I am starting 2025 off with a journal/planner theme that is all icy blues, and that hopefully feels like a quiet blanket of snow. I am hoping that it will fill me with a sense of tranquility, peace and reflection as I head into a new year. Mostly. I will probably be cold but at least I’m leaning into my blue and grey inks and supplies.
I’m starting my theme with the Patreon exclusive printable monthly calendar in my B6 Stalogy, as I liike to do.
I am throwing in a small assortment of blue and grey markers and gel pens and my featured fountain pens are my Sailor Pro Gear Slim “First Snow” from last year and my Pelikan M600 White Stripe, AKA The Ghost. I’ve filled the Sailor with Callifolio Gris de Payne and the Pelikan with, of course, Diamine Ghost.
I am starting off with a few simple page decorations and I will then go back and handwrite in my days of the week and then I’ll be all set to log my daily activities.
Below is the YouTube video of my process and more detailed descriptions of setting up my planner. Please let me know if you’d like to see more videos like these.
Links for everything mentioned above and in the video are listed below.
Pens & Ink:
- Pentel Fude Touch Brush Sign Pen
- Zebra Mildliner Double-Sided Highlighter Brush – Brush / Extra Fine – Mild Smoke Blue
- Uni-ball Signo UM-151 Gel Pen – 0.38 mm (Grey no longer available)
- Pilot Juice Up Gel Pen – 0.4 mm
- Sailor Pro Gear Slim Fountain Pen – First Snow – 14k Medium Fine – Limited Edition (no longer available)
- Pelikan Souverän M405 Fountain Pen – Silver-White – 14k Medium (Similar in color to White Stripe)
- Diamine Green Edition Standard Ink – Ghost
- Callifolio Gris de Payne
Stickers, Washi Tape, Etc.
- 2025 Mini Monthly Calendars Sticker Sheet (24-026)
- Col-o-ring “Oversize”
- Col-o-ring Ink Testing Book (Standard Size)
- Winter Wonders Sticker Sheet (24-010)
- Winter Florals Sticker Sheet (24-025)
- Date Dots Sticker Sheet (24-017)
- Branches Washi Tape (10mm wide)
- mt Solids Washi Tape – Silver – 15 mm x 7 m
- 12 Rolls Christmas Floral Washi Tape
- Decorative Washi Masking Tape Sticker Paper (54 Sheets, 2pk)
- Midori Transfer Stickers – Gold Foil – Star – 1 Sheet
- MU Print-On Transfer Stickers – Lunar (066) – 2 Sheets
- 200 Pcs Retro Nature Junk Journal Kit
- 40 Pcs Celestial Washi Stickers
- Print On Stickers (sets shown in video no longer available)
- 100 Pcs Dot Washi Sticker Roll 8 Design (similar to washi sheets shown)
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