#midori md notebook

[olameni]

Last night

Text: Sexism and God-Talk: Toward a Feminist Theology

Notebook: Midori MD

Utensils: Retro 51 Corona and Platinum 3776 in Soft Fine with J. Herbin Poussiere de Lune ink (unpictured)

[bleumingdays]

2023 july - december : mood log

i started using circle stickers to track my mood and have been consistent! i'm doing it again this year but on a traveler's notebook standard size.

[anemone-screams]

01.10.2023

Today's journal entry + doodles close-up

[winklebeebee-art]

I started a new sketchbook a few months ago, and I’ve been spending a lot of time in it recently. Like every time I go to a cafe to do work, I end up drawing in it, and I couldn’t figure out why I kept feeling like I needed to even though I have “actual” work I need to get done most days.

Then I had this really weird revelation that it was because I was just really enjoying the drawing process. It’s been so long since I’ve worked on anything that wasn’t a freelance thing or something made to be marketed and profited off of, that I legitimately forgot that I got into art because it makes me happy to do it sometimes.

So yeah. Capitalism is a soul-sucking nightmare and needs to be destroyed probably.

[nguyen-mary]

It seems much of the art i made growing up was fueled by intense desire and discomfort. Now that my life has become more secure, I no longer feel as strongly as before. Which has made it difficult to make art on any sort of imposed schedule.

I have since accepted this. I would rather sit through months or even years of a dry spell in order to experience bouts of maddening desire, than turn my creative outlet into a standardized production.

The most recent obsession is those leather journaling systems, specifically the Traveler's Factory brand. I've admired them for almost a decade, but always felt the necessity of constantly buying refills was stupid. But recently, I can't stop thinking about owning one. It got so bad that the other day, I went and bought some refills to convince myself I didn't want them.

I even bought them in a size I knew I'd hate!

And yet, still I have 15 tabs open looking at different covers for them. 🫣

[valseceleste]

2022 Journals

[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

[anemone-screams]

My journal is finally ready for 2024 🎀

[artchiu]

where do you find the sketchbooks with the plastic / vinyl-y covers?! So cute!!!!

most are planners with clear covers on them!

top from left to to right: a small book i made with an old ad as the cover, an a6 Common Planner with clear cover from SaltyKatie (etsy), a6 Hobonichi with the little gifts cover and a clear cover over that.

bottom: a5 notebook in an a5 hobonichi cover with a clear cover over that, weeks Common Planner with SaltyKatie clear cover, and a leuchtturm pocket inside a vintage sailor moon cover.

i made collages that sit in between the covers! i use the planners for SOME planning but mostly i draw in them!

if youre looking for a sketchbook setup like this - you could do a midori md plain notebook and the midori clear covers. just collage yourself something and put it in between the notebook and cover and youll have something perfectly unique!!!

hope that helps!! (*¯︶¯*)

[tsukiyono]

Hey all, I’ve got a new stationery video up! This time I’ve got a short unboxing and first impressions of the midori MD notebook which I plan to use for art journaling.

[luthiest]

can you do a stationary/drafting tool tour some time? I love your posts! :)

stationary, i can do !

drafting is a little more questionable because, well.. we don’t do a TON of drafting in violin making? the most i’ve done so far is use squares/protractors/compasses to make templates, but once i finish this instrument i can probably do an update of all the templates and drafting tools used to make them!

anyways, here’s my current stationary lineup:

i have a moleskine notebook (black leather), a midori md notebook (cream), and a rhodia notepad (black staplebound pad). they’re all a5 and 5x5 dot grids, which means there are 5 grid squares per inch or 2 grid squares per cm

the moleskine, i use as a formal lab book/diary for violin making. i hate the paper, but i like that the outside is durable and it can take a little throwing around the bench

the midori md is my personal notebook. i don’t like using it around my bench just because of how quickly it starts to look worn on the outside even with the plastic cover, but the paper is great and it’s lovely for journaling/drawing/keeping an agenda

the rhodia dot pad, i use for taking rough notes. the paper quality is great, so i don’t have to be as careful about smearing when i’m jotting stuff down quickly in pen, and it’s perforated at the top. i dont love how bright white the paper is—the moleskine and midori are both a creamy off-white color—but everything else about it serves my purposes to a tee

i have an a5 6 ring binder that i fill with that same 5x5 size dot grid loose leaf sheets, which is where i like to keep my notes on tool making/maintenance, since i’ll probably update them over time as i learn what works for me. the binder is from a 3 pack on amazon, same with the loose leaf paper, but i think muji has the same stuff.

the lovely white, almost lavender post it notes are my all time favorite color for stickies !!!! i bought an 8 pack in high school and have not been able to find them since. it’s pretty tragic. the brown ones are from muji though, and i like the size even if they aren’t super sticky.

the eraser i use is a milan 430 (??) it’s green and i like green and it erases, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

the ruler is a starrett c635 tempered steel w the cm/mm on one side and cm/0.5mm on the other. i didn’t pick this one out, but my teacher did and i’ve gotta agree w him, the weight and size of it really helps get accurate lines and distances.

the writing utensils from left to right are:

dixon ticonderoga pencil hb no. 2

staedler pencil 4b

uni kura toga mechanical pencil 0.5mm (the lead rotates as you write, so you get a really nice, consistent nib that breaks less !!)

muji white pen body with black 0.38mm ink refill

muji pen dark blue 0.38mm

sakura pigma brush tip archival ink pen

staedler triplus fineliner from the neon set (yes, i have tried the stabilo fineliners, no i do not like them. the tips are like.. cylindrical? so if you write at an angle, like most people, you’ll get inconsistent lines as you change direction. they’re cute to look at but not great to write with)

mildliner light grey highlighter

that about covers it? i do have a pilot .38mm pen [edit: pentel energel 0.3mm needle tip] that doesn’t smear as much as the muji pens, [but i don't like how the shape of the pen affects my handwriting] which i’ll add an edit for when i get home since i don’t carry them w me.. but yeah ! thanks for asking me, i love talking about stationary lolol

[thatgirlmandy]

Some weekly layouts inside my Midori MD Diary B6 Slim that I use as my weekly planner / to-do list notebook. Feeling rather festive and used a variety of Christmas stickers from packs I picked up from "Little Craft Store" online.

They have one of the biggest selections of washi-tape and stickers I've ever seen online! A must check out for stationery junkies (lol!).

Been very much enjoying this B6 slim size and of course the Midori MD paper is always a dream to write on - it takes such a variety of inks and paints without bleeding or ghosting.

[eightyonekilograms]

via @max1461:

#hey here's a question: I am a diehard graph paper head a ride or die graph paper type of bitch. know of any good notebooks that come#in graph paper?

So, I know you say you're committed to graph paper, but just checking: have you given dot grids a fair shake? I actually used to be a graph-paper-only writer, but I eventually tried dot grids and now I hardly ever use anything else. This makes notebook searches a lot easier since basically everyone makes dot grid notebooks now.

But if you're committed to graph paper, I have a couple suggestions:

Rhodia is a classic and respected brand: they are reasonably cheap, and available in many places (you've almost certainly seen them at least one). The one caveat is that they have very sheen-y paper, which is effectively pen-only. I personally can't use them because I'm left-handed and find that my hands smudge the paper since it doesn't dry quickly, but other lefties don't seem to have this problem.

Midori's MD notebooks are one of my new favorites. I'm using one right now for my on-and-off category theory self-study. Also fairly inexpensive, the paper is high-quality and suitable for both pen and pencil, and I love these lay-flat bindings. The one caveat is, it's not quite graph paper: if you zoom in on the pages, you'll see a slight gap between the top of the vertical lines and the horizontal segments. But if this isn't a dealbreaker you for you, these are a great choice.

When I started writing this post, I didn't realize Leuchtturm1917 actually makes graph paper notebooks, but apparently they do! I haven't used their graph paper ones in particular, but of course I've used their other notebooks before and they are always a solid choice so I assume these are as well. Leuchtturm is essentially the non-shitty Moleskine. They're a bit pricier, but good quality and have creature comforts like a table of contents and numbered pages. I don't like their paper quite as much as the Midori and things from my other posts, but that's just me.

[bace-jeleren]

If anyone was ever curious, the sketchbook where I post all I spreads from is an A5 size Midori MD notebook. It's the perfect size, and the paper feels really nice (lately I keep on using sketchbooks where I like the sketchbook but HATE the paper and just have to tape everything in from somewhere else as a result)

[hypnogaja]

tam şu an kafamı manyak kurcalayan bir şey var. midori md notebook aldım ben amazondan, 300 lira ve üç dört hafta sonra falan gelecek. yani sanırım hala iptal etme şansım var. kareli defterler için araştırma yapmaya devam ediyordum ben. ve matt notebook'un kareleri gayet güzel bi defterini buldum. 100 lira.. sayfa sayısı da 30 daha fazla. üç tane matt notebook alabilirdim.. iptal edilmiyorsa yapacak bi şey yok zaten elime gelecek defter çok güzel ama kullanmaya da kıyamam gibi geliyor. matt notebook'un defter renkleri de çok güzel. pfft neyse midori bitinca matt alırım olmadı. gerçekten iyi defterleri var çizgili noktalı düz ve kareli olarak eğer defter istiyorsanız siz de bakabilirsiniz 🐧🐧