Another clipping from the New York Times Style Magazine (Dec. 4, 2010)– my eyes went right to the sketchbooks in the middle: Here’s a close-up: Yes, she’s beautiful and smart and a talented artist, but aren’t you most envious of the fact that her husband makes her leather-covered notebooks!?
g_m_a_x has some drool-worthy Filofax photos on his Flickr photostream, including this one, which is by no means his full collection: Looking at the photos almost gives me the shivers– the Filofaxes have obviously been collected over the years, from back when they were made with much higher-end materials. So many gorgeous leathers, so deliciously … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: g_m_a_x
I forget how I first heard about Kiki James, a British company that makes high-end leather goods. They were kind enough to offer me a sample of their pocket jotters, and though it is very different from the kind of notebooks I usually review, I was excited to take a look! The first thing I … Continue reading Review: Kiki James Leather Jotter
Notebooks seem to be a semi-regular feature at this blog. Check out the beauties below posted at Make a note of it… « A Continuous Lean..
I really enjoyed this post at Pocket Blonde several weeks ago, and had to share it! A custom-made perfect notebook is a dream many of us have, but how many people actually make it a reality? Chuck did– he designed a leather cover and refill pads to create his perfect notebook: I designed this book … Continue reading A Custom-made Perfect Little Black Notebook
Here’s some nice looking leather bound journals– they’re not cheap but they can be personalized and would make a nice gift: Graphic Image Leather Journals & Notebooks. I particularly like that travel journal with color maps in the back!
Our latest addict of the week is Hannah, who blogs at Slightly Lovely. Here’s her stash: And here’s what she has to say about them: This is a pile of notebooks gathered from around my bedroom (I’m sure there are more hidden on shelves, in closets & drawers). In this pile, there are spiral notebooks, … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Hannah
This is the first Filofax I ever bought, sometime in the early 1990s. I had not been out of college long and Filofaxes still seemed like the kind of expensive yuppie status symbol that I’d scoffed at… but then I got a job in a store that sold them, and I discovered that this pocket … Continue reading Pocket Filofax, Early 1990s
Here’s another neat little item purchased on EBay: This is a sub-category of notebooks that I could happily collect: small promotional diaries given out to the employees or business partners of various corporations. I have ones in my collection from Sandoz, GE, and the Harvard Coop, and this Westinghouse one was a great addition. First … Continue reading EBay Find: Westinghouse Diary, 1945
I don’t often go to Target, so when I recently did, I was excited to see what sorts of funky stationery they might offer. They had a nice section of colorful notebooks and office supplies, all at very reasonable prices. But of course, the items I purchased ended up being my usual plain black 3.5 … Continue reading Notebooks at Target: Markings and Noted