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Make your own inserts, its fun!

Hello! Can you belive it? I live in Swedens largest town but no one here sells traveler's notebooks or inserts?? Well its true so I decided to try some DIY and see how difficult it could be to make some inserts myself. Turns out it was easy, inexpensive and fun! I know there is tons of tutorials on internet but I wanted to share anyway  (a bit proud that I could make them...). Paper, ruler, knife and stapler I took 16 sheets of A4 paper and one sheet of cardstock. stapled them together in the middle with a smart yet inexpensive booklet stapler I found. Booklet stapler I measure the hight of the insert and draw a line where I want to  cut. Ruler I use a clamp to make sure the ruler dont move and then i cut with a sharp carpet knife. Dont cut straight thru, cut many times until you are thru all the sheets. When you finnished cutting you have space to put in one more staple. Clamp and plexiglass Now you fold the insert. I use a thick piece of plexig
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Writing and reading

I sit down at my kitchen table with a cup of freshly brewed Coffee and a blank page open in my travelers notebook. Traveler's notebook  In my last post I talked a bit about drawing and painting, things I love doing and that comes naturally to me. Writing is a completely different thing, I'm not very good at it and that is one of the purposes of this blog. I want to be better at writing! Part of my library  I do read a lot of books and that ought to rub off don't you think? Well it doesn't seem so. I find it hard to start writing and I often use too few words thinking that poeple understand my thoughts. Books Lately I have been feeling a bit unintellectual. I have read John le Carre's first four novels in row! The first two, "Call for the Dead" and "A Murder of Quality " are more of traditional detective stories especially the second one. The other two, "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" and "The Looking-Glass War
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Art Journal

I like to paint and draw, allways has and probably allways will. Being a father of a little boy and a husband and also full time worker means that available time is scarce. But in my traveler's notebook I allways carry with me a small sketchbook so that I can make a small drawing now and then. Travelers notebook  Most of the time I just stop thinking and let the creativity loose and the result is usually something abstract but not allways and it's not important. What matters is that it makes me feel good. I guess what I do is not strictly art journaling, an art journal is supposed to be like a illustrated diary but all I do is make a drawing now and then. A6 folder Years ago I made this small folder or whatever I should call it. It can carry a big stack of loose A6 sketch paper. A6 drawings  I made it so that I could carry sketch paper with me on travels. On one travel I think I made over 100 drawings (it was not that boring, I just sat down each evening and ma
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Notebooks, travels

I love traveling by train and there are many reasons why I love that. It is a bit old fashioned, you travel a distance but it also feels like you travel in time. To an era when trains was the only way to travel long distances. Stockholm central station I still think traveling by train is the proper way to travel. Spending some time in an old beautiful crowded train station can be interesting, you see people from all over the world and you can listen to languages you dont understand. You meet poeple you have never seen before and that you will never see again. One minute they are here, the next minute the are off to some unknown destination. I allways bring a notebook and a good pen when I travel by train. You get a lot of time to read and contemplate life. Thats why I love carrying my traveler's notebook, I can carry whatever I want in my traveler's notebook and I can make some drawings or write down things thats on my mind. Travelers notebook  This time it was
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DIY double pen loop

Hello! The first thing I regretted when my Traveler's notebook arrived was that I didn't order a pen holder. But then again using a travelers notebook involves a bit of DIY so I made my own pen loop, while I made it I took some pictures so now I like to share how to make a real easy double pen loop for the traveler's notebook.  I use the passport size but it can just as easy be made to fit the standard size. Stuff you need You need the following : A piece of card stock A stapler A piece of elastic A pair of scissors A ruler Messure the card stock You measure the card stock so that it will be a little longer than the short string of your travelers notebook and a little wider than the whole width of the cover. Then you cut it. Make two cut outs Fold your piece of card stock in two and make two cut outs so that it will fit under the short string . Fasten under short string Fasten the card under the short string. Now it sits securly. Card stock
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The sunny side of the street

Hello! As you might have figured out I am a guy and I use the traveler's notebook. I have the original from Midori, or the Travelers company as they call themself now. I will tell you more how I use my traveler's notebook some day but not this day. Today is such a beautiful sunny day! A leftover sledge I use the passport size travelers notebook, easy to carry in the pocket of my coat and carry with me on a little stroll on a sunny day. Some grafitti and sun Some poeple like to write on buildings, I like to write and draw in my notebooks. Anyway I had an afternoon off so I took a walk and some pictures of my neighborhood. And I had the time to enjoy a nice cup of Coffee at my local café. Travelers notebook  If you are new to the concept of travelers notebook, like I am, perhaps you want some inspiration? Let me share some reading that might inspire you: Travelers Company has a page where "professional" users share their use of travelers notebooks .
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In the beginning

 I have a friend who is allways interested in new analog trends, it can be mechanichal watches, analog photography, vinyl records and such things. Recently he sugested using old fashioned paper planner and that actually appealed to me a lot!  I have allways been fond of writing with good pens and fountain pens and I have a stack of notebooks I use for different purposes.  Anyway, my friends sugestion got me thinking and I said to myself: Hey, why don't you dig up your old filofax and use that? Said and done, after som digging I found it, an old pocket size black leather filofax. Pocket size filofax  The trouble with my filofax was that it has the old 4-ring mechanism and that means I can't buy any new refills... 4-ring mechanism (you can see it was last in use year 2000...) If you are interested why here is an interesting article . That meant I had to continue my search and I found the interesting article in NYT written by Kristin Wong . Among other things she men
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