Lovely Design is creating another edition of their beautiful Pocket and Journey books. Using an assortment of papers, envelopes and tidbits between two bookcloth-covered covers, each of these “blank” books is a beautiful place to start your next story – be it words or pictures. They sell out quickly so check back. I got one…

Banana Papers Journal Set This is a darling set of Banana Papers Set of 3 softcover journals. The chipboard covers are screen printed with very contemporary bird graphics. One book is blank, one is lined and one is gridded on a speckled natural paper. Found at Target for under $10 (I lost the price tag…

Proof that, sometimes, the best tool for the job is a notebook you can buy for less than $5 a piece. Michael Beirut talks about using simple composition notebooks for the last 26 (nope, now its 28) years! 26 Years, 85 Notebooks: Observatory: Design Observer