august in my hobonichi cousin ✸ analog system recap + journal flip through 🍵🌙

grab a cup of tea and join me as I flip through my august journal pages in my hobonichi cousin 🍵☁️
My Journal 🌟
- Hobonichi Cousin Japanese Edition (Monday start): www.1101.com/store/techo/en/2...
Stickers and PET tape 🌙
- Cat PET tape: www.paperpluscloth.com/produc...
- All the flowers PET tape: thepinkyelephant.com/en-ca/pr...
- Suatelier Stickers (no 1660, 1636, 1661, 1674, 1675, 1645, 1646): www.paperpluscloth.com/collec...
- Star stickers*: amzn.to/3ZsfI8S
Other Supplies 📝
- Midori index tabs (gold): www.jetpens.com/Midori-Chirat...
- Book dart (bronze): www.jetpens.com/Book-Darts-Mi...
- Zebra sarasa vintage gel pen (0.5mm) in brown grey: bit.ly/3Ey46t2
Shop my handwriting and cursive worksheets here 👇🏻 www.etsy.com/ca/shop/ShopKait...
Where I Live on the Internet 🏠
Instagram: @itskaitlingrey
Etsy: ShopKaitlinGrey
Pinterest: kaitlingreylikesgrilledcheese
Big thanks to Epidemic Sound for the amazing tunes ⚡️
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[@zee3e]

the minimal aesthetic is so nice!!! i can never write that long consistently but it looks so pretyty

[@asexualatheist3504]

Great point! We need to know ourselves to get the most out of our planning.

[@TheDivaDiaries]

I love how clean your handwriting is! 💖

[@KaitlinGrey]

Thank you!

[@ChantelleArts]

Your journal is so well organised and beautiful to look at 😊

[@KaitlinGrey]

Thank you!

[@icedteashirt]

i love your clean and minimal aesthetic! i’m trying my very first hobonichi planner for 2024 and it’s the weeks. maybe one day i’ll try out the cousin like you! ❤️‍🩹

[@KaitlinGrey]

Oooooh the weeks is so nice, which pattern/colour did you get? Ty, I love my cousin so much ☺️

[@jeaniev.5952]

Such a beautiful and simple layout! Love it! Thanks for the ideas.

[@michellealdrich]

It’s the handwriting for me 🥰 TFS ✨

[@17honhathong56]

love this

[@holanicolette]

okay i’m now ordering the cousin!! 😍😆

[@yshiieee]

i love your style & penmanship. ❤ was looking forward for your new vid and sp excited when i got a notification 🎉

[@KaitlinGrey]

That’s so kind, thank you! I’m glad you’ve been enjoying the videos 💕

[@alma4teal]

You’re motivating me to buy a Cousin for 2024. I placed an order on release day for A6 Sunday Start Techno…. But I can see myself enjoying both of these in 2024.

[@KaitlinGrey]

Ty! I feel that, part of me was tempted to pick up a weeks, techo original and cousin for 2024 just so I could try them all but somehow I resisted 🤣

[@heatherk255]

Eeeee! I’ve been looking forward to a new video on your Hobonichi Cousin! Thanks for posting

[@KaitlinGrey]

Yay!! I’m so glad 💕

[@catrob7490]

Thanks for sharing.. Your handwriting is lovely and the minimal accent of stickers make it perfection.❤❤

[@KaitlinGrey]

That’s too kind, thank you 💕

[@melanieannplans2666]

Great flip-through video! As of September, I've been using my Hobonichi Techo Original as a daily journaling tool, and I'm REALLY liking it so far! The smaller space actually helps me focus on writing about specific events/feelings that happened throughout my day. I'm considering upgrading to a Cousin for 2024, but at the same time I'm not sure if that's necessary since I have other planners that I'm using for my daily/weekly planning. Have a great weekend!

[@KaitlinGrey]

lol this is funny bc I have the cousin, but I was considering going smaller to the original next year but realized I like having lots of space, so we're the exact opposite 🤣 I'm glad the a6 is working for you!

[@melanieannplans2666]

@@KaitlinGrey Thankos! Honestly, I'm surprised that it is lol Because I do have to write really tiny. But so far it's working well!

[@cherylldawnful]

Omg, looking at your beautiful penmanship and presentation makes me really want to dust off my 2023 hobonichi cousin and try again! ❤Im so glad you're getting such a blast out of using it. I think when the Cousin works, it really works well.

[@KaitlinGrey]

Ty! I’m really enjoying it so far!! It’s been the perfect mix of a planning tool and journal for documenting life ☀️

[@adrianmunro330]

I wanted to pop in and say thank you so much for sharing your content. I have been using the Cousin on and off for the past few years and feel I’m just getting into the groove of how it can work for me, but still struggle to identify what format works best for me (I fluctuate between wanting it to be a creative outlet but also functional). The comment about making it minimalistic as possible to reduce the decision fatigue really spoke to me and I think I need to write that down as a reminder. I love your formatting and simplicity and it looks so good after filling up a few months! There are definitely a few things I will be adding to my own set ups from here.

[@KaitlinGrey]

Hey, thank you so much! I’m really really glad it resonated, it means a lot 🥹

[@mimiredo]

nice and neat. I like your layout designs and handwriting.

[@KaitlinGrey]

Thank you 🧙🏻‍♂️💕

[@Nettlewitch]

Haha. Bangs means something COMPLETELY different and hilarious to many in the UK and Australia.

[@Shmyrk]

Superb 🤌🏽 as a dude, I love all the stuff you creative ladies make in your planners/journals, but your minimal, efficient, clean aesthetic really speaks to me. May I ask what printer you have? And the paper you mentioned you can print thin pictures on?

[@KaitlinGrey]

I use an HP laser printer! Not made for printing photos but I find printing my stuff in copy paper makes them super thin and helps with the bulk

[@loveys_plans]

So exciting you brought your 2024 planner. This is my first year not buying any hobonichis. I brought all Sterling Ink and that Midori Hibino

[@KaitlinGrey]

Oooooh those are both exciting options 🥳 Love the sound of your lineup, what size did you get from Sterling Ink?

[@chantallennox1201]

Similar to you, in 2024 I’m trying a Hibino for daily schedule and inbox, with a Weekly insert from Sterling Ink for pre planning my week ahead; Then for on the go/wallet I have three Sterling Ink Passport inserts: Monthly with appointments, Weekly for meal plan and groceries, and lastly plain grid notebook for notes/inbox Aaaand Hobonichi cousin for my goals, memory keeping and all other planning and list making. And a Sterling Ink Standard TN for Health tracking and reference lists… eg cleaning lists, gift lists etc. I wish it was January already! 😂

[@loveys_plans]

@@chantallennox1201 you are loaded! I love it. I wanna update after 3 months in 2024. I thought about buying a SI booklet because I also brought a Lauren Phelps Designs notebook.

[@loveys_plans]

@@KaitlinGrey it’s a B6. I have the weeks and A6 notebook as well. Those are just journaling and maybe EDC bujo

[@amraarshad769]

so glad i came across your channel!! its so inspiring to see how you use your notebooks and planners! i would love to own a hobinichi some day but its so expensive and unavailable where i live :(((

[@KaitlinGrey]

Thank you and I’m sorry :(

[@corgikun2579]

nice

[@riffyjeanmasusi6104]

I love your spread so much, so neat and organized. What is your go to pen for your hobonichi? and what photo printer do you use? :)

[@KaitlinGrey]

Ty! I use the sarasa gel pen (0.5mm) in brown grey and I print my photos using my home printer (just a basic laser printer with copy paper)

[@christinaward2978]

I love how simplistic your spreads are. What do you use to print your photos for your daily pages? I have been using my hp sprocket but it chunks up my hobo cousin up a lot.

[@KaitlinGrey]

Hey! Tysm! Ok so super simple, I use a laser printer with copy paper (like the cheap kind lol) to print my photos. Definitely not the best photo quality but it’s good enough for me, plus I’ve found the photos haven’t bulked up my planner as much compared to using photo paper

[@fishheads08]

Ok so question, Kaitlin... when you're filling out your weekly pages, are you using the times at all or are you just more bulleting what happened, so to speak? I use stickers, but I am kind of over them, too. Your minimalist style appeals to me.

[@KaitlinGrey]

Hey! I totally forgot to mention that but no, I don’t use the times at all haha so it’s more of a rapid log of what happens during the day

[@tr9066]

Which pen do you use for writing in your Hobonichi?

[@KaitlinGrey]

I use the Zebra Sarasa 0.5mm gel pen in brown grey!

[@tr9066]

@@KaitlinGrey thanks!

[@Annouk82]

How small and beautifull you can write 😮 i can do whatever i want, my writing is awfull and i cant write anywhere near that small 😢

[@KaitlinGrey]

Tbh I think my writing got smaller once I started using the cousin bc the grid was smaller!

[@Annouk82]

​@@KaitlinGrey i bought a pen now with 0,4 with a really thin Line but i really have to concentrate when i try to write that small 😁 your Planer Looks beautiful, Like a printed book