👉👉If you "hate" Moleskine notebooks, and looking for BETTER ALTERNATIVES, this video is for you: kzread.info/dash/bejne/k45-rNynl5rAipM.htmlsi=dlZW19PlT54UJFRf

I miss working at the bookstore. So many free Moleskines! The way you use yours is so free; I should stop overthinking my journaling.

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Wow!! Free?? Lucky!

@lordofgraphite

16 күн бұрын

FREE?!? 😮

@beverlyhollenbeck3406

14 күн бұрын

Yes!

@cledosliop4175

9 күн бұрын

OMG! Free Moleskine?! That sounds like free gold for me to take😂!

Hello, I am from Turkiye (sorry if this comment has any mistakes). Years ago I met with a notebook producer -for a project- that was actually making Moleskine, if I remember correctly Moleskine have special paper or special formula of paper. If producer doesnt use them, they immediately drop the producer. Many quality drops are about stiching and cover. Paper changes supposed to be super minimal to even notice. I am surpprised to hear people notice different quality of papers. Maybe the air conditions of factory/warehouse affect the paper but idk.

I've been using the weekly 12-month planner for years.. I get so excited to start a new year and a fresh planner.

I love the 18 month dailies 😍 its my notebook and my daily pages and I never run out of room

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Right!! The pages are alll there!! 😍😍

The Bic Velocity 1.6 ballpoint pen is my absolute favorite pen! It writes so smoothly. Thank you for this look at the planner!

@SeaweedKisses

11 күн бұрын

So smooth!!❤

I got my first Moleskine today! I got the expanded with plain paper. It’s going to be more of a scrapbook/quote collection/collage and whatever. It’s going to be a fun adventure I just know it! 😃

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Oh, fun!! May you enjoy the creative process and enjoy using your new Moleskine!❤❤

Mine came today! Mine was also in the green bag, but it was still shrink-wrapped and labeled like new. For $8, I thought it was a great experiment!

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Yay, happy you were able to take advantage of the flash sale! Can't beat $8 for over 400 pages~😀😀

@kerryhinkle3239

16 күн бұрын

@@SeaweedKisses I bought a 2nd one before the price went up! 👍🏼

This comment might seem super random but thank you for measuring the Moleskine thickness on Cm. It's very annoying when people only do it by inches.

I really like the moleskines! I definitely need to use up what I have 😊! I looked at the link and many people have bought it so the price has gone up😁! Thanks for sharing your great deal😊!

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

I should probably use up what I have first, as well. But just couldn't resist this deal! 😂It is unfortunate that the price has now been bumped up due to the influx of traffic😔

Oh wow I just ordered that yesterday to be delivered tomorrow! What a perfect timing!

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Enjoy it! ❤❤

@katyagurina1492

16 күн бұрын

@@SeaweedKisses so mine arrived just now and the packaging was also weird. You can tell that's why they were discounted so heavily. Perfect inside though!

Thanks. I like the Moleskines - light paper that works well with ballpoints and good binding. The heavier paper of other luxury brands annoys me

Thank you 💛 So glad I purchased one right after you posted this video, and I was able to get the $8 deal💛

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Yay!! So glad you were able to. Enjoy!

All the world ❤ MOLESKINE. The best of the best.

I remember the days when Moleskine had decent paper for fountain pens. After establishing a good reputation among fountain pen users, Moleskine cut the paper quality, and remained pricey. Very sad. Fortunately, quality alternatives exist, sometimes at less cost.

@leacea24

14 күн бұрын

Do you know of a good alternative for fountain pens? I love to use them just don’t like when they bleed through

@liberioescriba6158

12 күн бұрын

​@@leacea24 if you like moleskine, use the art series with higher gauge paper ...the bullet journal is quite cool, comes with a few bonuses

@SeaweedKisses

11 күн бұрын

@@leacea24Midori notebooks are my favorite notebooks to use with fountain pens, or Good Inkpressions notebooks. Here’s a video sharing my fountain pen friendly notebooks- kzread.info/dash/bejne/k45-rNynl5rAipM.htmlsi=b6JrjOwaYBj-AOIj

Wow, I never thought to buy these. You have the BEST ideas!

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

I love how many pages it holds! Coming across notebooks (over 400 pages) are hard to find.

I’m late to the party, so the notebook was 9.50…. But, I didn’t neeeeeeed another journal, why did you make it look so fun that I had to buy it?! 😜

Great ideas, your creativity has fueled my desire to create out of the box😎

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Aww, thank you. Appreciate it. I share in the hopes to inspire ❤❤

I love moleskine softcover. I refer to use ballpoint pens so it works great. I always enjoy your videos.

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Yes! It's nice to see that there are others that still using ballpoint pens.🥰

I saw your Instagram post and ordered one, can't wait to get it, thanks !

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Oh, yay! Hope you enjoy using it! ❤❤

Great find! I currently use the 18 month moleskine as my daily journal. There’s only a tiny date on top to cover up even if you buy an outdated version.

I really like the pocket Moleskine. Your pen test really demonstrates the paper quality. Another great video!

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Thank you! Appreciate the support!

Great video! Thank you! Just shared your channel with someone else who loves journaling too. 😊

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Aww, thank you! ❤❤

You can use whiteout over the days of the week and use this as a 5 year planner or just as a full 18 month planner starting in July and going forward. Great find!

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Great minds think alike as that is exactly how I intend to use this!🙌

Also I was going to say… I do the same thing with outdated. Right now Amazon has all their Hobonichi 1/2 off. That’s when I buy them 😜

I love softcovers and ballpoint pens and cream paper. Those are my go to. Evidently I am not the norm. 😄😂

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Then you are my type of people! We're rare to find 😂😂

Enjoyed your video. When you use the bic velocity 1.6 pen in the moleskine do you get ink blobs on the other side of paper?

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching. No, I do not experience the blob with the Velocity 1.6 like I do with the Bic Cristal 1.6.

@constancewebb2191

16 күн бұрын

@SeaweedKisses OK thank you. Maybe will try a fresh set of velocity pens. Thank you

I chuck my pen in there like that too! :D So convenient.

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Glad to see I'm not the only one 😂

Do you like a thicker pen, like a .5 or .7, & which is better?

@SeaweedKisses

9 сағат бұрын

@@kristinedonahue5113 for gel, I enjoy 0.7. For ballpoint, I use 1.6

There is also another lady's videos about Moleskine daily diary (also outdated) that she used as a notebook disregarding the dates. Congratulations on a great find!

@powthekicker8765

17 күн бұрын

Thank you! I got a little anxious knowing I’m facing an asynchronous diary! An opportunity for creativity! ❤

@YellowSunStar

17 күн бұрын

@powthekicker8765 I have used old planners for notebooks for years! It's simply using otherwise perfectly good bound notebook, with the addition of random dates- for which you can use as a prompt to use varied journaling paraphernalia.

@powthekicker8765

17 күн бұрын

@@YellowSunStarWonderful suggestion! ❤

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

It's such a handy hack!

@YellowSunStar

16 күн бұрын

@@SeaweedKisses absolutely! My on-the-go notebook is a cut-down version of a daily journal that I never really got to using. It´s a thick notebook, lovely 70 gsm, off-white paper. I just cut it a little bit smaller so it´s even easier to carry around and rounded the corners. Voilà!

They must've noticed an influx in orders for this notebook because the price jumped to $12 now lol. Still a deal though! Thinking of getting one for sure :)

@Soul_Watcher

17 күн бұрын

When I go to the link I’m getting $19.38. Sucks.

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Yes, it's unfortunate. I noticed that 😔😔

@MusicalSaraJo

12 күн бұрын

It’s $25 now.

I hate that they have eliminated the world holidays. it's not necessarily because I need the dates but the holidays were also indicated in the calendar on the dates. I don't want to have to look up everything. Also it's better to have a small reminder on the day rather than having to write them in myself. Maybe I'm just lazy but I found those "page fillers" to be very helpful.

I got mine today! I am redating for my work planner 2025 but will start using it this week!

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Yay! That's great to hear. Enjoy!

You read my mind - I was about to comment “is it the same size as the expanded?”. Thanks for this video!

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Glad this was helpful!

This year, I bought a daily and a weekly. The daily has a yellow sticker, and the weekly has a blue sticker. The one with the blue sticker can handle fountain pens, and the one with the yellow sticker is so bad! It could be a coincidence, though. Also, Homegoods has been flooded with Leuchtturm lately!

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Ahh, I see. If I ever come across a blue sticker, I'll be sure to make note of this. Thank you for the heads-up on Homegoods. Going to check this week! Appreciate it!

@cheesim

16 күн бұрын

@SeaweedKisses I got so many! 😆 Different HomeGoods stores have different stock, too.

As an ADHD Journal guy, I love this idea of adapting the outdated text and using the pages. Thank you for sharing!

@SeaweedKisses

11 күн бұрын

Thank you❤

I did actually notice a big difference in paper quality between two of my moleskines and the main difference (I didn’t think to check manufacturing) was that one had the QR code and branding printed on the end pages, and the other didn’t but had the pamphlet. (The better quality paper was in the pamphlet version, that I got on sale from staples). You could really tell the paper was less porous and the ink sat better on the surface instead of getting immediately absorbed and showing the pulp texture through the fountain pen ink. I’m glad to have a few copies with the better paper, but I’m not holding my breath re: finding more.

@waahtever

17 күн бұрын

I mean, I still wouldn’t call it fountain pen friendly exactly, but depending on the ink there’s the potential for little to no bleeding with regular writing so I’ll take my win 😂

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Ahh, interesting. Good to know, and thank you for sharing your experience. Will have to keep this in mind.

Crazy I couldn’t even find it now. Great find

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

thank you ❤❤

This was a very thorough review. Thank you. I’m trying to get through the journals I have right now. Journal envy…self control in full effect. 😅

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

I totally understand that! Us notebook lovers probably have enough to last our lifetime! 😂😂

I am keeping this one and returning my moleskine expanded because I ordered 3 expanded moleskines and they all came with the bad moleskine paper. This daily one had the good paper that actually takes highlighters I assume because it’s older.

👉👉jump to 05:00 for flip-through

I think it's great when the annual calendars or diaries are already reduced in the second half of the year. There are still plenty of opportunities to use them.😊

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Yes, exactly!

I’ve been buying these for years.

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

which paper design is your favorite?

@theplannereditor

16 күн бұрын

@@SeaweedKisses I love the 18month daily because of how thick it is. Randi.plans has one and her flip throughs are awesome! I love her moleskine daily. I wish they would make more with themed covers instead of the plain. I love the black cover but I also have an Alice in Wonderland 18 month. I haven’t finished one yet because I just love buying them when they are really cheap and I don’t care if they are outdated. Moleskine is my favorite regardless of what other people say LOL

If you want a version that isn’t a diary they do a 400 page notebook version

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Yes, I know, which I mention in the video 😊😊But this one was on sale for $8, so I couldn't resist.

👋🏽💚 Great find

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

thank you! ❤❤

“Gotta Catch it All!” Hehe 😋 🎼

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Hahaha!! Did the Pokemon song pop in your head, too? 😂😂

@MysticFox05

16 күн бұрын

@@SeaweedKisses it sure did! Haha 😜

Because my favorite weekly planner layout is moleskine and hobonichi weeks only (and the weeks is too small) I went on a quest to figure out a fountain pen and ink combo that works. What I learned is that my vintage pens, I use a Sheaffer Balance that’s nearly 100 years old, coupled with a heritage ink brand, Sheaffer or Parker Quink or Mont Blanc, works great on the moleskine. I also learned that the modern Platnium Preppy with an ef nib and any ink that isn’t really wet also works great. Right now I’m using my Balance with Microfilm Black Quink (yes, that’s vintage ink), but I do have other Sheaffer pens of 1930s and 1940s vintage that work equally well. I have a Lady Sheaffer from the 1960s I’m not as happy with in the moleskine.

@SeaweedKisses

11 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing your experience ❤

@user-zt5xz5fz4q

11 күн бұрын

@@ladyflimflam Amen.

Have you seen the paper Tess designs pocket daily???

@cfavero1

12 күн бұрын

Just scribble just posted a video

@SeaweedKisses

11 күн бұрын

I did! Although I’m not a fan of 52gsm TMR paper, it’s tempting…❤

After watching this video, I got one of these in Scarlet Red for $6!

@clairesladylair3624

16 күн бұрын

Watch out bc the weekly is not same as Daily.Make sure your order says Daily if you want the thick one.

@natmarie8523

16 күн бұрын

@@clairesladylair3624 good catch, and I noticed this right after I ordered it. I was able to find a 12 month daily for $11 which is still a good deal. Thank you!

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

I picked that one up, as well!! Couldn't resist the $6!

@clairesladylair3624

14 күн бұрын

@@natmarie8523 glad you got it! enjoy!

@clairesladylair3624

14 күн бұрын

@@natmarie8523 I am glad you got it. Enjoy.

A black book for $8 🖤📓 hehe

@SeaweedKisses

11 күн бұрын

Such a great deal❤

I love my 18m daily. I need a page per day to keep track of everything. The 2024-25 planner has 608 pages listed so even better. Should have by tomorrow. Previously, they listed it as 592 pages. Can't wait to see why more pages.

@SeaweedKisses

11 күн бұрын

Oh! Interesting ❤

Are the pocket sized notebooks moleskins as well? They look thicker.?)

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Yes, they are. The thicker Moleskine pockets are the daily agenda, like these here: amzn.to/45ZDSfJ

I enjoyed your review very much. Can you consider to doing a non-fountain pen review? I am interested in that Serasa (sp?) because of the nice colour. But I am always interested in new pens for journalling in particular. I am not so interested in fountain pens as I don’t seem to get along with them very well. Everyone these days seems hooked on the Twsbi, but I bought one at the end of last year (cost around €80) and the ink seems to pool every time I use it for some reason. The nice thing about fountain pens though is that my handwriting improves enormously with them. Perhaps you have a favourite non-fountain pen for the same reason?

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Yes, that's exactly what I show in this video at 12:50 - other non-fountain pens I enjoy. Besides BIC 1.6 Ballpoint, I enjoy the Pilot Acro as well.

I am SO switching to getting old calenders for my junk journals instead of regular notebooks I'm thinking about just cutting off the strip with the date on it, to make room for a pen loop within the cover... normally I put a pen loop to stick the pen in on top of the book, but if it could be placed actually IN the book... anybody think this could work? 🤔

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Hhhmm, it's worth trying!

@user-zt5xz5fz4q

14 күн бұрын

Amen.❤.

I used to love Moleskines back in the day when they first came out, strong and durable, I wasn't into fountain pens back then but I remeber jotting something down with an old Parker I was gifted and it worked fine. Nowadays, I had to ditch them because I realized that they are simply not worth the money, the paper is just crappy in every possible way, for the price they are asking, there is MUCH BETTER on the market.

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

Yes, you are right. That's what inspired another video sharing favorite notebooks better than Moleskine here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/k45-rNynl5rAipM.htmlsi=aOeKJvAsEejqcOM2

@user-zt5xz5fz4q

14 күн бұрын

Amen.❤.

What is brand is your reading journal

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

It's a Leuchtturm. This is the specific one here: amzn.to/3XSa6HK

Aw man. It's $24 now 😢

@SeaweedKisses

11 күн бұрын

I saw😭

I never knew the Bic 1.6 tip came in anything other than the Cristal! I love the broad tip, but the skinny barrel is uncomfortable for me.

@SeaweedKisses

11 күн бұрын

Yes, give it a try❤❤

I just wish the milestone paper was better. It seems to be getting worse over the years for bleeding

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

It still surprises my that Moleskine still hasn't made any changes, especially after years of their customers complaining about it😔😔

If you get an Amazon product in a bag like that, it was a return. I know because I shop at a few of the Amazon returns/bin stores in my hometown and a lot of the products are bagged that way.

@SeaweedKisses

11 күн бұрын

Good to know, thank you!

I go through these phases where I want a moleskin because the notebook is everything I want minus the paper.

I have been praying for years for Moleskine to come out with the yearly dated agenda in grid but up to today it only exists lined 😑

@SeaweedKisses

11 күн бұрын

Moleskine could certainly take some notes from their customers 😂

Moleskin has terrible paper mostly all pens bleed and feather terribly.

@SeaweedKisses

11 күн бұрын

Yes. That’s why I enjoy using it with ballpoint and light gel ink pens

This is your fault!!!!! Just kidding. I put this in my cart and probably because they are selling a lot of them the price is now $27.

@SeaweedKisses

11 күн бұрын

😅

Too be honest I was kind of disappointed to see this video. I bought a couple of these last week. But thanks to this video and it’s high view count, they raised the price from $8 to $11 to now $20. I knew that was gonna happen.

@SeaweedKisses

16 күн бұрын

So unfortunate they raised the price 😔😔But good thing you were able to grab a few

@VesperJester

16 күн бұрын

@@SeaweedKisses Yeah I wanted to get two more but it is what it is. 😞 At least some were able to get a deal out of this. Still a good video though.