I carry a notebook with me everywhere I go. I especially love how a notebook develops a patina as it wears and is used. After years of being unable to get myself to use a notebook for anything, I finally realized it was because I was trying to make a notebook perfect.
As a result, one of the main things that I look for in a notebook is that it’s not precious, which makes it easier to be okay with my notebook wearing (and sometimes tearing) as I really use it and take it everywhere. Field Notes are about the perfect size for me, but I live in South Africa and can’t reliably get Field Notes notebooks. After researching, I decided to make my own Field Notes-esque notebook, customized to suit my needs.
This is what I ended up making:
I used recycled paper bags from my grocery shopping for covers. The brown paper bag’s texture means that these develop a great patina as you use the notebook. It’s also sturdy enough to keep pages protected and bound together. I use my dip pen to sketch the cover of each one I make.
Bound with two staples, open 100% flat.
The inner cover page (front or back) includes fields for my name, the date I started the notebook, the date I finished the notebook, a contact email field, and space to include any other details that might help someone return the notebook to me if lost.
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