#i got a midori md notebook with grid pages

[spxcesuits]

bought a journal and ordered some stickers to put on the cover... my journalgirl era perhaps

[celerydays]

could you walk us through what notebooks & journals & pens /etc you use - they look so good!

I would be SO happy to, you have no idea!!

Alright, let's fucking GOOOO~

Starting off with my current "workhorse" pens - I have like *checks notes* 36 fountain pens and a bit too many inked up atm, but these are just the ones I'm currently reaching for or have inked up more often than not:

TWSBI Go (F): Kinda ugly! But also kinda cute! It's cheap and works great (I friggin love TWSBI pens tbh) and it has a little hole on the cap where you can attach a lanyard or charms, like I did! Makes it cuter imo and it's kind of my emotional support pen these days.

Opus88 Pocket (EF): This 2022 edition has a little Moon tarot design on the cap so it's pretty much the pen I use exclusively for my witchy/tarot practice journals! A lil bummed the cap doesn't post, especially since its a shorter pocket-sized pen, but not a deal breaker and I still love it.

Pilot Custom 823 (F): My grail pen that I've literally coveted for years and just recently acquired at the DC Pen Show this weekend! It's only been a day but I think it could potentially become my favorite pen. Ever.

Pilot Prera (CM): This is my third Prera lol. I just think they're great and really underrated pens! Also a recent acquisition from the DC Pen Show and this cursive M nib is suuuuper fun to write with.

Pilot Vanishing Point (EF): My favorite pen for planning! Super fine-tipped for writing task lists and schedules and love that it's so convenient/quick-draw with the click mechanism.

(I'm totally a Pilot pen ho, can you tell? asdjflaglsg)

Journals/Planners/Notebooks under cut–

Sterling Ink B6 Common Planner: For a good chunk of this year, I was in this planner because I honestly love the size and all the layouts. Super practical and flexible as a system. 10/10 would go back. I've used it to plan, as a reading journal, as a tarot log...

But I get the itch to move around so it's been sitting a little unused since like June, oop.

Leuchtturm A6: I started craving something tiny and minimal so I've been bullet journaling in this pocket notebook for the last month or two and I'm really enjoying it!

Standard-sized Tomoe River Paper notebook: This is pretty consistent in that I don't change up the system itself, but I'm in and out of it for memory keeping/scrapbook journaling! It's almost always a Tomoe River paper notebook of SOME kind that I usually buy in A5 size to go to FedEx and get it cut down to standard. Though I'm thinking of getting a blank Midori MD A5 to have cut down next time - I've been liking the freedom of blank pages for journaling instead of anything lined or gridded.

I really need to catch up with it tbh, but I love sitting in an explosion of printed photos, stickers, and washi and going ham with the pages.

(I do have a flip through of my January-March 2022 pages on YouTube)

Midori MD Cotton B6 Slim: I also have this sketchbook that sorta turned into a visual sketch diary of sorts. I fell off a while ago but want to get back into it because it's super fun to work in and to look back on!

Wide-sized Cosmo Air Light notebook & A5 Filofax Malden: These are my tarot/witchy journals. Grimoires I guess? One is for journaling and all my messier notes while the other is more for reference and ease of organization.

A5 Leuchtturm: I didn't know if I should include this guy, but I've been writing it in a lot recently so I guess I will lol. This is like truuuly a miscellaneous™ notebook.

I got this A5 notebook back in 2017 to use as my very first bullet journal, then found out that this size is personally waaaay too big for me to use as a bullet journal so I hopped off of it pretty quick. It now sits on my desk because since it's mostly blank I'll just pick it up to use it to write literally A N Y T H I N G.

Most recently, I wrote like 5 pages in one night on notes for a fanfiction piece I was working on (I'm not a writer, this fic is never gonna see the light of day by anyone but me lololol. Hyperfixation is so wild; I've put 80k+ words within just 10 days into it so far and it's been hella therapeutic.)

That's all, I think!?

It's funny because I actually have a NEW notebook arriving tomorrow that I'm going to try out as a bujo/commonplace/omni journal of sorts?? I might write an update post after I've set that up and see how I like it <3

[maia]

Notebooks I like

I like notebooks, I like them to be size A5 (~5”x8”), 150-200 pages, with dot grid paper sewn into the binding. Because I use a new notebook at the start of every project, I’m always casually looking for new notebooks I might like and I pick up candidates whenever I run across them.

Designer’s Notebook by Andrew Schapiro and Brad Mead 6″x8.2″ | 176 pages

The Designer’s Notebook is my favorite to date. The cover is durable, it lays flat when you’re writing, and each page contains a header for project title and date. I purchased mine at the SFMOMA’s museum shop. Some downsides include gimmicky reference material and the elastic band on mine has worn out, but these are overshadowed by the biggest hinderance -  I can no longer find it available for purchase.

Confidant by Baron Fig 5.4″x7.7″ | 192 pages

Baron Fig’s Confidant notebook is wonderful - lays flat, dot grid paper, right size. I purchased mine from their campaign on Kickstarter. For me, the largest downside is the fabric cover - with a life of coffee shop spills, and living in the bottom of my backpack, my cover got quite dirty.

Notebook MINIMALIST GREY by Bindewerk A5 | 144 pages

I love the look and feel of Bindewerk notebooks: the hardback cover is stiff and durable, and the notched elastic slot makes it easy to keep things together. I got mine from a letterpress shop I can’t remember the name of near the Museum of Craft and Design in San Francisco. Unfortunately, they only come in blank or lined paper.

My Essential Notebook by Clairefontaine A5 | 96 pages

Clairefontaine is similar to Bindewerk, though without the notch for the elastic is feels less sophisticated. Also only available with lined paper.

MD Notebook - A5, Grid Paper by Midori A5 | 176 pages

I recently picked up this Midori notebook from The Aesthetic Union in San Francisco, and I’ve yet to try it.

Miro Journal, by Franklin Mill Ltd. 5″x8″ | 160 pages

The Miro journals lack any nice touches - the construction (elastic, binding) feels cheap, the pages are lined, and it doesn’t distinguish itself in anyway.

Leather Look Journal by Miquelrius A5 | 200 pages

Miquelrius notebooks are no-fuss -- I’ve used many. Like many cheaper notebooks, there’s no header at the top of pages, and I find it somewhat unnerving to have the dot grid pattern just run off the page.

Notebook Medium A5 Hardcover by Leuchtturm A5 | 250 pages

Leuchtturm makes reliable notebooks that come in fun colors and are easy to find - many bookstores carry them. I wish that they would lay flat.

EcoQua by Fabriano A5 | 90 pages

The EcoQua dot grid notebooks have the pages poorly glued in - they fall out within a day of writing on them and turning past them. I actually like using these for my to-do lists... the thought of losing the page before I finish my tasks pushes me to work faster. They’re also only like $4, and come in lots of fun colors.

A5 Recycled Notebook by Muji

Simple notebooks, but cheap binding, and too few pages.

Now that you know my notebook preferences in excruciating detail, please feel free to let me know of any notebooks that you’re fond of or that you think I might like!

[tbhstudying1]

top stationery items on your wishlist?

honestly, i don’t rlly have a wishlist bc i’ve got enough. if anything, i’d probably get refills + replacements for stuff that i’ve used up:

pentel energel 0.7 conical tip refill

lowkey want to try the pentel tradio bc it’s not retractable + it uses the energel refill but idk if i can rlly justify buying it lmao

pentel fude touch brush pen in grey and black

tombow fudenosuke brush pen in soft and hard

gold uniball signo gel pen

correction tape

stuff that i’d like to try (but i don’t want it enough to actually buy it lmao)

stabilo felt tip markers

actual traveler’s notebook from midori (i have one from webster’s pages and one from mishmash and both are perfectly fine so i can’t rlly justify buying this)

midori md grid notebook (i have too many notebooks for me to justify buying this one)

gold and black ink for dip pen calligraphy (i don’t use my nibs enough to justify this one either lmao)

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[tbhstudying]

top stationery items on your wishlist?

honestly, i don’t rlly have a wishlist bc i’ve got enough. if anything, i’d probably get refills + replacements for stuff that i’ve used up:

pentel energel 0.7 conical tip refill

lowkey want to try the pentel tradio bc it’s not retractable + it uses the energel refill but idk if i can rlly justify buying it lmao

pentel fude touch brush pen in grey and black

tombow fudenosuke brush pen in soft and hard

gold uniball signo gel pen

correction tape

stuff that i’d like to try (but i don’t want it enough to actually buy it lmao)

stabilo felt tip markers

actual traveler’s notebook from midori (i have one from webster’s pages and one from mishmash and both are perfectly fine so i can’t rlly justify buying this)

midori md grid notebook (i have too many notebooks for me to justify buying this one)

gold and black ink for dip pen calligraphy (i don’t use my nibs enough to justify this one either lmao)

[tbhstudying1]

top stationery items on your wishlist?

honestly, i don’t rlly have a wishlist bc i’ve got enough. if anything, i’d probably get refills + replacements for stuff that i’ve used up:

pentel energel 0.7 conical tip refill

lowkey want to try the pentel tradio bc it’s not retractable + it uses the energel refill but idk if i can rlly justify buying it lmao

pentel fude touch brush pen in grey and black

tombow fudenosuke brush pen in soft and hard

gold uniball signo gel pen

correction tape

stuff that i’d like to try (but i don’t want it enough to actually buy it lmao)

stabilo felt tip markers

actual traveler’s notebook from midori (i have one from webster’s pages and one from mishmash and both are perfectly fine so i can’t rlly justify buying this)

midori md grid notebook (i have too many notebooks for me to justify buying this one)

gold and black ink for dip pen calligraphy (i don’t use my nibs enough to justify this one either lmao)

from for the dreams i want to catch http://ift.tt/2C0xOZT via See More