How I'm documenting all the Fountain Pens and Inks in Notebooks and Journals. May 2023

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Many of you were curious about the way I document all the fountain pens and inky things. In this video, I'm sharing all the notebooks, journals, and cards I'm using and why I'm using them. Of course, none of this is necessary for you or anyone to enjoy and use a fountain pen. I fully admit that this is an area that I'm currently hyper-focusing on, but it brings me a lot of joy and amazing learning experiences.
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@chantalbeaulieu888 Жыл бұрын

Wow! I thought I was a nerd with my pens and inks… I really enjoyed this video! Thanks for sharing.

@seemownay Жыл бұрын

Nope, you are definitely not alone in your nerdiness!

@Rgc571 Жыл бұрын

WOW, a firehose of inspiration and ideas. Thank you for the effort. Best wishes.

@seemownay Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

@jodierennie5936 Жыл бұрын

Always fun to find more people like me:)

@seemownay Жыл бұрын

Yes, let's nerd out together!

@tattooedcat Жыл бұрын

I love your systems! I also love that I am in great nerd company! 🤘🏼😸🧡🖋

@seemownay Жыл бұрын

Yay - it's a lot of nerdery going on here.

@HandmadebyLorelei Жыл бұрын

Love your idea for the fountain pen journal you talked about at the end. You should totally collaborate with a notebook company and make a notebook with all those basic notes printed on each spread--- kind of like the ink swap notebooks! That would be so cool.

@seemownay Жыл бұрын

That's a cool idea! I should start that pen journal project once I've moved. I gave up on arting as well so I should have more time too. And it kinda feels like art too.

@alicecollins8241 Жыл бұрын

So much to take in, I'm inspired to set up an ink journal to get a better study of the Inks that I own in bottles. Thanks for info😮

@seemownay Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you liked it! Hope you enjoy playing in your ink journal!

@MummyBrown Жыл бұрын

Those "color studies" are a great idea! I love seeing how fellow nerds feed their "nerdery." 😁

@seemownay Жыл бұрын

Right? I like those too. I didn't know if they were useful but the more I'm filling up, the more I like it. And reference it too.

@Heidejournal Жыл бұрын

I love all your notebooks, so well organized and neat ! ❤ I have my pens and inks listed in various places as well. A Hobonichi Weeks like you for logging new pens/inks and when I change out an ink in a pen, a collections ring binder for my pens and another one for my inks. The one for the pens is sorted by brands so this way I can easily add another pen by adding a sheet of paper at exactly the spot I want it to go. The ink collections binder is sorted by color. Then I have another binder where I log the pens with the current ink and that one is also sorted by color which makes it easy for me to see what pens are inked with similar inks - because unlike you I don‘t use a rainbow palette for one month but inks that are of the same color for one week. :) Then I have a personal sized insert with 52 gsm TRP that is tucked into my Weeks cover and just lists all my pens and inks for „on the go“… this way I don‘t have to carry my ring binders around with me. I just love listing all the things and don‘t mind if I have to do it over and over again… ;) And did I mention that I also have an Excel file ? :D

@seemownay Жыл бұрын

I'll share a closer look at the pen and ink notebook next week, I think and I totally cut the pen notebook up and put it into rings, because I wanted to have them sorted by brands and also be able to take out the pens I have sold. I don't have an excel file but I do log in fountain pen companion. LOL.

@Heidejournal Жыл бұрын

@@seemownay I really want to upload my stuff to fountain pen companion… I have an account, but don‘t seem to have the time to work on it… ;)

@seemownay Жыл бұрын

I did it over several sittings while watching youtube. It felt great once it was done!

@katygrowscreative Жыл бұрын

Really love this! Thanks for sharingl I got some ideas!

@seemownay Жыл бұрын

That's what I was hoping for!

@nlamproplos Жыл бұрын

Seeing your Agatha Christie book reminded me to thank you so much for your Amazon favorites recommendation of The House by the Cerulean Sea. I loved it so much that I'm sure I will reread it in the future. I have only reread two other books: The Color Purple and Prince of Tides. Thank you!

@seemownay Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing! I'm so glad you found a favorite book. I loved it too. If you're interested in another (maybe two) book that I loved: A Lesson in Chemistry. This was a romance (?) but the underlying criticism and reflections of society was what drew me in and made it a favorite. And then I'm currently listening to Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Might be my second favorite for this year.

@nlamproplos Жыл бұрын

@@seemownay Thank you! I'm off to look them up!

@nlamproplos Жыл бұрын

@seemownay Have you read Anne Perry's William Monk series? They are set in Victorian England. Besides being interesting mysteries in their own right, they are rich in social commentary. The series starts with The Face of a Stranger.

@seemownay Жыл бұрын

No, I haven't. I'll check it out!

@patriciadaibes Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing! ❤

@seemownay Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@creationsbylyzz786 Жыл бұрын

I would like to see more of your ink flight journal of the ink comparisons. You showed a small clip and i was like oh snap now i want see it all! It would be interesting to see a fountain pen journal about the fountain pens themselves (the idea for a journal you showed at the end). I know alot of people get into the hobby specifically for the pens. So that could be something alot of people may be interested in seeing and learning how your journey began with a specific pen. I know i would be. Seeing your ink explorion journal a few months ago i did something similar but then recently seen a lady’s video from like 4 years ago who went to a disc bound system and have since restarted making mine with tomoa river loose leaf paper i already had and hole punched to go into my happy planner set up stuff i already had and am loving it bc i can take out and move pages. Only started it a week ago but already love it even tho my paper is a5 and my happy planner stuff is classic size 9x7ish my preferred size but i am still loving it even with the smaller a5 paper in it

@seemownay Жыл бұрын

I'll put that on my list for videos to film next, as I'm moving soon, it's going to be closer to the middle of July, but it's coming. I agree! I think for reference purposes and convenience an ink journal in rings would be amazing. I decided to just continue with whatever notebook I have at hand and not even lock myself into a specific size. I might at one point write out an "index" but so far I remember.

@sasjastroo Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for showing this! I love how you test and actually use all those beautiful inks! I write with fountain pens every day for decades now and I buy nice coloured ink samples or bottles sometimes, but 99 percent of the time I use water resistant black or brown ink, so I really admire you! Thank you!

@seemownay Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I do enjoy writing with lots of colors. However, I also have two pens permanently inked with a waterproof fast drying black ink.

@arlenet.1520 Жыл бұрын

Hi! New subbie here today. New to fountain pens and fabulous inks. I’m going to buy a Hobonichi for my ink journal for next year.Thanks for sharing this idea with us newbies who don’t know where to start…have a great weekend!

@seemownay Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for subscribing! I'm glad you found some inspiration!

@cerealnana Жыл бұрын

I find your whole system very intriguing! I keep changing mine. I have the same problem of buying nearly the same ink over and over. They look different in the large swatch, but not so much in the writing!

@seemownay Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I switch things up when they don't work any longer. But so far, it seems to work well. Maybe I'm putting too much thought into these things ... yes, so true about the large swatch and the writing. If that happens then I'm trying to choose the wettest and most unproblematic ink of the bunch. And of course, cheapest.

@beccacarrillo Жыл бұрын

It looks like you have started using the Wearingeul Swatch Book now; I saw the inserted section. It looks great and is exactly what I want to do. I ordered a book for myself shortly after you received yours but I haven't started it yet. I'm trying to decide how to set it up, colorwise...as in a rainbow or just with which colors I like best or what. Problem is allowing enough pages to handle the colors when I add more. I think it would bother me if I ran out of space for a color and then it would be out of order. I need to just jump in and do it or the book will sit unused.

@seemownay Жыл бұрын

I had the same problem. I decided to just go ahead and start. I used paper clips to group together like colors in my swatch card box. It's never going to be perfect, so that's how I'm doing it right now. I actually like when there is a totally different color on the next page. For colors where I have more than the nine swatches on the page, I'll move to the next page. And if at a later date it will spill over, I'll start on the next free page. Since the paper is so thick you could also apply the "ring planner trick" of clipping the paper at the holes and then carefully reorganizing the whole book when you are done. Maybe that option will work for you.

@ichirofakename Жыл бұрын

Yikes, are you ever THOROUGH! I would regard all this documenting as work, but obviously for you it is fun.

@seemownay Жыл бұрын

I'm glad we can all do as we like. Yeah, these hyper fixations happen to me quite frequently. I'm very happy where I am right now, it feels I'm learning a lot. And yes, it is fun for me. And if it's no longer fun, then I hope I notice and switch things up or stop.