Moleskine Passions Art Journal

When you are travelling, do you wish you had a journal to note your art experiences as a memento of your trip?  This has been happening to me for years.  I’m always stuck writing things down on bits of paper, tickets and sometimes even plane boarding passes to research artist info when I return home.

Last summer, my friend Michelle fell in love with the Art Institute of Chicago and she reminded me about how important it was to take time to document transformational moments in art.

Enter – Moleskine Passions Art Journal.  Meet your new friend.  This journal has everything in one sexy bound book.

Through special informative sections, and themed forms and fields to fill in, the Moleskine Passions Art Journal helps you have an in-depth art experience. While you use it you may think of possible answers to your questions, such as: how do my emotions influence my encounter with the artwork? What is the artist trying to express? Where do I encounter art in my life? Do I find reflections of this experience in my everyday life? How can I talk about my museum experiences?

The Moleskine Passions Art Journal has been written with the support and research of Art For Business, a young and passionate association that focuses on artistic language and its effect on people and organizations. It features a playful cover and includes: contemporary and modern art leading exhibitions list, contemporary Art History Timeline, 5 themed sections to fill in, 5 tabbed sections to personalize with the over 200 available adhesive labels. The journal has 240 pages, a double expandable inner pocket and a history booklet on Moleskine. Like all other titles of the Passion Collection, the Art Journal features the iconic Moleskine features such as round corners and an elastic closure. The acid free paper ensures that the journal will preserve memories for a lifetime.

I gave Michelle a Moleskine Passions Art Journal as a birthday present last year.  It’s a perfect mate for travel abroad, housing ticket souvenirs, pictures and pamphlets.  Even if you are checking out new exhibits in your own hometown the Moleskine Passions Art Journal will fit unassumingly into your purse or backpack.

http://www.moleskine.com/en/news/art_journal

Moleskine Hobbit Limited Edition Collection

Forget this Staycation, I’m moving to The Shire!

Following in the footsteps of Bilbo Baggins and his loyal troupe, the Moleskine Hobbit Limited Edition Collection is made for Tolkien fans, literary enthusiasts and those with a quest of their own.

After Pac Man and Star Wars this latest pop culture Limited Edition marks the release of Peter Jackson’s film adaptation The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Each page is a new chapter, each line of graphite forming the features of a mythical creature.

Tucked into the back pocket, away from prying eyes, is a map of Wilderland to aid you on this very personal journey whilst you tackle the dragons, beasts and goblins of everyday life.

Choose your weapon: plain or ruled. Influenced by Tolkien’s original drawings, the ruled version with burgundy red cover features Lonely Mountain framed by two dragons, whilst the plain notebook cover is emblazoned with the seal of a hot-foil stamped red dragon. It gleams over a silkscreened chestnut cover representing Mirkwood. Both have the original “JRRT” monogram inscribed on the notebook spine.

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Moleskine Passions: Music Journal

Moleskine Passions:  Music Journal

Being a total music geek, I love to learn about new and cool bands.  I love listening to music on my ipod to and from work, travelling, going on short subway trips as I run errands etc.  – It’s such a huge part of my self-care. 

There are times when I feel slightly inundated with tunes.  Last summer at Lollapalooza in particular – there were just so many bands, so much music and so many different things going that I wanted to research when I got back to Toronto.  I remember hoping I had something to write in to document my fav tunes and musical journeys.

This summer – I have myself sorted.  Why you ask?  Well I picked up a ‘Moleskine Passions:  Music Journal’.   Here are the deets (it’s a bit luxe, but that’s me):

Moleskine Passions: Music Journal

It’s fully embossed cover, 3 ribbon place markers and double expandable inner pocket.

6 theme-based sections to fill in: Artists, Lyrics, Playlists, Concerts, My Life in Music, Music Map.

6 tabbed sections to personalize as you wish with adhesive labels.

12 pages of staff paper and 28 blank pages in which to unleash your passion’s creativity.

Several adhesive labels: 80 to be used on the blank tabs, 150 with coloured icons and 12 to customize the cover.

13×21 cm, 5 x 8, 240 pages, acid-free paper.

This lil baby is something I keep in my purse and work bag – for easy access.  My friend’s mentions, tweet’s, Facebook status music updates – all go into it.  Gone are the days of me scrambling to pop it into my phone, scraps of paper or napkins.

It’s very sleek and just looks like an uber cool music notebook.  Very organized and a great place to pop in newspaper articles, Metro pictures, concert tickets and working playlists for working out and ‘on the go’ travel.  I’m always thinking about travel playlists so when I have a Genius Mix that pulls up a song that I haven’t heard in ages – the reminder goes directly into my Moleskine. 

The other night going home from work ‘Animal Instincts’ and ‘You and Me’ from The Cranberries appeared out of the blue.  It was so lovely.  I scribbled in a reminder to make a playlist around it for future trips home from work.  It’s the lil things people.

Yours in music,

Mel xo