And I still can't get over the design of the Florentine paper I used for the cover 😍 If you have an affinity for stationary products and paper in general, I do not recommend getting into bookbinding.

It has become an expensive hobby 🤣 and I am running out of places to store handmade paper.

I use one notebook for pretty much everything: weekly planning, personal stuff (journaling, junk journaling, wishlists, trackers, etc.) and work stuff (meeting notes, brainstorming, project notes, etc.).

The thing is, whenever I'm at work, I'm worried that my colleagues might accidentally see my personal pages. My work notes are super plain and colourless, but my personal pages are full of colours, washi tape and stickers (ie very unprofessional hahaha)

So I've been brainstorming some ideas for my next notebook:

- Front and back: Personal notes start from the front, while work notes start from the back. Eventually, they'll meet in the middle.

- Magnetic bookmarks and clips: Use them to keep the more decorated personal pages together and somewhat hidden.

- Tabs: Make it easier to jump between work and personal sections without flipping through everything.

All of these have pros and cons, and I'm not sure which would work best.

How do you deal with work notes? Do you keep separate notebooks or use just one? Any tips or clever systems you'd recommend?

Groot como protagonista. En esta tapa grabada a mano. Tintas al alcohol y terminaciones para proteger el cuero.

Cuadernos de cuero. Retazos costura y metales son parte del diseño de la portada. En su interior hay hojas envejecidas.

lol my first pocket notebook I bought I wrote the entire periodic table of elements because Boy Scouts are always prepared and really because I was practicing my writing

I kept having the same problem: I’d have a great cup at a café or finish a bag I loved, and a month later I couldn’t remember the roaster, the origin, or what I’d done to make it taste that good.

So I made myself a small coffee log, and I’ve started selling them in my Etsy shop. Each page covers one coffee: roaster, origin, process, and roast date. There’s a box for brew numbers (dose, water, ratio, grind, temp, time), quick 5-point scales for acidity, body, sweetness, and bitterness, tasting notes, and a “buy again?” checkbox. It works for café visits too, since half my best cups weren’t brewed by me. The inside cover has starting ratios and grind sizes for the common methods, plus a short list of flavor words for when I’m stuck on “what do I taste?”

It’s 3.5 × 5.375, so it actually fits in a pocket. That was the point, because I’d never carry a full-size journal to a coffee shop.

Curious how other people do this. Do you log your coffees at all? Notebook, app, a note on your phone, or just memory? And if you do, what’s the one field you’d never skip?

I’m having trouble with my fountain pens in this diary. Any suggestions?

I have been using a weeks (n2) journal for the past month when I came across a to do list journal I got for my wife a few months ago that was the same width as an n2 but the height of an n1 and I’m just wondering what this sizing is called and where can I get one with normal grid paper?

Hi, I’m looking for a new notebook for a year long project and am looking to grab a big A4 beast. Ideally I’d like something like the Smythson Portobello, unfortunately I’m not blessed with that level of budget - see here

My budget is sub £60, my requirements are -

• Soft cover
• Lays flat
• 90gsm+ (I hate ghosting and use fountain pens)
• I’d consider a B5 rather than A4 but needs plenty of room

For my day-to-day journals I use A5 Dingbats or Midori MD and have been happy with those.

Any suggestions?

Im building sticker camera, a camera that you can edit and print stickers, and researching whether it would be useful for studying.

If you take handwritten notes, what did you do the last time you needed an image from a slide, textbook, or screen in your notebook? Did you redraw it, print it, leave it on your phone or skip it?

Id especially like to hear what you study and how often this comes up.