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BluChickenNinja > The Paper Kind

Emma September 17, 2020 0 Comments

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...

How To Bullet Journal On A Budget

Emma August 8, 2020 2 Comments

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...

My Favourite Art Books For Beginners

Emma August 1, 2020 0 Comments

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...

Can You Use Watercolour In The Leuchtturm1917?

Emma July 18, 2020 0 Comments

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...