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Thank you for sharing this cheerful video! It was really relaxing to watch you bring your pages to life with your watercolours. I haven’t tried watercolour in my hobonichi cousin, yet. After seeing this, I would like to try. If not in my cousin, since that’s mainly for work, then maybe my A6! Thank you for the inspiration!

I love the idea of using an envelope for a pocket! Definitely will try it!

Oh I just love your little big eyed doll at the beginning! Is she a PopMart?

Not a paint-related comment, but I used to be able to easily reposition stickers and washi in my Hobonichi planners, but the new paper does NOT want to let them go. ☹️

Love how watercolours make the paper crinkle.

I was just thinking about this the other day, but was nervous to try for the reasons you listed! Thanks for trying it!

Watercolors have worked perfectly for me. All my markers bleed except Faber Castell. 😭

The paper in Sterling Ink planners is different this year too. But I’ll be applying your philosophy of making it work. 😊

Wah 🤩 live action name twin! What a treat! I’ve done a little watercolor in my cousin and really like the way the pages get all crinkly. As always I love your art style and color pallet. You make me want to draw! I don’t do that enough. 🩵

Very much enjoyed hearing your thought process on colors and choosing them. I have been using the Hobonichi since 2021, but have only gotten in to fountain pens toward the end of last year, so can’t speak to that difference. So far, I have had great success with all my mediums on the new paper. I use watercolors (I can’t draw, so just use washes of color for backgrounds occasionally). Also use the Distress Oxide inks and do some amount of stamping with Versafine Onyx Black. All of these seem to actually be performing better on this paper than last year. However, I did notice my Fudenosuke brush pen is ghosting more heavily and even has slight bleed through compared to last year. I love the planner so much, I will work around these slight issues and just try to find creative solutions 😅 I too would love to see a video of your thoughts on fountain pens and inks!

I have used the a5 cousin avec for 5 years. I'm so disappointed 😢 watercolor used to be my favorite in my hobonichi. It soaks right in ans so much bleeding through with markers and pens 🖊 I used to use with zero issues. I guess unfortunately this will be my last year using it, unless they fix the problem😢😢😢😢

Oh cool, face-to-face chat with Maike! Love the Blythe and kitty in the background 😊 My friend makes onionskin paper journals and I love them even more than the Tomoe River paper - and yes they take watercolour well and have a great crinkle! They’re almost too nice to use so I don’t use them too often, but your videos have inspired me to try and get comfortable with them, thank you ❤

I enjoyed seeing you use watercolors in the hobonichi. It is one of my preferred journaling options for decor. Your artwork turned out so lovely and pretty.

Hello Maike Thanks for the video. What is that doll figure on the left side - first part of video -? Too cute.

I haven’t yet stepped into the world of Hobonichi…. I started researching them last year and it felt a bit overwhelming as there are so many choices! I guess I was worried that I might make the wrong decision and end up regretting it. I really enjoyed your thoughts about the paper and how it behaves, plus it was so relaxing to watch you paint. I love the pink ink colour on your January 4 entry. I would love to watch a video about your fountain pen and ink collection if you ever felt inclined to show them one day ❤️

loved this! super inspired by your process and thoughts around color and memory, and i loved that pullman quote you shared!

I have never used watercolors in Hobonichi… but I enjoy seeing it and have always seen mylifemits Hobonichi with watercolors. I’ve been using the weeks and it seems like inconsistent paper … sort of unpredictable which is weird! I also have the a6 but as an ink journal I only use one side of the page anyway due to swatching - I tend to swatch too heavily and wet 😅

I enjoyed your thoughts about journaling and the different types of journaling and how they are all valuable. I also thought your words about women's hobbies were very powerful and rang true to me. We all enjoy the journaling hobby for our own reasons and have different ways we approach the hobby, and I am compelled to watch what other people do for journaling because I enjoy other perspectives and ideas. Isn't that the point of TH-cam? Of community? Shouldn't we appreciate and support each other's differences and find joy in someone else's joy? Isn't the whole point of journaling that we are expressing ourselves creatively in the way that feels best for us? I'm so glad we are all different, and there are so many different types of expression. Thank you for your thoughts and your creativity. 💖

I use EK tools cutter bee scissors (the white and grey colour). I also like credit card blanks for washi tape wrapping. Thank you very much for your sample sheet of cats from Cat Collage Club page!

This is my first time coming across your channel and I am OBSESSED with your color palettes and ink variations! The small life moments are so beautiful. I feel like you would love the book "Gilead" by Marilynne Robinson

I love the cat stickers. I see them everywhere.

I absolutely LOVE your swatching cover, and the swatching you did inside your notebook. I love the color palettes you use. Wonderful and so pleasing. ❣

I love this! I’m slowly but surely becoming a Midori girly (I’m a bit over the paper roulette honestly 😅) At first I wasn’t too drawn to them cause I like fun covers and colors. But then I realized that actually Midori is PERFECT for people who want to customize their covers since it’s almost a raw text-block. I’m looking forward to experiment with fabric next.

Thank you Maike! I have been looking forward to this video as I find all your videos so relaxing and cosy! You made this so clear and easy to follow, I feel like I have the confidence to try it out myself now. Also, great idea about using the little off-cuts as page tabs, very cute! 💕

The Tiger Balm! I'll forever see it this way now. Thank you!

I remember doing this for composition notebooks as a kid. I never would’ve thought to put it on a planner/journal like a Hobonichi. Genius. TFS ❤

Hi! I just discovered this YT channel!! May I ask what sticker paper you are using for the stickers that you have printed?? It looks like washi paper?? Thanks!!

I like how you just glued the first page down! It gives a really clean and built-in look. I’ve always just cut out a new piece of paper to glue there, and leave a little fabric showing around the edges. Since the pages line up with the cover on Hobonichis that looks much better! Also I’m obsessed with the fabric you used on the second/last one!

Maike! I've wondered for years how to add fabric to my notebooks. The Liberty fabrics weeks have been a staple in my yearly stack, so this is a PERFECT tutorial for how to extend that magic to other notebooks. Thank you so much for sharing your tips and tricks! BTW, the fabric you chose for your cousin this year is just a DREAM!!! 💖

Thank you! I've been excited for this video! I think I'll cover a little A6 notebook that I'm taking to the Philly pen show next weekend!

I love the way this looks! I'd suggest a simple bone folder or something with a flat edge to smooth out the fabric onto the glue and simply stacking some hefty books onto the finished book to flatten the warping back out. I'd like to try this soon!

Oh, this is good! I tried this once and the spine looked bad. Now I know the trick!

Really useful video, thanks!

What an amazing video! Thank you for sharing your process with us. Your journals look lovely ❤❤❤🎉

Such lovely fabric patterns! Thanks for showing the process. I think it can be nice to upcycle maybe even a favorite piece of clothing that can’t be worn anymore. I think customizing our books makes them even more special. ❤

Thank you. It helps to have seen it done before doing it my self.

Lovely entries! I think it's nice how you have a mix of writing and drawing... very cool. I seem to be in writing mode or doodle mode and not mixing them. Need to experiment a bit more! Thanks for sharing and how cute are the tigers massaging your arm - LOL! I wish that is actually what happens when you use tiger balm - haha!

Ooh, a quick question: If I was to use washi tape around the edges to create a frame around a painting, and then peel away, do you think it would peel cleanly from the page?

This was really helpful, thank you. I hope to make my journalling more of a multimedia process so want to avoid as much bleed/show through as possible, without straying from my beloved MD paper, so the Thick probably the answer.

This is my new comfort channel ❤❤❤

The first few ideas got me inspired.

Hi you mentioned in another video that you printed out the summary of this video and put it in the front pocket of your journal. I would like to copy this idea! Would you be willing to share the pdf you printed out? Love this video!!

Lovely. I subscribed to your printables starting last month. Could you pls share where the washi tape on the 2nd of Jan page are from?

I ADORE the idea of capturing that moment of the young man with the Barbie 10:55. I have those moments sometimes too.

Hi Maike! I love the doodle with the little tigers. First, I didn't realize the tiger balm - and so I thought that the pain hurt more than just Muskelkater, and it was more like Muskeltiger 😂

These stickers in the book are amazing, where can we find them please?