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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
(You can never go wrong with a bit of Tartan...

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?
Shop All Trip Planner Designs

#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

Have a G...

Our Trip Planners have had a Makeover

Posted by smART bookx Stationery 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 & Travel Journals have a way better interior, with clearer fonts and more space for daily trip planning. Plus we've extended the design ranges. Here are a couple of our new additions:

(Ranges: Top left 'Trip Art', Top right 'Quotes', Bottom 'Rustic')

FYI All the 2nd editions and new designs are on at cheaper prices even tho...
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Introducing A New Series of Simple Guest Books

Posted by smART bookx Stationery on Monday, September 5, 2016, In : Travel & World Cultures

Simple, no-frills, affordable guest books with interior decoration suitable for all occasions. Chose from five designs :

UPDATE JULY 2017....

We've been super-busy over the last 6 months republishing many of our books as 2nd editions with a new publisher. This includes the top 3 designs above (from left to right: 'Rustic', 'Lily' & 'Vintage Lace'). The only major difference between the 1st and 2nd editions is the size, which has changed slightly from 8.5" x 6" (originals) to 8.25" x 6"...

Road Trip Planner

Posted by smART bookx Stationery 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.

How about a Trip Planner & Travel Journal Combined?

Posted by smART bookx Stationery on Friday, March 25, 2016, In : Travel & World Cultures

You can store all your travel plans and memories in one place with these new journals from smART bookx. There's tonnes of stuff inside (really good value for money). There's a trip summary page, a detailed daily activity planner with costings and then a really spacious travel diary section with prompts and space for your own thoughts & photots. Each book accomodates up to 4 trips, so when it's full it will become a lasting record of all your travels, say in one year or over the course of a fe...
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Two new Paris Travel Journals ...

Posted by smART bookx Stationery on Monday, August 10, 2015, In : Travel & World Cultures

... a collage design and an antique map of Paris:

Both have the famous Oscar Wilde quote "When good Americans die, they go to Paris" on the first page.

Lucky Chinese Gifts

Posted by smART bookx Stationery 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...

Lucky Chinese: Journal (above)
Notebook (below left) and small Pocket Notebook (below right)

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 ...

Union Jack Gifts / Presents

Posted by smART bookx Stationery 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)

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...

Our Love Affair with Scottish Tartan

Posted by smART bookx Stationery 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

... plus a fai...

Italian Flag Notebook

Posted by smART bookx Stationery 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.

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

Posted by smART bookx Stationery 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...

St Patrick's Day Is On Its Way

Posted by smART bookx Notebooks 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...

Chinese New Year Gifts

Posted by smART bookx Stationery on Monday, February 9, 2015, In : Travel & World Cultures

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...

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

Posted by smART bookx Stationery on Monday, June 16, 2014, In : Travel & World Cultures

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 ...

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

Posted by smART bookx Stationery 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: