I'm late to the video but if no one else has mentioned it....I use the signo 207 micro on tomoe river paper, I let it dry a couple minutes and then I can highlight over it with both tombow brush pens and my mildliners.
Thank you for sharing ! I find that the Staedtler piment liner pens performed very well and don't smuge. I find them better than the Uni Pin Fine liners for example. I wish I had purchased this planner for 2024, I already know the B6 Yearly planner and the A5 notebook by Papertess designs, they are great notebooks, and as I live in France they are accessible and affordable ! I am happy not to have to purchase notebooks from Japan or United states.
Ooo, thank you for the suggestion! I will try them out. Now, I wish I purchased the B6 size as the week's size is a bit compact for me. Though, I am still going strong and am enjoying it, I will use it for the year with no problem. Currency exchange rates can be expensive sometimes. If I find something I really want I might save up:)
Somebody I follow uses Zebra Rapid Dry Ink -pens, which are gel. I haven't tried them myself so can't say anything out of experience, but they should dry fast on this paper. Just wanted to thank you for this video. It was an interesting flip through. For 2024 I'm using a hobonichi weeks but I've been thinking about the year after because there are so many tempting options. Papertess Designs has been on my thoughts because I like how the cover is cardboard. Sterling ink has also been on my radar, but her covers are PU leather which is not environmentally a good choice. Unfortunately the pre-structured design in this planner just doesn't work for me, but I did enjoy seeing how you use it.
That is a great pen suggestion, I have been wanting to try their rapid dry pens. I hadn't thought about enviro-friendly covers, that is a good point to consider, especially with the majority of our planning tools not being too enviro-friendly either. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Those sound like good choices, have you heard of the Owl Paper Journals? They look lovely and spacious.
@@yesterdayonpaper I just stumbled upon the owl journal yesterday in some video and checked them out. They look really nice but... there are two things my 2025 planner needs to have. 1. It has to be a weeks size (so I can use the same leather cover I'm using) 2. It has to have the extra pages in the back because as well as it being a planner I wanted it to be my on the go writing journal for those occasions where I'm out and notice I have some time to write for a moment. So far the Hobonichi and Sterling ink are ticking all the boxes. But a year is a long time so who knows what new planners will pop up :)
@E.K289 The blank pages are important for me as well. I am appreciative that some planner brands are making versions available with them. It's a compliment to the ex-bullet journaler or for journalers on the go, as you mentioned. This is my first time using a week's size, and I am finding it nice. I plan to get the right size cover soon for it. It's pretty crazy for me coming from A5 bujos, a standard TN, and then Medium to large passion planners, down to weeks. I digress, but I am enjoying the downsize so far. The A6 bujo I tried this year, and it is so cute. But too small for me.
@@yesterdayonpaper Oh I can understand A6 being too small. The weeks is the smallest I'm willing to go because I no longer have neither a young woman's eyesight nor their microscopically small handwriting. Instead I have the eyesight of a +40 year old librarian with glasses and my handwriting is more on the medium to large size. Honestly my first thought when I got the weeks was, "this is too small, did I just make a mistake?". I did watch a lot of videos about the weeks, but CZcams made it look much bigger. But surprisingly it's just big enough to fit everything I need. If you came from bigger sized, did you have the same thought when you saw the planner live?
@E.K289 I did in fact have the same thought 😂. I could have been bummed, but I was determined because I am loving the design. So far, I agree it's the smallest I could do. I tried personal rings and that was a surprise lol. With the right inserts it could but for now I'll just watch others lol.
Love the setup and the cover! TFS!
Thank you so much, and thanks for spending the time to watch ☺️
I'm late to the video but if no one else has mentioned it....I use the signo 207 micro on tomoe river paper, I let it dry a couple minutes and then I can highlight over it with both tombow brush pens and my mildliners.
Thank you for the recommendation. Never too late 🤗. I do have that pen in my stash and will check it out! I haven't been allowing the ink to dry 🫣😅
Thank you for sharing !
I find that the Staedtler piment liner pens performed very well and don't smuge. I find them better than the Uni Pin Fine liners for example.
I wish I had purchased this planner for 2024, I already know the B6 Yearly planner and the A5 notebook by Papertess designs, they are great notebooks, and as I live in France they are accessible and affordable ! I am happy not to have to purchase notebooks from Japan or United states.
Ooo, thank you for the suggestion! I will try them out. Now, I wish I purchased the B6 size as the week's size is a bit compact for me. Though, I am still going strong and am enjoying it, I will use it for the year with no problem.
Currency exchange rates can be expensive sometimes. If I find something I really want I might save up:)
Somebody I follow uses Zebra Rapid Dry Ink -pens, which are gel. I haven't tried them myself so can't say anything out of experience, but they should dry fast on this paper.
Just wanted to thank you for this video. It was an interesting flip through. For 2024 I'm using a hobonichi weeks but I've been thinking about the year after because there are so many tempting options. Papertess Designs has been on my thoughts because I like how the cover is cardboard. Sterling ink has also been on my radar, but her covers are PU leather which is not environmentally a good choice. Unfortunately the pre-structured design in this planner just doesn't work for me, but I did enjoy seeing how you use it.
That is a great pen suggestion, I have been wanting to try their rapid dry pens.
I hadn't thought about enviro-friendly covers, that is a good point to consider, especially with the majority of our planning tools not being too enviro-friendly either.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. Those sound like good choices, have you heard of the Owl Paper Journals? They look lovely and spacious.
@@yesterdayonpaper I just stumbled upon the owl journal yesterday in some video and checked them out. They look really nice but... there are two things my 2025 planner needs to have.
1. It has to be a weeks size (so I can use the same leather cover I'm using)
2. It has to have the extra pages in the back because as well as it being a planner I wanted it to be my on the go writing journal for those occasions where I'm out and notice I have some time to write for a moment.
So far the Hobonichi and Sterling ink are ticking all the boxes. But a year is a long time so who knows what new planners will pop up :)
@E.K289 The blank pages are important for me as well. I am appreciative that some planner brands are making versions available with them. It's a compliment to the ex-bullet journaler or for journalers on the go, as you mentioned.
This is my first time using a week's size, and I am finding it nice. I plan to get the right size cover soon for it. It's pretty crazy for me coming from A5 bujos, a standard TN, and then Medium to large passion planners, down to weeks. I digress, but I am enjoying the downsize so far.
The A6 bujo I tried this year, and it is so cute. But too small for me.
@@yesterdayonpaper Oh I can understand A6 being too small. The weeks is the smallest I'm willing to go because I no longer have neither a young woman's eyesight nor their microscopically small handwriting. Instead I have the eyesight of a +40 year old librarian with glasses and my handwriting is more on the medium to large size.
Honestly my first thought when I got the weeks was, "this is too small, did I just make a mistake?". I did watch a lot of videos about the weeks, but CZcams made it look much bigger. But surprisingly it's just big enough to fit everything I need. If you came from bigger sized, did you have the same thought when you saw the planner live?
@E.K289 I did in fact have the same thought 😂. I could have been bummed, but I was determined because I am loving the design.
So far, I agree it's the smallest I could do. I tried personal rings and that was a surprise lol. With the right inserts it could but for now I'll just watch others lol.