Moleskines are kind of expensive, so you must treat them with a certain respect. Feeling a bit rebellious, I gutted a Moleskine Pocket and turned it into a reusable platform to be filled with cheap, yet high quality, refills.

I had a Moleskine Pocket lying around that I won from being a finalist in the My Moleskine 2.0 competition a few months back. I was a little bit bored, so I decided to turn it into a refillable cover, with the intention of putting some sort of workbook inside.

For now, I just filled it with 25% cotton ivory paper ($12/300 sheets), which I stitched together according to these directions. Theoretically, I can make about 20 booklets with one… Continue reading

It isn’t very complicated, but it did take me a few hours to make and a couple trips to the craft store.

You really should only make this, instead of using a Moleskine Pocket, if you need something slim enough to actually fit in your pocket.

Materials

To complete this project, you’ll need the following:

• Moleskine Cahier: You only really need a piece of heavy bond paper if you don’t want to spend the $10 for the Moleskine stamp on the back
• A very thin piece of Birch plywood: I liked the Birch because it was thin and strong, yet flexible not to break when bent a little. I bought mine at the

Do you ever wonder what would happen if you combine the productivity power of the Hipster PDA with the awesomeness of a Moleskine? Well, I did and the result was the Moleskine Hipster PDA Case!

I am a long time reader of David Seah and I have been inspired by many of his actions on productivity. One of his solutions was to use a check rail as a way to keep tasks organized and visible. I tried setting up one in the corner of my room but I ran into a few problems:

• Not In My Face: The point of the check rail was to have the things that I needed to do constantly in my face, so I’ll remember to do them. Since I