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I use my bullet journal both as a planner and as a record of my life - things like home maintenance, health records, meal records ("I'm not making that; we just had it two weeks ago"), as well as all the trackers.

I decided I wanted a visual record of some things, like projects and monthly reflections.

I've been intrigued by the mini-printers - the ones that can print directly from a cell phone. I did scrapbooking back in the day, which was just too, too much. Too much time, too much material, too much money. But I think there's something fun and charming about just casually printing a pic from my cell phone, and sticking a photo in my bullet journal.

There are a ton of different ones out there, but I treated myself to a Canon Ivy 2 and some extra paper. (It was on sale when I bought it). So far it's been everything I wanted and performed as expected. The photos are on sticky-backed photo paper, and look like good quality and resolution.

The photos are pretty tiny, 10 x 16 grid squares, which works out to 50mm x 90mm. I'll need to be careful to spread them out the pages so they don't add bulk all in the same spot and make it hard to write.

Overall, I'm pretty pleased with it!
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Where do you buy your stationery supplies? Good stationery stores, supermarkets, dollar stores, flea markets, Etsy?  I find myself constantly having dilemma whether to buy more cheaper things or less, but of higher quality.

What are your stationery shopping habits?
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I know this suggestion might seem a bit weird but I've discovered you can totally use old/discarded/not-really-liked eyeshadows to decorate journal/planner pages. They make pretty and colourful smudges, you can use them to decorate edges of the page, space around stickers or below/above washi tape. They don't damage pages in any way, all the writing, stamps, doodles are still perfectly visible.

And the best thing? Even cheap eyeshadows work! In fact, I've discovered the cheap, no-name ones seem to look the best (maybe because I'm not worried about "wasting" them so I'm more likely to experiment with them than with the better/more expensive ones). Plus, you can have them in so many colours! They can competely change the way your journal/planner looks, changing a bland ("Give me a break, I was so tired on that day") page into a pretty one :)

One warning though: decorate the page AFTER you finish writing; otherwise your pen may not work on the pigmented paper.

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