76 pages A5 (8.3” X 5.8”/21CM X 14.8CM) 300gsm card cover with 90gsm white recycled paper internal pages Unobtrusive light-grey Dot Grid pages 'Perfect Binding' square spine (6mm depth) These notebooks are the perfect compromise between the convenience of an A5 Notepad and the useful functionality of an A5 Dot-grid notebook. When the opportunity arose to reintroduce these to the stationery range I jumped at the chance. A5 notebooks are so useful, whether at home or to carry around in handbags or laptop cases, but not everyone needs 200+ pages all the time. Plus it's another excuse to add colourful patterns to your useful everyday stationery. For the first time Holchester Designs has gone underwater. Inspired by a visit with my family to Bristol Aquarium last summer, and some my own favourite childhood memories of visiting the Great Barrier Reef, this pattern celebrates the magnificently vibrant colours and shapes of nature under the water. And this size of notebook is the perfect place for a slightly more playful pattern. The 300gsm smooth card cover wraps all around the notebook, with a plain inner cover and 76 white dot grid pages within it. The dots are light and unobtrusive so you can still write straight when you need to and also doodle without limitations. The inner pages are 90gsm, so ever so slightly lighter than my other products, but frankly you will barely notice. It still holds up well to all your everyday writing tools, and I have practiced lots to make sure! The notebooks have perfect, square spine binding, with the pages stapled in two places and carefully folded to give a neat spine and a flat-close finish. This actually makes them brilliant for keeping alongside your other notes, and especially for carrying as they don't get as caught on things falling open like some thinner notebooks can. These notebooks are printed by a printers I have been working with for a number of years, who are specialist in eco-friendly printing with the cover and pages both being recycled papers and their processes and methods are fully certified to meet strict environmental and socially responsible standards. Each notebook comes wrapped with a paper belly band and label, and in some cases may also be in a biodegradable cello wrap so you can also dispose of it in your general rubbish and know it will decompose without harming the environment. These notebooks make a great budget-friendly gift for so many people - being both colourful and practical they suit stationery lovers, keen writers, recent graduates, teachers and even Secret-Santa's at the right time of year. Whether on its own, with other items from the Seascape Collection (more coming soon), or mixed with others in a DIY-gift set, you can give the gift of gorgeous everyday stationery knowing that you've thought of the environment and supported a small woman-owned UK based business.
