Review by Tina Koyama The latest entries in the pocket notebook field are from Notegeist Bindery. Notegeist itself has been around for a while as a purveyor of carefully curated notebooks, pencils and other stationery items. Most recently, owner Gary Varner has added his own line of handmade notebooks and memo pads, including Everydays, Jotters…
I love B6-sized notebooks. I seek them out at every pen show, stationery shop and web site looking for more. There are not a lot of options available in the US so when I find one, I go all-in. That is 100% with the Midori Yuru Log Notebook. The B6 notebooks come in a variety…
Midori has a line of A6 diary notebooks with a flexible bookcloth cover and an adhesive ribbon bookmark with an embroidered animal icon at the bottom. There are four design options: The Owl, The Whale Shark, The Cat and The Bird ($32 each). The covers are flexible but not floppy. It is a happy medium…
Our Sticky Note Day series ha ventured into playful and unique styles of sticky notes but today, we are going to discuss the “cadillac of sticky notes” — the Midori MD A7 size Sticky Memo Pad ($11). I purchased the blank style as that feel most like a classic sticky note but with premium Midori…
This week I decided to try the Midori Writing Marker Monthly Block Sticky Notes in both the Memo design and Speech Bubble design ($4.90 each set). I loved the die cut shapes and thought they’d be nice additions to my planner and journals. Each set include 15 sheets of 4 different designs (60 sheets total…
Did I once say “no kawaii” products? I lied. I found the Mofusand characters a couple years back and scored a plush cat-in-a-costume critter from Enigma Stationery at a pen show last year so when I found the Dancing Shark sticky note pad ($9.99), I couldn’t resist. First, the Mofusand cat characters are a charming…
I purchased the Midori Grain Notebook ($15.50) is available in a B6 size (though it is also available in a reporter-style pocket notebook). This lovely wirebound notebook includes 100 Sheets – 50 lined white sheets and 50 blank cream sheets and a vertical elastic to keep the book closed. The Grain notebook has two notable…
