Midori journal

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If you are new to the Midori, it may not be immediately obvious to you how flexible the system is. New users are often unaware of how to add booklets - or sometimes that this can be done at all. These visual guides will get you started. Click on each to expand them on screen.

This is an incredible notebook made by Midori. It is soft leather bound and has 64 pages. They are about 9"x6" and about one half inch thick. Of course, it has Midori's wonderful acid free paper. Each leather cover is made by hand in Chiangmai, northern city of Thailand. It appeals its own raison d'etre by the simplicity; roughly cut leather and a rubber band with a clasp made of tin. The inside notebook is made in Japan carefully and has Midori's original paper made to pursue the highest…

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Midori offer this accessory for the Traveler's Notebook: This sits behind your main notebook (or notebooks) and holds loose items. It is Midori refil number 020. It costs around £7 and comes in a packet like this: But it's quite easy to make one at home using an old file folder. Your folder can be A4, Letter, Legal or Foolscap size. Open it up and it'll look like this: That central fold will be the spine of our notebook insert. A Traveler's Notebook insert is 210 mm tall and 110 mm wide…

I recently started using the Midori-style traveler's notebook as a planner, and it has changed my life.

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Part one: how to make your own midori style travelers notebookPart two: how to make a file folder insert with pen loops for your MidoriPart three: how to mak...