I’ve wanted a dot grid notebook with a glitter cover for a long time (I’m so bored with plain black covers). I’ve seen them at cheap shops but was doubtful about the quality and expected the glitter would start falling off making a mess everywhere. Kaisercraft isn’t a top quality brand but it’s better than a cheap shop notebook.

Quick facts

Size: A5 (14.8cm x 21cm)
Hardcover
Sewn binding
192 dot grid pages
5mm dot grid
Bright white paper
No pre printed pages
1 Ribbon bookmark
90 GSM paper
29 dots horizontally x 42 dots vertically

Price: $10 AUD (although seems to be regularly on sale for less than that)

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The Cover

As you can probably tell by now – my main reason for buying this notebook was the glitter cover! The cover is coated in multiple layers of sparkly glitter – I just hope it all stays on there and doesn’t start flaking off.

I chose the gold cover but there’s a blush (pink) version too.

Approx. 0.75″ thick

Inside pages

There are no pre-printed pages like an index. The entire notebook is dot grid pages with a 5mm grid.

There are no page numbers.

I don’t like the ‘Kaiserstyle’ text that appears on every page. It’s in the way and embedded within the dot grid so on every page I’d need to whiteout and re-draw the dots.

Pages lay mostly flat. There is 1 ribbon bookmark.

Pen Testing

I tried all the usual ballpoint, gel and fine tip pens I use when testing notebooks and planners. The paper is only 80 GSM so has a lot of show through for everything.

Pros of the Notebook

Glitter cover
Bright white pages
More glitter than most notebooks include (thicker / hopefully won’t flake off too much)
Affordable – $10 normally but have since seen it discounted on the Kaisercraft website to only $7!
Gold or blush (pink) glitter covers

Cons of the Notebook

Kaiserstyle text printed on every page is unnecessary and in the way. Time consuming to white out and re-draw the dots on every page
No page numbers
Only 1 ribbon bookmark
No pocket folder
Thin paper that’s prone to ghosting

Would I use this notebook?

Yes. I’ve been searching for a dot grid notebook with a glitter cover for a while now. I hope the glitter holds up well! I’m disappointed there’s no page numbers and the paper is thin, so this might end up being a notebook where I draft bullet journal spreads or need to add sticky notes or washi tape to mark pages.