Gift yourself this Chinese New Year with a notebook cover made of old Chinese calendars

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With Chinese New Year just around the corner, there’s yet another reason to get into the festive spirit. And in case you’d like to mark the holiday as a celebration of new beginnings, here’s a CNY gift idea: a notebook with a cover made of repurposed old Chinese calendars.

1372 Designs, a maker of upcycled and handbound notebooks, sketchbooks, and journals, posted a photo of their notebooks and journals featuring upcycled calendars on the cover, mostly in red and green.

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Known for their vintage-inspired and even quirky covers, 1372 Designs has long created journal covers out of upcycled materials, breathing new life into them.

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