I have a secret obsession — the Midori Traveler’s Notebook. It is a beautiful build-it-yourself notebook with a leather cover from Japan. Using a series of rubber bands, you can “bind” in an assortment of smaller notebooks for drawing, writing, and calendar along with pockets and zipper pouches to contain smaller loose items. The attention…

Composition books are usually considered the poor, student notebook used by middle schoolers and academics but the Marya composition books aspire to greater heights. Filled with quality paper, ornamental stitching and foil stamping, the Marya Composition books are definitely a different paper beast, more peacock than pack mule. $11.95 (via Girl Of All Work)

Last July, I featured a stack of Michael Beirut’s 80+ notebooks. He’s now filled 90 composition books over his 30-year design career and they are being shown in a new exhibition (along with some of the finished pieces) at the Esther Massry Gallery at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York. The exhibition…

1. The World’s Smallest Post Service, 2. Botanicals Stationery Set by Rifle Paper Co. , 3. Old School Ledger by Paper + Cup Designs, 4. Wanderlust Airmail Journal by Troy Litten, 5. Old School Letter Set by Paper + Cup Designs , 6. Cath Kidston Cowboys and Roses Mix & Match Stationery, 7. Curiosities: Vintage-Inspired…