Me too Vanessa! So many great memories in those notebooks. 🥰

Happy New Year to you too Beth! It's a good year to start new notebooks. Ha! 😊 Any questions you have remember to shoot them my way for that video.

Oooh, good questions! Adding to the list I'm compiling, Thank you!

I'm sorry about that irritation Blythe. 😕 When I'm speaking I do have it quite low. Funny tho that I'm the opposite of you...quiet videos without that background music there's a pretty good chance I'll get distracted and then have to constantly rewind to catch what I missed 🤣. So when I saw that it was recommended I started adding music to my videos. It's a weird science anomaly that I cannot explain, just know about. On another note, I enjoyed watching your video! Love the idea of using origami papers in my art journal (which I'm picking back up this year.) It's funny how the more notebooks we gather to us the more there's a "thing" we find to use them for. 😄 Happy New Year!

@ Indeed we can’t please all the people, so do what makes you happy! The origami paper idea I got from Erin Smith, who has a lot of beautiful creative Bullet Journaling ideas. Have a great one and I’ll look forward to seeing you here again soon.

Aww, glad you liked the PIP sheets! Plus it was fun to look back on the year. As for being organized, it def helps me not forget cause these days more than ever, I am prone to having a thought and, literally, the next minute it disappears. 😆

@wildlyimaginable I am totally the same!! I will remember something 2 days later at an inconvenient time! I am trying my best to write in the Hobonichi planner every day, I think it is great to have all thoughts together vs in so many different notebooks!!

@@arindhamvaid3609 Same here. I love having notebooks but spread too thin across many notebooks defeats the purpose for me. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Thank you, thank you sooooo much! So glad you enjoyed it! it was fun to make. And thanks for subbing too 🤩

Three of them? Love it! For the time being I'm a B6 for journaling.

I get that Miss Marilyn. The cheat sheet I make every month is my way to cope with not remembering what's in a pen. Been doing it for more than a year now so it's muscle memory to create one each month. Matching for me means I won't be able to use certain inks when in the mood for it. Ha!

Think of me like Goldilocks....A5 is sometimes to big. A6 is sometimes too small and B6 is juuuust right 😆 Me and organization go hand in hand too. Visual clutter in books, room, even while shopping truly does my head in, almost to the point of getting a headache. I cannot cope so I'm a definite preparer of allthethings.

Thanks Pam! They've been a real game changer for me!

@ just ordered some from you! ❤️

Galen Leather is definitely your way of things. Love that warm and cozy thought too! Mmmmh....🤔

Coffee in hand, let's take a trip down memory lane together! 😊

Thanks Alecia! Did you see my note to you? To send the Swatch Party info I need you to send me a message on Ko-fi. For some reason Ko-fi doesn't allow me to generate communication 1st.

Oooh! Thanks Tassha, I'm glad you liked the new intro! It was so much fun to put together! 😊 My 2025 notebook lineup is coming out in a few days. Excited to share that as well.

Thanks! ☺️

Awww thank you so much! That means a lot to me 🥰 Keep enjoying the show-not-a-show Heehee

Thanks! 😊

Thank you for watching and Happy New Year to you too! 🥳

Swatching beginning cards is a real projectI found it invaluable to have them. Every week I pull them out at least twice. Have fun, break it up into sessions. I'm swatching ALL my inks (bottles & samples) and had to do it 30 mins at a time cause ya girl has a LOT of inks, mainly samples which gonna make effort to cull my stash of those I absolutely won't be using.

Haha! Not for me they aren’t. Mmmph!

Happy New Year to you too Beth It was fun creating the book and sharing it! lots of memories it holds 😊

Thanks Danielle! 🥰 It was much fun to see the whole year in review, so many memories each page evoked. I’m excited to share my notebook plans for 2025.

Ooh! I like that idea. As I was recording I started thinking like that about all the inks I gathered to me this year and which ones I need to let go of in the collection that I know I’ll never use. Now that you mention it, prolly need to reassess my pen collection too. When I did the pen awards I realized I bought quite a few pens as well. Need to slow that down so plan is to make some “rules” to follow. I was a free spirit in that dept before but guess that makes sense since I had to find out what my likes and dislikes are. Happy New Year my friends! 🎉

@ I most assuredly have plenty of pens from which to choose. I am finding some really nice pens I bought, played with and cleaned and put away in my toy box. I seriously had no clue what I had or was doing, other than buying pretty pens. 😳😉 I have a Lamy 2000, 14kt with stainless steel reinforced nib, empty! Now, why in the world? I remember not knowing what I was doing and got frustrated trying to ink it up, totally clueless. So I put it away! I seriously need to revisit and actually use my pens for more than a few days! 😂. So many choices and a new year to come to terms with what I’m actually doing! 😘

@@followyourbrush it’s all a learning curve that’s cool to experience.

@ I have lots to learn! 💕

@@followyourbrush Don't we all 🤓

Yes! Do it! Going thru the notebook brought back such fond memories of the swatch session and the inks I loved but had forgotten about. My next plan is to swatch all the inks I have in my collection. That’s a big task but I want to know before I start purchasing more inks in 2025. I wanted to know that too, about how inks perform in each pen I put them in. That s why I designed my PIPs sheets. Every pen I own has a sheet dedicated to it so I can’t k its performance with diff inks over time. You can check them out in my Ko-fi page (link in description).

@ 😎 cool! Will do

Aww, that’s so kind of you to say, I’m so happy that the video was a little bit of joy for you. 🥰 And yay to your swatch book for 2025. Inky explorations here you come. Btw, I truly thought it was a thing that every pen enthusiast did. I’m glad I could spread the joy cause I love this pen hobby of ours.

It's definitely a great way to keep things fresh. 😄 Plus I have way too many inks to only be enjoying only 6 of them a month. New plans going forward for my Currently Inked pens….again, still incorporating the change outs tho. Also, glad you like my nails 💅. Very festive without being RED for Christmas.😉

Awww thank you so much! 😊

That NGC is a surprising colour and Milky Way is an ink I will definitely ink up sooner rather than later.

Thanks Logan. Definitely easier for filming too, doing it in 3 parts, especially this time of the year when so much is going on. This last set of 8 were my faves as well. Thanks for watching too!

Agree. I love all 8 of them on this set. And these are gorg glistening inks.

Your faves are def 2 of mine in this last bunch of 8. White Hole (Day 20) is so intriguing an ink to see on paper. Btw, if you'd like a sample of your faves (19 & 22) let me know and I'll bring them to next meeting for you.

@@wildlyimaginable I absolutely would love to see them! 🤩

Thank you (bird ran across my iPad before I was done), let me know if you want any samples of my Xmas ink haul. Merry Christmas!

@@penguin1780 Sounds cool!

Haha. Loved that you enjoyed it! Surprised host enjoyed her role 😆

Glad you enjoyed the video. I watched your video and did not know about the 1st two brands. Gonna have to check them both out. 🥰

@ I love when we learn of new brands. A whole new rabbit hole opens up 😊

@@Adventuresover40 Yup. Am def a fan of rabbit holes since restarting in the hobby again 😆

I can honestly say that Bah Humbug is probably in the top 5 of my fave inks in 2024. Love that ink!

Aww hon, sorry you were having a bad week. Glad the video brought a smile to your face. 😊

Hey there! ❤️

@ Merry Christmas 🎄

@@followyourbrush Merry Christmas to you as well. 🧑🏽‍🎄

it's gone thru a few iterations but this one I love now, especially as it does a good job of showcasing an ink's properties in the scribly bit at the leaf stems. 😊

Ooh, you're right! White Hole would be perfect with the Kaweco Iridescent Pearl pen.

Christmas Start is so pretty and White Hole is a very intriguing in on paper. Don't think I have anything like that one in my collection. I hope Sunbeam is one that gets chosen for a full bottle size.

@Letstalkaboutit61 Hey Alecia, there 's this weird thing on Ko-fi, I'm not able to message you until you "support" me (jus found that out 🤷🏽‍♀. I hope you get this reply in time so that I can send you the info for the Swatch Party this coming Saturday.. Please leave me a message in Ko-fi with your email so I can get it to you. Thanks!

It's such a bright beautiful ink, Christmas Star and it's shimmer is awesome in the writing. The GDP is by Jinhao. I put a link to where i got it in the description.

@@wildlyimaginable Thanks! I must have been blind, I looked but didn't see it the first time. I see it now. Sorry about that!!

That makes sense. It's a shame that not more than 3 of the inks in the collection will become full size bottles. There are a few that I would not have chosen based on my ink type preferences and some I'd definitely want a full bottle of. Not having FOMO is very good for your wallet too 😁