The kind folks at Pencils.com sent me a couple of samples of their Palomino Luxury Notebooks. I was excited to try these, as they looked like they were adding some interesting tweaks to the typical notebook, and because I had seen that they were being made in collaboration with the Turkish brand Fabio Ricci, one … Continue reading Review & Giveaway: Palomino Luxury Notebook
Wow, there were 195 responses to my random giveaway post! It’s seems a shame to have to pick only one winner… though there will be more to the story, as you’ll see in a minute. First, my random winner is… (drumroll please)… Charles Hadden, comment #160 Congratulations Charles! Now as for everyone else who entered, … Continue reading Random Giveaway Winner… Plus More!
The folks at Cool Material sent me a nice batch of their recently introduced “Word.” notebooks. These are a staple-bound notebook in the vein of Field Notes and the Moleskine cahiers, but with a unique page format. First impressions: I love the cover designs, in cool colors and camouflage patterns. They came packaged very beautifully … Continue reading Review and Giveaway: Word. Notebooks from Cool Material
Today, I just feel like giving away some notebooks. What the heck! I’m going to put together a lovely little surprise package for one lucky winner who I’ll randomly select from anyone who comments on this post by the deadline of Friday May 3, 11:59 EST. Feel free to spread the word via social media, … Continue reading Random Giveaway!
Our friends at Lovenotebooks are celebrating the colors of spring! Lovenotebooks carries a wide selection of eco-friendly Paperthinks notebooks and stationery items in all these gorgeous colors. Paperthinks notebooks are made with 100% recycled leather covers with paper with 50% recycled content inside. This week, you can enter to win the Paperthinks prize package pictured … Continue reading Spring Giveaway from Lovenotebooks: Paperthinks!
I think I first came across this notebook on the Blick website. It comes in several sizes, and I was excited to see that one of them was 3.5 x 5.5″, a rare size for sketchbooks. I went to the Blick retail store in Manhattan to see if I could check one out in person, … Continue reading Review and Giveaway: Canson XL Mix Media Sketchbook
I’ve been rather fascinated by field books lately. I first owned one when I was in college– I forget where I bought it, but I stumbled on it in a store, thought it looked cool, and ended up using it for some art classes where its durability came in handy. I hadn’t thought about it … Continue reading Review and Giveaway: Elan Pocket-Size Field Book
I spotted this lovely brown notebook at a funky little gift shop in Brooklyn’s DUMBO neighborhood and loved the wingtip shoe pattern and texture on the cover: And inside, you get these beautiful endpapers: You can buy the medium size of these notebooks in other colors on Amazon but otherwise you may just have to … Continue reading Ted Baker Brogue Notebooks
I spotted these at my favorite local stationery store (NYC’s Paper Presentation, on 18th St.) and immediately fell in love with them. I was thrilled when the nice folks at OrangeArt agreed to send me some samples to review. The format of these notebooks is hardly unique, but the letterpress tattersall design on the covers … Continue reading Review & Giveaway: OrangeArt Tattersall Notebooks
This notebook is for all the fountain pen and ink fanatics out there: the Ink Journal. It was created by Tom Oddo of Goldspot Pens, who I am sure tests a lot of pens and inks, and as such, must have put a lot of thought into what a perfect ink-testing notebook would be. A … Continue reading Review & Giveaway: Ink Journal