Review by Tina Koyama For years I’ve been DIY-ing my own planners because none of the commercially available options gave me the exact format and features I wanted. This year I’m using Baron Fig’s undated planner (dressed up with a little washi fun) which does give me the page layouts I prefer – but I…
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Notebook Review: Quo Vadis Life Journal
The Quo Vadis Life Journal ($22.99 from B&N) is an A5 notebook that takes the elements of bullet journaling and pre-formats a lot of the details while leaving a good portion of it open for the user to fill with content as needed. All of this is on the finest 90gsm white, dot grid, Clairefontaine…
Planners: Where are they now?
Review by Laura Cameron At this point we’re more than halfway through the year and we’re on the precipice of ordering 2020 planners, so I thought I’d take a quick look back at the planners and organizers I’ve reviewed in the last year or so and which ones are working for me, and which ones…
Review: MiGoals Focus Pad
MiGoals Focus Pads ($9.05 US) are 50 sheet pads of cream colored 100gsm paper that is divided into four quadrants. The pads are about 7.5×9.5″ (190mm x 245mm) which fit comfortably next to your laptop or tablet computer. They are listed as B5 sized… some of the ISO sizes leave me a little befuddled. Suffice…
Review: Filofax Clipbook & Pen
Filofax has reinvented the ringbound planner with the Clipbook ($25.99). It features a flexible softcover made with a cardstock covered with PU printed material over their classic ring. The Personal planner has a 25mm/0.875″ ring which is roomy but compact. The advantage of this design is that the Clipbook is considerably less expensive than a…
Planner Review: The Knitting Planner
Review by Laura Cameron Last year I had the pleasure of previewing the Strickplaner (€18.90, review here) which was a planner designed with knitters in mind. I confess that I didn’t use it much last year, but I really did like the way creator Martina Behm included different trackers and layouts so you could brainstorm…
Review: 2019 Traveler’s Notebook Diary Inserts
Every year, the Traveler’s Company releases monthly ($11.50) and weekly refills ($26) for their leather covers (both regular-sized and passport-sized). The weekly refills come in two notebooks with six months in each book and the monthly calendar is one book. But along with the calendar refills, they also release a new set of calendar stickers ($11.50) and…