Plastic bag uncool? You want to be green with style? Furoshiki is the answer, as the above video can attest.
Furoshiki is an environmentally friendly Japanese wrapping cloth that were frequently used to transport clothes, gifts, or other goods. It can be made of a variety of cloths, including silk, chirimen, cotton, rayon, and nylon and is often decorated with traditional designs.
Even the mundane can be wondrous with just a bit of imaginations. This book shows readers and journal keepers how to use their imaginations to observe the world around them with the creative perception of an artist or scientist. Illustrator Keri Smith’s book How to Be an Explorer of the World encourages readers to be curious about their environment and to see the world with new eyes. With 59 explorations, you'll surely be groomed into a great explorer!
How to Be an Explorer of the World gets our two thumbs up and is our Pick Of The Day.
Notebooks with the same features as the present Moleskine notebooks were a popular standard in 19th and 20th century Europe, handmade by small French bookbinders who supplied the stationery shops of Paris. As documented by many art collections and museums, in the late 19th to early 20th centuries, these notebooks became a prominent creative tool for avant-garde artists who enjoyed drawing and writing outdoors, putting down impressions on paper, painting from life in the streets and cafés, and capturing extemporary scenes, ideas, and emotions.
Among artists who used similar black notebooks were Oscar Wilde, Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway and Henri Matisse.
The present Moleskine notebook is specifically fashioned after Bruce Chatwin's descriptions of the notebooks he used in his travels. The name itself of “Moleskine” is a nickname that Chatwin uses in one of his most celebrated writings, The Songlines (1986).
(Source: Wikipedia)
As you can see, any thick old books would do, too.
"Before you buy another darn cute baby/kooky animal greeting card visit Paper-Ya on Granville Island where you’ll find subversively humorous designs and whimsical garland cards. Shop here for beautiful Midsummer Light lanterns by Tord Boontje, Moleskine notebooks and that last-minute gift for your brother-in-law or the postman." Vancouver Magazine
