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Hi! I have been carrying a small A7 journal in my purse everyday since about July of 2025. I'm on my third one and have recently upgraded from the Midori A7 to the createwithpen A7 to last me longer. That has, fortunately, been a success. I have come into a bit of a problem. Since my notebook lasts longer, I have longer lists that I want to transfer or keep on hand in the following journals. I don't want to carry both or spend time and pages copying them over when I switch.

What do y'all typically do? I'm almost done with this one and am about to have to figure this out.

For the fun of it, here are a few pictures of said A7 journals and lists.

Thanks in advance!

I’ve made my own leather journals and I’m quiet proud of the result :)! What do you guys think ? What colors should I try next? Also do you know what are some good brands for some refills…

Quarter included for scale. I'm very excited about this tiny notebook and small pen. I plan to throw it in my purse and will use it to jot down movie/book/restaurant recommendations that I get from friends.

I'm the MOD over on the r/Stationery sub, and I've started tracking all Worldwide Stationery-related events... apparently, this has set up an algorithm that notifies me of ALL events 👀, so I decided to keep an eye out for certain ones.

I'm excited to see this community thrive with all of the events and community gatherings taking place. Not to mention that planner season is upon us again, and sexy new notebook designs are being shown all over IG. I have promised myself I wouldn't buy any more... although I will be attending BunguLA in October, and there is no telling how many I might pick up there! 😂

Anyhoo, this is my share of the day.

I really like brain dumping, i write with my best handwriting in the TN that I have, with an original twist of writing (I thought I was the only one who over-writes) and write like life’s a mess in another pocket diary. If I have neither of them with me then I take any paper I see and just start with a pen that I can get my hands on.

Neo Agenda for EDiT from Mark's Inc.

I remember falling in love with Tomoe River 52 gsm paper from old machinery the first time I used it years ago and no paper has close to it ever since until I tried Neo Agenda paper. It reminded me of that feeling again, the feeling of being in love with something.

Thin paper, crisp lines, smooth surface with just the right feedback, ink color representation is wonderful, high sheen and shading, minimal ghosting and absolutely no bleedthrough (except aggressive inks like Noodler's Baystate Blue).

The ruling on the paper is a 5mm dotted grid which is very faint in color that fades in the background with actual writing on it.

I still have loads of Tomoe River 52gsm old machinery paper in the form of loose sheets and notebooks and I feel I'm going to do that with this paper as well.

Inks used in Pilot Parallel pens :

6.0 mm - Taccia Ruri

4.5 mm - Bril Turquoise

3.8 mm - Taccia Sabimidori

3.0 mm - Aurora Blue Black

2.4 mm - Pilot Yama budo

1.5 mm - Diamine Bilberry

Kon Peki and Sailor 123 ink swatches were done using Speedball B-0 nib.

Have you used this paper? What do you think about it?

It also had plans for a food truck on a different page.

Hello,

I recently bought the OTHO GS02 0.5mm. I really liked it. But, some days ago, it fells and its retractable button just broke. An internal piece broke, so I cannot repair it

I like to have a retractable fine gel point pen with my pocket notebook to easily write anything.

I am left writing (so I need a gel pen which dry quickly) and I do not want to spend more than 20€ one time again for my pen.
Do you have any pen to recommend ?

Honestly, the rough and matte finish feels really nice. Great for asmr lol.

Apparently I have added 222 g of journaling in the form of stickers, washi, collage, tabs, paint, glue and whatever else I’ve been stuffing into this poor thing.

I love it more the chunkier and more beat-up it gets.

Inspired by this post https://www.reddit.com/r/fountainpens/s/lkaAjMiJOh, I placed an order for several Staples Composition Notebooks.

To my disappointment, the ink bled through the paper like crazy. I think it's because the ones I got were Made in Egypt, but the OP of the other post got ones Made in India.

I guess even if it's exactly the same brand, exactly the same SKU, the fountain pen friendliness is vastly different depending on the country of origin.

I recently bought some affordable A7 notebooks from Apica, and realized that they’re about the same size as a credit card; so I decided to make this TN Card Size style wallet that holds one (or up to three) of these tiny books, a pen and two cards. It’s a little thick coming from a single card wallet, but not as thick as a traditional bifold wallet. I’ve been using it every day and getting a ton of use out of the notebook! 😊

Hey guys, so I made an app - A5 Journal, I know there’s tons of journaling apps out there but it’s the only one that is timestamped and immutable so it can hold up when it matters… not too much fluff but it’s a beautiful UI. I’m just wondering it’s been out for a couple months now and I’ve only achieved a few subscribers.
I put a few posts on TikTok, some YouTube shorts, posts on Facebook and what not but I have no idea how to actual market this thing… how to actually get it in front of people that need to document their days and are still using notebooks/journals for work or liability purposes.
Any advice would be great, I’m very proud of my app but I am sad to think that it might just not go anywhere 😔
I also don’t have a huge online presence so my posts probably aren’t even reaching much people at all… 🤦‍♀️

Advice?

finished grad school. I used A5 sized books as they were small enough to use next to my laptop when I was at the library or using coffee shop tables. I also discovered pencils and now use them on top of my fountain pens.

mostly Maruman Mnemosyne because they had title sections at the top so I can track what I was taking notes on. some clarifontaine.

I cut these from the spine. So they're still blinded together, I need reccs! Should I make these into Traveler's journal inserts?? I love Moleskine and Leuchtturm, but they get expensive every year, lol

I had planned to share a small notebook haul from my shopping trip on the first weekend of this month earlier, but I decided to post about my current journaling system first. All the notebooks shown in the image were purchased from Dollar Tree.

(Also I just realized that I technically bought 2 notebooks that looked exactly alike, but it's whatever lol, since I can easily use a sharpie to mark them on the front so I can tell them apart when I start using them!)