Hello everyone.

My name is Keri.

I have a problem. I have... way too many notebooks. Journals. Sketchbooks. You name it. If it is bound in some way and has paper, I've got it.

Am I ashamed of this? No. Do I have things that are tall enough to serve as tables? Yes. Will I stop?

Maybe.

If you adore journals/sketchbooks/notebooks and want to help enable others, look no further.

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And display it proudly wherever you'd like to!

(Are you looking to be a recovering addict? Then move over to #ShavetheStash to start whittling away and making room for more!)

Me: I don't have *that* many notebooks.
Also Me: *cleans out desk and finds more* Oh...

Putting them in a drawer does not mean I don't own them, lol.

My main beef with 90% of the notebooks that I own is that they do not lay flat, making it impossible for me to neatly write in them, so I had to go out and buy a spiral bound one most recently. I haven't used it yet (of course) to see if that actually helps or if I'll just complain about the spiral bit getting in my way. Preferences?

I hear you, Keri. Notebooks are my Achilles heel. The simultaneous glee at getting my grubby hands all over shiny new hardcover notebooks as well as the dread for my wallet are real whenever I enter a stationary store.

Last time I counted was over a year ago and I was just underneath 100 unused notebooks. Maybe we should photograph and share our collections?

Also, I'm nabbing that icon.

Oh man... good idea, magumarashii ! I know we counted how many we had but photographic evidence is stronger. I'll have to gather my lovely little stash and take a picture tomorrow!

I have a lot of journals half filled and some untouched notebooks.

One will be my Luddite book and I need to practise my penmanship. I've no plans yet for the others.

Hi. I'm Roisin and I have a journal/notebook/paper collecting problem.

32 notebooks, 8 watercolor pads, 3 watercolor journals, 2 sketch books, one planner. And I bought another journal yesterday.

Time to join #shavethestash. Will it help me?

Probably not.

Ooh, I love your collection! I have a definitive weakness for anything shiny/colourful/with animals on it.

What's on the green one (sixth from the right)? Looks like a computer print from here, but might as well be scriblings. Close up?

It's this one from a very dangerous site.

Gah, that's gorgeous!        I'm so glad it's sold out... And now I clicked a link. Save me.

The amount of awesome notebooks that site has is something (and glassware and and and...) Hence why it's a dangerous site.

^ Sort of in use.

^ In use. From left to right: sketchbook, bullet journal, journal, agenda 2021, gaming notebook.

Total count: 130.

Help me.

Hi, I'm Teresa and I collect notebooks.

Current count is 73 notebooks of varying sizes, and 28 notepads.

A lot of these have the start of things, mostly scenes from larger pieces or short stories I started and forgot about.

Like the teensy blue notebook at the top of one of those stacks. It fits in the palm of my hand, and I purchased it at a "convenience store" one day when I had been laid off at work in the middle of the day, my phone battery had died, and I finished reading the only book I had with me and there was still an hour left. It was the only one I could find (and was adorable!), so I went with it.

I'm loving your collection, Lunae. That stack of notepads shouldn't make me grin the way it is.