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I decided to use my lomo notebook as a daily journal, illustrating what I do everyday, or at least on the most interesting ones (:
That's the first page.
The other day I almost cackled with glee when I noticed that the McGill Bookstore had received its new shipment of Clairefontaine notebooks. I bought the larger one you see here to replace the notepads I had been using at my desk to plan my day, record happenings, jot down notes, phone messages, etc. It stays at my desk, with my work.
The small Clairefontaine (also grid paper) is my general purpose, always with me, notebook.
The moleskine was meant first for recording 'big phd ideas', and then relegated to 'big ideas', and in general, doesn't get much use. In fact, I've stopped carrying it around with me.
I would recommend the Clairefontaine notebooks over Moleskines. They are of excellent quality, have a good spiral binding (takes up less place, easy to hold in hand and write with anywhere), and cost a lot less then the Moleskines (the two Clairefontaines picutred here together cost less then half of what the Moleskine set me back).
For We're Here! who are visiting Notebook Mods today.
Just a quick snap as I've been battling a cold.
These Field Notes pocket notebooks are great, but they slowly disintegrate in my pocket.
The duct tape seen here was applied while on the road in Illinois. I was in the lobby of a hotel reviewing my notes from the previous day, when the cover split in two. The lady working the registration desk was kind enough to locate a roll of duck tape for me and a few pieces later, it was good as new.
Mouse Theme Swap - (made for smilesalot7)
Hand drawn and hand painted with acrylic...I love a mouse in a bowtie! Hot air balloon is stamped, die cut, and adhered with dimensional foam for a 3D effect. Clouds are die cut. Book has a sturdy front and back cover with 30 total interior pages of blue, grey and pink paper. Book pages are bound in a hand sewn method using embroidery floss. Notebook is ATC size (2.5" X 3.5").
These two notebooks are bound using a chopstick on the spine. Both books are about 9" x 4.5" and have 50 pages.
The covers are made with cardstock. The darker pink book has pale pink Japanese metallic flecked paper for the first and last pages, and the remaining pages are pink. The lighter pink book has lightweight yellowish Japanese paper for the first and last pages, and the remaining pages are white.
Both books have a short beaded string embellishment attached at the top of the chopstick, and I used little flower images that I carved and printed onto the covers using gold ink.
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i have a tutorial on my blog for making these notebooks, check it out here:
myhandboundbooks.blogspot.com/2007/07/bookbinding-101-cho...
Simple project for making pretty notebooks. Tutorial: tinyapartmentcrafts.blogspot.com/2010/12/last-minute-gift...
2 handmade notebook covers, made from handmade felt.
The felt pieces I used:
My first altered item. I finished this altered composition notebook and just love it for important notes.
Tight back and raised bands, meaning that the leather on the back is attached directly to the stitched spine of the textblock. The bands are the actual cords on which the signatures are sewn. The leather comes from a well-worn couch that used to be in my childhood home. Front and back covers are thin and somewhat flexible.