Elastic bands - options?

[Vincent]

Of all the things I enjoy about my Moleskines - the paper quality,
the various sizes, the cover, the durability, the design and feel of a
filled-in notebook in your hand, the thing I particularly like is the
elastic band. I like the function and simplicity of it's design.
Although it's been heavily copied (more & more it seems), I always
thought it was the most distinctive feature of the Moleskine brand.

But I'm loyalty challenged. I use and have tried many types of
sketchbooks. Some I really like. But the thing I always miss is my
elastic band. I've tried to improvise - rubber bands (meh, not very
aesthetically pleasing). I even tried stretching out a couple of those
Livestrong-like big rubber bracelets (they all broke).

So, I'm wondering if any of you creative types have come across or use
other types of bands for your other notebooks?

[Adammmm]

Simple. I don't use any other notebooks! :D

[leslie...@gmail.com]

I've got a simple solution. I went to my local craft store and bought
1/4 inch flat black elastic. You can get this at most dept stores too.
I wrapped it around the notebook I wanted it to fit, holding one end
with my finger and stretching it around the notebook unti the ends
met. I held onto the spot where they met and let go of the other end.
from the point where they met I added an inch and a half. I overlapped
the two ends by 3/4 of an inch and stuck them together with some
glue, let it set until the glue was dry. I then used a zigzag stitch
on my sewing machine and stitched over the overlap, backstitching two
or 3 times.

I covered up my ugly stitching by stitching a couple of small pieces
of leather over the stitches.

I tried another one with the same stitching as above but this time
making a tube from the leather, turning it inside out and then sliding
it overthe elastic BEFORE I stitched it up. That one looks a little
better.

My initial use for it was to make an elastic for my wallet to hold
cash- bifold wallet that used to have a bill clip on it, i ripped that
off because it kept ripping my jeans. This elastic works a lot better.

Leslie
www.ComfortableShoesStudio.com

[leslie...@gmail.com]

Here's a picture of what the elastic looks like on a handmade hedgehog/
moleskine knockoff
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/leslieherger/1508368457/"
title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/
2393/1508368457_4f3721f937_t.jpg" width="100" height="98" alt="custom
hedgehog" /></a>

On Oct 6, 6:11 pm, "leslie.her...@gmail.com" <leslie.her...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[barry]

I like to be able to hold my pen and index cards on the front of my
Moleskine. I use a hair band that I bought at Sainsbury's (a food
store here in the UK). They're nice to use because they're flat and
are bonded together rather than using a metal clip like most hair
bands. I can't remember the brand name, but will post it here later.

This is what it looks like:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14738601@N06/1515278930/

[Vincent]

I knew there was some industrious soul out there who would've tried to
make their own.

Sounds relatively painless though I have zilch experience on a sewing
machine. I like the look. Very rustic.

Thanks.

[barry]

Here are the hair bands next to my Moleskine.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14738601@N06/1517193043/

The brand is scunci.

[Ken]

I use a rubber band for the small moleskine to do that same thing. :)