March 12 – Jack Kerouac, author, painter, poet, traveler (b. 1922)
Girl Guides (later, the Girl Scouts) Formed (1912) – One of the “Real Big Days” listed on the Field Notes Calendar
A year of COLORS in one minute
Our sixth limited edition of FIELD NOTES COLORS memo books is available now! The PACKET of SUNSHINE features three vibrant yellow notebooks packaged in a custom seed envelope, complete with marigold seeds and growing instructions. The FIELD NOTES e-mail list got first dibs (sign up to your left), but there are still a very limited number of individual 3-Packs and COLORS subscriptions available to the general public.
To celebrate the first year of Field Notes COLORS we’ve put together this little video (make sure to check it in HD on YouTube). The video was made with a still camera, some moss and a bunch of props but it was when the band Margaret Helen King (iTunes) from Canberra, Australia let us use their song Amen that it really came together. Thanks for that.
Among other things, we strive for scientific accuracy here at Field Notes. To make sure we got things just exactly right on our “Just Below Zero” Winter COLORS edition we solicited the opinion of adventurer and all around good guy Ben Saunders. Here’s what Ben had to say…
“As an internationally renowned polar explorer, I can verify that these memo books have 100% accuracy when it comes to the coloring of winter and miscellaneous chilly things.”
So there you have it. “Just Below Zero” 3-Packs are sold out, but FIELD NOTES COLORS subscriptions starting with “Just Below Zero” are available now and if you subscribe for yourself and give one as a gift you can SAVE FIFTY BUCKS.
The fifth in our FIELD NOTES COLORS series of seasonal limited-edition memo books, “Just Below Zero” has been released for Winter 2009. This edition features three icy colors and cold metallic inks. Thanks to everybody on our mailing list who ordered, 3-Packs are now sold out, but FIELD NOTES COLORS subscriptions starting with “Just Below Zero” are still available.
Whenever new technology comes out, we all love to see the “uncrating” stories, with photos of the shiny new gizmo being carefully removed from its packaging. It’s like a striptease for nerds. FIELD NOTES customer Keith Bolland had the bright idea to document the unpacking of his “Mackinaw Autumn” COLORS subscription, which maybe ruins the surprise a bit, but gives you a good idea of the “value-added” perks* you will enjoy with any FIELD NOTES order. Thanks, Keith!
Check out more great photos in our FIELD NOTES in action Flickr pool, or see all photos tagged with “FIELD NOTES.” Also check us out on Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. We’re all over this dang internet. And don’t forget, new COLORS will be announced soon, get on our e-mail list NOW!
*note: “Perks” vary by order and availability.
NOTE: FIELD NOTES COLORS “Mackinaw Autumn” subscriptions are SOLD OUT. Check the COLORS page for our current offering, and join our email list for first dibs on the next FIELD NOTES COLORS.
The fourth in our FIELD NOTES COLORS series of seasonal limited-edition memo books, “Mackinaw Autumn” has been released for Fall 2009. 500 3-Packs of these tri-color graph paper books sold out in less than 24 hours, a new record. Thanks to everybody on our mailing list! FIELD NOTES COLORS subscriptions starting with “Mackinaw Autumn” are available now.
Like a shrink-wrapped and pressed collection of fall leaves, this edition contains three different cover colors, all from the French Paper Company in Niles Michigan; one in a burnt red, one in a running-board brown, and one in a harvest moon orange, all with brown text.
Our “Mackinaw Autumn” memo books are the perfect place to record, analyze, and solve these important issues of the season. Subscribe to FIELD NOTES COLORS and never miss a new installment, and be sure to sign up for our mailing list (top left of this page) to find out about special offers and limited editions before they’re available to the public.
UPDATE: Subscribers now get two BONUS standard 3-Packs, one Graph and one Ruled. More details here. That’s TEN 3-Packs over the course of your subscription, plus the usual extra goodies.
Colors · Field News · Retail Additions:
This weekend we got two emails, one from my old friend Zach Matthews, and one from Jim’s old pal David Sutton. Both were wandering the streets of Williamsburg in Brooklyn and saw our Mackinaw Autumn FIELD NOTES in a shop window. Both of them were thoughtful enough to send us an eerily similar photo (David’s is on the left, Zach’s is on the right). The shop in question is dijitalfix, which you may remember from Michele’s Brooklyn Field Trip. Thanks, David, Zach, and dijitalfix!
Limited-edition FIELD NOTES COLORS “Mackinaw Autumn” 3-Packs sold out in presale via our email list, but there are still a few available at selected retailers or via subscription.
Colors · Field News:
Writer Tyler C Hellard used FIELD NOTES to chronicle two days without modern technology for Calgary’s Avenue magazine. Avenue sent more FIELD NOTES to illustrator Kelly Sutherland, who used them for a series of illustrations for Hellard’s story “The 48-Hour Luddite.” There’s a taste at Hellard’s blog Pop Loser, hopefully we can share the entire story when the magazine comes out next week.
A pack of new “Mackinaw Autumn” FIELD NOTES also inspired Sandro Rucci to briefly ignore his gadgets and write a lovely post about his new “Mackinaw Autumn” FIELD NOTES. Thanks!
And if you’re sensing a “back to nature” theme here, you’re right. Patrick Ng, from Hong Kong FN retailer City Super, came across a perfect complement to “Mackinaw Autumn” FIELD NOTES on a trip to Korea: the “Leaf It” kit, a series of leaf-shaped Post-It-type notes.
Here in our beloved midwestern U.S., the temperature is dropping, the winds are brisk, and real leaves are starting to change color and fall, providing us with an endless supply of colorful bookmarks. It’s our favorite time of year but it’s always too brief in Chicago, where it’ll start snowing in a week or two. Of course, we’ll have limited-edition FIELD NOTES COLORS ready for winter, too, don’t miss out, subscribe now!
Our FIELD NOTES COLORS subscriptions just got better: Subscribe now and get two EXTRA standard 3-Packs (one graph paper, one mixed). That’s TEN 3-Packs (30 notebooks!) over the course of the year instead of eight (Plus our usual extra goodies).
New subscribers will get their 3-Packs with their first shipment (”Mackinaw Autumn”)
If you’re a current subscriber, don’t fret! You’ll get two extra 3-Packs too. But since we’ve already packed up your “Mackinaw Autumn” shipment, we’ll send the extras with your Winter 2010 shipment (coming in November)
The first four installments of COLORS individual 3-Packs have sold out in 24 hours, so guarantee you get your COLORS with a subscription, and get two extra 3-Packs. Subscribe now!
FIELD NOTES COLORS subscriptions starting with “Grass Stain Green” are sold out. Limited Edition COLORS notebooks are released quarterly. 3-packs usually sell out in presale on our mailing list, the rest go to subscribers. Either way, Fall COLORS are coming soon (mid-September!), so be sure to join the mailing list. (Top left column… see it? good!)
