Update: All 30 notebooks have been given away. Recipients will be emailed re:postage/delivery details.
I have an irrational philia for notebooks. Large stacks loom on my desk; blank and anticipant. Sometimes, I feel I don’t have the reserves to fill them, but still, I keep buying them; out of some strain of optimism and faith that my brain will deliver.
When I’m not buying notebooks for my legacies, I’m making or altering them. It’s a very soothing exercise. There is nothing more zen to me than rounding the corners of every single page.
I have 30 notebooks to give away, all of them hand-made/hand-altered. I’ve up-cycled materials where I could (old postcards, scrap paper), and each of them retains some charming imperfection that sets it apart from the sterile bulk pre-fab.
If you’d like one of the notebooks, comment on this post or drop me an email (saaleha[at]gmail[dot]com) with the number of the notebook you’d like and what you’d use it for.
If you’re not the journaling type, use the notebooks for listing stuff like:
- bucket lists
- things that need to be done before your hair grows another centimetre
- new people you’ve met
- good/bad deeds
- recipes
- shopping
- books you’ve read
- big, crazy ideas
- your favourite things
- post-sehri dreams
- in-queue doodles
- travel notes
- life-hacks
- new words
- things you’re grateful for
- people you love
- song lyrics
- pictures you’d like to take
- lessons you’ve learnt
- things you’d write in other notebooks
See what I've pinned
OHMYGOODNESS I MISSED THIS
Wow! some really awesome designs…
Pity i missed the draw though.
All comments have come through. Sometimes the message threading is a bit finicky.
I keep a journal of all my thoughts, experiences and musings of life as I live it. It’s kinda’ my private version of my blog. I’m always looking for a great canvas and one of your notebooks would be a perfect companion for just that.
I’d also like to give my sister something special as a wedding present – a space where she can chronicle organising her big day, and her journey through married life.
Hi Deshanta,
I will keep you in mind for when I repeat the giveaway. Didn’t quite anticipate the response!
Heya, I think you may have under-estimated how fabulous your product is
I’m very keen on chatting to you further about designing that something special for my sister. Let me know if you have time to work on it as a project and we can explore it further.
I would like a notebook for my daughter’s pictures…Please can i have one?
Hi Mubanga,
All the notebooks have been given away. I will keep your details on record for when I repeat the giveaway.
Saaleha! your notebooks are absolutely beautiful mashaAllah! such wonderful talent. I would request one but i fear which such popularity theyre all probably gone!
may you reap rewards for your generosity, Ameen
Thank you Zahera, Ameen:)
There’s just one left, with the Simba chips lion on the cover. Are you keen?
Hi Saaleha
Your books are beautiful – Please can I have one?
I keep a diary for my daughter and I would use your notebook as the next diary!
did my comment not post or are you moderating them? grrr
btw you know what kinda person I am so choose one
and my previous comment had why I should have one sigh
No28 for you:)
lol Just coz I’m a Sag hmmm
but okies I accept
Please can I have one. You know the journalist and write in me always wants to write privately
But I only want it if it has a little message from you in it.
The one from Egypt is already going through torture with my foul handwriting
since little sa’eed cant type (yet), he’s reserving nr 4 for his school days (inside, you have to write its from you
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and since im such a darling s.i.l (who sent biryani!) i MUST have nr 20 or 19 (which evers available
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LOVE the idea – ’tis the month to be giving!
No4′s been reserved, but I’ll make up a similar one for him:)
I’ve got you down for No20.
Ooh – I’d like one please.
Im a sucker for note books too. The prettier the better!
Right now I find myself in a not so nice space and so all notebooks that I find – I write. Long, drawn out posts of emotional pain, anguish and hope…. So I wouldnt mind a specific number – just a pretty one will do
Blue
I’ve reserved No1 for you
AAh thanks…. you really are sweet….
I commented yesterday morning, but my pc or was it me that was having a bit of a lack of sleep moment and I didnt think my comment was posted and than i got busy and completely forgot about it…
Guess it is my lucky day.
Thanks Saleha….. Much appreciated.
Slmz, Ill take any thats left over. Can never have enough notebooks while doing an MBA. Quite keen on flaunting some of these trendy ones compared to the usual moleskins.Thanks
Good for you. Charity. keep it up
12 or 10 please.
this giveaway is perfect as i’ve jsut finished off my last moleskine and haven’t had a chance to get a new one.
i’ll use it for big ideas / crafting thoughts mainly.
thanks for having such an awesome giveaway.
did my msg not post?
hmmm
Number four please if you don’t mind. Want to use it to journal journeys through new territory
Do you mean the one marked No10? Number 4′s been reserved for someone else.
number four please if you don’t mind.
Will use it to journal journeys through new territory
ooh, am liking #2. I’d use it ti write down random funnies and recipes at suppers
It’s been put aside. Will give it to you on Saturday.
may your generosity be rewarded with further abundance !
No.17 if i may please, to be used for noting down profoundly spiritual quotes, reminders, beautiful words that take us Above, insha Allah.
shukran jazeelan
Reserved. I will in touch regarding postage.
Ooops nearly forgot – will be using it (inshallah) to diarise the events leading up to and including my wedding
No.16 pwetty please! ahhh… makhtub and scarlet… *dies* it was destiny….
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um… dya deliver internationally?
i won’t mind if you don’t…
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Reserved. I will ship internationally. Send me your postal details.
oooh ooh. No. 15 looks very cool. Just this morning I was thinking I need to write my dreams down. (This morning’s dream was a sequal to a previous dream! Or maybe the second part of a trilogy)
More flower power to you Yaseen;) I’ve reserved no 15 for you.
Oh this is a Wonderful, Generous Giveaway.
I would love a bespoke piece of Art work by you.
I’ve emailed you. Thanks
It is so Difficult to choose. Number 20 and/or 15
You get one of the shweshwe notebooks listed under No20 Farzana:)
ooh, yes please! number 19 if you can bear to part with it!
No 23
Brings back memories of durban and the postcard just like this one on my door.
Think I will start keeping a journal again,lord knows I need it.
Got it. We all need our spaces:)
ooh, yes please! number 19 if you have the heart to give it away!
Done:)
meeeeeeeeeeee oh meeeeeeeeeee!
because..well..um… Becuase they’re pretty? And they’re paper?
And because I am like you and I cannot NOT say yes to paper.
And I think I would use it to write down my ‘Lists of stuffs type positive affirmation thing’. It’s an experiment in the Law of Attraction type thinger. I want to see if it works
Can I get the Cupcake one please? *flutterflutter*
Done Sham:)
You rawk like a rawking thing! Thankyou:)
number 13
nothing like a smile with a surprise piercing to write thoughts/musings within.
by the way : how do you round the corners of every single page?
No13 reserved for Fathima.
I have a little corner-rounder punch. It is the shiz.
round corner punch…shall check that out.
let me know about postage details
I want number 18 please!
But I think number 22 is off the HOOK!
Reserved no18 for you Zubair.
I want the sponge bob one.
And I use notebooks for scribbling stories about people which make up characters in stories I am yet to write. Yes I know where all the bodies are buried. I have pens without paper to match them to. Right now, several pens are sharing a pad and it all feels very mormon to me. Save the pens.
Reserved Sponge Bob for Hamish
One for me, pweease
I will be using it to write down my poems in it and the lyrics of some of my favourite songs