There are several that the community has been talking about recently like the Canopus and the new Teranishi notebooks but I dug deeper and found a few others worth considering. I went through the whole inventory on JetPens and purchased every A5 Japanese paper-filled notebook I could find. I found six notebooks that I had…
“Iroful” means “colorful,” — an amalgamation of the English word “color” for the Japanese word “iro” which also means color. The intention of the name is to convey the paper’s ability to show color cleanly and crisply. The Iroful Notebook ($9.75) is a standard A5 soft cover, 75gsm Japanese paper, made by Sakae Technical Paper,…
The Hobonichi Fireside Chat Notebook (B6 Blank) ($14) is a 40-page deliciously B6-sized notebook with a cardstock cover that features a quote from the mysterious “Mr. Safety Match,” whose wisdom occasionally appears in the daily quotes of Hobonichi planners. Most notably, these notebooks are filled with Tomoe River S paper. The yellow cover features blank…
While at the Chicago Planner Conference last week, I was able to pick up some sample products from Happy Planner. I got a discbound notebook, some stickers and folder extras. I was familiar with Happy Planner as I’ve often heard other people mention them and had seen some of their products stocked in places like…
I purchased the Midori Grain Notebook ($15.50) is available in a B6 size (though it is also available in a reporter-style pocket notebook). This lovely wirebound notebook includes 100 Sheets – 50 lined white sheets and 50 blank cream sheets and a vertical elastic to keep the book closed. The Grain notebook has two notable…
This Top Ten list has been updated in Sept. 2023 and divided into a couple categories now to better differentiate between types of options. There are hundreds of notebooks on the market and everyone has a preference on size and format but when people are just dipping their toe into the world of higher end…
A little over a month ago Kansas City welcomed a new stationery store, May Day Paper and Post! While we do have a pen store and the ubiquitous Paper Source, this is an indie stationery store, one that I’m delighted to support. May Day bills itself as a place for all things snail mail. This…
