My Commonplace Book

spiral bound journal

For years I’ve kept a Commonplace Book, although I didn’t always call it that. A Commonplace Book is a collection of whatever you want to collect- notes, quotes, diary entries, scrapbook pages, ephemera, photos, snippets of stranger’s conversations – You get the idea. I began this book in March 2004 and I called it a…

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World Gratitude Day Giveaway

Today is World Gratitude Day. At Letters & Journals we’re grateful for all of you! What are you grateful for? Leave a comment and one of you will win this Ecojot Jot & Share Notebook. “Orange is the happiest color.” Frank Sinatra  Contest ends midnight Saturday, September 24 and is open to all. The winner…

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Store Contest Winner

I’m pleased to announce the winner of the store database contest from the July newsletter – Melissa K from WI. I’m trying to build my database of stores so I asked for people to comment with their favorite stationery store. Melissa listed her favorite store, As You Wish located in Fon du Lac, WI. The…

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A Circle Journal Notebook

My niece, Mary, and I began this circle journal notebook in Nov. 2003. The book began with me posting current photos of us on the opening page and then I wrote her a note on the following page that began: Dear Mary, I hope you had a nice Halloween. Mary, age 8, wrote back a…

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Preparing for the National Stationery Show

The National Stationery Show (NSS) starts this Sunday! I’m so excited to be going again this year. My main objectives are to find story ideas and new products to share, find potential advertisers as well as stationery stores who would like to carry the magazine, and meet others in the industry and share their enthusiasm…

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