My 2023-24 planner stack and some matching accessories

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My 2023-24 planner stack and some matching accessories
Using pages from an old book that completely fell apart and doing a simple collage 📖🖊🌺✨
ig: peacecoastjunebug
Previous Tuesday and Wednesday in my daily pages & current braindump spread 😍 ..and one new journal spread in my beautiful passport TN just because I love that little thing so much 💗☺️
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Planners I use:
- A5 TN: daily pages / journal (it comes everywhere with me and it’s the only planner that I use on a daily basis).
- Personal rings: monthlies, weeklies & trackers (I update weeklies and monthly trackers one or two times a week).
- A5 rings: work, finances, braindumps and future projects (I do braindumps whenever I have free time)
- Weeks: Memory Keeper. - Passport TN: journal. (I journal whenever I have free time)
Kuretake Zig Clean Color Dot Single “Mild Smoky” Set.
Tombow markers: N95 - 761 - 772 - 942 - 992. https://www.instagram.com/p/CmbhnSqIz6C/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
7 september 2017, thursday
a previous spread from the end of july :) tried a more natural looking set-up w this one? might stray away from a super pastel one and go for taking pictures like this instead haha
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21.12.22 // This paper was a pain to write on but I do like the song.
A little mix of water color, acrylic and collage paper in my art journal today.
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Generally this is around when elementary/high schools get off in Canada so if you have siblings/kids/are a high-schooler, enjoy your winter break!
✍ Archer & Olive Bullet Journal, Uniball Signo RT1 UMN-155, Pentel Fude Touch Brush Sign Pen, Zebra Mildliners
ig: rayraystudies || links: carrd
Parisian nights ✨
Window designs by @mewseille on instagram
Generally this is around when elementary/high schools get off in Canada so if you have siblings/kids/are a high-schooler, enjoy your winter break!
✍ Archer & Olive Bullet Journal, Uniball Signo RT1 UMN-155, Pentel Fude Touch Brush Sign Pen, Zebra Mildliners
ig: rayraystudies || links: carrd
I’m hours early but happy first night of Hanukkah to all who celebrate!
✍ Archer & Olive Bullet Journal, Uniball Signo RT1 UMN-155, Pentel Fude Touch Brush Sign Pen, Zebra Mildliners
ig: rayraystudies || links: carrd
Re-blog if you can write in cursive.
I heard cursive is dying. I want to see who still uses it.
I still use it, though it’s evolved into my own version of “joined-up writing” rather than official school copybook cursive.
My handwriting improved enormously after I went back to using fountain pens, but gel- and hybrid-fill rollerballs also helped, for the same reason - they all need far less pressure than a ballpoint / biro, which by comparison is like writing with a nail.
moleskine = bad
IT’S SO BAD AND I HATE IT
moleskine makes people hate pens and is probably a huge part of why so many people give up on good pens.
to folks who might not know, moleskine is extremely famous AND infamous. they are hardcover notebooks with elastic enclosures. they are expensive, and sold everywhere from pharmacies to bookstores, and does collaborations with a variety of brands including james bond and pokemon. moleskine has tried to establish itself as a luxury notebook, which it technically is.
as long as you do not write in it.
moleskine paper is wholeheartedly shit. it is complete fucking garbage. you might wonder, what makes good paper? well the first thing is how well it can be written on. good paper can handle ink well. good ink handling means clear, solid lines without any feathering (fuzzy spreading), not bleeding through the page, and not ghosting. basically, you want paper that can do crisp lines with a variety of different inks and be used on both sides.
moleskine does not do that. anything more than a ballpoint or pencil will look fuzzy and gross and bleed right through the fucking page. the paper is shit. and that makes people think their pen is shit. and ballpoint pens can be seen on the other side of the page.
common knowledge is that fountain pens, rollerball pens, gel pens, felt pens, and more work better on good paper. good meaning good with ink. but when many people think good paper without knowing any better, they will reach for a moleskine notebook. because moleskine is expensive and advertises itself as good and is widely available. so people try out actually good writing implements on this shit paper, see how bad it works, and then blame the pen.
fountain pens, gel pens, and rollerball require much less pressure than ballpoint pens. they are ergonomic. easier on joints, easier for chronic pain. and moleskine makes people give up on them. nobody wants shitty bleeding feathered lines.
in the united states, our ideas of good paper and good stationery in general are extremely warped. so much of this is because paper here fucking sucks. a lot of paper performs like moleskine. there is shit paper at all price ranges. but you can pick up caliber brand paper (the ones that say made in vietnam) from cvs and have infinitely better performance for pennies. even though it looks low quality, caliber paper (vietnam) can even handle calligraphy ink clearly. bad paper makes people hate good pens and bad pens make people hate writing.
another thing really important to mention, a lot of people think thick paper is always better. this is extremely wrong. in terms of being able to handle a wide variety of inks clearly and cleanly, some of the best paper in the world is tissue thin (tomoe river).
do not buy moleskine. even if the stand is right there. they have some of the worst paper you can get at that price point. expensive paper is not always good paper, good pens need good paper, moleskine paper makes good pens seem awful, and moleskine is something you should only give to someone you loathe.
THIS.
God Moleskine is such a frustrating product, and as an aspiring stationer, I hate that it’s so popular in North America. They’re beautifully constructed, yes, but god the 70gsm paper that they use is SUCH GARBAGE when it comes to inks wetter than a ballpoint pen. They do offer heavier paper - 100-200gsm weight - but only in extremely expensive, large, or difficult to find products.
Leuchtturm 1917 produces great sketching books and, if you get their 120gsm notebooks, they hold up to inks fantastically. Their standard notebooks come in 80gsm paper, and that does hold up to fountain pen ink much better than Moleskine, but while you do get much less feathering and bleeding, there is still some bleedthrough with wetter pens.
Now, if you want the finest fountain pen paper I’ve found in a notebook format, you want Maruman’s Mnemosyne 183. It’s also an 80gsm paper, but it’s treated and laid in such a way that there’s no feathering or bleeding, even with a very wet fountain pen.
That said though, honestly the best notebook I have, in terms of accessibility, expense, and quality of paper, is a Brandz United notebook that I got for my birthday a few years back. It’s not anything special, in terms of paper weight - I can’t find anything concrete, but it feels like 80gsm to me - but it barely feathers and you need to really saturate the page for it to bleed through.
Also, if you’re looking for loose paper, I highly recommend Tomoe River’s paper - so fine and thin you can practically see through it, but it holds ink like a sponge, doesn’t bleed, has no feathering, and is smooth as glass. For correspondence, though, I am a fan of G. Lalo’s Pur Vélin, which is a 125gsm 50% cotton and 50% wood pulp paper. It’s absolutely beautiful and has just enough grain to it that there’s a super pleasant tactile feedback when you’re writing.
And if you want to go a lil’ bit fancy with gorgeous designs (and I mean GORGEOUS designs), look up Castelli.
My current fave. No feathering, no bleeding, works perfect with ballpoint pens and with fountain pens, and the paper is super smooth. I’ve literally written novels in these fuckers. Also: cheaper than moleskine.
@jimtheviking already mentioned Leuchtturm; I’m adding Black n’ Red, Clairefontaine and Rhodia.
All have better paper than Moleskine, which has been milking its early reputation for years while product quality went downhill. Now they’re just another Lifestyle Accessory for people who shop by brand-name.
Tomoe River (most well known in Hobonichi), Kokuyo, Clairefontaine, Rhodia, Dasio’s store brand (feels like Kokuyo to me), etc are all better, even Artists Loft (the Michaels store brand) is
These pens suck.
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Much of my current collection
Planner lineup starting July 2021