Post-it Notables

From Center front clockwise:

Post-it Grid Notes: 2 pads of 50 4" X 6" sheets, $3.63. Quilters use grid paper to figure out patchwork designs; I know some writers prefer grid paper for writing, drawing maps and what have you. I like the roomy size of these notepads.

Post-it Label Pads: 100 1-7/8" X 2-7/8" labels in neon pink and green, full-adhesive backing but still removable, $2.99. Often I reuse storage boxes and containers for various purposes from year to year, so removable labels are more convenient. These would also come in handy to mark the front of binders and folders when I recycle them.

Post-it Label Roll: 1" X 700", neon green full-adhesive backing but still removable, $3.14 (clearance price). If the label pads are too short, I can use this to cut the length I need.

Post-it Note Tabs: 20 2-3/4" X 3-3/8" tabbed notes with removable adhesive, $2.69. These are extremely cool. Not only are they tabbed but they have a small lined section for notes. If you hate marking up books, manuscripts or other paper documents during editing these would give you some writing space and mark the page you need to return to (I'm going to use mine for galley corrections; will eliminate the need to make two piles of pages.)

And finally, not Post-it brand, but still neat:

Mead Pagemarker Clips: 24 two-sided paper tab-backed clips, $1.98 (clearance priced). I thought these were a clever spin on the bookmark, as you can write a word or two on both sides and then they'll work as tabs or tabbed dividers without having to put in a whole tab page. Good for marking passages in research books for easy future reference.

All found at Target, which often has much in the way of Post-it coolness.

The Art of Post-It Notes

I didn't know you could make sculptures out of Post-It notes, but I swiped a link from The Presurfer that led me to a very cool collection of 16 pranks, sculptures and murals made from the humble sticky note. I also found an almost finished Post-It version of the Mona Lisa over on Flickr.

Ever wonder how (and why) Post-It Notes were invented? Evidently it was part glue failure, part church hymnal.

The best Post-It Ad of all time, I think, is this classic on "how guys use Post-Its":



I prefer virtual sticky notes, as they never fall off or get lost or otherwise vanish. The maker of Post-It notes sells a digital version of their famous product, but you can also get some freeware sticky note programs out there; check out DigiNotes, Floating Notes, Hott Notes, StickIt or Sticky-Notes. Remember the freeware caution: always scan free downloads of anything for bugs and other threats before dumping the programs into your hard drive.

As for the art of Post-It notes, my favorite is a performance piece that took 280,951 sticky notes to create: Eepybird.com's Sticky Note Experiment (if you click on nothing else in this post, look at this one.)