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Small Notebook That Fits In A Pocket

Posted by Seasonal Notebook Journals on Monday, June 30, 2025, In : Travel & World Cultures 
THE TRAVEL SEASON IS UPON US! It's good to have a small notebook tucked in a back pocket to jot down inspirational ideas and happy memories as we roam. Our small series of Pocket Notebooks has been updated, with the page count raised, so you'll never run out of space.  Here are a few picks ...

Trending (below left)
Small Notebook with a Japanese Design
(Always popular at this time of year!)
small paper notebook with japanese design by hokusai  small paper notebook for a pocket with red scotland tartan cover
Classic Pick (above right)
Small Notebook with Scotland Tartan
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Trip Planners - View Our Full Range

Posted by smART bookx on Thursday, September 23, 2021, In : Travel & World Cultures 
Our range of fully comprehensive Trip Planners (with Travel Diary incorporated) has grown considerably since we last posted. Here are all the new ones. As ever, pick your favorite and the link will take you straight to it's Amazon page.
Want to see the full range of 10+ designs?
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#1  Trip Art Trip Planner Journal
trip planner journal with travel related clip art in the cover design

#2 A family-friendly Disney-style Trip Planner Journal from our Carnival Range
  colorful disney style trip planner Journal for a family vacation

#3 A Trip Planner Journal with a Rustic Vibe. Great for back-packers.
rustic-looking trip planner and travel journal in one

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Our Trip Planners have had a Makeover

Posted by Seasonal Notebook Journals on Friday, July 6, 2018, In : Travel & World Cultures 
Hello All,
We've been super busy over the last 6 months republishing most of our journals as second editions with a new publisher. The second editions of our Trip Planner Notebooks have a way better interior, with clearer fonts and more space for daily trip planning. Plus we've extended the design ranges. Below are a couple of our new additions, but, as ever, head over to the dedicated:
Trip Planner Notebook USA Page for links to shop on Amazon

#1 Trip Art
Vacation Trip Planner & Travel Journal
Trip planner notebook with Travel Journal combined and cute travel related clip art on the cover. Shop on amazon

#2...

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Introducing A New Series of Simple Guest Books

Posted by Seasonal Notebook Journals on Monday, September 5, 2016, In : Travel & World Cultures 
Simple, affordable, paperback guest books with interior decoration suitable for all occasions. Chose from four designs (top left to bottom right) : Rustic, (View other journals with the Rustic design) Silver Lily, Celtic Lace and Doves. [Note: they're just simple paperback guest books. There's no wood or burlap, just printed images of those textures]. 
guest book or visitors book with rustic wooden-look cover design  simple paperback guest book or visitors book suitable for a wedding, funeral or celebration of a life 
basic celtic wedding guest book or visitors book with a printed image of burlap and lace on the cover  

... and here's the inside layout. Each page has a decorative freeze on its outside

an example of the inside layout of a smARTbookx guest book

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Road Trip Planner

Posted by Seasonal Notebook Journal on Friday, March 25, 2016, In : Travel & World Cultures 
A trip planner and travel diary combined for up to 4 vacations (just like our other Trip Planners), but the cover of this one is perfect for an American Road Trip. It's covered, front and back, in fantastic American vintage postcards, stamps and road signs. Inside there are packing checklists, itinerary organizers and much much more. Take a look...
american road trip planner notebook with packing checklists and travel itinerary organizer

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How about a Trip Planner & Travel Journal Combined?

Posted by Seasonal Notebook Journals on Friday, March 25, 2016, In : Travel & World Cultures 
The Planner is available with three designs: an Antique Map, a Vintage Collage and a brightly colored one from our Carnival range. More info below...
Trip planner and travel journal combined, with checklists for packing at the back and world map cover Trip planner and travel journal combined, with checklists for packing at the back and iconic world cultural sites on the cover
colorful Trip planner and travel journal in once. Good for family vacation to disney
Store all your travel plans & memories in one place with these new Trip Planner Notebooks. There's tons inside (really good value). There's a trip summary page, a detailed daily activity planner (with costings) and a really spacious travel journal section with prompts and space for your own thoughts & pics. Each book holds up to 4 trips, so it w...

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Two new Paris Travel Notebook Journals ...

Posted by Seasonal Notebook Journals on Monday, August 10, 2015, In : Travel & World Cultures 
Two Paris Travel Journals. Both are small (~A5) Notebook size. One a vintage collage of all things Paris, the other an antique map of Paris:
paris notebook journal with vintage images of parisian culture on the cover art paris travel notebook with old paris map on the cover design
Both are lined notebook journals except the first page, which has the the famous Oscar Wilde quote:
"When good Americans die, they go to Paris"

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VINTAGE COLLAGE  JOURNALS

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Lucky Chinese Gifts

Posted by Seasonal Notebook Journals on Friday, April 10, 2015, In : Travel & World Cultures 
The covers of our handy 'Lucky Chinese' notebooks are packed full of Chinese symbols for good luck...
small lucky chinese journal for writing. An idea for a presents from China
Lucky Chinese: Journal (above)
Notebook (below left) and small Pocket Notebook (below right)
lucky chinese gifts and presents reflecting chinese culture. A small journal notebook A5 with lucky chinese symbols on the cover  small notebook or pocket notebook with lucky chinese dragon on the cover design

The dragon brings good fortune to those who deserve it and the Chinese characters for luck and happiness are featured on the front and back covers. Hidden within the twisted stems of the three lucky bamboos is the number eight — considered auspicious in China because it sounds like the Chinese word ...

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Union Jack Gifts / Presents

Posted by Seasonal Notebook Journals on Friday, April 10, 2015, In : Travel & World Cultures 
A full suite of traditional union jack stationery sizes to choose from ...
shop for a union jack writing journal, great for union jack presents  shop for a union jack notebook for presents
Above: Union Jack Journal (left), Union Jack Notebook (right)

Below: Union Jack Project Notebook (left) Union Jack Pocket Notebook (right)
union jack project notebook on amazon  a small union jack notebook that is ideal for presents


Customer Review (Pocket Notebook), Dec 2014 "This was a gift for my niece prior to her trip to London. It is a very nice, small note book. It isn't too big, but just the right size to jot down little notes about her trip."

The Union Jack or Union Flag is the official flag of the Uni...

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Our Love Affair with Scottish Tartan

Posted by Seasonal Notebook Journals on Thursday, April 9, 2015, In : Travel & World Cultures 
Scottish Tartan is inextricably linked with Scottish culture, probably more so than Nessie, neeps and tatties or whisky. So popular is this simple Tartan design range that, as promised, it has expanded a lot since we last posted [Mad about Tartan]. This post is a complete, up to date, break-down of the many Scottish Tartan colors, sizes and specialist journals we now publish.

There are three color options in the 5" x 8" Notebook Size: Red Tartan, Blue Tartan and Purple Tartan 
tartan notebook with red Scottish tartan cover  tartan notebook with muted blue scottish tartan cover 

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Italian Flag Notebook

Posted by Seasonal Notebook Journals on Thursday, April 9, 2015, In : Travel & World Cultures 
Our Italian Flag design is available as a Notebook (5" x 8")
Italian notebook journal with flag of italy on
What is it about the Flag of Italy that just makes you think of Neapolitan ice cream? The curly font also provokes subtle desires to eat spaghetti. It's hard to look at this stationery and not think FOOD!  Would be good for foodies to keep Italian recipes in.

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Japanese Stationery with Hokusai Prints - Journals, Notebooks & Pocket Notebooks

Posted by Seasonal Notebook Journals on Wednesday, April 8, 2015, In : Travel & World Cultures 
small japanese journal for writing english on amazon  japanese notebook journal for writing english on amazon  small notebook with japanese design by hokusai on amazon
Small Japanese Journal (left),  Japanese Notebook (center)  and  Small Notebook (right)
with The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai wrapped around the front and back covers.


Hokusai was a Japanese print-maker who lived at the beginning of the 19th Century and had no less than thirty different names over the course of his lifetime. The famous Great Wave off Kanagawa is the first print from a series of thirty six which he created under the name Katsushika Hokusai during his sixties, when wide...

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St Patrick's Day Is On Its Way

Posted by Seasonal Notebook Journals on Tuesday, March 3, 2015, In : Travel & World Cultures 
luck of the irish st patricks day notebook on amazon  
If you're looking for St Patrick's Day gift ideas, we've recently published our 'Luck of the Irish' Notebook (left). It features Celtic patterned lace and a traditional St Patrick's Day blessing (with plenty of four-leaved clovers) and is available as both a 5" x 8" Notebook and a slightly larger Writing Journal Notebook (6" x 9").

The Irish blessing reads:
May the Irish hills caress you;
May her lakes and rivers bless you;
May the luck of the Irish enfold you;
May the blessings of St Patrick be...

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Chinese New Year Gifts

Posted by Seasonal Notebook Journals on Monday, February 9, 2015, In : Travel & World Cultures 
lucky chinese paper notebook on amazon  yin yang paper notebook on amazon
Two Chinese New Year gifts to choose from ...First, our China Notebook (left). It's available in four sizes: (Large Writing Journal, Small Journal, Notebook and Pocket Notebook).
The cover is packed with lucky Chinese symbols.
The dragon brings good fortune to those who deserve it and the Chinese characters for luck and happiness are featured on the front and back covers. Hidden within the twisted stems of the three lucky bamboos is the number eight — considered auspicious in China because...

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Planning on Exploring this Summer? View our Travel Journals / Gifts

Posted by Seasonal Notebook Journals on Monday, June 16, 2014, In : Travel & World Cultures 
small travel journal for presents for travelers. A notebook with an antique map cover   writing small journal notebook with an index and an antique map cover. Perfect for a travel notebook    writing small journal notebook perfect for a small travel journal, with iconic images of world cultures such as the taj mahal
Antique Map Travel Journal (left), Antique Map Travel Notebook (centre) & Small Inspirational Travel Journal (right)

We publish light-weight but tough paperback travel journals in two designs.

The covers of the Antique Map travel stationery feature a rare and decorative Dutch 17th Century world map, originally made using copper engraving. Inside both sizes (journal & notebook) you'll find the inspirational quote by St Augustine:
"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only o...

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New Additions to our World Cultures Travel Notebook Series ... Flags & more Flags

Posted by Seasonal Notebook Journals on Monday, June 16, 2014, In : Travel & World Cultures 
We've added a few more flag designs to our popular Travel & World Cultures Notebook Series. You can now buy Italian, German and French Flag notebooks from smART bookx. They're great for travel writing or learning vocab:
italy notebook with italian flag on amazon  germany notebook with german flag on amazon  french notebook with french flag on amazon
We also publish two Union Jack Designs:
GB union jack flag journal  union jack presents. A small journal notebook with a union jack on the cover
... and did we mention the English, Irish and American ones too!
 england flag notebook celebrating english culture  ireland notebook for Eireannach with irish flag on the cover  USA notebook for american presents. a writing small journal notebook with the usa flag on it


Hope you find the one for you. If not we'd love to hear your ideas at: customerservice@smartbookx.com
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