Budget-friendly bullet journal setup 💜 Low cost bujo tips
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ค. 2024
- Bullet journal on a budget 🥳 Today we're setting up a cheap but pretty bullet journal 😄
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💜 Timestamps
0:00 - Cheap bullet journal setup
0:16 - Bullet journal budget
0:39 - Bullet journal supply shopping
0:57 - Cheap bullet journal supplies
1:14 - Supply shopping considerations
2:43 - Bullet journal supply haul
4:38 - Shopping total
4:50 - Pen test
7:46 - Budget-friendly bullet journal setup
10:38 - Tips for bullet journaling on a budget
11:34 - Upgrading your supplies
11:53 - You can bullet journal on a budget
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I kind of like ghosting 🙊 I feel like it makes the page I work on feel less alone 😊
👻 I must admit, in certain instances I do quite like ghosting. Especially when I’m just doing simple daily logs or similar, and the ghosting gives the paper that really nice used feeling. I also kind of like ridging when you have a full page of writing. Running my hand over the backside of the paper and feeling the ridging is like an accomplishment 😝💜
In my part of the US, I can get a dot grid composition notebook for $2 during back to school shopping (used to be $1.25). It's only 80 sheets so 160 pages (when 1 isn't missing). I even found them in spiral format this year, so a first for both dot and spiral. I tend to get away with pigma microns, but I am also light handed. I also cheat when possible and get multi-pens like the ink joy Quatro so I get 4 gel pens in one and just add a 0.5mm pencil. Or I got lucky and found multi-pens with a pencil included. I careful remove the back sheet when rings are involved so I can use it as a template for pages I want or need to add. This saves a lot of year at a glance mini calendar writing and a few of my other spreads like my 2 page long monthly habit/symptom tracker. The tracker can be changed out monthly and saved in a folder in my filing cabinet. (I can't seem to get an app that I feel as good about as my paper version.)
The thing to consider though is because I don't do colorful decorations and let lettering be the decorations, I can get away with some higher cost pens in my budget. I use the color ink to be the signifier on my pages as to if it is an appointment, family, work, etc so everything else can stay in black making it soothing for my brain. I might be one of the few adhd people that can't stand all the bling in my functional planner. The "pretty" seriously derails my brain. I keep a folder on my device of fonts and a couple boards on pintarest so I can use fonts to look all pretty and sophisticated. That way if my planner is out at the office it runs little risk of causing issue beyond one troublemaker who takes offense at me writing my schedule down before it goes in my phone. It can be far easier to erase than edit 3 times in a day. This has also landed me as the designated writer when anything needs to "look pretty".
I do wish that dot grid journals were more readily available in New Zealand! I would seriously love to try out some of the options that people had been talking about in the comments 😄 I also like your point about using less decoration. That will certainly save money as you don’t have to buy the supplies needed to do said decoration 👏
In the USA Dollar Tree has all kinds of papers, stickers and even stencils. Also, a holiday card for $1 can make a cute cover page.
The card is a great idea! Not just for the cover but for adding cheap embellishments too!
I found. Few clear stamp sets at my dollar store also. I know some people use markers to ink them. So that could add a nice decorative touch and not go over budget. I think the Kraft paper would get boring after a few months. Well, after 1 month for me. Lol. I need colors and variety. I know some people prefer a more uniform similar look. I love that there is no wrong ways to do it for each individual.
Thank you for posting this! I think it's easy for creators to forget how expensive their stuff is because they get them for free from companies! Also, you're very beautiful, love your green eyes! Thanks for your content.
This is the journal I am using currently. I tend towards using washi tape for decoration, gel pens for writing (Uniball Signo for whites and metallics, Pental Slicci for another gold and the Sharpie S-Gel does better than the Papermate Ink Joy for black). I have 2 Tombows, N95 & 291. I bought the Crayola set you mentioned but rarely use it. Monte Marte graphic fine liners do very well and the Anko Metallic Brush Pens and Watercolour Brush Pens are fun but need to be used with care. There are a heap of pages though so if I get too much bleed through or ghosting I will skip a page or glue something in over it like a large tracker or a bit of artwork from my art diary. To personalise the journal a bit I washi tape across the front and back cover over the words 'dot journal'. And for those that are looking to get a dot journal at K-mart they do have a colourful version as well. Thank you for this video today!
BEST journaling channel! Refreshing!
Aww thank-you! 😄 glad you enjoyed the video!
Junk mail is a good source of free pictures and text. Also using stamps from parcels or keeping things like scraps of birthday gift wrapping or Christmas wrapping
At the moment I'm using a $AUS1 vintage pocket filofax from Vinnies with grid lined paper from Muji and a ultra fine Muji ballpoint pen with (shock 😀 horror 😀) blue ink. The pen was $AUS2.50, the paper was $AUS7 for 200 80gsm sheets which make 400 pages for my filofax
Great tips! Blue pen!? 😮😝
Best low cost journal I've gotten so far has been the Agenda 52 Dot- Grid Journal, in A5 size, at Hobby Lobby for 4.99/5.99/9.99 (price depends on if the brand is on sale that week or not). It's about 120 GSM paper and it's able to handle a lot of the juicier pens (though of course alcohol markers aren't good for these). I used this sort of journal for my 2021 notebook, my 2020 Work Bujo (that eventaully became my main Bujo for that year) and my 4-Year Budget Bujo. You can also get the Walmart brand pen+GEAR brand Brush Markers in a big pack for about 15 dollars. These are limited release during Back to School time, but when you can find them, they're a perfect dupe for Tombow Dual Brush Markers.
Yes to all of this video! I'm the cheaper, minimalist bullet journaler. So this is pretty much my journal you are showing..
Michael's for their $5 A5 dot journal, white paper.
I use Simply Genius from Amazon and got a 4 pack for about $25. They have a lighter paper weight, 80-90gsm, than the Michael's dot grid 100gsm. And it is ivory colored instead of white.
But fine liners can be used on the thinner paper. Staedtler, Tao Tree (amazon), and iBayam (amazon) will ghost but won't bleed too much. They aren't juicy fine liners and have a great range of colors.
Mildliners highlighters work well too. I have the new neutral set of colors. But not exactly budget friendly sometimes....
yes! i love the michaels notebooks. the artist loft notebooks are fantastic and budget friendly, especially if you get them with a coupon!
I hear a lot of good things about Michael’s. I really wish we had that here in New Zealand! 😝💜
Artist Loft ftw! That's all I use! And they hold up well with Inkjoy and Pilot G2 pens and mildliners.
Tips for a cheaper BuJo for Europeans:
1)FlyingTiger here in Europe have surprisingly good paper quality for the prize in their dot planner line. They also have cheap markers but I have found that they dry up pretty quickly so I wouldn't recommend them.
2)Some cheaper stationer/art supply brands sold here in Europe (compareble to Crayola) that have student grade supplies for a nice price are Stabilo, Bruynzeel, Talens art creation and Staedler. (Noted they also sell supllies meant for kids that are of course cheaper and worse quality).
3) Even though colored pencils aren't that popular in the bullet journal community compared to markers I would recommend you trying them, depending on paper and the colored pencils it sometimes works quite nicely and you might like it too.
4) For colouring smaller boxes, highlights etc. You can get a brush pen/marker look with watercolor pencils.
Great tips for the European team members! 💪🥳💜 Thanks for sharing!
This was a fantastic video! I think I have too much stuff which can lead to decision fatigue, overwhelm, and feeling guilty when I don’t use what I have before buying other things. Limiting your supplies can definitely help you be more creative. Great job Jess!
Thanks Jennifer! It was fun actually using the Crayola Supertips in a setup too 😄💜
Hi! Another awesome video. When I started bullet journaling, I didn't know if I was going to like it, so I didn't want to make a huge investment. All my supplies were old school supplies that my kids didn't use. I used a graph paper notebook, color pens and markers, and other supplies that I found in our school supplies box. It worked just fine. Now I know what works for me and I can invest in the supplies that I really want. And I definitely buy a lot of cheap supplies at my local Dollar Tree. Thanks for the inspiration!
Luv this video. I get Paperblanks dot journals (120gsm & 240 pages for under $20. Happy dance) that has free shipping for Canadians. Bic fineliners, Crayola coloured pencils and Supertips, Bic highliters, and double sided tape are all available at Extra Foods for cheap. Added bonus: PC Optimum points that I can use for free groceries. If you get creative with what you got (paper bags, an old encyclopedia for junk journaling, old calendars, dollar store stamps, used envelopes, etc), you will be amazed at you can create. Lol, I sound like a craft hoarder 😀
Haha 😂 don’t worry, I reckon a lot of us here are craft hoarders 👏
Jess, You are AMAZING!! I love journaling and have built up many, loved supplies, and STILL this video really made me excited! I love seeing what you were able to do for such a great price! I also loved learning which tools you would choose when working on thinner paper! You continue to blow me away with all your knowledge! ...and...I have shivered enjoying a cold drink on a cold day myself. hehehe
Glad I'm not the only one making "questionable" choices regarding cold-day drinks, haha 😂💜 Glad you enjoyed the video, Deanna!
This year I started my first bujo with two bic pens (black and blue), one roll of washi tape I bought a couple of years ago, and some old markers I had. And it doesn't look bad! I've went for the minimalist look with a touch of color just to get used of it before jumping into something more decorated.
For next year I've got a set of letter stamps to try something new. But they were 1€ in Tiger, so still low budget.
Nice! It really goes to show that you don’t need to have the newest or most expensive things to make a bullet journal that is both functional and looks good 😄💜
Great video Jess, especially in these more expensive times.
This years I started bullet journal with the same book and it has served me well though my first year of Journal.
Oh that’s awesome! I’m glad that it has worked well for you 😄💜
The green kmart journal is the one I've been using all this year. I honestly love it, its served me well. But I'm investing in a notebook therapy journal for next year and I'm excited about it
It was a better journal than I was expecting! 😄💜
The problem is not the price of journal but the creativiy. You are a talented genius artist which can create a whole things without thinking hahha. Not everybody can get those inspirations as quick as you.
Yeah, the 6 or so years of practice has certainly helped 😅 still takes some thought though!
@@JashiiCorrin greattt ... keep designing...
The Kmart green one was my first BUJO!
Oh nice! It's actually better than I was originally expecting!
I got a dot grid notebook, a pen loop, a ruler, and stencils. I used pens I already had (black rollerballs for the stenciling and navy blue Pilot Frixion [erasable] for everything else). I had white-out tape already and I use that if I make a mistake during stenciling. I spent about $30-$35. In retrospect, if I wanted to do it over with a stricter budget, I would have gotten a notebook with a pen loop included, and I would have looked for cheaper stencils with just the calendar outline because that's the only one I wound up using from the 12-pack. I also spent about $20 on the notebook, no pen included, because I'd heard so many good things about Leuchtturm, and it is recommended by a lot of fountain pen users, so surely it's got good opaque paper, right? No. It ghosts terribly with ballpoint ink. Thin ballpoint ink, yes, but if it stands up to fountain pens, it should stand up to thinner ballpoint ink. It behaves like much cheaper paper. So I could have spent less for a notebook of the same quality, if not better. My bujo has no decorative elements. It's just for scheduling and I don't want to spend much time on it. My serious daily and weekly planning goes in The Hero's Journal. I color every page fully and that's my pretty planner.
This is awesome! Would love to see a review if say a sustainably made journal? I find that I want to buy AAAAALLLL the things for bullet journaling…can we make our hobby more sustainable, less consumable…I use brown paper lunch bags for my “Kraft” paper. 👍🏻
If I could go back to when I started, I’d definitely pick up the Crayola Supertips instead of Tombow$. I like Tombows but don’t use them nearly enough to warrant dropping all that cash.
I love this video! I love all my bujo toys, but I have the bad habit of getting something and not using it. This is a nice reminder that you don't have to have a ton of stuff to make something you love. The only thing I think you didn't mention was highlighters -- if you want some color, highlighters come in a lot of colors and are pretty cheap and they also don't require any calligraphy skills to make dividing lines.
Awesome. Makes a great challenge too.
We have a lot of places here in the US that are good for this type of inexpensive thing too. It does suck sometimes that creators (me included) are buying top of the line things (cause FOMO...completely FOMO).
Also....you at the end....I spit a boba thing at my dog cause I laughed so hard. Thanks LOL
Haha, apologies to your dog! 😝😂💜
@@JashiiCorrin he was upset it was only the end of the video and I didn't have more....🤦🏻♀️
This was great! You do such an amazing job with your videos. It's awesome to see something for all budgets
Thanks Amber! I thought it would be nice to try something a little different 😄💜
I really liked this video!! I appreciate that different people have different amounts of money to spend for these types of things. I love them though. I was almost ready to give up my regular planner and just have my bullet journal. Wow! That's huge for me. 🤷
This was such a great video idea for the current times 💜x
Thanks Natasha! I thought it could be helpful 😄💜
Thank you for the video!
In Europe, the shop HEMA has a decent collection of dot grid notebooks, as well as stencils and stamps. As pencils and stamps are reusable, they are a good budget-friendly option too :)
Great video Jess!! This is great for beginners and experienced bullet journalers. It’s also a fun challenge too.
Thanks Ta'Shandra! 😄💜
Fantastic 👍🏻❤
Loved the way u vlog ☺️
Thanks Michelle! 😄💜
This is so awesome. ❤️ And coincidentally, I have just completed my september setup using 13 cents sketch pens bought on a whim. 😂 Not factoring the cost of notebook though because I use different mediums and so, have been using a 190 gsm dot grid one which costs around $12.
So good!!
Thanks! 😄💜
I love this video!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it 😄💜
Great video and I really miss Kmart
Awesome idea!
Thanks Carolyn! 😄💜
Knowing your style can be super useful for making your money go further. I know I like watercolouring and lots of colour so thicker paper is important to me and I find ghosts really distracting, but I don’t use huge numbers of pens and having the crayola super tips can be super used full to understand what colours you use, by using them to work out that the light coloured are the tombows I would want and the full set isn’t something I’m going to use.
A very valuable point! I do kind of wish that I had given my “style” more consideration when I just started out; it would have saved me a lot of money in the long run 😝💜👏
I don't use my bujo for organizing so much as tracking. My monthly set up is entirely trackers. I've been struggling to find a tracker to include my Tarot or witchy stuff that works for me. Do you have any ideas?
Great video!
Thanks Sara! 😄💜
they have closed all the KMarts in the US. The closest on the cheap store where I live would be the $1.25 store.
I'm fairly sure that the NZ/Australia Kmarts are not in any way related to the US ones, but her store reminded me of a Walmart. Big Lots and Dollar Tree would have some cheap options as far as papers, pens, and embellishments. Maybe Family Dollar and Dollar General? Idk I haven't been to either in a long time.
@@AnnaReed42 Yeah when I saw the KMart sign I though oh that's where they all went 🙂
Just buy a grid notebook ( a composition notebook) and use a pen that you have.
I'm a disability pensioner, so about $20 or so dollars is my budget per year. I can't find the green kmart journal any more. Officeworks used to have a good one that was on a coil, but they don't do it anymore either. My go to now, is a ring coil dot grid notebook from amazon which was about $8-9AUD which seems to be the cheapest I can find. 80 sheets, 100gsm. Does anyone else (Aussie or Kiwi) know any local cheap dot grid notebooks?
"You don't need every pen under the sun to get started" -- LIES!!
Bahaha just kidding, loved this video.
Haha 😂 I must admit, it did feel like a kind of hypocritical statement from somebody who bought both mild liners AND The full set of Tombow dual brush pens within the first month of bullet journaling 😝💜
I miss KMart!!
I re-use brown paper bags I get from the local vape store 😬
💪 valid strategy! 💜
Rip k mart…. Used to go there a lot as a kid but it’s been a few years now since the last one in Kansas City Missouri closed 😢
Yeah it's a staple down here; crazy to think it closed in the US! 😯
@@JashiiCorrin exactly! But if I ever get the chance to go traveling out of the US you bet I’ll probably try to find a Kmart for nostalgic purposes 😂
I’m just surprised that Kmart is still a thing. I haven’t seen one in years.
Haha it's a staple down here in Aus/NZ! 💜💪😄
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me, one notebook, one pen. Easily under $10 USD
I would never buy a journal for ₹1598 something, we can easily get it under inr 300, ie under $4, somehow feeling lucky 🤣
To be clear, it’s not just the journal for that amount 😝 it’s also all the decorative supplies and pens, but cool you can get notebooks so cheap! 😄
@@JashiiCorrin Well it's easy to get everything I want under $5 here 🤪 also people here are resourceful 🤣 even wedding invitation cards can be used for decorative purpose 😄 some might find these expensive too and can bargain at the local stores to get it cheaper 😬
Can I just say how Ridiculously expensive Archer & Olive is!🤦♀️.
Pretentious
They are still my preferred brand, but I can see how they are very easily outside of a lot of people‘s price range for notebooks 💜
They are pricey, but it depends what you use your journal for and how long you want to keep it. I do a lot of painting in mine and I keep them for years to come, so for me, I am happy to pay for the quality so that it will hold up to my creativity.