Tag: notebooks

Fashion Meets Function for Writers

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When I was in eighth grade, I went to Montreal on a class trip. While I was there, I  got a necklace–a simple chain with a book charm. It was really cheap, but the book opened so I was infatuated. “That’s perfect for you!” my friend said. I quickly parted with a few Canadian bills. Now I had a necklace that showed off how much of a writer I was. The world would know!

Obviously I’m still not quite over that, because I dig these book necklaces by Peg and Awl.

I love the red tie around this one. Plus you can actually write in the pages–just in case a story idea strikes and your regular notebook is elsewhere.

(image: Peg and Awl)

Taking Note

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One of my writerly goals is to keep a notebook with me on a regular basis. A lot of times I end up leaving it at home and thinking “I need to write down this later!” and forgetting. Fortunately, Gems has a roundup of notebooks that are too pretty to leave at home. A couple of my favorites:

narwhal bee land notebook by beethings

notebooks by craftyFOLK

I tend to think of notebooks as a fairly personal choice. It’s got to have the right feel and look. Some people only go for legal pads or the composition books. Others swear by Moleskines. I tend to like something with a little personality, and I like to change it up so that my next notebook doesn’t look identical to my last.

Do you have any notebook requirements?

Be the Cool Kid at the Coffee Shop: Make Your Own Notebook

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I’m pretty picky about my writing notebooks. In Writing Down the Bones, Natalie Goldberg advocates for cheap, drugstore notebooks to alleviate the pressure of having to write something grand, but I like having a little big of style in my notebooks. If you want to jazz up a plain notebook, A Beautiful Mess has a create tutorial for making a lace patterned notebook.

Wouldn’t that be a cool notebook to pull out of your bag at a coffee shop? I’m already feeling the writerly inspiration.

(image: Elise Larson/A Beautiful Mess)