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Every day is a new adventure full of challenges and unexpected events that can sometimes cause a mess in your routine. To keep your daily journey organized, Bali's Komang Sulaksana handcrafts a stunning notebook using natural fibers. With 40 pages made from rice straw paper, this practical article features a cover decorated with an ikat cotton textile in a blue hue, a coconut shell button and an agel grass cord closure.

Sure to inspire the writer in you, this pair of handcrafted notebooks appeals to the senses. Covers crafted with textured banana bark and local leaves open to pages of natural rice straw paper waiting to be filled. Indonesian artisan Komang Sulaksana binds the books with agel grass cord and fragrant cinnamon sticks. Be inspired by the scent and feel of the tropics with this pair of blank journals.

Bali's Komang Sulaksana presents a trio of handcrafted journals that feature a wealth of natural materials. Each journal contains 50 blank pages of rice straw paper, and a cover adorned with an eggshell mosaic in red, green or blue. The journals are trimmed with black polyester fabric and bound with agel grass cords. A natural cinnamon stick adorns each cover.

This pair of Indonesian journals is crafted from natural pandan leaf fibers in blue and green textured colors and accented with cinnamon sticks along their spines as well as turtle relief motifs handcrafted of agel grass fibers and banana tree bark. Each journal comes with 50 pages of unlined rice straw paper and a photo opening on the cover. The perfect home accessories for keeping memories, these journals are designed by Indonesian artisan Komang Sulaksana.

Fatchurohman of Java designs a journal with handcrafted recycled paper and a cotton cover made via a technique called kolaste, in which batik fabric is cut into strips and then woven together. The cadet blue and linen white cover sports a traditional Indonesian parang motif of rows of stylized curved swords, called "tongues of fire" by the Javanese. The journal is held closed with a black elastic cord with a medallion stamped with the letter "F," embellished to also form an archer shooting toward a star. With unlined pages, the journal can be used for writing or sketching.