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Cliff Atkinson, the author of Beyond Bullet Points (a “must” in a presenter’s bookshelf) wrote about a tip he got on how to create your own mini story board, using the webiste Pocket Mod.

And since I was born curious and have to try everything out, I quickly created my own version and found my scissors and after a second attempt and watching the 30 second instruction video got my own little pocket story board. Brilliant! I have a Moleskine storyboard notebook, but sometimes you’re working on a specific defined project or just doodeling – not wanting to waste pages in the Moleskine.

I think David Gray’s tip on how to get sticky note to “stick flat” to the wall is brilliant… All my sticky notes on my white board are now beautifully flat!

I always loved paper stores and notebooks. Coming from Sweden, I really miss stores like Ordning&Reda and Bookbinders Design here in California. I have stacks of notebooks –  and can just keep them around empty, ready to be used when I feel like it. I love my Moleskins and carry a small one in my purse all the time and have larger ones on my desk.

All my notebooks have to be blank and plain – no rules or squares to narrow my thoughts.  

Then a couple of weeks ago I saw a tweet (and now I can’t even remember by whom!) about Behance - and found my way to the Creatives Outfitter page where I found the Dot Grid Book.

The ultimate solution – blank, ruled and squared at the same time! It arrived today in a nice package. Love it! The paper is thick and feels great. I love the fact that you can detach the sheets – and detach the holes too. It’s beautiful! Now I just have to await some creativity to come my way so I can start using it. 

For years I didn’t know how much I had missed this smell. The smell of crayons. And the feeling of opening a brand new box of Crayola crayons, in new colors (and with funny creative names even though I never realized the beauty of the names until recently). When do you throw out your crayons? When you become a teenager? 

My house is once again filled with crayons and sometimes I manage to sneak away some and smell them and check their names. And when someone isn’t watching, I might actually draw with them, practicing my Dan Roam sketching techniques in bright colors. One of these days I’m going to Michael’s and get my own set, that I will hide from the rest of the house…