Gift guide #3: For the notebook lover

The final posting in my  little series of gift ideas. See previous postings on Stocking Fillers and Caffeine boosting presents.   1) Memoriae Gift Set The Complete Memoriae Gift Set box is available for £159 available from the Quo Vadis website. If you can’t splash out for the full set mini gift sets are also […]

Notebooks: V&A Design for Silk

Another cute new notebook. Still need to find a purpose for this one (other than stroking it that is, as it is simply wonderful to touch). Brought to us by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Stay tuned for a full review.

Countdown to 2010 #8: New Internationalist Planner

Looking back at my previous entries you will know I am a big fan of BOLD, VIBRANT and COLOURFUL. Enter: the New Internationalist Planner. The planner is brilliantly designed (done by many different young artists), and not like anything I’ve seen this year so far. The planner style is weekly view and is available from […]

Gift Guide #2: Stocking Fillers

The second in a  little series of gift ideas that I’ve found while doing my online shopping – thought I’d share as the deadline for buying gifts is approaching and everyone appears to be getting increasingly stressed. This time round I’ve decided to look at a few gifts suitable as stocking fillers. 1) The Rosehip […]

In Use: My November Rosehip

As I previously mentioned I bought a couple of Rosehip notebooks last month.  Here is the one I used for the month of November. To recap the rosehip notebook is A6 in size and has approx 56 plain pages of recycled paper. It is small, thin and soft covered, perfect for living in my bag […]

Countdown to 2010 #7: National Trust Diary Collection

National Trust Desk Diary 2010: £13. I originally spotted this National Trust Desk Diary in John Lewis. The beautiful cover photo caught my eye immediately and it became a contender for one of my 2010 diaries. Each month there is a different stunning photograph of a National trust property – very similar in style to […]

Countdown to 2010 #6: Moleskine Colour-a –month planner

(Photo Credit: Notebook Stories) I’ve had my eye on one of these for a while and have of course been waiting for the new year to debate whether to make such a purchase. However, help is on the way if you are like me and lust after one of these babies: Notebook Stories has done […]

Countdown to 2010 #5: Amnesty People Diary

(Photo Credit: Amnesty International UK website) Another gorgeous diary. Beautiful colourful and vibrant photographs of people, make this a charming 2010 diary. The photos act as month dividers to the A5 sized diary. The cover is made from recycled leather and is a mottled black colour, but a smooth feel. There is also an elastic […]

The Wanderlust Travel Journal

One of my colleagues is going to Australia travelling for 9 weeks. I got her a Wanderlust Travel Journal as a going away gift. In part I thought that this beautifully designed notebook would get her inspired to write something, or at least treasure her memories. This A5 notebook is vibrant, and colourful with the […]

In use: My Sign Language Books

I’m currently on week four of my Sign Language Level One classes and therefore all the notebooks that I bought for the purpose of these classes are now in use. I am using three notebooks: Puss in Boots Ladybird book for vocabulary, Large Brown Signature Notebook for sentences structure and Small Mulberry Signature Notebook for […]