Space Exploration theme- fauxdori traveler notebook - vegan leather protective journal cover or elastic planner for printables

Endlessly customizable, expandable, this do anything traveler’s journal will be your new constant companion.

This handmade journal allows you to mix and match your inserts, and when they fill up, just slip them out from their elastic band and pop in another. The stretchy elastic band is easy to tie to match the thickness of your contents.

Add mementos, stubs, pages, planners, calendars, journals, whatever you can imagine; now you can take it with you in this sturdy re-useable cover. Featuring a space theme with rocket ships, and a shimmering rainbow black patent vegan leather closure that color shifts with the light in a perfectly totable size, even has room to tuck in your pen or pencil securely.

-7” x 6.5”

I use mine daily and carry inserts for important dates, another for recipes, one for notes.

I have another that I use for my gratitude journal, tarot, candle working, and serves as my traveling book of shadows. You never know when inspiration will strike.

Other everyday uses include: passport cover, everyday organizer, studying a new language, separate notebooks for notes in different topics, companion for your bullet journal, tracking work expenses and hours, to do lists, wallet and appointment book, home planner, health journal, financial planner, note taking during important events.

Pairs perfectly with my handmade paper art books:

blank books: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LeftCraft?ref=seller-platform-mcnav§ion_id=32939136
book of shadows: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LeftCraft?ref=seller-platform-mcnav§ion_id=32939250
journals: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LeftCraft?ref=seller-platform-mcnav§ion_id=32314968

I love custom and personalized orders, so don't hesitate to message me to today and let's make the perfect journals and inserts for you!

What is a fauxdori journal?

This journal is an. “elastic planner” aka the Traveler’s Notebook (TN) or, when not made by the Traveler’s Notebook Company, the “Fauxdori”. The name Fauxdori arose several years ago when Traveler’s Notebook was still under the Midori branding and was refer to as the “Midori Traveler’s Notebook”, hence faux-dori as a name for any similar design.

Why choose a fauxdori style journal?

Instead of rings or discs and holes in your paper, the Traveler’s Notebook is a leather (fabric, cardboard, or other heavyweight material) cover with a series of elastics running the length of the spine on the interior of the cover. These elastics allow for smaller cahier notebooks (thinner notebooks of 64 pages or less, usually) to be slipped under the elastics to hold them into the cover. You an store many types and sizes of papers, notebooks, or documents all together in the same protective cover without the need for hole punches or sewing. The best reason from my perspective is that you can quickly and easily swap out one or more booklets or papers and use the same cover for as long as you choose. The elastics are easy to replace and you can even tie in more elastics to expand the covers capacity to carry even more!

How to use an elastic planner?

If you have a variety of booklets, papers, notebooks, then this is the perfect style of journal for you. I use them regularly so that I can group by theme. I have junk journal fauxdori, collage, sketch, notes all together. when I fill one up, or complete a project, I store away my booklets and load in the new ones.

Unlike ringbound or discbound planners, the TN-style planner is organized by booklet. You can have a calendar booklet and then a blank booklet for notes and so on. For people looking to combine a bullet journal system with a more traditional planner, the TN/fauxdori system may be a great option. Some people have a notebook with lined paper for journaling, one with grid paper for project planning and then a sketchbook paper booklet for drawing, collage or art making.