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Review: First Look at Daycraft’s Vogue Planners

Journaling Arts reviews Daycraft’s Vogue 2010 daily and weekly planners.

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Daycraft’s Vogue 2010 Planners feature striking, modern designs that are uncommon in the day planner market.  These diaries pack efficient planning layouts, useful accessories and beautiful materials wrapped in a thoughtful, beautiful design both inside and out. The Vogue planners are available in [...]

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What Makes Ecosystem Paper Notebooks Green Instead of Greenwash?

Ecosystem is not only about ecological footprint. It is also about American dollars staying in America.

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The notebooks are designed to compete with Moleskines, beloved of (rich) architects and writers everywhere. Those Italian notebooks are a pleasure to hold. The Ecosystem books feel almost (but not quite) as luxurious. But the Ecosystem books are [...]

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A Review of the Markings Notebook

Darren Alff, an Internet entrepreneur and long distance bicycle traveler, reviews the Markings Notebook and gives it a high rating.
Every good traveler needs a journal or notebook of some kind. Over the years I have experimented with dozens of different journals in all sorts of different shapes, sizes and colors. Today, however, I want to [...]

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A Review of the Moleskine Folio Notebook (A3)

Pennington-on-the-paper reviews the Moleskine Folio Notebook (A3).

The thing with Moleskine’s folio range is that most of it makes complete sense. Most artists want big sketchbooks as well as little ones, and big watercolour books as well as little ones. Most people can see the logic in a big set of memo pockets (in fact, what [...]

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A Review of the Moleskine Watercolor Journal

Robert Sloan reviews a Moleskine watercolor journal.

Back in 2007, my daughter gave me a Moleskine watercolor journal for my birthday. She knew I liked hers and I was overjoyed. A few months ago I picked up the small format one so that I’d have a pocket version for going out. A sumptuous leather-bound book with [...]

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Review: Artist Mediums in a Fiorentina Journal Refill

I reviewed the Fiorentina Journal refill a few weeks ago using pen and ink, but at the same time, I also did a quick test of the most basic art mediums in the journal and wanted to share the results.
I tested some of my favorite artist mediums in a lined Fiorentina Journal Refill. The results [...]

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Review: Pen and Paper Test in a Fiorentina Journal Refill

Journaling Arts reviews journals made by Italian brand Fiorentina.
Fiorentina offers a complete line of Italian journals produced by small artisans as well as a fully established manufacturing plant that has supplied the gift industry for more than 30 years. The journals range from contemporary, pocket-sized journals, to elaborate, hand-crafted journals which ooze traditional, Italian design. [...]

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Notes in a Book Reviews the Flora and Fauna Diary

Travisthetrout of Notes in a Book reviews the Flora and Fauna Diary from Cavallini & Co.

I know I am late with the Diary Review, but they do have a notebook exactly the same style and just a little thicker and with the same paper which you may be interested in if you’re not in the [...]

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Review: Pen and Paper Test in Leuchtturm’s Pocket Journal with New, Ink-Proof Paper

The new, journal with the ink-proof paper vs.the orignal Leuchtturm Journals
Leuchtturm started making all of their their journals and planners with a new, ink-proof paper starting in August, 2009. The original journals did not have this feature, so I thought it would be interesting to subject both old and new journals to the same tests [...]

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The Smartpen: The Future of Journaling?

Have you been wanting a gadget that combines new and old technology. Then you might want to check out this out.

The Livescribe Pulse Smartpen is an electronic pen that captures what you write as you write it for later upload to a computer. While this is nothing new, the Pulse Smartpen takes this to a [...]

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Feisbuk: Just Like Facebook, Except Not Really

If you’ve been thinking, sleeping, and literally living in your Facebook page since God knows when, it’s time you did something different. Don’t worry, the diversion still has got Facebook written all over it. Literally.
Introducing Feisbuk, the analog version.

With this notebook, designed by Laura aka Balboa jjjolll, you can let pals write down their [...]

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Allen J. Hall Reviews the New Eco-Friendly Planner from Quo Vadis

Graduate student Allen J. Hall reviews Equology, the new eco-friendly planner Quo Vadis is offering.
The wonderful folks at Exaclair have sent out some items to review. I was a lucky recipient of a few of them, so in the coming posts, I’ll be sharing with you some of their wonderful items for sale. I will [...]

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A Review of the Moleskine® 18 Month Planner

The Hawk’s Nest reviews the Moleskine® 18 Month Planner:
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I was looking through my brand new eighteen month weekly notebook, and it came to my attention that roughly three weeks ago I picked up a brand new eighteen month weekly notebook. I was in that age old predicament wherein one sits futilely at one’s [...]

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The Carnet Challenge

Jessica Zafra compares the Moleskine® notebook with the GreenApple brand.
The Greenapple notebook looks like a Moleskine pocket carnet—from a distance. Instead of smooth black oilcloth its cover is a thicker leatherette. (Moleskine is on the left, Greenapple on the right.)

The ribbon bookmark is almost the same but the elastic that keeps the notebook shut is [...]

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