I’m always happy to see a new brand of notebooks, especially hardcovers with linen cloth binding. These look quite nice– attractive grey exterior, two contrasting ribbon markers, and available in plain or dot grid paper, in two sizes. Small Journal Notebook for bullet-style journaling with archival-quality linen cloth, numbered pages, table of contents, wide format, … Continue reading Notebooks by Pad & Quill→
This article kind of made me sigh. I love pretty journal pages as much as the next person but all the super elaborate spreads you see on Instagram can set a dauntingly high standard! There are many other ways to make a journal page beautiful… but if the “Instagram look” is what you’re going for, … Continue reading Instagram-worthy Journaling→
Here’s another addict from Instagram, where she can be found as @inst_aga. She’s obviously has a wide variety of notebooks, and her Instagram shows off lots of beautiful art and hand lettering inside them!
I used a few of these little planners when I was in college in the late 1980s. In the photo below, which includes some of my other planners from that time, you can see a black and brown Uncalendar, and the red one in the top left with a post-it on top is also an … Continue reading 1980s Uncalendar Planner→
“I have never had a healthy relationship with notebooks. I hoard them by the dozens, I spend hours filling them, I have them shipped across the Atlantic Ocean by the German company Fantasticpaper…. My real work—writing lectures or things I actually intend to publish—all happens on a computer, of course, but my whole life happens … Continue reading New Republic Article on Notebooks and Bullet Journaling→
I’m amazed at some of the spreads you see online of people’s bullet journals– some of these are works of art that go way beyond just detailed organization and tracking! See more at These Instagrammers’ Bullet Journals are organizational masterpieces
Notebooks, journals, sketchbooks, diaries: in search of the perfect page…