My First Experience with Happy Planner

My First Experience with Happy Planner

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…

Paper Review: Yamamoto Paper Tasting Silky Vol. 3

Paper Review: Yamamoto Paper Tasting Silky Vol. 3

Over the years, I’ve tested several of the Yamamoto Paper Sampling Kits. I recently saw the Yamamoto Paper Testing Silky Vol. 3 ($11) which includes three 25-sheet pads of papers: B7 Yamaoto Bank Paper Takasago Premium, A6 Smooth Art Paper and B6 Sheep Clouds Bond. Both the Bank Paper and the Sheep Clouds is indicated…

Notebook Review & Giveaway: Notegeist Bindery Everydays

Notebook Review & Giveaway: Notegeist Bindery Everydays

Review by Tina Koyama The latest entries in the pocket notebook field are from Notegeist Bindery. Notegeist itself has been around for a while as a purveyor of carefully curated notebooks, pencils and other stationery items. Most recently, owner Gary Varner has added his own line of handmade notebooks and memo pads, including Everydays, Jotters…

Paper Review: Midori Yuru B6 Log Notebook (Watercolor)

Paper Review: Midori Yuru B6 Log Notebook (Watercolor)

I love B6-sized notebooks. I seek them out at every pen show, stationery shop and web site looking for more. There are not a lot of options available in the US so when I find one, I go all-in. That is 100% with the Midori Yuru Log Notebook. The B6 notebooks come in a variety…

Notebook Review: Midori Diary with Embroidered bookmark Owl

Notebook Review: Midori Diary with Embroidered bookmark Owl

Midori has a line of A6 diary notebooks with a flexible bookcloth cover and an adhesive ribbon bookmark with an embroidered animal icon at the bottom. There are four design options: The Owl, The Whale Shark, The Cat and The Bird ($32 each). The covers are flexible but not floppy. It is a happy medium…

Sticky Note Day: Midori Writing Marker Monthly Block Sticky Notes

Sticky Note Day: Midori Writing Marker Monthly Block Sticky Notes

This week I decided to try the Midori Writing Marker Monthly Block Sticky Notes in both the Memo design and Speech Bubble design ($4.90 each set). I loved the die cut shapes and thought they’d be nice additions to my planner and journals. Each set include 15 sheets of 4 different designs (60 sheets total…