Dingbats* Notebooks Wildlife A4 Blue Whale - Lined

The paper is such a beautiful shade of ivory. There are notebooks with thicker paper out there, but this one meets my needs perfectly: I use it for writing rather than drawing. If you need something for water colours and more serious sketching and drawing etc, you should look for 150 or 160 gsm. For writing,100 gsm is perfection, not too thick not too thin. I also intend to use this notebook for my Japanese hiragana katakana and kanji exercises, it is great for ink pens, various ballpoint pens, and fude style calligraphy pens. The dots are just perfect for structure, but not too much structure. No bleeding! I saw some reviewers complaining that this notebook isn't sturdy enough which makes me wonder, did they stick it underneath a frying pan or did they subject it to some other kind of rough treatment perhaps? I generally look after my stuff well, and this notebook looks like it was made to last, and feels gorgeous to handle. The dark green cover is classy, reminds me of nature and woodlands, it's a very stylish shade of dark green, feels kind of grounding. I love the fact that this notebook is A4 size, I like a lot of space for my handwritten notes. The paper is such a beautiful shade of ivory, and feels silky and luxurious to the touch, a wonderfully tactile experience. Some other hard cover notebooks feel clunky - not this one. I tried using a 160gsm notebook, and although nice, that one's pages were simply too thick. In the past I used moleskine and paipur notebooks, this one is so much nicer. The way the cover is finished with a stitching, and the rounded corners - looks very classy, old-school kind of stylish. The cover feels strong while not being too thick. Perforation of all pages is an added bonus. I'm glad this notebook isn't numbered, if someone needs numbers and index pages, surely those would be easy to add manually. I intend to use this notebook for loose and lofty kind of doodling of random thoughts and ideas, the occasional bullet-style list, perhaps a little line drawing on the side. Occasionally I cut out pictures from fashion magazines and glue these on the pages of my notebooks, with my personal comments on the side, a bit like a scrapbook. Bullet journaling stencils are fun also - with enough space remaining for writing, without things getting cramped. The A4 format will lend itself for scrapbooking or stencilling purposes perfectly, there will be loads of space for notes and comments on the side of the fashion pics. Two A4 pages side by side is a wonderful space to play with, I like to create thought bubbles connected with lines, and arrows leading to the next bubble. It’s a great book if you need to plan events for a story - there is space for event-idea-thought bubbles, mindmapping-style. Very glad I ordered this book, and dark green is one of my favourite colours, very pleased. If this one has been on your list for a while, go on, order it now :D And there is a pen loop and elastic closure, loving it. Class act.

A notebook for serious bullet journalists. Recieved this today and I'm actually quite impressed by the quality. I started off with an a5 notebook but soon realised it wasn't big enough for my needs and therefore resorted to a temporary normal a4 lined notebook.This looks professional and is large enough for my needs. My only gripe is that the pages aren't numbered (not a huge issue as i like having the freedom of putting my numbers in) and the pages are thin allowing a lot of bleed through. This personally isn't a problem for me as I tend to stick to the original no nonsense sort of bullet journal and just use a ballpoint pen however i know there are a lot of artistic and creative people out there who like to decorate their books with all sorts of things like paint and felt tips etc.. This journal is probably not for you.Conclusion - negatives: no index, no page numbers, thin pagesPositive: does away with all the silly bells and whistles and gives you a basic book that you can customise as you want. If you follow the original Ryder Carroll method of bulleting and want to use it for work then this is definitely the journal for you. Also the binding is excellent and looks very professional.

This was bought as a present for a family member. I already have 3 Dingbats* myself and I really love them.They are of impeccable quality.The design is traditional with a modern twist.They look super cool.The materials are phenomenal.There’s lots of little extras like the back pocket.I could go on forever, it sounds silly, it’s a notepad... but it is honestly a special one. You will see if you buy one to try it, you will have a connection with your Dingbat. You can always return if it’s not for you, but as someone how has many and buys family and friends these, based on their feedback, I’m sure you’ll like it

I love this notebook, especially for bullet points etc. Paper lovely quality, silky smooth and nice shade of cream.I would have given 5 stars but I have found the elastic around the book to be flimsy and is overly loose which is disappointing as it needs to be tight to hold any loose papers inside.Please look at making the elastic a bit better quality. Thanks Bee

If you are looking for an A4 notebook I think you can’t get much better than this. It may not have page numbers but each sheet is micro perforated so it makes sense.I bought Leuchtturm, Dingbats and Scribbles That Matter A4 notebooks and this is the best value for money as it has twice the pages of the Leuchtturm and is far nicer than the STM.