Pukka Pad Project Book

The Pukka Pad Project Notebook is a cheap and easy notebook to use on the go. I bought this one in WH Smith in an airport – as I felt like writing on the plane. This Pukka Pad Project Notebook is part of pukka pad’s stripes range. Specification: A5 (but is available in other sizes) […]

Countdown to 2015: Diary Collection

There are a lot of beautiful diary collections out there. Your choice will partially be based on your preferred format (eg. dialy, week to view, Week on 2 pages and monthly (and how much space you need for the weekends), but sometimes it is just the classic look and feel of a diary that wins […]

The Maker’s Notebooks

Last weekend I went to Maker Faire UK. Maker Faire UK is described as ” a two-day family friendly festival of invention and creativity, bringing together over 300 hackers, crafters, coders, DIYers and garden shed inventors from across the globe – people who love to make stuff and who want to share their passion with the public.” Now I thought […]

Q is for… Quadrille Notebooks

Quadrille Notebooks are notebooks with squared paper. Quadrille Notebooks are great for sketching, drawing and writing. Examples include: Foray Notebook (Viking Direct) Moleskine (Squared) Whitelines (Squared) Rhino (science and Graph) Black n Red Quadrille Notebooks I have previously blogged about include: the Leuchtturm 1917 Jottbook; Paperchase A5 Notebook; William Morris Clover Notebook; Daycraft Cantoon Notebook; […]

Revisiting Your Monthly Notebooks: Getting it all done.

Last Month I wrote about Revisiting your Monthly Notebook and making it an actionable to do list. I have been busy with the A to Z Challenge among other things but I have now finished reviewing this particular monthly notebook. This monthly notebook had really been used as a disposable to-do list so once I […]

D is for… Dream Journal

Last A to Z I did D is for Diary. I did not want to repeat this entry. Today I have chosen to do ‘D is for… Dream Journal”. When I was younger I always used to be fascinated with dreams. In adulthood, this fascination has waned, but I still keep a notebook beside my […]

C is for… Career Development Notebook

I have just completed my first FULL Career Development Goals Notebook. I bought this notebook last year from fellow A to Z challenge participant Cori and have just ordered my second. Over the last year this notebook help me to plan and action 12 goals to help progress my career development which ended with a […]

B is for… Birthday Book

A Birthday Book helps you remember the annual celebration of your friends and families’ birth date. Yes, you may have ‘facebook’ reminders and alerts in your calendar, but a Birthday Book can make a nice keep-sake in the right book. In 2012 I received the Day Book as a present. It was a huge heavy […]

Stop Doing List (and my monthly notebook)

  This month I have been using two notebooks one of which is an A6 Campo Marzio Design Notebook (pictured above) which is part of the Campo Marzo bundle of notebooks I bought last year. The notebook I have been using has a bright blue cover and grey paper. Using a mechanical pencil on grey […]