I'm a notebook addict; I use several notebooks every day, read and talk about notebooks online, and even collect interesting notebooks. My latest acquisition came via reading
this post over on Notebook Stories about a European notebook maker who incorporates beautiful vintage papers as covers. I fell instantly in love, popped over to
Notes Limited's web site and ordered one for myself, which just arrived:

It's a beautiful little notebook, and the vintage paper used to make the cover is almost as old as I am, yet looks pristine and new. The makers included a handy slip cover to help keep it tidy, and a little slip of paper with the edition number and info on the cover:

Definitely not cheap -- I think it worked out to about twelve dollars US -- but to me some things are worth a little extra $$$.
Published on January 19, 2016 04:00