It’s been more than 8 years since I reviewed a notebook from Letts! This classic English brand has been around even longer than that, though… since 1812, in fact! Letts claims to be the first publisher of “commercial diaries,” meaning a mass-produced calendar book combined with space to write and usually some business-related promotional info … Continue reading Letts Notebook Review
I was not familiar with A Good Company when they contacted me to offer a sample for review. Based in Sweden, A Good Company offers a focused selection of stationery and household items, all designed to be environmentally friendly, and produced in line with a set of values: We believe being completely transparent between ourselves, … Continue reading A Good Company Notebook Review
I first spotted the Kleid Japan 2face notebook on Instagram, where I had to do some enlarging and squinting and auto-translating to figure out what it was. This brand does not seem to have much of a US presence, but I was actually able to order a Kleid notebook from Amazon, where several color combinations … Continue reading Review: Kleid 2face Notebook
I can’t decide whether it’s a good thing or a bad thing that there is no Daiso store near me. For those who aren’t familiar with it, Daiso is a chain of Japanese dollar stores, with worldwide locations including quite a few in California. There are also US locations in Texas and Washington state. The … Continue reading Review: Daiso Notebook
Loyal readers may remember that last year, I did a cross-country road trip, during which I had hoped to stop at various local independent shops to look at notebooks, including those that were mentioned in your responses to my call for suggestions. The journey was fascinating and fun, and in the end I didn’t really … Continue reading Notebooks from My Cross-Country Road Trip
Samsill is another brand I’d not heard of until browsing around on Amazon. The company is an independent manufacturer of business accessories such as ring binders and laptop cases, founded in Texas in 1953, and now making their products in partnership with manufacturers in China and Mexico, while still maintaining headquarters and some manufacturing facilities … Continue reading Review: Samsill Pocket Journal
The folks at FM-31 were kind enough to send me a sample pack of their new line of notebooks. Let’s take a look! FM-31 makes sturdy 3-packs of 5 x 7 3/4″ notebooks with a stitched spine– like Field Notes on steroids! The notebooks are made in the U.S.A and a portion of their proceeds … Continue reading Review & Giveaway: FM-31 Notebooks
This notebook was a random Amazon find. I’d never heard of the brand Superior Maker and figured it was some Chinese manufacturer marketing cheap knock-off notebooks directly. Their products, which also include lint rollers and rubber doorstops, are indeed made in China, but the company is actually based in New Zealand. Other than that, there … Continue reading Review: Superior Maker Notebook
Black n’ Red is a pretty common brand in many stationery stores, but I haven’t talked about them much on this site, for two reasons. One, that all their notebooks are lined, and I gravitate more towards plain, squared, or dot-grid pages. And two, the Black n’ Red notebooks that I tend to see in … Continue reading Review: Black n’ Red Ruled Notebook and Business Journal
Baron Fig notebooks have been around for a while, and they’ve won lots of fans ever since making a splashy Kickstarter debut in 2013. I’d never tried one of their notebooks until now, thanks to the company kindly providing me with a sample. Does it live up to all the hype? Let’s take a look! … Continue reading Review: Baron Fig Confidant