my little green book

The name for this blog, "Little Green Notebook," is inspired by Salinger's <span style="font-style: italic;">Franny and Zooey</span>. In the story, Franny carries a little green cloth-bound book in her handbag. I can just imagine her (in the 60's) looking like Jackie O. Probably wearing gloves, and a pill box hat. Perfect red lipstick. And I love that her book was pea green.<br /><br /><br />These old Kate Spade ads are so beautiful and are exactly what I imagine Franny to look like. (It's a funny coincidence that the girl here is reading "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters")<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149951486326704450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Lfubav2rAlAaF9jXKbxGEi9vulAIdkUQrSS6ikWOufxXbPupCiSF19zGQMMAbetNg3GCeewahWwhf7PXam9iYmb93RT2O2pgk1nCyuJAS7S9zFiUEzd2m7yObXhAeMx_RYuyLyMoqe0/s320/kate+spade.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" />Such a beautiful bedroom<br /><p><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149951482031737138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix_6vsWLOKt7VatYW_eae3F5J-P4QHPKhnuRrIjMMR0EFQWYF1Ca824Ayc7_0uo0T9vIsPIJeI-fzkTtlvy7IEg2b3IbzECTzN2iFvdJ-h2usuhyphenhyphenDdpKImCRCvIcGhIlQntSAG2EJ2abc/s320/typwriter.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" /></p><p><br />Anyway, in the story Franny's book was a little novel, but I love the idea of sweet, small notebooks in purses. And since I am a list person, I always carry one around with me to jot down ideas and inspirations as they strike. Ideas for decorating the house. Clothes that I love in the store but want to check online for in case I can get them cheaper elsewhere. Grocery lists. Christmas gift ideas. To do lists. Goals. Dreams. etc. It's a handy little system for me. And it's really fun to look back through old notebooks to see past lists and ideas.</p><p>Here are a few of my favorite notebooks:</p><p><a href="http://www.moleskines.com/klmb717.html">Moleskines</a></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvW5jcZQkWElbpkQ87MeohN8CgYfPNA_C5DaPyT3FnmxZuR6E-Ugstm-mohWIurrxmCC5vagJWjuKIoXM8L-KUom17vBIdT8nxDQL2yRwfsaIxKh4KVdLVSty7OuoVEYo1gXxzswR4xo/s1600-h/moleskines"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155960910077988562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvW5jcZQkWElbpkQ87MeohN8CgYfPNA_C5DaPyT3FnmxZuR6E-Ugstm-mohWIurrxmCC5vagJWjuKIoXM8L-KUom17vBIdT8nxDQL2yRwfsaIxKh4KVdLVSty7OuoVEYo1gXxzswR4xo/s320/moleskines" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.paper-source.com/cgi-bin/paper/cm/2860.001/journals/ps-bindery/">Paper Source </a>(For even more color options - try binding your own!)</p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1VAH8rNynVMfznnwY3ZpiVX3_Li2Y5R6f2NMgFFvnvB7DaA7HdwnF71RQsug22LfnDuxqHQ_BrcIOreqSOHXSoS0hDK0UDZjwib9czmdTIsFGqaJkJFFeuBRKlvOZykhoWRiNBvA2O4/s1600-h/beach+journal"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155960914372955906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1VAH8rNynVMfznnwY3ZpiVX3_Li2Y5R6f2NMgFFvnvB7DaA7HdwnF71RQsug22LfnDuxqHQ_BrcIOreqSOHXSoS0hDK0UDZjwib9czmdTIsFGqaJkJFFeuBRKlvOZykhoWRiNBvA2O4/s320/beach+journal" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYASSWWCl0tWTJF5t0Pi7YDpqL5t9zgsRtYEz_D0KBsY800gx0r8NusJhlHyIAZVs3vrzkaux6p1eUHSJvUK_m0U9M6n9i4UQbCNd2cutJ03PwkUW-dDBWQhvj4G6xBbyeJQude70FPi8/s1600-h/Paper+source"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155960910077988578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYASSWWCl0tWTJF5t0Pi7YDpqL5t9zgsRtYEz_D0KBsY800gx0r8NusJhlHyIAZVs3vrzkaux6p1eUHSJvUK_m0U9M6n9i4UQbCNd2cutJ03PwkUW-dDBWQhvj4G6xBbyeJQude70FPi8/s320/Paper+source" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Wlce3At0sfvWTdwzw-Zb9TwO5IR6FpRcRBHLmITrrjmnUxp-D945hMCx1PxlFuChH4wPEBn_y8gz0Y6iAl_lxND65kHTKj8kzO2Lwt4R0QKQQKm1tOfgKHQGaMSZZPX4jxI8QProivM/s1600-h/yellow+notebook.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166987596277503010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Wlce3At0sfvWTdwzw-Zb9TwO5IR6FpRcRBHLmITrrjmnUxp-D945hMCx1PxlFuChH4wPEBn_y8gz0Y6iAl_lxND65kHTKj8kzO2Lwt4R0QKQQKm1tOfgKHQGaMSZZPX4jxI8QProivM/s320/yellow+notebook.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw58_7oqhY-Bzjo_H-Lc33rDJn516SfSIOw2WnA0Bxzob0Oi2lgSa1LIB7onC9mpU1KrBXRCU8j_10ieL6jSunLZ7VDClado1Ks1EYUr0WyckxXVvYxqkTd68CZOiiBEDWmVv8w572nmw/s1600-h/paper+source+2"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155960914372955890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw58_7oqhY-Bzjo_H-Lc33rDJn516SfSIOw2WnA0Bxzob0Oi2lgSa1LIB7onC9mpU1KrBXRCU8j_10ieL6jSunLZ7VDClado1Ks1EYUr0WyckxXVvYxqkTd68CZOiiBEDWmVv8w572nmw/s320/paper+source+2" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /><br /></a></p><p>I decided that there are so many beautiful things that I stumble across on the internet that inspire me (and get me REALLY excited about having money again in a year and a half) that I'd start an inspiration journal where I can post about my favorite things and share them with you.</p>

my little green book

The name for this blog, "Little Green Notebook," is inspired by Salinger's Franny and Zooey. In the story, Franny carries a little green cloth-bound book in her handbag. I can just imagine her (in the 60's) looking like Jackie O. Probably wearing gloves, and a pill box hat. Perfect red lipstick. An…

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