When I saw the Fabriano Eco Qua dot grid notebook at our local Utrecht, I couldn’t pass up that lime green cover. I purchased the A5 (5.8″x8.25″) size with a light grey dot. Its 85gsm paper in a soft white. I wouldn’t call it ivory but its not a bright blue-white either. A pleasing-to-the-eye white.…
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Field Notes Crop Edition and Father’s Day Deal
Everyone who has a penchant for paper goods has probably already heard of Field Notes. I know the Red-Blooded edition got lots of great press in February for my pal Bryan’s love letter video to his darling wife. But have you given a good look to the hearty Crop Edition? Its a set of six…
Link Love: Miscellany of Love
Pencils: KUM sharpener for triangular pencils (via Pencil Talk) Q&A for pencils (via Pencil Talk) Pens: Orange you gonna check out this daily carry? (via Gourmet Pens) Reproduction replacement parts for Parker 51 (via FPGeeks) Lamy Joy Calligraphic Review (via Pen Addict) Misc: A visual tutorial for improving penmanship (via imperi on Instagram) Alex Witte…
Daycraft Diary, Cookie Bookie, Guteberg Notebook and a little surprise
Daycraft is a Hong Kong based stationery producer that offers a range of notebooks, diaries and accessory. One of the most notable things is the array of products with contrasting edging. This is the Animaland Elephant Diary, a small diary for 2012 that measures 4.25″x6″. It starts in September 2011 and goes through the end…
Link Love: Nerd Love
Just a short list this week of goodies this week. Pens Kaweco Lilliput Review (via Gourmet Pens) Neil Gaiman uses a TWSBI (side bar to the BBC News article about sales of fountain pens rising) Pencils Midori Brass Bullet Pencil Review (Pen Addict) El Casco Pencil Sharpener Review (via Pencil Talk) Paper Field Notes (on…
A peek at notebooks of artists and authors
A peek inside the handwritten dictionary of Nick Cave from 1984. From Nick Cave Collection at the Arts Centre in Melbourne. Punk rock legends not your speed? How about a snippet from Mark Twain’s pocket notebook including what looks like an assortment of potential character names. I think “Syphilis Briggs” is my favorite. Visit the…
Embellish it with Washi Tape
Notebook Stories embellished a plain black notebook with a bunch of wonderful, patterned washi tapes. What a great way to identify one plain black notebook from another. I am notorious for buying an endless stream of A5 black notebooks and just sticking a couple stickers on the cover to identify one from the other. But…