Interesting Thing: some boys have very mature tastes -
perhaps emulating older role model males -
while some men insist on behaving like boys.
Whichever category they fall into, this page is dedicated to them.
Cartographer's Dream Handstitched Journals

We love maps. They can convey so much, yet so much is left unsaid. They ignite the imagination. These journals are great for journaling on the go - the handstitched binding allows every page to lay perfectly flat. They also feature a memento accordion pouch at the back to keep all of those loose bits and pieces in one easy-to-access place, and an elastic end-leaf enclosure to mark your place or enclose the entire book.

Sizes: 5x7" and 7x9"
128 lined pages
Handstitched binding
Memento pouch
Elastic closure

Globetrotter Map of the New World
Handstitched Journal-5x7
$16.95ea
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Stargazer Map of the Heavens
Handstitched Journal-5x7
$16.95ea
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Stargazer Map of the Heavens
Handstitched Journal-7x9
Reg $21.95
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Handyman Notebooks

This series of cool spiral-bound notebooks - designed & built by our crafty friends to the north in Canada - are fun and functional:
they all come with a pencil included (nice, eh?), Feature rugged construction, and are filled with graph paper for sketching out floor plans, landscaping, grocery lists....
Handyman Pocket Notebooks
Size: 3.875 x 5.125"
100 pages, 70 lb graph paper
Small pencil included
$8.00ea
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Measure Twice
Cut Once
Pocket Notebook
$7.00ea
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Handyman Notebooks
Size: 6.625 x 9.125"
160 pages, 70 lb graph paper
Pencil included
$14.00ea
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Da Vinci Journal/Sketchbook

Whether or not you like his movies or books, the undisputed genius of Leonardo Da Vinci lives on in this refillable journal / sketchbook. Antiqued finish, recycled leather, unique open-stitched detail.

Da Vinci Vitruvian Man
Journal/Sketchbook
Imported from Italy
6.5 x 9.25”
256 Unlined pages
Refillable with: Blank Book, Lined Journal, and Sketch Book
$45.00ea
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Alphabetica Italian Leather Journal
Perfect for the "alpha male" in your tribe, this wonderful journal - one of our personal favorites - is made in Florence using traditional tools and techniques to emboss and intricately detail the rich, deep brown leather cover using real gold leaf.

Alphabetica
Italian Leather Journal
Imported from Italy
Color: Deep Brown
Size: 6 x 8.6"
Lined, gilded-edge pages
$150.00ea
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Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck Remix Journals

Mickey & Donald get an image remix
in these tough but refined journals.


These top-quality, official Genuine Walt Disney Stationery Collection journals show Mickey and Donald in a whole new light, with the vintage characters mixed with pop-art backgrounds, screen-printed on top-quality, lightly distressed Italian suede leather.

Stylish yet tough, these journals are wrapped in durable full-grain leather, with hand-stitched detailing.

As stationers go, The Walt Disney Company turns out to be no Mickey Mouse operation!


Mickey Mouse / Donal Duck Remix Journals
Genuine Walt Disney Stationery Collection
Size: 6 x 9"
288 pages / 144 sheets
Handcrafted in Turkey
Heavyweight, lined, acid-free, lignin-free, ivory colored pages
Reg $75.00 On SALE! $49.95
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Donald Duck Remix Journal
Reg $75.00 On SALE! $49.95
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Italian Leather Latched Journal

A stylish journal perfect for drafting the next Great American Novel. Handcrafted in Italy, it features a high-quality textured leather wrap cover with contrasting stitching and unique brass latch closure.

Italian Leather Latched Journal
Made in Italy
Size: 6.5 x 8.5"
Ivory-colored, unlined pages
Oxblood Brown full grain leather
$114.00
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Monastic Italian Leather Journal

6 x 8" Monastic
Italian Leather Journal
$90.00ea
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Handcrafted in Florence, these exquisite Monastic journals feature an antiqued brown leather cover with hand-tooled border detail, a ribbed spine, and an unique closure. Inside is beautiful, cream-colored, acid-free, deckled-edge paper. Beauty that will last a lifetime.

Monastic Italian Leather Journal
Made in Italy
100% handmade leatherwork and binding Two sizes available
176 acid-free, deckled-edge pages

5 x 7" Monastic Italian Leather Journal
$66.00ea
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Great Minds Journals

To inspire the writer, these unique journals provide excerpts from the manuscripts and drafts of some of the greatest writers and artists of all time. These "remixed reproductions" of original manuscripts and diaries provide a glimpse into the creative process of great minds.

These journals include a memento pouch and a classic ribbon marker. The classic faux "Old Leather" used, although often mistaken for real leather, is printed with a leather-like pattern.

At left are our Shakespeare Journal (top)
and Mozart Journal

Great Minds Journals
Size: 7 x 9"
144 lined pages
Smythe sewn wrap
Memento pouch
Ribbon page marker
$16.95ea
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Windowpane Snapshot Album
An album with a clean, modern feel. Customizable "window" on the cover holds four 2.75 x 2.75" photos.

Windowpane Snapshot Album
Page size: 11 x 11"
Faux leather cover
24 white paper pages
Includes 552 photo corner mounts
Limited Edition!
$45.00
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Strapped Photo Album
Covered in leather with ribbed stitched detailing, our "Strapped" limited edition photo album does "rough and rugged" with style.

Strapped Photo Album
Holds 200 - 4 x 6" photos
Archival rated over 125 years
Size: 8.7 x 9.5 x 2.4
$30.00
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Pamela Barsky Flashback Notebook Journals
Like an acid trip down Memory Lane - straight to the dentist's office!
Sweet! These notebooks are a pop culture maven's dream.
It's no wonder these notebooks are among our favorites...
Fresh, indeed! This notebook is sure to keep ideas poppin'!

Blank pages are
accompanied by a lined page
template - you decide when
to play by the rules!

These fresh and fun notebooks, designed by kooky and hip L.A. designer Pamela Barsky, all feature 70 unlined pages and are spiral-bound with a neat brass-colored plastic “wire” that won't get mashed up or caught in your sweater or braces like the metal ones of yore. These journals also have a cool bonus feature we love and have seen nowhere else: the blank pages are accompanied by a template to add lines for writing (see photo inset) - for those days when you just need a little structure in your life.


Pamela Barsky Flashback Notebook Journals
Size: 7.5 x 9.5”
70 unlined, white pages
Line template included
$19.95ea
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Snapshot Italian Leather Album

The best of the best- these albums, imported from Italy, are made from the finest materials: top-quality leather, and exquisite, acid-free, heavyweight paper, interleaved with a sublty-patterned velum (also acid-free). The Snapshot also features a cover "frame" for displaying your favorite image.

Snapshot Italian Leather Album
Made in Italy
Size: 8 x 6.8"
$216.00
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Memento Italian Leather Album

The best of the best- these albums, imported from Italy, are made from the finest materials: top-quality leather, and exquisite, acid-free, 50 lb paper (that's nice and heavy!), interleaved with a sublty-patterned rice paper. Cover is hand-dyed calf skin with a Florentine Giglio-styled hinge.

Memento Italian Leather Album
Made in Italy
Size: 8 x 6.85"
$216.00
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In Transit Small Travel Organizers

Passport

Travel with style and confidence. Jot down travel notes on the notepad, stash ticket stubs, passports, receipts, and other ephemera in the accordion folder, secure it all with the elastic closure. These In Transit Travel Organizers are good to go! The perfect bon voyage gift!


In Transit Small Travel Organizers
Size: 4.25 x 6.5 x .8
Notepad 3.5 x 6.25" has 40 lightly lined sheets (refillable)
6 divider pockets holds US sized passports nicely!
Elastic closure and pencil holder
Reg $ 18.00ea
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Par Avion
Bubblewrap Notebook Journal


Designed by hip L.A. designer Pamela Barsky, the Bubblewrap Notebook Journal is perfect for the obsessive-compulsive bubble wrap popper in your life. Maybe it's you - we won't tell.

It features 70 unlined pages and is spiral-bound with a neat brass-colored plastic “wire” that won't get mashed up or caught in your sweater or braces like the metal ones of yore.

Includes a template to add lines for writing - for those days when you just need a little structure in your life.


Bubblewrap Notebook Journal
Size: 7.5 x 9.5”
70 unlined, white pages
Line template included
Comes enclosed in - you guessed it - bubble wrap
$19.95
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Deconstruction Paper Journal

Another crafty creation from hip L.A. designer Pamela Barsky, the Deconstruction Paper Notebook Journal is a must-have for the expressive artist caught in a CPA's body, the precocious mid-life crisis sufferer, or, perhaps, you...


Deconstruction Paper
Journal
Size: 5.8” x 8.8”
128 Smythe-bound,
construction paper pages
(assorted colors)
Limited Edition/Collector's Item
Reg $20.00
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Simple Snapshot Album - Large
Simplicity is underrated these days. This album has features that seem simple, but are hard to find: handsome styling, a customizable stained and lacquered wood cover (with aluminum bezel "frame" for your image of choice), pleather spine, detailed stitching... Suddenly simple is simply wonderful.

Simple Snapshot Album
Cover holds one 4 x 4" photo
40 black self-adhesive pages
Size: 9.25 x 11.25 x 1.5"

Holds 80 - 4 x 6", 40 - 5 x 7"
or 40 - 8 x 10" photos
$38.00
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Notes-To-Go Aluminum-Clad Notepads

For the gal or guy on the go, these sleek notepads slip easily into a pocket, purse, backpack or glove compartment. The sturdy, brushed aluminum case is spring-loaded with a retractable pen: slide the pen up, and the case flips open easily for quick note-taking. Nice. Tough enough to withstand life's little bumps and bungles.


Notes-To-Go Notepads
Size: 4" x .25"
Comes with two 100-sheet notepads
Available in Onyx, Silver Haze,
Green Haze, and Pink Haze
Notepad, ink, and pen refills available
$9.95ea
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Passport Italian Leather Travel Bag
Inspired by the messenger bags used in the great cities of Italy and crafted from the finest leather, these bags will last a lifetime. Stylish but unfussy, it features great detailing, including a working lock. Great for day trips when a journal or good book, a snack, and a map are all you need. Just don't call it a "man bag."

Other features include: two interior compartments, zippered back and interior pockets, top & shoulder straps, gusseted outer pocket.


Passport - Italian Leather Travel Bag
Handmade in Italy
Size: 10 x 8.25 x 4”
Comes in drawstring bag
Reg $177.00
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Gearhead Journals


Gearhead Journal - Vroom
Size: 5" x 7"
240 graph paper pages
of 90lb text
Flexible smythe-sewn binding
Faux leather oilskin covers
$18.00
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These cool journals, each with sharp, wraparound graphics, are the ultimate for your favorite gearhead: the faux-leather oilcloth cover is soft yet durable, the interior is crammed with 240 pages of graph paper for freestyle note-taking - or serious technical renderings.

Perfect for stashing in the glove compartment or in a stuff sack.


Gearhead Journal - Moto
Size: 5" x 7"
240 graph paper pages
of 90lb text
Flexible smythe-sewn binding
Faux leather oilskin covers
$18.00
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Little Red Book
This classic Little Red Book makes a great travelling companion. There's an accordion pouch in back to keep track of all of those ticket stubs and other mementos that get lost so easily. Round corners mean they slip easily into pocket or purse.

Made with faux "Old Leather;" although often mistaken for real leather, the covers are printed with a leather-like pattern.


Little Red Book
Size: 3.5 x 5.5"
176 lined pages
Smythe sewn
Memento pouch
Ribbon page marker
Also available in an Address Book
$9.95
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Italian Leather Snap Journal

Simple yet stylish, this Italian leather journal features a bonded, textured leather cover and metal snap closure. Great for travel.


Italian Leather
Snap Journal
Made in Italy
Size: 5 x 7"
240 Ivory-colored, lined pages
Refillable
Also available in Black
$30.00ea
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Call Me! Desktop Address Book


Times change so fast nowadays that the sight of a rotary phone dial evokes feelings of nostalgia! Wow!

The stylish Call Me! Address Book has plenty of room for keeping notes on your friends, family, and other contacts close at hand - and it's guaranteed to last longer than your latest cell phone!

Charming details such as vintage photos and quotes about friendship from famous folks (from Emerson to Ali) round out the package.


Call Me! Address Book
Size: 6.5 x 7.5"
166 pages
Japanese linen-bound,
4-ring binder
Refill pages available
Reg $ 30.00
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Call Me! Pocket Address Book

A stylish pocket address book for keeping track of all your contacts -with “thumb indexed” pages for speedy access. Guaranteed to last longer than your new cell phone!


Call Me!
Pocket Address Book
Size: 3.5 x 5.5"
160 thumb index-tabbed pages
Elastic closure
Business card pocket
$12.00
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Visions Desktop Gallery
Change and rearrange the frames and images in this sleek, contemporary desktop ”gallery” with your every mood swing! Infinite variations.


Visions Desktop Gallery
Holds eight photos: two 2 1/2 x 3",
two 3 x 3", two 4 x 4" and
two 4 x 6" photos
$23.00
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Smile! Photo Album

Smile! That's what this snazzy little photo album is sure to make you do, with its charming vintage style - and convenient, take-along size. Holds 36 of your favorite photos.


Smile! Photo Album
Size: 4.5 x 7.25"
Holds 36 - 4 x 6" photos in
18 plastic sleeves
Acid-free colorful card inserts
Elastic closure
$15.00
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Dragonflower Italian Leather Photo Album

Turn your best photos into a timeless shrine! This wonderful album is produced in Florence using traditional tools and techniques to emboss and intricately detail the rich leather cover using real gold leaf.

Dragonflower
Italian Leather Photo Album
Made in Italy
Size: 8.5 x 6.25"
Color: Amaretto
62 cream-colored, interleaved pages
Elegantly gift boxed
$150.00
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Spread 'Em! Photo Album
Forget showing someone snaps of your various escapades, lovers, pets, and friends from a wonky wallet! Sock it to them in style with this pocket photo gallery: the Spread 'Em! Photo Album fans out to display twenty 4 x 6 photos in 10 rigid polypropylene plastic "frames."

Spread 'Em! Photo Album
Size: 5 x 8.2"
Faux leather
Holds 20 - 4 x 6" photos
Organizes index cards too!
$20.00
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Porthole Snapshot Albums
Fun and modern, these photo albums come with a customizable "porthole frame" cover with tinted windowpane and matching interior.


Porthole Snapshot Album
Size: 9 x 7.5"
Imitation leather cover,
polypropylene sleeves
Holds 104, 4 x 6" photos (2 per page)
Cover holds one 3" photo
Available in Very Violet, Ocean Blue,
and Acid Green
$20.00ea
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Granddaddy Italian Leather Album

This "Granddaddy" of all albums - a massive, heirloom-quality album - is great in size and in artistry. Measuring 15 x 17" - and weighing over 15 pounds - these truly unforgettable Florentine albums are hand-made. The deeply embossed cover is formed by pressing antique brass plates into freshly waxed leather; they are then hand-tooled to stunning effect.

Made from the finest materials available: top-quality leather, and exquisite, cream-colored, acid-free, 80 lb paper (that's nice and heavy!), interleaved with a sublty-patterned rice paper (also acid-free).

If da Vinci were a scrapbooker, this would be his album of choice.

Granddaddy Italian Leather Album
Made in Italy
120 cream-colored, acid-free,
interleaved pages
Size: 15 x 17 x 3"
$825.00
SALE! $699.00

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