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BluChickenNinja > The Paper Kind
So I guess I should start with the obvious. I changed the name of my blog. If this has shown up in your WordPress Reader it means you were following my old blog and were transferred to the new one. For the last 7 years I have been blogging under the username BluChickenNinja and today I want to share some of the reasons why I made the change BluChickenNinja > The Paper Kind Changing my domain name was a spur of the moment decision, but also its something I’ve been thinking about for a long time. I started to hate the name BluChickenNinja. In 2013 it was a great and…
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How To Bullet Journal On A Budget
I wouldn’t consider bullet journaling to be expensive, but I need to acknowledge that I already had most of the stationery supplies that I use and paying £15 every 6 to 12 months for a new notebook is not a huge expense to me. But I know that some people won’t feel the same way. So today I want to share some ways that you can bullet journal on a budget. I know that personal circumstances will change how much money you have to spend on bullet journaling. I also know that stationery supplies can vary in price depending on where you live. For this post, I’ve tried to give…
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My Favourite Art Books For Beginners
I own a lot of art books, like seriously too many. Just the other day I bought a job lot of calligraphy books on eBay. It was cheaper than buying them individually, don’t judge me. You might be surprised considering I’m at art school but I didn’t do art during high school. A lot of what I learned came from books and you can do the same. So today I want to recommend 5 art books for beginners. I will say right now that these choices are very much based on my personal preferences and the type of art I like. If you’re looking for a book which will teach…
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Can You Use Watercolour In The Leuchtturm1917?
In the past, I’ve talked a lot about how to use a bullet journal. You don’t want to spend all your time decorating your bullet journal and forget to use it as a planning tool. I’m not saying you can’t decorate your bullet journal at all. I enjoy decorating my bullet journal pages, I don’t decorate to the same extent as some others who use bullet journals. But I do use a lot of art supplies in my bullet journal. And today I want to answer an interesting question, can you use watercolour in the Leuchtturm1917? I’ve used several different notebooks as bullet journals, but the one notebook I’ve used…
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Bullet Journal or Planner: Which Is Best?
Today I want to talk about a topic I spend a lot of time thinking about. Which is best: bullet journal or planner? It’s a bit more complicated than you may think. It’s hard to say for definite which one is better, especially when every bullet journal or planner is different and the way they are used is unique to the owner. So today I thought I would share what I like and dislike about the bullet journal system and paper planners. Even if we don’t figure out a winner I’m hoping you will be able to figure out which type of planning system you may prefer. I think its…