One video, 8 awesome journal hacks. There is a ton of DIY and hacking gold in this video, but I was the most excited about the notebook dashboards with pockets. Of course that is the last DIY in the video, but I made a handy-dandy timestamp thinngie so you can quickly jump to the parts […]
It’s time to break up with your phone. How many times have you set out to do something, but realized about a half hour later that you fell down the rabbit-tunnel of “feeds”? Social media is my personal bane, if I go onto Facebook to post an update or check my business page, I have […]
Here I go geeking out about the technical aspect of… well, anything. In this case, we’re talking PAPER! John from Fountain Pen Love did this rad fountain pen-friendly paper comparison between twenty-six different types of writing paper. Basically, he took a pile of familiar writing papers, and wrote the same thing, with the same ink, […]
This week Janet, at This Bug’s Life shared photos of her custom, undyed, A5 Nomad being put together by the talented artists over at Van Der Spek. It’s a really neat peak into the amount of work (and leather!) that goes into one of these covers with built-in pockets. If you want spy what goes […]
Dashboards are awesome. At it’s core, a notebook dashboard is like the old duster jackets for books. They protect your notebooks. The most basic dashboards are little more than decorative vellum to tuck your individual notebooks into. More complex dashboards will be laminated, and may include pockets. The bulkier dashboards are better suited to wrapping […]
Felt, kraft-tex, and paper, oh my! This is a little round up of some really beautiful Etsy folder inserts, whether you’re looking for something new or just surfing for inspiration. We’re going way beyond the standard brown card stock, to really personalize your journal system with these small businesses’ products. The folder insert picks. Turnbuckle […]
The paper choice dilemma. Let’s say you want to make your own journal refills or art books, but you have no idea how to choose the right paper for your project. I was totally in this boat last year when I started out. Paper weight was pretty much a foreign concept. So, I went on […]
When Pantone announced that the color of the year was going to be coral (PANTONE 16-1546 Living Coral, to be precise), I was over the moon. Pretty much anything even vaguely in the pink family is in my wheelhouse. But coral is a hard color to get right. It can very easily be too red, […]
This DIY is so everything you could ever want from a budget-friendly DIY video. Normally stapling a booklet requires a specialized stapler that can set you back $30+ on its own. Here, the staples are cleverly set by hand. The next big budget saver is the materials used for the Faux-dori style cover. By pressing […]
If you are trying to decide which travel notebook or journal size is right for you, this is your article! We’re going to take a look at all the super popular journal refill sizes (not to be confused with the cover sizes; which are always, at least, slightly larger than the refills!). I’m including the […]