Chic Office Supplies: Notebook Journals

When it comes to personal narration, a chic notebook or journal is a must have. What’s on the outside will help inspire the writings, sketches and wandering thoughts of the author. Plus, a stylish addition to one’s library is always a good thing. Fashionista’s have a creative side too. Here’s fifteen charmingly chic journals for your home or office:

The Warhol Mona Lisa Spiral Notebook ($10) combines famed artist Andy Warhol’s iconic artwork of the also iconic Leonardo daVinci’s portrait of a mysterious woman with fluorescent pink and white revolvers and a bright elastic strap. These quirky images encase lined pink paper inside for continuity in design. [buy it]

Made one at time with design and craftsmanship in mind, the Paper Cloud Onionpods Journal ($45) has a hand printed linen cover in buttercup yellow. Onion bulbs seem to grow the wrong way up in the cover’s intention, while the inside pages are blank for sketching or writing. [buy it]

If you’ve ever wanted to embrace you’re inner gothic self, try writing in the Large Skull Notebook ($90). The macabre red leather cover is lightened up with a silver foil pirate’s skull that’s either smiling or jeering. It comes with a cotton ribbon bookmark and the pages have silver foiled edges. [buy it]

The calming oatmeal and sky blue colors on the Butterflies Beige and Blue Bound Journal ($8) seem to relax your mind. Inspired by nature, this journal’s cover features floating butterflies around blossoming and graceful shrubbery. An elastic blue band keeps the pages bound. [buy it]

A lot of journals seem to have eccentric traits on their cover, which is especially seen in the Artist Journal ($12). Available in three other idiosyncratic designs by famous artists, this one features has dangling moldy carrots on an intense golden backdrop. The pages are blank inside for your own foibles. [buy it]

Traditional on the outside, the Fancy Papier Mini Journal Set ($15) comes in a group of four smaller sized blank books inspired by vintage fabrics and floral designs. The mini journals have 96 pages each, which is enough to change up your journal for each season of the year. [buy it]

The Copper and Teal Embossed Pattern Journal ($20) is so richly decorated it rivals a peacock’s tail feather. It has a magnetic closure on its hardback construction to keep itself closed and a satin page marker for the blank pages inside. [buy it]

The Metallic ‘Python’ Journal ($105) is made from scaled leather, not snakeskin. However the effect is the same and it comes in silver, bronze, orange and green. The inside paper is half orange and half white for variety, and closes with a snap. [buy it]

Chubby flowers in shades of peach and pink dance over the cover of the Coral Floral Journal ($5), which is crafted in India. A coordinating striped edge of color flows down the spine of this petite sized journal which was made for a gentle soul. [buy it]

The Embossed Leather Journal ($68) is handcrafted from tanned leather and features a closure made out of a solid pewter button and a rawhide wraparound cord. Its available in the Tree of Life brown, Twisted Tree red, Celtic Knot black and Acanthus Leaf green, so pick out the one that tugs at your heartstrings. [buy it]

Handmade in Thailand with traditional saa paper making techniques, the Emerald Dreams Saa Paper Notebook Pair ($28) are sturdy journals for jotting down thoughts. Tied with a coordinating string, these journals also have a gorgeous aluminum repoussé featuring a blooming flower. [buy it]

The blank cover of the Leather Journal ($125) does not necessarily mean that what’s written down inside is just as monochromatic. The textured leather cover comes in wine purple, silver, brown and red and has a contrasting stitched border and snap closure. [buy it]

One of the prettier and more delicately designed covers of journals, the Jill Bliss Native Flowers Softbound Journal ($10) has both blank and grid-lined pages inside. There are also illustrations of California wildflowers on the interior pages, making this a nature lover’s notebook for sure. [buy it]

The marbled primary colors on the cover of the Large Red Marble Natural Fibers Journal ($30) encase the even more wondrous interior sheets. The creator of this notebook, Wahyono, uses recycled water hyacinth, sail hemp, cotton thread and banana trunk fiber to make the handcrafted paper inside. [buy it]

The cheery Happy Ice Creams Journal ($14) will brighten up your day as you open the hardboard cover to write on the spiral bound interior blank pages. The exterior has a happy illustration of smiling strawberry, vanilla and chocolate ice cream cones. [buy it]

Not all musings are from the conscience part of your mind, and the Wonderland Dream Journal ($13) is there to help draw out stories from your dreams. Illustrations and quotes from the classic tale of Alice and Wonderland, as well as incorporated activities and advice weaved throughout this journal will help you to remember where your nighttime imagination led. [buy it]