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One of my guilty pleasures is looking at beautiful, blank books and pads with gorgeous paper. Fully Booked has a wonderful collection–the design, the texture of the paper, the sound they make when flipped and oh, the smell! There’s nothing like the smell of beautiful, new paper.
While cruising over the large selection of blank books, notebooks, moleskins and such, the planners also caught my fancy. And how! I wasn’t really planning on buying one, but Pao bought this for me and I simply could not resist. I’m actually collecting Starbucks stickers for one of their annual planners, and I love Starbucks planners and the big blank spaces they usually provide (I hate planners with so much stuff going on inside, telling you how to live your life, honestly!). But my 2010 Starbucks planner is usually just left at home now, where I just check dates and events for the next day because it’s too heavy to carry around. Of course I also have my Palm Treo to remind me of appointments, but I still like writing things down. I’m already carrying a lot of load, and what with my recent styling internship and other projects, I’m always on the go and I can’t afford to be bogged down by my planner’s excess weight (hurts my neck!).
Enter 2011 Vogue by teNeues.
It was love at first sight. I know the cream cover will probably get dirty, but what the heck–I like my planners looking like they lived through the year with me. The art in front is actually a Vogue cover, January 1922 by Helen Dryden, who was inspired by Japanese watercolour and art nouveau.
The planner closes with a magnetic flap. Inside the pages are several more Vogue art covers circa 1920s.
Of course, the space for each date isn’t so big, and I had a hard time picking between this and another small planner (from Luxe Monologue) in plain black which had bigger spacing…but I still picked this one even if that was lighter because I’m style over comfort (just look at those artworks!)…except when it’s really painful to lug around. This is still pretty dainty, right?
I can write small if need be.
The back has a small flap where you can insert calling cards and the like:
Compare sizes:
This can fit easily in any of my bags. It’s smaller than my wallet. I’ll miss being able to draw pictures inside my planner, though, but since I’m still more of a word-person rather than an illustrator, I think I’ll live.
Look how small it is in Pao’s hands:
Vogue 2011 by teNeues. Only P448 at Fully Booked.
There are plenty of other planners in Fully Booked, you might want to check them out. I even found one that has perforated pages that also double as postcards. Cute! I’m pretty happy with mine already, though. I think I’d still want to get a Starbucks 2011 planner, but as a gift for someone this Christmas.
What about you? Where do you keep track of your daily activities?
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I love bookstores and the notebooks and planners i find there
i really love your vogue planner! it’s beautiful!
It’s such a beauty, no? I’m so glad I found it! I <3 Fully Booked!
Ay sobrang fashyown nga!
Too bad, it’s too small for me 
but I’m excited for you! 
There are actually bigger ones, but in other designs. This was the last Vogue one, and I thought I should try it in this size because Starbucks (my usual planner) is a little heavy.
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Ikaw na!!! Wala bang ibang version nito? Para di ko na pagnasahan ang Starbucks planner na ‘yon, he he he.
Ay, there are a lot of beautiful beautiful planner designs from teNeues, in different sizes pa! Go go!
That’s a nice planner
I personally use a Teneus Audrey Hepburn notebook, it’s been with me for over a year already. I use it for notes, doodles, to-do lists, and I even stuff fabric swatches in it, heh. It has a small flap at the back where I can put small notes, calling cards, receipts and stuff.
Yup, my ntoebook’s cream colored cover is a tad dirty but I don’t care. I also have another one with skull prints (no surprise there), heehee.
I love teNeues na! Also this other one na pinagpilian ko talaga, but in the end, the more fashyown planner won haha. This one has a small flap in the back, too!
Do you get to use both planners? Hay nako it’s so tempting to buy all these beautiful planners but there can only be one.
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Nice planner! I especially love the illustrations in the pages.
I’m not one to use planners though, the calendar on my cellphone is enough to help me keep track of my appointments.
I have a lot of junk in my Palm, too, but I’m so old school, I still like writing stuff down.
) (which is weird because when I was a kid, I rarely took down notes, and I preferred typing/computerized notes haha). I find that my thoughts are more organized on paper.
Now that is really really beautiful. Galing naman, I just posted about my BDJ planner on the same day. Haha! And I know what you mean about getting bogged down with too many details. I want more writing spaces on my planner, too. Galing ni Pao mamili ng planner that fits you talaga. And I love how small it is. I don’t like heavy planners either.
One time I had a small planner din, I made it work naman eh. Plus, I have a separate work notebook, also very small, so I can put crowded notes there if I have to and have this one just keep dates and important events.
Ooooh! I like that planner! Where did you get it? From Fully Booked din? May iba bang color?
Oo nga the Starbucks planner is too big! But I like the spacious feel of the paper. Unlike the other planner I had it’s too crowded!
Ooh!!! It’s nice!!!
It is FASHYON!! I never thought that would be Vogue until I heard Andre Leon Talley shout “High Fashyon!” on Top Model! haha!
I have tons of notebooks. I just can’t resist pretty notebooks. I found a black faux croco skin notebook at National Bookstore and I bought 2 plus a smaller version because I was afraid that they’d run out LOL.
And I love the selection of Notebooks and planners at Fully Booked the Fort. The basement is like a den of hidden treasures.
I try not to look at their selections nga eh, cos I know I won’t be able to resist even though I probably won’t use them (I feel like if the notebook looks special, with beautiful paper, anything written on it should be saved for occasions equally special and beautiful I end up not writing in them at all).
Hay, Alexandra, pasalamat ka di ko nahanap yang fashown planner mo. He he he. Mentioned you in my personal blog, ‘Day.
http://jr16thnote.tabulas.com/2010/12/10/bazaar-bazaar/
Haha! I love it my planner, I hope no one else finds it here! Muahahaha…but teNeues have lots of other beautiful planners, just check them out in Fully Booked.
nice planner!
super love the design 
im also a planner girl otherwise i get lost with all of the events i said yes to.
I hear ya
Phone reminders just won’t cut it for me.
Hi Alex,
Mis u! Where do you go for your styling internship? Nice planner btw.
..Jazi
Thanks
I’m working now for Noel Manapat, styling for KC Concepcion.
Vogue 2011 planner are fantastic . Worth appreciating!
I LOVE getting a new planner! And teNeues is always great… I have a question for you though… You said you found one with postcards also. Did you see it physically, in store? I was thinking of buying one of those for my brother, but, I want to know, is the quality of the postcards nice? Are they printed on thick, heavy-weight, glossy paper? I just don’t want it to arrive in the mail and be disappointed with flimsy little postcards lol! LMK! Thanks!
Yes I saw it in the store! They’re pretty nice naman, printed on thick paper. I’m not sure what the finish is, I can’t remember if it were matte or glossy.