I did not mean to wait this long to post about new notebook acquisitions, and some of these I’ve had for a while. I have enough for more than one post, since I try to avoid having too many in one post, but I will spread them out a little over time.
Past posts about the collection I have so far: Post #1 | Post #2 | Post #3 | Post #4 | Post #5 | Post #6 | Post #7 | Post #8 | Post #9 | Post #10 | Post #11 | Post #12 | Post #13 | Post #14
My husband bought me this notebook at Walmart. It stood out to him because it’s the exact same cover as a Bible cover we had recently seen in a gift shop at the Ark Encounter and considered buying for him. It even has a zipper around the edge to keep it closed, like the Bible cover did and has a ribbon bookmark inside with Bible verses on the pages.
Whoever came up with the idea of a quiz where people could find out what house they would be in at Hogwarts is a marketing genius. It’s difficult to not feel a sense of loyalty to your house and to want to acquire items related to it. For me, this means a notebook. My husband is the one who bought it for me, but I have to admit, it’s an incredibly nice notebook in general. It has a cloth-like hard cover, it’s larger than the average A5-sized notebooks, and the house crest that you can see on the right side of the cover, where the elastic band is meant to catch to hold the book closed, is metal.
There is clearly a theme going in this post, as this book was also bought for me by my husband. I watched a lot of Mr. Rogers as a kid, enjoyed seeing my kids get into it some on streaming services, and love the look of the notebook, inside and out. There are a few full-page spreads like shown below and also some quotes at the bottom of some pages.
There’s not a lot to say about this one. I have a weakness for maps on notebook covers, especially vintage maps, and the gold embossed look of this one is especially nice. It came with a pen that I did not have for the picture, but it’s black with gold trim, which matches the notebook really well.
This notebook is a work of art, inside and out. I can easily say it is one of the most beautiful ones I own; I sometimes display it on my shelf—open, so the pages are visible. I love notebooks that are, or at least appear as if they are, handmade, and this definitely has that look. The pages look like they were pulled directly from an old ship captain’s log book, except that they have lines printed on them (which is certainly my preference as a writer).
Do you collect anything related to reading or writing? Feel free to share!