Once again I have bought too many things to write in. I got a new full-sized olive coloured traveller's notebook and refills from Vancouver, I still have a "test/ideas" A6 MD blank notebook. I have another MD Cotton F2 sketchbook (partially unused), and I'm still journalling in my hobonichi original 2023.
I feel a guilty ecstasy looking at the new 2024 hobonichi planners that are out, but I really shouldn't be pre-ordering....
I haven't been drawing at all except in a TN white blank refill that I felt was less precious and more ok to waste.
I need to practice digital drawing too.
New TN and still the same A6 hobonichi
Inside. I keep changing covers, but I think the 🐑 cover looks the best alongside the olive leather.
Look at this guilty pleasure purchase. All refills and accessories (for scrapbooking on the go! I think a pocket refill is the next one I need.
My first hobonichi - original A6 size in simplified Chinese. I'm surprised it is managing to stay so flat even with tickets & things pasted in (2 thick cards)! makes me even more conflicted on what to buy - Original or Weeks?
This notebook was from Nina. I think it was from China or a Chinatown. I love the changes in paper type throughout- dot, blank, kraft paper. The cover was pretty, but I must have felt like it needed some more decoration. I think at the time I had a lot of random stickers from TCAF, trips to blue mountain, random purchases…it definitely made the book more unique!
The back cover. The stamp is from Kylin’s trip to Thailand. The pizza skateboard was from a girl I went on two dates with. Taiyaki was memorable! David and I hung out and tried these big ice cream filled taiyaki. The businesses in Toronto open and close so fast it makes it the stickers much more valuable.
A sneak peek into my MD grid notebook. Somehow I feel like the dot grid notebooks are more rarely seen on the shelves nowadays. I bought this first notebook at the Harborfront Center goods store (forgot name). I saw its unique wares after a run, and should really have gotten that flat water bottle. The store is now closed, but I remember coming upon these rows of cream white books, curiously flicking through the differently sized notebooks, clean as a cat’s tongue. The wax paper cover intrigued me. Admittedly I got tired of writing in the same-sized journal in the same format, so I started sticking random things I found on the pages. Anyways, all that to say I think this note and previous note were the real starts to my bullet journalling/scrapbook/smashbook journey that led me to my beloved TN.
Another cool sticker added to my collection. I think the notebook’s size is B6? Plenty of room to paste big things in compared to my A6 Hobonichi.
The quote of the year I had to introduce the journal with. Also first time including any stickers within the notebook for planned use. These dots don’t have a lot of utility I’m afraid.
