Vintage Album Cover Notebooks Are Awesome!

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes I come across something that is so absolutely fantabulous that I just </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">have to share it with you! This happened recently, when I came across John & Jill's</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Etsy shop <i><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/RecordsAndStuff?ref=pr_shop_more" target="_blank">Records And Stuff</a></i> while perusing Etsy for some music themed items. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The first thing that caught my eye was a notebook whose cover was made from an </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">old Led Zeppelin IV album. Awesome! Since my daughter Erica  (aged 10 soon to be 11) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">plays guitar, goes to School Of Rock, and is a Zeppelin fan, I thought of her right away, thinking this would </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">be a great musical journal for her to use for her guitar lessons </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">would just be the</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> perfect place for her to write her musical thoughts and ideas. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She was </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">thrilled </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">when I gave her the notebook, whose inside featured the album</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> insert </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">along with </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the song lyrics from the album. What a great gift! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9hoXXPqGaybNmiI9HVxqf4QwmV1CQF7HjH0KpgWjdnkvA8KnewX-LruI_IAOGpa21SkNboyxu2SbovRC1zCyB83_MLStfFtvXLxi9uHlvFoV5SSEMA_638-jLhsozVY39TKQiBHa85s/s1600/002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9hoXXPqGaybNmiI9HVxqf4QwmV1CQF7HjH0KpgWjdnkvA8KnewX-LruI_IAOGpa21SkNboyxu2SbovRC1zCyB83_MLStfFtvXLxi9uHlvFoV5SSEMA_638-jLhsozVY39TKQiBHa85s/s1600/002.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">front cover</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2nlxjeiwiGfJJ3ObT_E0QlBt0uaRpaL5rmm9m1ZmPQ9WjUwmvYSg5b12nachrdi-vfr3jBn_E_dDVN8TUktugW4rA-DixrvLDXRt0VPFGCZ78lipjE3bdr94Qxx4Ht0apxfTVZtiPsc/s1600/003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2nlxjeiwiGfJJ3ObT_E0QlBt0uaRpaL5rmm9m1ZmPQ9WjUwmvYSg5b12nachrdi-vfr3jBn_E_dDVN8TUktugW4rA-DixrvLDXRt0VPFGCZ78lipjE3bdr94Qxx4Ht0apxfTVZtiPsc/s1600/003.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">back cover</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTCdMOABuLW3MkV-Kmk8atMxmaDtja4e1z40jNjZFbuv8vMD8Qha9URr6wPVeqT3bY24k5PyWlGbqsbmGbWQh-svNRiT8c3NWvo-VcrxQ9qeHP-MFNJKwUIJN5PAeZ5J7jVeSIkVo8sw/s1600/004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTCdMOABuLW3MkV-Kmk8atMxmaDtja4e1z40jNjZFbuv8vMD8Qha9URr6wPVeqT3bY24k5PyWlGbqsbmGbWQh-svNRiT8c3NWvo-VcrxQ9qeHP-MFNJKwUIJN5PAeZ5J7jVeSIkVo8sw/s1600/004.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">inside the cover</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimn-yY_BjDOY45zlzX0BLuMv9BPI_GJfaHk27PAmyIrpN_VnlCkccVyxP2bBYSELAze-QeXyF5wYwUumejrXJLm1MlMnj0nIStL0ltmDObJM-QUVRD0EdQwK2bNfM7R4vL2PWhvTV9uH4/s1600/005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimn-yY_BjDOY45zlzX0BLuMv9BPI_GJfaHk27PAmyIrpN_VnlCkccVyxP2bBYSELAze-QeXyF5wYwUumejrXJLm1MlMnj0nIStL0ltmDObJM-QUVRD0EdQwK2bNfM7R4vL2PWhvTV9uH4/s1600/005.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">page made from the record sleeve</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinf8LysQXi5w-LrPRZMeJ1nU7-BSgAO-8Q42-2gnn7WS4B6qFF1d77LPut1ACBdoQawErMgcXwEwDGFoaqcNJYdDI0a_vhWygcES9LngjFVKjH_a-cSVkccpbWz36DNW6G8ZaDPt5OBfY/s1600/006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinf8LysQXi5w-LrPRZMeJ1nU7-BSgAO-8Q42-2gnn7WS4B6qFF1d77LPut1ACBdoQawErMgcXwEwDGFoaqcNJYdDI0a_vhWygcES9LngjFVKjH_a-cSVkccpbWz36DNW6G8ZaDPt5OBfY/s1600/006.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">lyrics from the record sleeve - after this page is a full lined notebook</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">As soon as I saw Erica's notebook, I knew I needed one for myself! Back to <i><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/RecordsAndStuff?ref=pr_shop_more" target="_blank">Records</a></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/RecordsAndStuff?ref=pr_shop_more" target="_blank">And Stuff</a></i> I went, and was happy to find the Heart Dog & Butterfly and Fleetwood Mac</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Rumors album cover notebooks. Sold! </span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm using the Heart notebook as a jewelry </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">journal, where I'm keeping notes</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> and sketches while I write my jewelry book for </span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">North Light</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">. The</span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fleetwood Mac </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">one will be going to my best friend Nikki, who </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">is a lifelong Fleetwood Mac fan. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Well played <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/RecordsAndStuff?ref=pr_shop_more" target="_blank">John & Jill</a>! Love your stuff! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo4VVvf0vKZ7R7kyM1qMGpHCXvheBnXVgL5hoKZ7P1jM28NZfWN6tV-SA29i3nZQ6QhhFsDlvh3P6RHC3kPyZdPl32E0fCJrSba7vbnf2Lx8vLLfdo8iZh-i1_O53Tm1ivkVX_5akH2M8/s1600/014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo4VVvf0vKZ7R7kyM1qMGpHCXvheBnXVgL5hoKZ7P1jM28NZfWN6tV-SA29i3nZQ6QhhFsDlvh3P6RHC3kPyZdPl32E0fCJrSba7vbnf2Lx8vLLfdo8iZh-i1_O53Tm1ivkVX_5akH2M8/s640/014.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/RecordsAndStuff?ref=pr_shop_more" target="_blank"><i>Check out Records And Stuff here!</i></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">What do you think?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">  </span></div>

Vintage Album Cover Notebooks Are Awesome!

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