At 12:02 PM 10/13/2004, you wrote:
>Now for the log books. I've seen some unlined
>"journal" types of books out there. Really nice, but the problem is
>they are expensive. I've seen some for over $100. Now that's a lot
>of money for a notebook. Any suggestions on a good quality book
>that's reasonably priced?
Both Borders and Barnes & Noble have journals/sketch books with unlined
pages that might work for you. They have inexpensive cloth bound ones as
well as nicer leather bound ones, ranging in price from $5 to $30. Make
sure the pages are unlined, though, since they don't always tell you on the
cover and you can't always tell if the book is shrinkwrapped.
Art supply stores also have bound sketch books, usually with black covers,
that work well as journals.
Another consideration in choosing a journal is to remember that a stiff
cover will often let you get a better image when stamping into it -- often
when you're out on the trails, a soft cover doesn't give you a firm enough
surface on which to stamp the page, and there's no flat surface on which
you can set down the journal.
|-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-|
Silent Doug, P41 F542 X73 E11
silentdoug@letterboxing.info
http://www.letterboxing.info
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
finding/choosing a journal
2 messages in this thread |
Started on 2004-10-13
finding/choosing a journal
From: Silent Doug (silentdoug@letterboxing.info) |
Date: 2004-10-13 17:11:10 UTC-04:00
Re: [LbNA] finding/choosing a journal
From: Hikers_n_ Hounds (hikers_n_hounds@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-10-13 14:19:22 UTC-07:00
I recently stopped at a Borders and picked up a pretty
decent sized journal on clearence for $5. Doug is
correct, there are all styles and price ranges. You
just have to look. I actually use a small artists pad
and cut and paste (the old fashioned way) the images
later. this lets me take as many impressions as I need
of a stamp until I get a good one, and I can group
them together if I want. Cyclonic had re-done his log
book this way and I really likd it.
--- Silent Doug wrote:
> At 12:02 PM 10/13/2004, you wrote:
> >Now for the log books. I've seen some unlined
> >"journal" types of books out there. Really nice,
> but the problem is
> >they are expensive. I've seen some for over $100.
> Now that's a lot
> >of money for a notebook. Any suggestions on a good
> quality book
> >that's reasonably priced?
>
> Both Borders and Barnes & Noble have journals/sketch
> books with unlined
> pages that might work for you. They have inexpensive
> cloth bound ones as
> well as nicer leather bound ones, ranging in price
> from $5 to $30. Make
> sure the pages are unlined, though, since they don't
> always tell you on the
> cover and you can't always tell if the book is
> shrinkwrapped.
>
> Art supply stores also have bound sketch books,
> usually with black covers,
> that work well as journals.
>
> Another consideration in choosing a journal is to
> remember that a stiff
> cover will often let you get a better image when
> stamping into it -- often
> when you're out on the trails, a soft cover doesn't
> give you a firm enough
> surface on which to stamp the page, and there's no
> flat surface on which
> you can set down the journal.
>
>
>
> |-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-|
> Silent Doug, P41 F542 X73 E11
> silentdoug@letterboxing.info
> http://www.letterboxing.info
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>
_______________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today!
http://vote.yahoo.com
decent sized journal on clearence for $5. Doug is
correct, there are all styles and price ranges. You
just have to look. I actually use a small artists pad
and cut and paste (the old fashioned way) the images
later. this lets me take as many impressions as I need
of a stamp until I get a good one, and I can group
them together if I want. Cyclonic had re-done his log
book this way and I really likd it.
--- Silent Doug
> At 12:02 PM 10/13/2004, you wrote:
> >Now for the log books. I've seen some unlined
> >"journal" types of books out there. Really nice,
> but the problem is
> >they are expensive. I've seen some for over $100.
> Now that's a lot
> >of money for a notebook. Any suggestions on a good
> quality book
> >that's reasonably priced?
>
> Both Borders and Barnes & Noble have journals/sketch
> books with unlined
> pages that might work for you. They have inexpensive
> cloth bound ones as
> well as nicer leather bound ones, ranging in price
> from $5 to $30. Make
> sure the pages are unlined, though, since they don't
> always tell you on the
> cover and you can't always tell if the book is
> shrinkwrapped.
>
> Art supply stores also have bound sketch books,
> usually with black covers,
> that work well as journals.
>
> Another consideration in choosing a journal is to
> remember that a stiff
> cover will often let you get a better image when
> stamping into it -- often
> when you're out on the trails, a soft cover doesn't
> give you a firm enough
> surface on which to stamp the page, and there's no
> flat surface on which
> you can set down the journal.
>
>
>
> |-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-|
> Silent Doug, P41 F542 X73 E11
> silentdoug@letterboxing.info
> http://www.letterboxing.info
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>
_______________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today!
http://vote.yahoo.com