Nicole Nalls Loves Composition Notebooks

By Venus Zine Staff
Published: May 11th, 2010 | 10:35am

Before there were laptops and the zillion other modes of digital expression, there were composition notebooks. We used them in school to take notes, or in my case, take notes and doodle. I’d have pages filled with reading, writing and arithmetic, and alongside that was the important stuff: crushes, practicing my signature, and my classroom observations. Sure, I kept a journal, but my lock-and-key diary wasn’t exactly something I wanted to tote around.

Enter composition notebooks.

My love affair with these classic black-and-white marble designed notebooks began when I realized their true potential. They have the look and feel of the notebooks that were required in my classes, allowing me to stay incognito, but can be filled with so much more. These days I carry around my laptop as much as I carry around my notebook, but there’s something to be said for writing my feelings using the classic pen/pad combo.

If the lined pages weren’t enough to keep my loyalty, the outside designs have evolved, making composition notebooks both stylish and functional. I recently traded in my classic model for the New Leaf Composition Book, it’s a few bucks more, but it’s eco-friendly, inside and out. I’ll probably move back to the marble design, in red or maybe even orange, eventually. As long as they keep making adorable notebooks, I’ll keep filling them up, Harriet the Spy style.

Nicole Nalls is Venus Zine editorial intern.