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...and a failed cover.
 January 2023 Calendar  Collection 131 & Weeks 1-4  Athena by Hector M Lugo @ShadowOfOlympus @HellenicPrayer  Collection 132  Collection 133  Collection 134  Collection 135 & Week 5  Collection 136  Collection 137 
I was unwell for a lot of 2022; visiting doctors often. March, May, June calendars suffered and finishing things were almost an impossibility. Most of the doodles I did accomplish, I LOVE, especially the owls (that I absconded from Pinterest). CALENDARS
SOME SPREADS
SOME EXTRAS
 Rhodia Goalbook
 Stalogy 365Days Notebook
This book won me over for my 2022 book. The pages felt comparable to the Tomoe River paper I had become accustomed to. The crinkle... oh, the crinkle... of a watercolored page was music to my ears. I'll do a fountain pen ink test in another post. Stalogy Editor's Series 365Days Notebook Softcover 368 pages of thin, bleed-resistant paper. 4 mm grid pattern, printed in subtle gray A5: 21.0 cm / 8.3 inches x 14.8 cm / 5.8 inches Link to Stalogy at Jet Pens 
I saw someone carrying and using a leather covered bullet journal. I fell in love, So I ordered one,. It took almost two weeks or research before I settled on:
Unika
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Front & Back
As you can see, of all the inks & mediums I used, only the Sharpie bled through to the back. ​Then I broke the spine of the notebook and all hell broke loose. The signatures became misaligned and the smoothness of the edges became rough and uneven. It was also THICK. |
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Measurements:
1 1/8†thick (3 cm/ 30 mm) compared to a Nanami A5 (9/16†/ 1.5 cm / 15 mm) |
However, I tried several other notebooks in the cover and they worked just fine.(pictured below is the cover and an Artist's Loft hardback book. (measuring; (11/16†/ 1.8 cm/ 18 mm)
​I did, however, commission a friend to add some elastics so I could use it as a traveller's notebook. I am in absolute love!
​I did, however, commission a friend to add some elastics so I could use it as a traveller's notebook. I am in absolute love!
| Tomoe River paper is no longer going to be in production. Nanami will be using a paper called Zen that the owner didn't really care for and, so I went on a search for a new book for 2022. I had several criteria for the book I was going to be using: |  Paper Penguin Co. on Etsy had lots of paper for me to try. Cosmo Air Light was the talk of the journaling crowd so I was eager to try them. |
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Here are the photos from my Paper Penguin and fountain pen tests
- Mitsubishi Paper Mills Bank Paper: An amazing paper! A little too see through for my taste. I like see through but not that much.
- Cosmo Air Light Paper: Beautiful sheening! Especially on the individual letters. A little too off white for my taste. Do they even make a "white"?
- White Shiraoi Japanese Paper: No.
- Tomoe River Paper White 52 gsm: Even though I know it wouldn't be available, I got a small book of it anyway because her prices are great.
Here's the website for the Paper Penguin Co. https://paperpenguinco.com
I don't get a commission but tell Dominique I sent you! She's fantastic!
On my last order, I requested some fancy covers (her choice).
They were beautiful... all just my style.
I don't get a commission but tell Dominique I sent you! She's fantastic!
On my last order, I requested some fancy covers (her choice).
They were beautiful... all just my style.
The Search Continues...
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Erma has been drawing she was a small child. She received lessons in chalk pastels at age 7, taught herself calligraphy at age 11, and learned the basics of figure drawing at age 13. She became a professional calligrapher in 1995.
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