Category Archives: Make Your Own

Make Your Own: Media Temple

Maybe you wouldn’t think a web hosting and virtualization service provider would have any need for pocket notebooks. You’d be wrong. Since 1998, Media Temple has been hosting websites, email, business applications, and other rich internet content. They are certainly high-tech but some things just can’t beat the pen-to-paper approach. Scout Books rule when jotting [...]
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Make Your Own: Custom Interiors for IDSA

You may not realize it yet, but that belly band holds a world of wonders. The Industrial Design Society of America went all out with a three-pack of custom interior Scout Books, complete with a pull out section!  They were created by Ziba for an IDSA “cross-craft” discussion about DIY design held right here in Portland, Oregon. [...]
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Make Your Own: Girls Can Tell

Girls Can Tell is a small screen printing shop in Philadelphia. Their Etsy shop is chock-full of useful items, including these Scout Books illustrated with informative and beautiful diagrams by Sara Selepouchin. I think my favorite is the brain. I like that idea–perfect for a pocket notebook! I only wish I could write directly into [...]
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Make Your Own: Reid Psaltis

I love T-Rex and I love the little surprise when you flip this book over! These books were illustrated by comic book artist and oil painter, Reid Psaltis. He’s a former graduate of Western Washington University’s Fine Art program and currently lives and works in Portland, OR.
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Make Your Own: Wave Church

Wave Church just held a conference in their amazing Wave Convention Center. The conference took place August 4th through the 6th with multiple keynote speakers and activities all located in the resort city of Virginia Beach, VA with sessions for all ages and interests. Scout Books were only too thrilled to join the party as [...]
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Make Your Own: Heather Wilson

Heather Wilson is a graphic designer, illustrator, and registered art therapist who recently graduated from the Art Institute of Portland! She created the character on her Scout Book to represent herself and judging from all of the above, she seems like a pretty awesome gal to me. Check it out.
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Make Your Own: Jeremy Dubow

Jeremy Dubow is a California-born artist who’s formal training includes studies at the Florence Academy of Art in Florence Italy. He currently has a solo exhibit of his 11 x 14 oil on mylar paintings titled, Jeremy Dubow: Portraits at Hiromi Ogawa Architects Portland, OR location which will be open through July by appointment. The exhibit consists [...]
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Make Your Own: Want Magazine

And here we have a Scout Book created by Want Magazine and distributed free of charge to all the attendees at User Experience Lisbon to celebrate Want’s premiere launch in May (Where did the time go? I’m obviously sharing this notebook a tad late). I heard from a very reliable source that these books were [...]
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Make Your Own: Laura Macchia

Laura Macchia is a New York-based designer who offers a myriad of eco-friendly paper goods and wedding invitations as well as custom design services. As a lover of the outdoors, much of her work is inspired by nature and infused with lots of pattern and color. If you don’t find yourself in New York sometime [...]
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Make Your Own: Wedding Edition!

Scout Books for weddings! What a great idea! We teamed up with the fabulous ladies at Ice Cream Social to help us design and create some beautiful little notebooks. They turned out great and are just one example of how versatile and personal Scout Books can be for that special day! They would make adorable [...]
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