Hobonichi Collect & Collage: Pasting Notebook
The Pasting Notebook belongs to the Hobonichi Collect & Collage line – a series created around collecting and preserving everyday memories. The notebook is specifically designed for pasting: tickets, packaging snippets, photos, washi tape strips, stickers. The pages are robust enough to support the weight of glued materials, and the format works well with Hobonichi Techo covers.
Special Features
- Designed for collage and pasting: The pages are laid out to accommodate glued materials – paper weights, adhesive tape, labels, and layers of washi tape hold without the pages warping significantly.
- Lay-flat binding: The notebook opens completely flat – practical for pasting because both hands remain free and the double-page spread can be used as a continuous surface.
- Part of the Collect & Collage series: Designed as a complement to other products in the line – stickers and stamps – for coordinated layout results.
- Compact format: Lightweight and easy to carry, so pasting works on the go – right after collecting, not just at home.
Application & Tips
- Admission tickets and travel cards: Washi tape on the edges holds tickets without adhesive marks on the front – and can be repositioned before you commit.
- Packaging snippets and labels: Box labels, tea bag tags, stamps – flat materials can be glued directly or fixed with a double-sided adhesive strip.
- Combination with fountain pen or gel pen: Alongside pasting, there's room for short notes, dates, or labels – with a quick-drying gel pen this works well even on slightly smoother surfaces.
- Double-page layouts: Because the notebook opens completely flat, double-page spreads can be designed as a single unit – ideal for thematic collages or travel memories.
For Scrapbooking Enthusiasts
The Pasting Notebook differs conceptually from a classic journaling notebook: instead of a writing surface, the page serves as the carrier material. Those working with glue tape (repositionable) can place materials provisionally at first and only fix them after the final composition – a workflow that scrapbookers know from analog layout design. Washi tape, folded as double-sided tape, leaves fewer residues on the page surface than conventional spray adhesive and allows later repositioning of individual elements.
Technical Specifications
| Series: | Hobonichi Collect & Collage |
| Type: | Pasting Notebook |
| Binding: | Thread stitching, lay-flat |
| Origin: | Japan |
| Included: | 1 Notebook |
