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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ค. 2024
- Hey Y'all!
I got my planners in from Sterling Ink yesterday! I did purchase two planners because I was still deciding and sometimes you need something in your hand to make a final decision. I will be selling my B6 for sure and will be selling the N2 as soon as I get my hands on the N2 Horizontal. Really hoping I can get that on Friday.
Hope you enjoy the video!
xoxo
0:00 Preamble
1:54 Stickers are coming!!!
7:29 Handmade Watercolors & Ceramic Palettes
10:11 Processing ALLL the Planners
24:17 2024 Sterling Ink Planners
28:28 Weeks Planner Cover Tryouts
30:19 2023 vs 2024
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My Cutie A6 BUJO:
• Welp. I'm back in a BUJO.
Mystery Solved - What I was doing Feb 2019
• So I'm a BUJO Person N...
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Can I just say, the way that your desk is cluttered makes me feel so comforted 😭A lot of the planner/stationery channels I watch have a very minimal clean desk and mine is always covered in things with very little empty space, just enough for writing in a journal. I feel like I'm normal now LOL
Sorry for multiple comments. But I comment as I am watching so I don’t forget my thought. 😂 I went to common planner mid year this year because of one of your videos. And I love it so thank you. But your comment now about poverty mindset regarding pages just resonates with me. I’ve been debating getting wonderland222 even though I already bought common planner for 2024. But I got the half years. So I am stressed about running out of dailies, but like you…I have tons of extra pages still in my 2023. Also, I got the caramel and gold as well and it is so beautiful. ❤❤
Love your comments! Thank you for taking the time to share! 💛
Yup. I got my horizontal 520p and I’m just gonna do my best to USE the book that best serves me. Which is LOTS of notes/processing/trackers and lists. I’m so happy that the common planner worked for you to. I also think the caramel and gold is just so elegant! 😍
@@AliBrownie I want to try wonderland222 but their color options some childish in comparison so ai haven’t pulled the trigger. Plus God is working with me on taking care of all he has given me, so I think I would be wasting his resources buying another journal. 😂
I'm not feeling well today also Ali, so seeing your video brought me some sunshine.❤ What a delima I'm having, too. I need a planner big enough to hold all my needs, yet small enough and light enough to carry with me (I'm 72 years old). But it must also have enough pages for on the go note-taking. I also write a bit bigger now because of arthritis and bad eyesight 🤪 I feel like I drive myself crazy for real.😂 I'm in a B6 slim right now, which I love, but I may be headed back to the A6 or Weeks. There are so many choices... it is all so much fun❤ Love your videos, and the stickers are awesome. I LOVED the full-page painting you did, just beautiful. You are an amazing talent Ali❤
The Weeks would be a good option as it's just a little smaller than the b6slim and similar in shape so you might find it a comfortable transition.
Oh man! We gotta get better. I'm responding to comments from my couch because it's gotten a bit worse. 😭
B6 Slim was my ride or die for so long. I am super looking forward to being back in a Weeks. Just adore those skinny pages. 😍
Thank you so much for your kind comment and for watching! 💛
You are so good at working through your dilemma for planning. I need to try the weeks planner.
Your stickers/art are so beautiful! Love your planners and covers. Hope you feel better soon! 💜🥰
Thank you so much!!! 💛
WOW! I love your stickers!!!! Hope you feel better, Ali!
Thank you! 💛
Love your stickers!! Your owls are precious❤ Hope you feel so much better now my sweet friend. Hugs from Napa 🤗
Thank you so much for all the love! 💛
I am in line for those stickers & prints ~ Beautiful! 😍
Thank you so much! They are in my shop now. xoxo
this is stunning, i love it ❤❤❤
Thank you!
That print is beautiful. It would be a beautiful Washi tape design too.
Thank you! 💛
I used a hobonichi weeks this year but ran out of room. I love the size its easy to throw in your bag. I went with the TN common planner because it came in horizontal and I needed that extra space. But the weeks has a special place in my heart lol. I love sterling ink.
Oh man! Did you have the mega or regular? I'm thinking it will be ok since Catherine has SOOO many pages in the back to use. We will see! Love that N1 size. I use it for my journaling and it brings back so many sweet memories of when I started this TH-cam journey in my Lovie all those years ago. 🥹💛
Feel better, Ali! I had that nasty cold/flu that's going around. It is not fun. But your videos are the light of my day. Thank you, as always, for sharing. I love your Sterling Inks Weeks - I wish I ordered one. I am using the Sterling Ink B6 as my 2024 all-around planner, and my N1 (Standard TN) as my commonplace book. The planner dilemma continues.
Thank you! I am still recovering and attacking it with ALLLL the natural remedies/nebulizer/rest. I have really enjoyed the N1 for my main journal. Such a nostalgic size for me. 🥹
Enjoyed the video. Now you got me wondering about my journal chooses. lol
Oh no! I'm sorry!
So happy to hear your process and watch your video again. Missed you! I got a weeks and a b6, I always use both, but I also kinda want to just use one. I am
Stingy with back pages and never use them. So silly. I have a hard time walking away from b6 because I have so many beautiful leather covers. I’m wishing for a b6 slim horizontal next year. 🤞🏻
Hope you are feeling better soon. Here's an idea. I've been watching your videos since 2018. You have made several changes since then regarding planners, journals that you use for organizing your life. I think you should start some sort of tracker with several columns or heading to include: Current planner/journal being used, planner/journal I'm switching to, reason(s) I'm switching out of current one, reasons for choosing the new one. Also include dates for these changes. I think you would find it interesting to look back on that data and maybe, just maybe it will help you in your choices/changes in the future. Just a thought.
Hi there! Thanks so much for watching! 💛
So I actually haven’t changed that much. I have only changed planners 4 times in the last 5 years which is not a lot at all for a gal struggling with ADHD. 🎉 Weeks to BUJO, BUJO to Wonderland for 2 weeks, Wonderland back to BUJO, and then to the Common Planner this whole last year. I’m still going to be in a Common Planner just a different size. So I’m not really changing planners. In the last 5 years I have only switched sizes for my journal once. B6Slim to Narrow.
Perhaps if I really did change multiple times in the year, that would be a good exercise for me. But I stick with things usually a year at a time and reflect on what works/didn’t work in thought. I really appreciate the idea though. 🥰
Love the stickes Ali!
Thank you, Heather! 💛
I’m an adhd gal and I know which ever planner I start with, I won’t end the year with and I really want to. This year I made it 6 months 🤦♀️. I think this year I’m using a6 take a note in an eternal leather beauty for my planner. I got the a6 sterling ink 2 books so I think I’m going to use it for health and maybe a standard or favourite a6 slim note book for journalling etc. There is so much choice now, it was hard enough choosing before all the new ones came out 😂 xx
6 months is GREAT! Yeah, I was soooo proud of myself for sticking with one planner. I struggle with ADHD too. I think what helps is that I can change up the layout so easily with Catherine's design. I love that so many shops are able to produce what makes them happy but you're right, it makes it so hard to choose!
I applaud you sticking with one planner all year. I planner hopped like crazy this year as my needs changed (added my husband’s appointments to tracking in addition to my increased appointment demands. Plus we became a one car family that requires a TON of schedule juggling). I’m hoping my 2024 planner (Daphne’s Diary) will work. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Don’t have energy to decorate - hence the pretty planner for 2024. I like pretty. But I did learn that my planner has to be smaller/more portable.
Oh, and I learned I need to plan in pencil vs pen. Who knew?
Thanks! 😅 I try so hard to stay in one. I can be such a miser. haha! Your year sounds like you had to do ALOT. 🙏🏼
Final comment. 😂. Sorry, not sorry. Pretty sure I struggle with adhd as well. It’s such a tough decision to find something that is going to be “perfect”. That’s the allure of the bullet journal. But I get so frustrated and bored having to set up the same weekly pages every week that I would just not do it sometimes and then not journal or plan at all. Common Planner was a life saver. But now I’m annoyed with the half year for some minimal reason and debating buying a whole new journal because idk what to do with 2 pages in the front. 😅😂 the struggle is real out here in the planner world! But I am in love with the aesthetic of my caramel and gold CP. Nothing else out there is as beautiful imo.
What really helps me is writing out all my thoughts regarding the decision I am having to make. Then, that usually helps me to make the decision when I get it out of my head. It also helps me to have something to look back to if I start doubting the decision I made. ADHD is extremely frustrating to live with sometimes and overthinking decisions is not immune to our neurodiverse brains. Praying you find peace and will gain understand into what will serve you best this next year. 💛
Love the stickers! you could go back to the A6 and save the money on a new cover lol. This year I wanted a change so my edc is back in a standard.
I could. And that would be so responsible, right? 😜 But I just LOVE those skinny weeks sized pages. 😍😍😍
I got the new Hobonichi Hon A5 and Weeks in Tiny Dragons cover for 2024 - I'm a coffeemonsterzco sticker/washi lover as well so I've been "collecting" things for next year! Ali, I love all your videos and chats! I cannot wait for your stickers to be available!!! Yay!!!! Blessings to you Ali, as well as your family!!
I think the HON was just in the A6 and A5 size - Hobonichi doesn't carry B6 size. What cover did you get? The HON is so nice!
Thank you so much!!! I'm kind of on the couch trying to get better but hoping to get in the studio to paint today. 🙏🏼💛
A5 is the correct size - I got the tiny dragons print - it's soooo cute!@@JustScribble
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Thank you so much! 💛
i wish i could write so much i just lost it with 4 kids and a house its been s o hard and i read so much into things then i just dont write it down and most time i dont get anything that i wrote done,,,,love your videos and stickers also i think the weeks are too small for me but i love the colors you have for the covers they look so juicy leather i love leather..
Hmmm I went with the compact because I love how slim the weeks is but also I knew the thick one would be too small. Chic sparrow has custom covers now.
Get well Ali!
Thank you! 💛
The cover of your B6 (flowers with the black background) is beautiful.
21:28 I struggle with a “poverty mentality” too when it comes to my note pages. I always think that I’m going to run out of pages, but I never do. 😅
I’m going to use the SI CP horizontal Weeks for 2024. It has 369 note pages. I’m going to try not to hold myself back from using them.
29:42 My Eternal Leather Goods’ covers were slightly too small for my SI CP Weeks. But my Gillio and Moterm covers fit perfectly with a bit of extra space. I love ELGs’ covers, but I’ll have to request it to be slightly wider to accommodate the 369 extra pages the next time that I buy one.
Get well, soon!
That's odd that the ELG was too small because the SI is the same size as the Hobo weeks hardcover - just that it doesn't have a lip around it --- so the page size and cover are the same size as the hard cover so it should have fit the same as the Hobo.
I'm wondering if she means because of the thickness? That's why I'm going to have to order a custom. A gal in the Sterling Ink Group said she had to order a custom for her 520pg N2 Notebook because the standard weeks cover was too small. 😬
Than you so much! I have that as a print for sale in my shop as a B6. :)
Yeah, I am for sure going to talk to Colin about the dimensions and most likely will have to order a custom cover for this chunkier weeks. Which is fine. If this is my planner peace size then I will use the cover for years. It's totally worth the investment. 💛
@@AliBrownie I have the SI Weeks that has 369 extra back pages. My Eternal Leather Goods cover was not wide enough. The length is the same as the H.Weeks, but the width is not. Just like the H. Weeks Mega is wider than the original H. Weeks.
SQUEAL!!!! At 19:45 on page 209 "....playing with pens!" That was meeeeee!!!!!! And I've now inked 2 little Kawecos with Doc Black, but I still love my Lex Gray in the VP Decimo I was, ahem, coerced into getting..... I have NOT splurged on a TWSBI though....cuz I like playing with different inks.... Oh, and I think it would have been really funny to name the beginning the "Pre-ramble" instead of the "Preamble!" LOL! I think it's great you have had an influx of inspiration for stickers! I still have some of your stickers that I'm hoarding and haven't used!
That WAS YOU, Jen! haha!!! You left a mark. 🥰
I'm sorry for influencing you. haha!
Oh yes. Pre-Ramble is a much better name.
Girl! Use the stickers! 😂 There's more comin'! xoxo💛
What about a sterling ink compact and then a blank weeks size notebook? Then you can blow through notebooks as needed yet have the compact with you all year for planning and reference?
I went with the horizontal full year 520p notebook. I think it will be plenty of pages for next year seeing as I had so many left this year. Thank you so much for watching! 💛
So you’re in Sterling Ink? And you’ve branched out from Chic Sparrow. I really like the rustic style of Speckled Fawns. All these years and I’m really confused about how to do a journal. I do keep a running list of notes and numbers, but ya now, it’s not all our fault. It would be simple if there was not so much technology and red tape and hoops to jump through. There’s a lot to keep track of
Hi there! Sterling Ink is a Planner company. Chic Sparrow is a Leather Goods company that makes covers for the planners. I am in a Sterling Ink Planner and am currently using an Eternal Leather Goods cover for the planner. Chic Sparrow I think JUST came out with options to do a custom cover with snap, but I have used Eternal Leather Goods for over a year now and have gotten used to the soft, pebbled leather. I do miss the Darcy leather like crazy though.
I did the exact same thing! I bought my first B6 ever cover because of the Sterling Ink Common Planner with a Stalogy A5 as my memory keeper. I just can’t carry it with me. I did Weeks planner with a Stalogy A5 for Memory keeper. A5 Leuchtteurm as my planner and memory keeper together for one year…. Now what??? No idea.
Sweet. I'm glad that I tried the B6 size. And I'm thankful that I stuck with it for a whole year. I can definitely have an informed opinion about it now. I'm super looking forward to being back in a Weeks size. It just feels so homey to me. 🥰
What leather & color is the Chic Sparrow cover that comes in @14:08? It’s gorgeous.
Hello, thank you for watching! It's Emma. :)
@@AliBrownie Thanks Ali
Is it the Weeks compact? Can the size be an issue
Are you referring to the Sterling Ink N2 Notebook (Weeks sized) or the actual Hobonichi Weeks?
100% still in A5 because no matter how heavy it gets, I LOVE my Chic Sparrow Mr. Darcy (toffee) from many years ago and the thought of putting it on a shelf and not using it just kills me. 😂 B6 or even Weeks would probably be much more realistic for me but… 🤷♀️ 😂
A5 is such a great size though! That's my work planner size and I'm going back to A5 for my main planner for 2024 as well. But I'm not going to carry it around in 2024 because it'll be a brick.
@@JustScribble I agree! I do love it…but it is a LOT to carry. 😂 It’s the reason I tend to be tempted to get something much smaller for on the go. But that means I would have two and I’m not sure I want to do that. Would I even keep up with both of them? Ugh…planner dilemmas…. 😂
Yes! A loved Darcy cover is THE BEST!!! I wish my weeks Emma? I think they call it now? Fit the chunky book. 😍
@@ThatsNotReallyHowThisWorks I’ve been sharing some how I’ll be doing a separate carry planner but will be doing a few videos on it soon. Might help though I’m figuring it out so no expert 😝
Is that the Weekly Folio from CS?
Yes! It’s back when she called the color Mr. Darcy. I think it’s called Emma now. Just has a lovely patina. I may have a video of it from way back in the day.
Here it is when I got it:
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@@AliBrownieThank you, Ali! I just watched the video and it's super helpful! I'm fretting a little because I sent the SI CP N2 full-year measurements to Julia asking if I would need a custom *after* seeing *this* video, and she recommended...the weekly folio, which looks a little tight for my comfort too. :(
I would just communicate with them and let them know that you saw the fit. You can reference my video if you want. Just ask for a bit wider to accommodate a growing spine of this chunky planner. I haven’t purchased many notebooks lately but Chic Sparrow has always been awesome at communication from my experience. 🥰
@@AliBrownieAwesome! Thank you so much. I'll reach back out to her with a link to your video. Appreciate you so much.
What leather is that, Ali?
Lots of leather was shown, can you tell me what time stamp and cover you are referring to?