Happy Birthday Moleskinerie!

Raylene Gorum

When I clicked on the "save" button for my first post 2 years ago, I had no idea what I was going into or how long it would last.  The only thing I knew was that I liked a particular notebook and crossed my fingers others would join me.

Quite a few things have happened since then. Among other excitement, we've started the Wandering Moleskine Project, been in the papers, spoke at a trade show and  most important of all - I've made your acquaintance.

With all the troubles in the world it is comforting to know that our common interests can bring us together, pens and brushes in hand. "If you build it, they will come" goes the oft-repeated quotation from  "Shoeless Joe." Perhaps if we write about peace, and in peace,  it will  come. 

I remember a day back in arts school when, upon realizing we had ran out of film, a friend and I burst into spontaneous applause at a magnificent sunset. It was the most fitting, heartfelt tribute we could think of. Today I do the same in the general direction of the north, east, south and west in appreciation and gratitude to all of you around the world for making Moleskinerie what it is today - a thriving, vibrant and quirky community.

Grazie, dank u wel, xie xie, obrigado, terima kasih, dziekuje, shukran, toda raba, danke schön, dhukriya, maraming salamat, muchas gracias, asante sana, merci, spasibo, domo arigato and, in a nod to my now-defunct favorite TV series;  "yada, yada, yada."

Thanks to all our friends and supporters for 2 wonderful years. I look forward to many more.

Sincerely,

Armand B. Frasco
www.moleskinerie.com

(Photo by Dr. Erwin Lim, Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL.)

Official 2nd Anniversary artwork by Raylene Gorum
www.raebean.blogspot.com
www.sweet101.net

Greetings from our friends:

In a court of law, witnesses put their hand on a Bible and swear an oath to tell the truth. For us devotees, whatever truth we have usually ends up in our own book, the Moleskine.  Three cheers to moleskinerie.com on its birthday. Without either that little black book or Armand Frasco's essential website, a day in our life would be just that much smaller.

Jonathan Carroll

Armand, congratulations on Moleskinerie's second anniversary! You'll be glad to know I'm taking one to Antarctica in October - http://www.south.com/

Best,

Ben Saunders
...

Congratulations on Moleskinerie's 2nd birthday Armand! I'm always inspired by the information and unique posts you manage to come up with. Where do you get all the great info? :-)

As a Moleskine user, it's great to have a place like Moleskinerie where I can not only find out the latest scoop on Moleskine info, but related topics that challenge my thinking.

Thanks for your hard work and dedication -- I wish you all the best and many more years at the helm of Moleskinerie!

-- Mike Rohde/Rohdesign

Congratulations to Armand and Moleskinerie -- you've done a terrific job showcasing the cool wayspeople are using our favorite notebook. Many happy returns!

Merlin Mann
43 Folders

Happy 2nd Birthday, Moleskinerie. Your devotion to the best notebooks in the world is inspiring. I made silkscreened Moleskines for my fellow Make magazine staffers for the holidays.

Mark Frauenfelder
editor-in-chief of MAKE
BoingBoing.net founder

"Happy second anniversary, Moleskinerie! Thank you for celebrating the world's most sensuous notebook, and for letting us catch inspiring glimpses into what other aficionados do with theirs. Here's to many more years of soft leather, smooth paper and snappy elastics!"

- Best, Clotilde.

Chocolate & Zucchini

"I have been using Moleskine notebooks for several years now, and started a work related to moleskine more than 1 year ago. I always feel proud that my job is related to products I still really care about after all this time, but also that these simple and beautiful notebooks have contributed to create a community that at the same time respects the past and look towards the future, with curiosity. Moleskinerie is without doubt the best showcase of what this community is about and never ceases to surprise , amuse me and make me think, day after day."

Arnault Castel
Www.workingunit.com
Www.moleskine.co.jp

Updates:

Thanks to the following for greeting us on their sites:

Neal Dench
Mike Swickey
Norman Nimer
Adam Machado
Zone41
Mike Rohde ( wish I could wear shorts like that, right now:)
Lori
Johnny
Rae Bean
Dave
GraphicDefine
Jen Leo, who just informed us that  our dear friend Craig Miles had passed on.
Brian Mitchell
Patrick Mayfield

Did I miss anybody? Just raise your hands and email a permalink)

Best wishes to Lisa Sutherland-Frasier in Australia who shares our birthday.
Its time to party. Get out, have a life - and write about it. See you on Monday!

Comments

[Loretta]

Happy Birthday dear Moleskinerie. Your potpourri of posts are always timely, creative, and expressive of the far-flung reach of these little black books. Kudos for creating a community of pen and paper in the digital age!

[zephyr]

Happy Anniversayr...and a HUGE THANK YOU for this blog...can't imagine a day without Moleskinerie!

[Chris Meisenzahl]

Yes, thanks, great site! I love coming here.

[Wendee]

Happy Birthday! Moleskinerie, like my Moleskine, has become such a joyful and precious part of my days. Thank you, and wishing you many more inspired and artful years.. days.. and moments. :)

[Joy]

Well done Armand...and happy anniversary! I love this little corner of the cyberverse.

-Joy

[Adam]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY M!!!

Since I bought my first Moleskine last May I have been a constant visitor of Moleskinerie. It's probably one of my favorite sites that I visit. It's not just a place where a bunch of over-obsessed people come to rant on about a product. It's a place where normal people,almost, all over the world can post there thoughts and experiences about a notebooks they they all have in common, the Moleskine. It never gets old here, never repeats, it just a "little corner of cyberspace" that's constantly filled with high energy, and I'm diggin' it. Happy Birthday Moleksinerie, and good luck.

[Ralf G.]

Congratulations! And thanks for being a continous source of inspiration, an "analogue island in a digital world"!

I linked to you several times in the last year and, well, I hope to do so in the future!

[_41]

Parabéns!

[Sylvia]

¡Feliz Cumpleaños, Moleskinerie! ;)

[Armand]

Muchas gracias Sylvia! Who can forget the piñata you "brought" last year!
http://www.moleskinerie.com/2005/01/happy_birthday_.html

And thanks everyone for dropping by.

[Mike Rohde]

Congratulations on the Moleskinerie 2nd year birthday Armand!
You deserve all of the praise you are receiving now. :-)

[Lohr]

Happy Birthday, Moleskinerie!

[Joachim]

Congratulations Armand, and as we say it here, Bon anniversaire!

[John Dooney]

I have enjoyed using the moleskin large note book, but was curious about the paper that is used. I know it is acid free, but I wasn't sure of the composition and the weight size of the pages. Thank you!
John

[jiri]

Is there real Mole skin used as a cover material as it was before? Thanks

Jiri