Using Colorful Pens In Your Planner - 10 Tips!

[@carolo2296]

I live in Brazil. Stickers and washi are soooo expensive here. So I'm loving this series. Thank you!!! You're awesome!

[@CindyGuentertBaldo]

i'm so glad to help!

[@isabellepoynter5193]

You can always print whatever you want, cut and glue your “stickers”

[@533134]

Isabelle Poynter or if you can’t find stickers you like, make your own!

[@isabellepoynter5193]

Carol O if you’re like me and have partial used notebooks use them to practice doodles. If there’s one you love cut it out and paste it onto your current planner/bujo

[@wonderwonder30]

Isabelle Poynter That’s a really good idea, now why didn’t I think of that lol

[@JennMiller]

"If you're a blue ink user, I'm just going to ignore you." *GASP* Ouch. That hurts, Cindy. You don't know the trauma black ink has caused me. Blue ink users are worthy of love, too.

[@MsCarolinaDreamz]

I read and tested the theory years ago in regards to Blue ink. The article said that blue triggers a memory impulse. I started writing my grocery list in blue back when my life was Bic black, blue, and red! I can't believe I ever lived that way. Haha. I did find that if I forgot my list, the act of writing it out triggered my picture memory. Those were the days when Xerox only copied black ink. I have no idea if it was the blue. I just kept doing it.

[@BeantownMrs]

"The size of the tip... of the pen..." Sure Cindy, suuuure.

[@tr90210]

That remark brings out the 12-year old in me 🤣🤣🤣

[@MsCarolinaDreamz]

At 12 I wouldn't have had a clue.

[@lisanewell4646]

I’m seriously considering doing a “work with what you got” for my 2021 planner.

[@MsCarolinaDreamz]

I just can't? I'm not sure what I'd add to my obsession. We might not have many plans in 2021 that don't exclusively point to home life and medical related, here. I'm intentional planning my mundane to spread my direction away from rabbit holes right now.

[@cherifalkner3312]

Thanks for another great video! I’d love to see a video on color theory. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[@CindyGuentertBaldo]

yay! I'll add that to my list

[@katiefunk3599]

I’m just really really glad you’re back ❤️

[@dogmom371]

OMG! LOVE THIS VIDEO!! I get overwhelmed and your advice is so comforting and reassuring! 🥰🥰🥰 You’re like everyone’s loving mom, telling us “ITS GOING TO BE OK, JUST GIVE IT A TRY!” You’re the best!!! Thanks for this video!!! 🥰🥰

[@mamadeb1963]

Usually, I do all my actual planning in black, with highlights in my two colors of the month. BUT sometimes I choose a dark color, and then I use it like a fineliner - making my monthly calendar, for example. It makes a nice change.

[@xoSummerox9394]

I ADORE color theory. It's so fun to see how other people teach it. Please do this! I love your channel :)

[@rblue2839]

Please do a video about color theory. That sounds very interesting. Be Safe Be Well.

[@barbarawest1205]

I too have a million square acres of fineliners that I bought inn my early days of finelining. I just penciled in color schemes for Oct, Nov, and Dec! 🎀🎊🎃🎈🍾

[@elizabethjohnson-kueny1655]

Not only am I a blue pen person, I use the absurdly bright Baystate Blue. 😆

[@MsCarolinaDreamz]

Love that you shared your pens. Sparked more of my pen hoarder syndrome. I'm going to search if you have more pen videos. It's an illness. Truly. Something I can control with my bad health. Target has PaperMate buy 1 get 1 - 25%off right now. I almost bought some ultra flairs. Today I noticed the online price is $6 less. Done. My dentist appointments were "THD" The Hot Dentist. It was fun to tell his assistants. You spend a lot of time with your dentist when you live on opiates. It's hard to find a great dentist and then move across the country. I met my dentist during an emergency walk-in and he completely took away my dental PTSD. His colleague is a masochist. I've discussed him with an assistant that steps in with him part time. She told me he scolds her if she tries to water burning flesh. That's the smell that triggers me. I communicate directly with THD via social media now. (I text with my psychiatrist..) ♡technology♡ ~Heidi

[@LynetteYoung]

I pick up whatever color pen I feel like at the moment and I'm fine with it. I like the idea of using one color per day for a rainbow. I use a weekly HP classic dashboard and don't care if it 'looks' like a rainbow. The idea of color coding items seems like too much work lol

[@haleyroset]

So excited about this series!!

[@cwang011]

Love these Tip videos! Brings me back to the Old School Llama Lettering video days! You’re the cool teacher I never got the chance of having in school ❤️

[@rosesquilts5823]

Great video! But now I want those pens! Lol and yes, wear a mask and vote!

[@MissSyrinxie]

I am a big color-coder and primarily only use pens and highlighters in my planner. Matching my different classes, work, internship, etc to a color was the best way I found to get through school and know where I had to be and at what time. I'm out of school now, but I still color code my two different jobs, put meetings in black, task list items in gray, habit tracking in blue, etc. etc. My planner probably isn't the most aesthetic, but it is super functional! And then I just use stickers to add a bit of depth or to cover up mistakes :)

[@lisanaili]

I’m so happy your back to regular videos! I always enjoy them. I like to use color in my bujo to make a distinction between dates in my daily rapid log. I’ll use color for the days of the week, water trackers and icons. Or sometimes I’ll add a colored lines to separate the days.

[@KatieReadsKoziesAndMore]

You are amazing! I may not use these in my catch-all planner, but I think it would be fun to use in my self-care journal. My favorite tip was highlighting the important words. For the first time in weeks, I now want to pick up a pen and play. Thank you!

[@sistergoldenhair0727]

Thank you for this. I’m so sick of all the videos on planning that are mostly about placing stickers...I appreciate you doing No Sticker September!

[@lizshoemaker]

I love this series.

[@aliwarren5110]

Thanks for including horizontal planners!

[@TheOnlyRedheadBlonde]

I was told as a new college student 3 years ago that a person will be more likely to remember what needs done, if it is written in blue ink.

[@saraangel6696]

I read that too, and then i tried writing with blue ink, and decided i’d rather forget stuff than write with blue pens.

[@MacsGoldenLife]

Yes! Color theory.

[@adorabell4253]

I use fountain pens and switch them each day. That way I get some fun colours every week and the pens get used. I also choose two colours each month to use for my daily trackers and mark off every thing in a grid format (so each item is a different colour alternating days like a chessboard).

[@sandralantau7395]

Yes, please, Cindy, I'd love a video on colour theory

[@Blue666LV]

Loving this style of planning - the "use what you already have" ... so awesome. I auto-like your videos 💙

[@lydianlovesyou]

Thanks for sharing Cindy! These tips will totally help me to "shop my stash" and use up planner supplies.

[@jessicamorado6910]

Okay I have to say it! I love you and your videos! They always make me laugh!

[@ThaBloodWitch]

Love this video! Color coding and color coordination for different weeks is the best!

[@ElizaBeth-jg1qn]

I use to have a ton of different colored gel pens in high school (many moons ago) and I always did all my notes and homework in different colors and I remember using yellow for an assignment and the teacher was like PLEASE do not use yellow I cannot read it 🤣🤣🤣

[@susannek4546]

I typically use one color ink as my main color all of the way through a planner each year. Next year's color is between a dark navy blue or forest green. I am excited to see your color code and doodles videos.

[@victoriaduffie6515]

Wooo! Thank you Cindy :)) Ive only ever done pen only planning because I've never been able to commit fully to stickers and washi, I'd just want to buy all of it 😖 but I did just splurge on most of the Clickart pens in the light set so I'm glad to see them in use :)! I draw my bullet journal spreads in color schemes and fill them in with black or blue, but after this I think I'll branch out a bit!!

[@loisr3970]

Love this series Cindy! I've gone down the pen rabbit hole as we all have. Really surprised thou. You see this great pack amazing colors. Alot of them are to light on white paper you can't really see it. Are there better brands or ink types that show up better in the light ranges? I love all the pretty planner pages and setups. Happy planner sticker book can be $28 in Canada at Walmart. So I budget plan dollar tree and dollar store stickers. Die cuts quotes etc that I glue . Collect gardening catolog use pics. So again thanks keep well Cheers

[@verovial08able]

Love your videos! You are sooo funny...and also, great tips of course..😁

[@carolhutner9441]

Thank goodness I’m a black ink person! Great info as always. Thanks, Cindy!🌻

[@Elle0704]

I don’t use blue ink, but feel compelled to confess I exclusively use “Noodler’s Lexington Gray” and Sarasa Dark Gray because they look like pencil, but don’t smear or erase. EDITED TO ADD: Yes, it is a hot mess of scribbles,, post its, and washi.

[@PuzzlesC4M]

Love that highlight idea

[@chaplainfeeser]

I love the tip about picking a few colors that go together and use those for the week! Definitely what I’m doing because sticker kits are hella expensive!! 😁😁

[@dianesawyerdooley4424]

Uni-Ball Signo UM-151 is a 0.38 pen that comes in a ton of colors and writes really smoothly. It makes the Pilot pens look like charred sticks. Also, I write in black, make boxes in black, and go over the boxes with a mildliner or brush pen. If it's a note I really want to make sure I pay attention to, I'll highlight key words inside the box. It just looks so tidy and colorful. The boxes are sort of a mind map.

[@jmt217]

Great ideas in this video. I bought these Zebra pens after watching your video and love them. Can’t wait for more. Loved your ideas to make it fun. Peace Love and Healthy vibes to you! Thank you. 😊

[@JT1358]

Awesome! Giving myself permission to try some stuff I hadn't thought of. Oh... I may need to buy some more pens 😏. Sorry hun but I'm a blue ink lover tho don't use it nearly so much as I used to.

[@karengetzoni4998]

Still learning! Great tips!

[@zviLikesTV]

Are you going to talk about highlighters during September? My favorite way to use highlighters I got from Rhomany's Realm, which is use a frixion highlighter to highlight things that are coming up or to dos, then erase them after they occur. That way the stuff still to do in your planner really stands out. (You could still keep somecolor by drawing a color fineliner box around the item that matches the highlighter, so the fineliner box will still be there when you've worked through the whole spread.)

[@CindyGuentertBaldo]

I love this idea! I'll be talking about highlighters next week

[@MsCarolinaDreamz]

I read up on Frixion pens. They don't erase. The heat turns the ink clear. So consider your pens and planner (or homework) in a hot car for a few hours. All the ink is invisible. To bring the ink back, it must reach 40 degrees farenheit. Put it in your freezer and see your "erased" things with the corrected, right on top of each other! "I did do my homework, teacher. May I use your freezer?" I'll still use them but not on anything I take with me. And I won't "erase."

[@zviLikesTV]

@@MsCarolinaDreamz I don't drive, so I usually have to take all my stuff with me when I get out of a vehicle. It doesn't seem like that a big a deal.

[@robyntaylor4054]

I’m all over those paper mate extra fine on my next trip to the store. Soooo excited to try some of your tips.

[@MsCarolinaDreamz]

Target. Sale. Now.

[@hayleygerbil3109]

Okay, I laughed out loud when you wrote 'deny my husband boobs' on your daily plan 😂

[@lynleystg3222]

I do colour coded planning in an A6 planner, which I find it perfect for working in a uni (you've always got 5 projects on at once), and I use one of those big multicolored packs of pilot gel pens because you can write TINY

[@MsCarolinaDreamz]

Ohhhhhh I have a serious InkJoy commitment. I had those pens in my hand and the InkJoys were yelling at me!

[@aldakendall4921]

I like to use certain colors for certain things. Orange for action things. Red for exercise. Ect. I choose a color for all my todo list at home.

[@purpledoneright]

Love this!

[@missyb7311]

7 weeks of school down and going to hopefully get back to some of my own life...I stress over picking colors. I'm totally going random this week. Thanks!

[@singingsanja167]

Just found your channel, love your vibes - subscribed! ^_^

[@rachelace6102]

Please do a blog on color theory and putting colors together for those of us who are not artists! Thank you

[@karenrich9092]

How about using highlighter pens? They come in a few different colors and would allow the use of yellow in the color scheme. Figuring out color schemes is a big part of what I do as a website designer. I'm just thinking about building a planner for myself and using pens might be less expensive than stickers. I'm also going to "go shopping" through the office supplies in my den -- to clean up and get ready for planning at the same time-- and put all the pens and other items in a box marked "PLANNER SUPPLIES" . Thanks for this great ideas video.

[@elizabethtrumble]

I just found your channel, and you are a hoot! I laughed out loud! Hahaha. Subscribed! There's your KZbin marketing! I also own a metric shit-ton of fineliners! LOL

[@linneawestberg6435]

my fave way to simplify my bujo but still have it be colorful is to do the structure i some sort of colorscheme (usually 2 or 3 i like together) and then write in all black. in school i would usually do the opposite cus i had my muji gelpens with me all the time for notes in class and they made me happy unlike school:P

[@kathryndepriest578]

Love this Cindy!! I love stickers and washi too much to stop using them!! Zebra Mildliners and Tombows for color coding...black pen.

[@MsCarolinaDreamz]

Could you please tell me where the Tombows went after I entered my room? And the Mildliners are in a pink case that I can't find in this clean, organized room, either. I feel a pen depression coming on and I was just killing the pen section at Target last Friday. I have a fever. I know. ♡

[@Yzabell0M]

I’m really enjoying this series. I plan to switch to a Hobonichi Cousin next year so it will probably be mostly pen and character/icon stickers.

[@figureskater71889]

I'm in a cousin and I absolutely love using just some pen and icon stickers. I do use washi for time blocking but I feel like once I run out of that size I'm just going to time block with pen or highlighter

[@533134]

Color theory is fun :)

[@Cocobird5]

That was great -- thanks!

[@iriskey7784]

I totally missed what kind of pens you're using on your "horizontal" rainbow planner. 💜❤💚🧡💙

[@CindyGuentertBaldo]

Zebra clickart fineline markers!

[@MsCarolinaDreamz]

I rewinded 3 times. 🙃

[@MEVALE1359]

What are the names of all the black pens and colored pens that you use?

[@533134]

When you were talking about what makes you happy, I thought you were going to say something about blue pens 😂

[@RawrQueen5th]

I love your KZbin marketing...

[@tcconnection]

Thanks for another great video

[@CindyGuentertBaldo]

thank you!

[@jennlorence]

Is it legal to like a 22 minute video 3 minutes in?? Screw it.

[@CindyGuentertBaldo]

if liking at 3 minutes is wrong I don't wanna be right haha

[@birdyyenc9852]

What about hitting like before the video starts just because “you know”.

[@MariW736]

lol @ the cliffhanger 😂💗

[@babyboy1971]

What planner is this?

[@jellyberry90]

Thanks for the great video! Also, if anyone for whatever reason doesn‘t want to use pinterest, colourlovers . com is another great resource for combinations. Hope this helps anybody.

[@533134]

Avoid neon colors too!

[@StephPlansInTheOC]

I used to be a blue pen person, but after I started working in healthcare (where only black ink is accepted) I learned to convert. It was easier than I thought...

[@daniellebelanger2527]

I always use the colors for each Maslow pyramid humans needs. Exemple psysiological needs = pink. Finance and security = purple. Social = blue. Self esteem = green. Self Realisations = yellow or pale orange. Self actualisation = orange.

[@Charlotteapaige]

That’s really neat.!

[@MsCarolinaDreamz]

Pink runs my life. Ruins my life? ♡

[@nonMuggle]

Danielle Belanger I love that idea!! Definitely going to try it.

[@KB_Espy2009]

I bought stickers to use in my planner, but after getting them, I’m not thrilled with them. Washi tape, however, is growing on me (🎶 like a tumor 🎶). I am enjoying the pen-only-planning even if I don’t have a metric shit-tonne of fineliners to pick from. 😉 I’d also love a video about color theory.

[@amandah2490]

I have a lot of color pens but they are not all safe to use in a planner as they bleed through the page.

[@cynthiaespinoza8380]

Cindy: "if you're a blue ink user I'm just going to ignore you" Jen Defore: 👁👄👁

[@elise85391]

Is Luci a large cat? He (I think I've heard you say he before) looks really big in video, but idk if that's just the video, or if he is a bigger cat

[@zillashimmy]

I love you.

[@AMG_Creates]

My 6 year old when I think she's zoned out while eating breakfast: " whats ganja?" Me: 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@television4994]

Can you give me some advice on this? My natural writing is about 2mm tall. When I try to write large - larger than 5mm or so, say - it looks shaky and sloppy. Ugh 😔 What can I do to help that?

[@CindyGuentertBaldo]

Practice helps with that (it'll alleviate the shakiness when you get more confident with it) but until then, use a bolder pen. It won't camouflage all of the shakiness but it will mask some of it. Also, although I say writing slower is really helpful when it comes to neat writing, if you're having this problem try writing faster. It'll still be sloppy but it will also help build up that muscle memory faster!

[@wonderwonder30]

I had this problem too, I absolutely loved my handwriting when I wrote small but it would look weird in my big’o planner. I would take just 10 minutes a day to write bigger and the more I did it, the more my handwriting wouldn’t look shaky or awkward. Like Cindy said, muscle memory is key and the next thing I know I’m unconsciously writing bigger in my planner.

[@mother_at_law]

I just found you and I fucking love you.

[@jilldunlop3549]

You crack me up 🤣

[@nguz29]

Thank you!!! I don’t plan with washi tape or stickers so pen only September is PERFECT!! You listen to System of the Down!!! WAKE UP!!!!

[@jennlorence]

Lol.. I guess you have to subscribe... love it

[@JennJoi]

I use a daily planner, one day per page. I use black ink for work-related stuff and blue ink for personal and home-related things so I can smash my whole life together in one page. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@dogrosehips1564]

Feeling JAUNTY it's time to wake up, smoke some ganja and deny my husband boobs... I like a solid plan. XD

[@KialayaKreations]

Me when she mentioned people who make their whole planner with pastel colours: ... Uppps..... hides all her pastel markers

[@533134]

Don’t buy more pens, use what you like!

[@Dracenea]

These last couple videos do make me want to mess with pens more. Can't stand my handwriting but I'm trying to embrace imperfection. I'm a sticker whore so can't imagine not using them but my wallet would appreciate a break. I tend to nab a sticker theme for the week and then pick a pen color to compliment. So each week is different and also gives me plenty of time with pen types/brands to decide my favorites.

[@MsCarolinaDreamz]

I have stickers and stamps and the whole team. I can't commit to play ball. I'm ill ♡

[@anjichurch4406]

Design-seeds.com has color schemes

[@hueypju]

"Metric shit-ton" BA HA

[@safatalha2953]

Wooo im first

[@CindyGuentertBaldo]

🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

[@safatalha2953]

Hhehehe

[@safatalha2953]

Tysm whenever i need pen recomendations i come here first

[@iena7719]

"Deny my husband bewbs" 💀

[@isabellepoynter5193]

“Size matters.........” that’s what she said

[@lenarenee6039]

You almost lost me as I am a blue pen user but then it turns out we have so much in common, I thought I was the only that denied their husband bewbz!!!!

[@nacho_queen]

I can’t keep a straight face any time you say tip.

[@r.liebgott1543]

I love the swearing.

[@StatGoddess]

Rule 0: there are NO rules!