Ninth Wave Designs

The Wait is Over: Moleskine Watercolor Reporter Notebooks Have Arrived!

Well, patient ones, the time has finally come:  The new Moleskine Watercolor Reporter Notebooks have arrived and are available for sale in the Ninth Wave Designs online store HERE.  I was beginning to wonder if they would ever arrive (as I'm sure you were too!).

The Watercolor Reporters are available in pocket and large sizes, and sell for the same price as the Classic Moleskine formats - contrary to what you may have seen elsewhere with some online sellers taking pre-orders at inflated prices.  Please remember if you are ordering from outside the US that you cannot use the Shopping Cart in the online store - just email your order and I will send an invoice through PayPal that includes International shipping.

Now you can unleash all that creativity that you have been storing up over the months spent waiting for these to become available.  Get your watercolors and brushes ready for another creative Moleskine experience.

You can see earlier posts about the Watercolor Moleskines HERE and HERE.

Alchemy Notebook X: Corona

It's been a while since I have had the time to work on my Alchemy Notebook, but here is the most recent addition to my Moleskine Pocket sketchbook:

This image is done using India ink and gold metallic paint, along with a metallic silver gel pen to write the characters.  This is a follow-up to the previous eclipse image, and is meant to suggest the corona effect produced during a solar eclipse.  It was interesting to start with a completely black page rather than my usual faux vellum treatment, but I like the results.  As usual it is difficult to capture the metallic effects from the paint with the scanner, but it looks particularly nice when the texture in the gold paint catches the light.  I am hoping to have more time to work in my notebook soon.

Moleskine Planners: A Bright Future

The complete line of Moleskine Planners is now available at the Ninth Wave Designs online store (hurrah!).  Updates were made to the NWD online website that includes listings for all ten planner styles, so you can now use the store format to place your orders.  A reminder to buyers outside the U.S. - the shopping cart system only calculates shipping for within the U.S. - so email your orders directly and I will invoice with the correct shipping amount.

I have made some other little changes to the NWD online store layout, to make navigation easier and to correct some dead link problems.  Hopefully I have found all the dead links, but if I missed any please drop me an email.  I am in the process of moving my Moleskine sales off eBay, so the NWD online store is now my primary focus for online sales.  If you are a former eBay customer, bookmark the NWD online website, and welcome aboard!

I am working to add a few additional items to the online store - Exacompta index cards and some combo sets I have previously sold on eBay.  AT SOME POINT I will be adding the new Watercolor Reporter Notebooks, providing they ever arrive.  The new estimated delivery time is the first week in June, and I'm really hoping this is when they actually will ship.  Now, back to the planners:

For those of you who need a planner sooner than January 1, 2007, the two 18 month softcover planners begin on June 26th.  Both pocket and large planners are available in 18 month formats, so you can get started using the new planner format soon.  The red 12 month hardcover pocket planner promises to be a brisk seller, so I would suggest ordering one of those early to ensure you have one on hand when 2007 rolls around.

The tried and true Classic Hardcover Planners are selling well too.  New to this line is a change in the Large Weekly page layout.  This page format now matches the Pocket Weekly layout - one week across two pages with a short lined section for each day - instead of the previous layout with columns.  You can see a scan of the Large Weekly page format HERE.

I will keep the planners in stock as long as I can get them.  Last year Moleskine was short on planners, and I ran out months before I usually do.  This year the supply will hopefully meet the demand, but I still suggest ordering early to get the best selection just in case.  The future looks bright for Moleskine Planners, so plan ahead to plan your future!

2007 Moleskine Planners: Are They Here Yet?

Well, it's here, in all its glorious redness:

Finally! The limited edition red planner is here in front of me, along with some (not all) of the new softcover planners.  The pocket size softcover planners have not arrived yet, but I expect they should arrive soon.

I now have the following 2007 Moleskine Planners in stock:

• 2007 Limited Edition Red Hardcover Pocket Weekly Planner & Notebook (12 Month) $13.95.
• 2007 Large Softcover Weekly Planner & Notebook (12 Month) $14.95.
• 2007 Extra-Large Softcover Weekly Planner & Notebook (12 Month) $16.95.
• 2006-2007 Large Softcover Weekly Planner & Notebook (18 Month) $14.95.
• 2007 Classic Hardcover Pocket Weekly Planner (12 Month) $12.95.
• 2007 Classic Hardcover Pocket Daily Planner (12 Month) $13.95.
• 2007 Classic Hardcover Large Weekly Planner (12 Month) $15.95.
• 2007 Classic Hardcover Large Daily Planner (12 Month) $18.95.

I am in the process of adding the new arrivals to the NWD Online store which will take me a few days to complete. Because you are a dedicated reader of the NWD blog I will be happy to set up an order for you now.  So if you are itching to order any of these then send me an EMAIL of your order with your shipping destination and I will create an invoice for you through PayPal.  You can see my earlier post for the details on each of the planners being offered HERE. Feel free to combine the planners with any of the other items I offer in my online store.

Now, if only the new Watercolor Notebooks would arrive!

UPDATE 5/9/06: The Pocket softcover planners are here now, both 12 and 18 month versions - so that makes all ten types in stock now.  I am working on getting them up on the NWD store, but email your order if you are antsy to get your planner! - NW