I admit it.
I have an addiction.
I love books. Not the kind with words in them… the kind that are blank, that are just aching to be filled.
I love journal books. I love diary books. I love sketch books. I love notebooks. I love blank books.
I like them big and tiny, hard bound, soft bound, traditionally bound, spiral bound, white pages, coloured papers, designs, inspirational quotes, blank, lined, and quadruled.
Why?
That’s harder to explain… it has just ALWAYS been this way for me. From my earliest memories I have always ached to have paper with me (and pens, but that’s another entry).
I used to doodle at school, to keep my attention.
I used to write stories and poetry.
I used to chart things.
I don’t do these things anymore, and the books remain (for the most part) blank and unused. And yet the collection grows… from the huge 14″ x 17″ artist sketchbooks with the thick white paper, to the pocket sized Moleskine volants and the Yoga Cats note book, the collection contains anything interesing or pretty or intreging — anything that I find that I HOPE that will inspire me to doodle, draw, colour, scribble, write, note, chart, or otherwise spark the creativity that is currently locked inside me…
But don’t worry…
GirlChild is currently eyeing up the collection…
In her mind it is her inheritance… 
Good to know that the passion will be passed on…
You need to get back to making marks on index cards. They don’t have the same demands as a whole blank book.
I started taking pictures of the notebooks I see in stores that I want. This way, my “collection” grows without actually needing physical storage space! I discovered that this soothes the need to buy notebooks, because I feel like I’m getting to take them with me. I still have a weakness for them, though – and if the pages are pretty, it’s harder to resist, and I’m always thinking of new reasons to “need” a brand-new notebook, because of course the ones I already have aren’t “just right”.
Oy. (;
For me, it’s about potential. What *could* I write, draw, or do with this notebook? Sounds like it might be similar for you.
I’m going to start a silly blog at notebooksandcoffeecups.com – when I get it up, you can be my guest poster! (;
I love journals and blank books, and I buy sketch books for myself that I end up giving to my Girl because she actually draws in them. I tend to buy a certain size of ugly spiral bound notebook for journal-keeping purposes. I’m not afraid to mess them up with my ugly words. The pretty blank books often stay blank.
(LizzieLu)
I like blank books, but I never put anything in them so I don’t buy them.
Nice collection!
I love blank books. They have such potential. Granted, I tend to use one or two pages and then move on…but still. The potential is there for greatness.