Handmade School Supplies

Handmade School Supplies

Every year when the school supplies ads run, like many of my students, I’m filled with some bittersweet emotions. I’m sad that summer is coming to a close, but, man, I sure love school supplies!

Over the years I’ve moved much more towards the quality end of the spectrum, rather than quantity. I like to think that I have a finely developed palate for school supplies. (I recently posted about my fondness for Rhodia Rhodiarama notebooks that I plan to use for my daily lesson plans.)

This year, I’ve discovered the “handmade” section of Amazon’s website. Oh my. My devotion to beautiful, high-quality supplies is being nourished and strengthened this year!

Here are some of my favorites.

Leather and Canvas Backpack/Rucksack – Using smaller notebooks and dedicating myself to not carrying my computer to school every day, I think this beautiful backpack could work!

Here’s another, slightly larger, backpack.

A waxed canvas lunch tote!. Love!

A wooden desk caddy with a rustic, engraved quote.

A cute geometric pencil case.

An iPad mini and Moleskine cover. I love this!

This year I’m going to do my best to complete most of my correcting and grading at school, so I won’t be bringing stacks of books home with me. Hopefully it’ll be my iPad mini, two little notebooks and probably a resource book in my bag every day. Yay for back and shoulder health!

What are your favorite school supplies? What do you splurge on? Share in the comments.