knicker drawer note books

Tuesday

Travel, sail, yoga, sing...

The book for all bits and bobs, change the label as you wish.

Soft brick red cover; travel journal style; plenty of pockets, maps, and places ...a little bit of organisation and discipline, or chaos and random patterning as you like... to stash tickets, notes, musical refrains, reminders to srtetch both legs at once, and the picture of the Yogi.

This next choice, I can imagine suits intrepid Victorian lady explorer. She probably thinks nothing of doing battle with a tiger before breakfast and then composing a small sonata for her evening dinner guests. Pretty index markers, delicate tissue, hand felted wool, transparent net and claw. Or tooth, or tusk, as you will.

Or the one that says to me, fun, fancy, spirited and free? Soft ribbon untied curves and shapes like the tra-la-la refrains inside. Stitching to match, gold print handmade paper, net, hand felting, folding cover from recycled, upcycled suede.

Which one to choose?

Wednesday

A different time

One of the bestest, most rewarding, most thoughtful projects to have come my fortunate way is a family ancestry work, collating and presenting the days of a beloved. And each time I handle these documents, selecting, scanning, stitching, I think, 'I wonder what happened next?'

Thursday

Collecting book for how we grow

One...

Two...

Three

A book to catch the moments,
when the beat changes, a tune shifts key,
the flower blooms, the sky slips to a different brilliance,
and the butterfly we have so carefully watched,
dances off the breeze, and is gone.

Sunday

'You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas'

Book with Davy Crockett and Texas in mind.

Tuesday

Starting points

All things connect ... steampunk style?

Or shall we focus just on one, and go quirky all at sea?

Pocket Steampunk

Pocket steampunk, drawing on the Romeo and Juliet books, required for lady cog and lightsaver enthusiast. Small enough to slip into a time transporter module, sturdy enough to be bashed by force 11 light atoms, ladylike enough for the lace to fray but never give in. Will look beautiful aged, complete with experience, and filled with wisdom.

Dreamy purples

(in pleather)

Monday

Combining the commonplace with the extraordinary

What a fantastic weekend at the Handmade and Vintage show, Central Milton Keynes! Thank you, to all you amazing people, for giving me your planets to explore, from cosmic orders and blue spirit beings, to sad doggy characters and babies with labels. And all these fantastic worlds need books to fit.

Now over to you... xx

Discovering your incredible stall at the MK hand made and vintage fair today was the highlight of my month! I could have explored your amazing note books for hours :-) I am the extremely proud owner of the beautiful Romeo & Juliet journal. I very much look forward to filling it with dreams - thank you ♡'

Made for Imagination

What is a Knicker Drawer Note Book?

Memory book? Pillow book? Keepsake book? Journey book? Quiet Thoughts Notebook? Your Private Journal? Story prompt book?

Creative space? Costume support? Commonplace hoard? Artist's Book? Sensory texture book for physical therapy?

Or the book belonging to a character you'd most like to meet from story, film, game or alter-life?

Perhaps a Knicker Drawer Book is simply a unique creation, made to hold an item that expresses you, and you alone?

But it's probably the most fun and whimsical note book you'll ever own.

For a Knicker Drawer note book is all of these: it's a place to keep the precious things of your everyday experience, whether they are daily jottings, fragile letters, your youthful billet doux, an old journey ticket, memories of good and bad times, a card from a time you want to remember, your poetry, or the heirloom recipe in grandma's handwriting.

Thank goodness you can buy Knicker Drawer Note Books!

Made with love for those of us with privacies to protect, fantasies to cherish, problems to thrash out, and life moments to save for quiet contemplation.

I can make a Knicker Drawer book for you. My first Feelings Book was made to support therapy work. Since then, I make Knicker Drawer Note Books for fun, love, and all your delightful quirks, peculiarities, and madnesses. Find them here.

Your Creative Space

What they Say

They're like books of poetry. Only we have to supply the words.

I am blown away... I really didn't expect it to be this fantastic in my hands.

I want it.

Original and beautiful.

Wonderful unique product.

I'm coming over a bit emotional.

Stunning. Stunning. Stunning.

You should sell these in Liberty's.

You should sell these in Covent Garden.

You should be in Vogue.

Perfect.

Amazing.

Wow.

I'm totally happy with it ... I actually squealed.

I'm addicted.

Every woman should have a KnickerDrawer NoteBook.

The other Orcs will be so jealous.

Thank you so much for my lovely books. The photos do not do them justice, they are absolutely beautiful in real life. Thank you so much, I will treasure them.

You helped make the 18th birthday really special, thank you!

I've never owned such a fun book, and I love all the care with which every part has been put together, even down to the non-conformist paper clips.

It's one of those things you have to have in life.

I love it! I feel like a kid again!

I'm grateful to you for making such a beautiful journal for my best friend. She was simply blown away by it all.

Once again you have taken my mishmash of ideas and turned them into something amazing!

Thank you soooooo much for creating the perfect gift for my dear friend.

The designs are beautiful, and the product is inspirational.

This one. This one is My Book.

I've now got six. Is that normal?

Beautiful, generous, creative in all kinds of ways ... both contains and enhances my objects wonderfully. Each time I go through it, I see something else.

I've never seen anything like this, and I've seen a few things.

Oh My God. I can't breathe. Look at this. Sandra! Come and look at this! Quick!

The book arrived this morning. I love it. It’s just perfect for her. Many many thanks.

As long as you don't expect to make any money doing it. (The voice of my dead mother, ringing in my ears.)

As a business plan, it's a complete failure! (Head of international strategy, Dig.)

What Grit says...

Anya Hindmarch? DON'T NICK MY IDEA.

Knicker Drawer Note Books. Est. 2010.

Almost comatose on the Evil Facebook! And virtually silent on Twitter!

'Can I order online?'

No. Unless you count as online sending an email to knickerdrawernotebook@gmail.com telling me what you need.

All books are unique. I make them for you and the people you tell me about. I prefer to think about you, so I need a couple of weeks to create a design, collate, collect and compose.

And don't come at me, young woman with camera, telling me I 'could sell so many more if I sold online'. I'm not a box-shifter, and I don't press a button to order more stock to sell. My primary goal is not just to sell stuff. I try to make one book a day which involves being a crafter and an artist, handling real materials while wondering. Those qualities of thoughtfulness and time are important for me to stitch into the books I make. And I would rather do that than make a shed load of cash from commodity sales thank you very much. (It was a damaging encounter and I've not forgiven her.)

And, consider this... the Knicker Drawer Books are conceived as a private space, 'off-grid'. Makes no sense then to buy online.