Vince Pacheco's work isn't easily mistaken for anyone else's. The Bay Area record collector's stack of cheesecake, kitsch and classic country records were becoming too much to deal with. Then he, along with his crafty girlfriend, got the brilliant idea to turn them into spiral journals. After receiving positive feedback during his first craft season, Pacheco, who sells his wares as Etsy's Vinyl Frontier, now searches thrift stores for materials after burning through his personal collection. Journals featuring popular artists and musicals go quickly (including Dolly Parton, Sound of Music, and the Beatles), although there are requests of all kinds (Steely Dan and Barbara Mandrell among them). The frontier man doesn't only rescue and reuse board games and library books. Many of his journals contain recycled paper and all can be sent back and refilled for a small fee. Sounds sustainable and chic.

Design mastermind Joshua Davis has frequently created work worth fawning over since even before this site was in existence. His latest collaboration with Miquelrius, a Spanish brand boasting a vast array of stationery and accessories, is no different. The Long Island based artist’s newest drool-inducing digital images appear emblazoned on a line of high quality apparel that runs the gamut from notebooks to knapsacks and are so pretty you might just want to hang them up on your wall, buy some wine and cheese and host a gallery opening. If you’re not into playing host then you’d do perfectly fine to just use any in the line of products for their preferred practical purposes.

Given the increase in Kindles, new Blackberries, and 3G iPhones, it’s nice to see a black item that keeps notes the old fashioned way. Doane Paper utility notebooks are mobile in their own way at less than four by six inches and only 48 pages — ideal for bite-size musings.  Portland print show Pinball Publishing uses soy-based inks and recycled paper to create the grid+lines notebook line. Perfect for pockets.