book Co., with a really unique and interesting idea.. Vintage and recycled notebooks. Covers were made from old t-shirts, cereal … Continue reading Renegade Craft Fair Finds
Mark Twain’s Notebooks
A thought-provoking quote from Mark Twain: It is a troublesome thing for a lazy man to take notes, so I used to try in my young days to pack my impressions in my head. But that can’t be done satisfactorily, so I went from that to another stage– that of making notes in a note-book. … Continue reading Mark Twain’s Notebooks
Moleskine Monday: Kathrin Jebsen-Marwedel on Flickr
So often, I’ll see a really cool image pop up in the Moleskine Flickr pool, and it will turn out to be by Kathrin Jebsen-Marwedel. See her photostream here. She fills each page of a daily Moleskine planner with the most wonderful sketches, and the result is an extraordinary visual journal.
Handwritten AC/DC Lyrics Notebooks Sell For $35,000
Here’s one for all you hard-rockin’ notebook fans: A pair of handwritten lyric notebooks (see photo below) by late AC/DC frontman Bon Scott, dating from the late 1970s, was among an array of 300 musical items that went under the hammer at a Christie’s pop memorabilia auction on June 22 in New York. A description … Continue reading Handwritten AC/DC Lyrics Notebooks Sell For $35,000
Red Moleskine Sketchbooks Now Available
Here’s something that must have slipped past me– Moleskine has added to their line of red cover notebooks. You can now get the heavier paper Sketchbook in both the pocket and large size with a red cover. Great news for artists who were tired of basic black!