I picked up the Midori “Commonplace Book” ($5 and available in 2 colors) . This A6-sized, 61-numbered-page mini notebook includes a paper bookmark that is printed with lines to add your own key, a place to store your key in the book, and a 2-page spread index that is numbered to match page numbers. The…
What’s your favorite size notebook? I dig A5 and if we’re being choosy I like dot grid the best. So when Ana returned from the Chicago Pen Show and handed me the Endless Recorder Notebooks – Stealth Special Edition A5 ($26), I was pretty psyched. The cover on this one is leatherette, and it’s got…
There are several that the community has been talking about recently like the Canopus and the new Teranishi notebooks but I dug deeper and found a few others worth considering. I went through the whole inventory on JetPens and purchased every A5 Japanese paper-filled notebook I could find. I found six notebooks that I had…
Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway last week for the Beverly Marumi notebooks. This time our lucky winner is Pamela! I’ve already contacted Pamela and her goodies will be on her way to her shortly. Thanks for reading along at the Desk and stay tuned for further giveaways!
I got so excited when I saw the Artik line of pocket notebooks ($16 for a pack of 3 notebooks). For starters, each notebook in their line-up features a cover made from recycled plant by-product material like coconut, hazelnut, olive and cherry. The interior paper in all the notebooks is 100% sugarcane paper that is…
In the last few weeks I took a spin through some of the new products at JetPens in an attempt to find some small purchases – a bit of fun to liven things up. One of the things I came across was Beverly Marumi Notebooks ($6.50-$9.50 at JetPens). They are perfect for spring and the…
I’ve recently acquired several packs of paper for 6-ring binders like Plotter, Filofax and similar. While you can cut and punch paper yourself to fill 6-ring binders, its fun to see that the 6-ring binder market is being revitalized. I bought a combination of Personal/Bible size (6.73×3.74″) and A5 size (8.26×5.82″). Many of these are…
