Journal Find At Barnes And Noble

[Daisy25]

I'll be going on a vacation soon and I wanted a journal to bring with me. I found an absolute treasure at Barnes and Noble.

 

To begin, it has a beautiful deep green, soft leather cover with an embossed Celtic Cross.

 

 

It holds 240 lightly ruled, cream-colored pages that are sewn together so that the journal opens reasonably flat. There's also a green ribbon page marker.

 

 

The pages are thick and while not Rhodia slick, they are smooth enough to be a pleasure to write on. Here's my pen check page:

 

 

Now, granted I use mostly fine point nibs, but there was no feathering, not even with my very wet Pilot VP medium nib.

 

Here the page is from the back -- no bleed and no shadow.

 

 

While this would be a little small for the every day journaling that I do at home, it is perfect for a cart about journal: the cover is 5 7/8" by 8 1/4".

 

For those interested, here's the Barnes and Noble link: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/home-gift-green-embossed-celtic-cross-lined-flexi-journal/26330450?ean=9781591772033 At least, I think that is the same journal: they have the size listed at 5 by 8 but I suspect that is an error.

Edited August 1, 2013 by Daisy25

[Runnin_Ute]

That is really nice, Daisy. Let us know how it performs after you have used it for a while. I have found that sometimes B & N will pop up a surprise or two....

 

Hope this turns out to be one of those.

[Cinnia]

That journal does look very nice. Besides being addicted to FPs and ink, I'm horribly addicted to beautiful journals. Some of those journals on B & N online are gorgeous but expensive.

[Daisy25]

That journal does look very nice. Besides being addicted to FPs and ink, I'm horribly addicted to beautiful journals. Some of those journals on B & N online are gorgeous but expensive.

Yes, they are. And once a journal becomes too expensive and too pretty, it inhibits me. Mostly for my journal writing, I go for simple and plain. My current favorite for journaling is one of the new TWSBI notebooks, plain in appearance, good with my pens, reasonably priced. Still, every once in a while a beautiful journal is in order. I'll know more once I'm writing in it, but for now, I'm simply in love with this Celtic one.