Let’s get to know Amanda! Are you a native Houstonian? If not, how long have you lived here?No! I moved here two years ago from Washington, DC. How did you first get into stationery? And how long have you been into it?While I’ve always been into organization and stationery since the agendas we were given in middle school, I officially discovered the online planner community in 2015 from Elle Fowler (a popular beauty/lifestyle YouTuber at…
Odds are that if you are a notebook person, you have done some commonplacing even if you did not know the name for it. When you come across a quote in a book (or a shirt, or some graffiti) you really like and you write it down? That’s a Commonplace. Those screenshots you take? If you look back at them that’s a Commonplace. They are more like a database than a diary. – balzerdesigns How…
Get out your notebooks and pens, we’re going journaling. An informal poll in Discord proved that most of us want consistent journaling habits. We have the notebooks. Boy do we have the notebooks. We have the pens. The stickers. The ephemera. We have it. In piles. And now we’re gonna use it. But I have notebook paralysis! But I don’t want to mess up the first page! But it’s not gonna be IG worthy! But…
Sooner or later in the journaling community (probably sooner) you might hear a reference to a Traveler’s Notebook (abbreviated to TN) but what a Traveler’s Notebook is might not always be clear. Traveler’s Notebooks were created by Midori (now Traveler’s Company) in 2006. Surely people traveled and wrote about it in a notebook before then, but Midori put a stamp on it. It’s a well-crafted piece of leather, a few strings, and the rest is…
We want you to get to know some of the members in Houston Journal Society. Meet Toasty! Are you a native Houstonian? If not, how long have you lived here?Nope, but I’ve lived here 15 years! How did you first get into stationery? And how long have you been into it?I’ve loved stationery for as long as I can remember. School supply shopping was my favorite time of the year, and I loved going to…
Fall / Back to School time means it’s planner time. The most wonderful/stressful time of the year. Social media is full of planner choices for 2025 when we still have a quarter to go. Target and Barnes & Noble already have the calendars and planners on display. The Hobonichi line-up drop has you trying to convert time for when you can place an order to Japan. But if you’re unsure where to start, here’s a…
We want you to get to know some of the members in Houston Journal Society. Meet Jamie. Are you a native Houstonian? If not, how long have you lived here?Lived in Houston area since 2013 How did you first get into stationery? And how long have you been into it?I’ve always loved stationery! When I was younger I had a ton of notebooks I used as journals and I’d decorate the front with stickers. What…
Bullet Journal (BuJo) Day is August 8th so you might have seen social media posts about the day. But a lot of people are intimidated by the process of bullet journaling so I’m going to give an overview! What is a bullet journal? Bullet Journal® (aka Bujo) is a mindfulness practice designed as a productivity system. It will meet you wherever you are to help you process the past, organize the present, and author your…
We want you to get to know some of the members in Houston Journal Society. Meet Bre. Are you a native Houstonian?Yes! How did you first get into stationery? And how long have you been into it?Always. I’ve always had a tote bag on me since I was a kid. But in Middle School (Johnston!) we got these pencil and notebook vending machines and I was immediately obsessed. What is your current journal/planner style? Do…
I don’t know about you, but I was soooo nervous the first time I went to a stationery meetup. What do I bring? What do I say? What do I do? What if I mess something up? What if I commit some sort of stationery sin? Worry not, because it’s time for a little etiquette lesson from your pal Toasty. I’m here to help you have a successful meetup and make stationery friends without stepping…