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Taking Your Monthly Logs To The Next Level!
10/14/19 4 min read
Taking Your Monthly Logs To The Next Level!

Monthly logs are super useful to see your month at a glance, and I always need to include one each month. However, apart from having a calendar with room for a few events each day, I really don’t need much on this spread. Therefore, to fill a two page spread,...

Hayley Remde
Hayley Remde
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How To: Magical October Cover Page
10/07/19 1 min read
How To: Magical October Cover Page

Hello, hello, hello! October is finally here and with it comes my favourite time of the year! Chilly weather, comfort food, baked goods, and best of all - spooky season! What's not to love about October?! This October, I decided to change things up a little. While I absolutely adore the...

Nabaa Afridi
Nabaa Afridi
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How To Create A Galaxy Quote On Your iPad
09/18/19 5 min read
How To Create A Galaxy Quote On Your iPad

I absolutely love lettering, and now I have an Apple iPad and Pencil I love it even more! Whilst I still do most of my planning work in my journal to get the dimensions and layout right, an iPad can take this design to the next level. In this blog...

Hayley Remde
Hayley Remde
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Three Simple Flower Designs To Make A Gorgeous Floral Illustration
09/11/19 6 min read
Three Simple Flower Designs To Make A Gorgeous Floral Illustration

Flowers are so incredibly delicate and pretty, and so many people make them look super easy to draw. But if you’ve ever tried, you’ll know that they’re not! It is really hard sometimes to get the proportions right, and there’s a fine line between making them look unique rather than...

Hayley Remde
Hayley Remde
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Painting On Your Journal Covers
09/06/19 1 min read
Painting On Your Journal Covers

Hello magical beings, nice to meet you! I am Cherlyn (@cherlynmark), here today to show you how I painted my journals. I love all things galaxy and ocean themed, and naturally gravitated toward them for my journal covers.  Materials Archer and Olive Signature Dot Grid Notebook Acrylic Paints Paintbrushes Pencil...

Guest Blogger
Guest Blogger
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Archer and Olive Blackout Book Lettering
07/31/19 1 min read
Welcoming Summer With The Blackout Journal!

Hello everyone! Welcome back to my second How To of this month! I recently received my Archer and Olive Blackout Book and can I just say...STUNNING!! I've owned quite a few journals in the past - a black page one included, but these are my absolute favorites! The thick black pages are...

Nabaa Afridi
Nabaa Afridi
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Lemone Theme Bullet Journal
07/24/19 2 min read
How To: Lemon Theme + 5 Fun Tropical Themes For The Summer!

Hello everyone! This is Nabaa from @whimsical.doodles bringing you fresh summery goodness! It's officially summer and what better way to enjoy the climate than by staying indoors, doodling? Haha, I kid! Regardless of how you spend it, summer is a fun time for many! I, for one, am super excited...

Nabaa Afridi
Nabaa Afridi
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DIY Three Beautiful Borders With A Rectangle Base
07/15/19 1 min read
DIY Three Beautiful Borders With A Rectangle Base

Hi friends, Adrienne from Studio 80 Design here today to share a fun project! I love creating simple and beautiful borders in my Archer and Olive Dot Grid Notebooks—the grid makes it SUPER easy to draw a border that’s even and symmetrical! Each border will start with a rectangle base...

Adrienne Castleton
Adrienne Castleton
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Bullet Journal Ideas - Lettering, Flourishes, And Shadows!
07/12/19 3 min read
Bullet Journal Ideas - Lettering, Flourishes, And Shadows!

Hello, friends, it's Liz from @thegraytergood again! I don’t know about you, but I’ve been dying to open up my new BLACKOUT book - I’ve never seen another dot grid journal with gorgeous black paper like this, or black paper at all for that matter. Let’s get into it!   ...

Liz Gray
Liz Gray
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Bullet Journal Travel Page Spread + Doodles
07/01/19 2 min read
Bullet Journal Travel Page Spread + Doodles

Hello, friends, it's Liz from @thegraytergood again! This time, I've got a cute little video for you about how I'm setting up my travel spread for the year. This is a busy year for us and we're hopping all over the US, so I've made it my goal to take...

Liz Gray
Liz Gray
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Adding Positive Quotes + Inspiration To Your Journal
05/29/19 1 min read
Adding Positive Quotes + Inspiration To Your Journal

One thing I’ve loved adding into my bullet journal spreads lately is an illustrated or painted quote/saying. Not only does it provide a nice splash of color (or black in my case 😂) and a bit of motivation it encouragement when I’m flipping back through the pages.   While I’m...

Liz Gray
Liz Gray
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Blending With Gel Pens | How To Create Gel Pen Gradients
05/17/19 1 min read
Blending With Gel Pens | How To Create Gel Pen Gradients

  Recently I was gifted with some (totally awesome) gel pens. Such a flash back! We used these all the time in junior high. What I have now discovered, that I was unaware of all those years ago - gel pens blend REALLY WELL! It's super easy, and I can't wait...

Bonnie Kuhl
Bonnie Kuhl
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