Introduction Post

[lunabee34]

Let's get the ball rolling in this community!

This is the post where we can all introduce ourselves and talk about what sort of journals and planners we're into. Remember, anything related to journals and planners is on topic here.

independence1776 and I will make monthly posts to keep the comm active, but we hope you'll also post regularly. Don't forget that pictures are encouraged!

Comments

[independence1776]

I'm a paper journaler, of the reflect-by-writing type. I prefer journals that lie flat while I'm writing, which are harder to find than you'd expect, and I love the ones that have a magnetic flap to hold the journals closed. I also have a tendency to collect them, so I have several blank journals with no idea of when I'm going to use them.

I use stickers a lot, to the point where I had to buy an accordian folder for them.

[lunabee34]

I'm the same. I prefer it to lie flat which is why I mostly end up liking spiral bound best.

I am also probably a weirdo in that I don't intend to keep most of what I'm writing in the journal or the planner. For me, I tend to throw it all away when I'm done with it or tear out the page when the to-do list is finished.

The journal I just started is the first one I've done in years with the intention of keeping.

I just got into stickers. And I love them! What stickers are you using? I bought a huge pack that's put out by Happy Planner.

[independence1776]

I actually tend to avoid spiral bound because I've had too many pages ripped out of school notebooks just from simple wear and tear. But then, you seem to like that ability. :) I really do aim for keeps.

Stickers! I felt like such a little kid at first when I began buying them, but they make me happy so I quickly got over the feeling.

I mostly use Sticko brand because they're generally flat, but I'll use other brands if I can find them. Most scrapbooking stickers are 3-d or puffed up so they're fairly pointless for journaling, if only because they make it hard to write on subsequent pages and keeping the book closed. Sad thing is, the scrapbook stickers are some of the most interesting.

[lunabee34]

Oh, man. I totally agree. All the coolest stickers have dimension to them, and I don't want that for the reasons you list. I see lots of pictures of people's journals where they're using puffy or textured stickers and pasting stuff with dimensions into their journals, and that would drive me crazy. I've seen some of those journals photographed from a side view and you can see how the journal can't fully close anymore.

I do like the happy planner ones; they have oodles of different versions of sticker books. They're kind of expensive, but each book is like 1500 stickers.

[independence1776]

I do have a single sheet of puffy stickers, but I don't use them often. My current journal doesn't have magnetic lock, but most of mine do, so I have to be judicious in order to make the journal does close. It's why I needed to a giant file folder thing for my stickers; the pocket in the back of my first journal got too full!

Ooh, I'll have to check out Happy Planner; I haven't heard of the brand before.

[lunabee34]

https://smile.amazon.com/Me-My-Big-Ideas-MAMPPSV-2/dp/B01LDRF1Z2/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1486520619&sr=8-6&keywords=happy+planner+stickers

I think this is the book I bought, but there are tons of different books.

[independence1776]

Thanks for the link!