I've been seeing a lot of buzz about the Ghost Paper notebooks lately so I grabbed one for myself to see if they lived up to all of the hype.  The general concept is that the pages are ruled but don't use actual ink for the rulings.  Instead they use an embossed and debossed texture to indicate where the ruling is.  Basically on one side of the page the ruling is a slightly indented line and on the other side its a slightly raised line.  Before we jump … [Read more...]

Today we will take a look at the Moleskine Two-Go notebook that has both ruled and plain pages within the notebook.  For some reason this cover is listed as being "Saxe Blue" but for the life of me  I have an incredibly hard time getting past calling it grey.  At best I can see it might be charcoal grey with the slightest hint of blue, but anyway I actually like the color, just pointing out not to expect anything remotely close to blue if you order this. … [Read more...]

Our friends at Baron Fig are on a roll with all of their new limited edition and subscription items as of late, and they have been kind enough to send us samples so we can share them with you here.  The box is shown above with its great looking art work which you can see more of once we crack this sucker open and take a closer look.  You can find the Baron Fig Metamorphosis here on the Baron Fig website. … [Read more...]

Most of you who are frequent visitors to this blog, or any of the other awesome stationery blogs out there are well aware of the Baron Fig Confidant journal.  It has been a very popular and high quality offering, and recently the folks at Baron Fig released two new sizes of the popular hard cover Confidant journal.  What you are looking at above is the pocket size and the plus size version of the Confidant journals  (via Baron Fig) which were sent to me … [Read more...]

When we first reviewed the MOO Lay Flat Hardcover Notebook, it was only available in gray with mint colored accent pages, and they sold out immediately.  MOO has now introduced several new colors that you can find here, assuming they aren't sold out already! … [Read more...]

Its that time again to take a look at the newest Field Notes quarterly release.  What you are looking at above is the Field Notes Utility (buy here on the Field Notes website) that comes in both graph format and ledger format.  For subscribers, you also get hooked up with a cool little key chain bottle opener called the After Hours Utility Tool.  The key chain bottle opener plus the early delivery of these makes the Field Notes subscription well worth it. … [Read more...]

Today we are taking a look at this awesome new Clairefontaine Triomphe Notepad in A4 size (buy via JetPens) that I picked up as part of our sponsorship with the great folks over at JetPens.  This is essentially the same size as your average yellow notepad, but unlike your average yellow notepad its a more than respectable place to break out your fountain pens for.  Lets take a closer look at this and see what makes it so special. … [Read more...]

Yesterday our friends at Baron Fig released their new Baron Fig Confidant Askew (buy via Baron Fig) which is also a limited edition which was part of their subscription plan.  Although it is part of their subscription, you can also grab it individually without the subscription.  The box above might give you an indication as to what the Askew design aesthetics are all about, but lets take a closer look. … [Read more...]

This Pentalic Traveler Pocket Journal (buy via Amazon) is pretty small, measuring 3"x4" but its also pretty thick with 160 pages.  The journal is a pocket journal and is really marketed as a sketch notebook so to be honest I'm not sure why I bought it.  Most likely I was just liking the bright orange color and the fact that its so small. … [Read more...]

Normally I'm skeptical about any new notebook because I've been burned a few times, but I bought this immediately when I saw that our friends at MOO offering a new notebook.  I've purchased business cards from MOO several times before that were amazing, and the quality of those cards assured me I'd probably love their notebook too.  I can happily report that the MOO Notebook is even nicer than I had anticipated.  The good news too is that they are on sale … [Read more...]

I didn't have high hopes for this Amazon Basics Classic Notebook (via Amazon, obviously) when I first saw it.  I figured I had to order one anyway and give it a chance.  I did just that, and here we are today with fair warning that my initial thought turned out to be a good first instinct.  As a spoiler alert, you can already tell where this review is heading so it won't be a long review today. … [Read more...]

I was recently contacted about a new and improved Premium Composition Notebook (via Kickstarter) called Comp.  I'll admit that my initial thought was to pass on sharing it because my view of the standard composition notebook isn't that great.  Upon closer look though, if everything on the Kickstarter page plays out as planned, this looks like an incredible upgrade. … [Read more...]

I've reviewed a ton of Field Notes journals and notebooks in the past, so this will probably be more of a pictorial type review. I signed up for the Field Notes Quarterly Subscription last quarter and I was so glad I did once I saw this new Lunacy edition announced.  The Field Notes Lunacy (buy via Field Notes) edition is the first die cut cover they have ever done, and it shows the advancing phases of the moon. … [Read more...]

I was excited when I saw the SUCK UK A5 Tab Notebook (buy via Amazon) as a recommended item on my Amazon account.  Lets take a look and see if they are as cool as I thought they might be though. … [Read more...]