I got my first traveler's notebook last year for a trip to Italy, and I've been hooked ever since. I use mine to keep track of everything! If it isn't written down, it pretty much doesn't happen! It serves as a reminder to drink my water (especially on concert day!), to take my supplements and meds, pay bills, keep appointments, etc. It also functions as a food planner/diary, a to-do list, a journal and sometimes even a scrapbook.
I have found that a beautiful page in my TN can make even the most mundane of tasks more enjoyable. It's a great place to experiment and discover how colors play together, how various mediums interact, even to discover good ways to fix oopsies (like how to cover up the mistake I made when I forgot to mask the 31 when stamping the calendar for April).
I use de Atramentis Document Black ink in my Lamy Safari fountain pen to write in my journal before any using water-based media. I hand-letter the day of the week with a Tombow Fudenosuke hard brush tip pen. Any stamping is also done using an ink that will not run, like Stazon or Ranger Archival ink. The water-based media make the pages wrinkly and crinkly...they have such a charm when you're finishing your journaling or perusing your pages later on!
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Date: Thursday, March 30, 2017 GMT Views: 262
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Fri, Mar 31, 2017 @ 6:09 PM
Your hand-lettering is gorgeous. I love the way the colors ran and the more intense drops of them. I smiled at your writing "sleep in" on your list of things to do!