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@@janiekcarney5482 I bought this from Yoseka in NYC and it was packed OK I guess.

@@janiekcarney5482 Planning is different from journaling for me. Planning is FUTURE ORIENTED. Journalling is PAST oriented. So for planning I need dated pages. But you are right about journaling. That’s why I am changing things around for 2025 😊

@@janiekcarney5482 I failed though. I’ll talk about it maybe later 😅

@@FuckTheWoke99 It’s awhile back I can’t remember but I remember it being part of comic con. So this was a merch for that event!

@@quinn.leftyplans I will come back and explain 😄

@@rinl.6924 Yes I thought about that especially since I do wear glasses and in need of such a cloth regularly. But that’s very fiddly isn’t it 😅 Thanks for the suggestion! I will try it!

@@TraciFix I no longer use Kaweco but I just check that out if only just out of curiosity. Let me know if you ever find that wall cabinet for the inks!

@@danc7904 Yes indeed. Luckily I did buy their leather balm.

@@1remjr For the prices? I don’t mind. If I am paying $400 for each I would have protested. I am a big believer of small and family businesses like Galen, especially in countries outside the US. These guys have to make money. Amazon is a giant US corporation who has been known to treat their workers badly and have ruined a whole town in the US. Amazon doesn’t need my support, and most of their products are not up to my standard anyway. Except for factory made items such as electronics, or books, which I have stopped buying from Amazon and have been buying from local New Zealand or Australian companies and distributors instead. Some are tied to the US in some ways, but that is another story. Return shipping is also expensive from NZ.

@@TwoMiceOnMyBookshelf Yes I agree with you, but many of the sellers are small businesses that only use Amazon as a platform for better circulation. I recently bought a lamp from such a seller. You can see which ones are independent by clicking on the name of the seller. Also if you do need to return an item many of the vendors have free return shipping with prime. You are obviously a very wise lady. Thank you for the information.

@@1remjr Yes I know about those smaller sellers all over the world who have to operate on platforms provided by giant US corporations like eBay and Amazon ☺️ Being in NZ, the benefits in terms of things like returns are limited since we aren’t their main client base. With eBay it has to go through a dispute process which can be time consuming and mentally taxing. Thank you for dropping by with watching and commenting! It helps the video a lot! 🫶

@@TwoMiceOnMyBookshelfMy pleasure.

@@petekutheis3822 Just Turkish postcards, tea, and Turkish wet towels. I only received the pen sleeves recently after about four purchases in the last month totaling almost $1000. I have also been buying from them a lot since 2020. Maybe that is a variable?

@@psychedianic Are you talking about the Toyooka Craft’s pen box? Yes. I still prefer that. This one is more budget friendly, and a tad less sophisticated. But good enough and I am not too scared to damage it 😃 Yes, she is so chatty and a bit attached to me in a way I didn’t expect cats to do. But there are just us two in the house so I guess it makes sense. She always follows me upstairs and doesn’t like to be left alone downstairs 😅

@@erbtui I looked for sellers on eBay and Etsy 😄

Thank you so much for dropping by as always ❤

@@MM-pj4bl I know. Animal skin is an organic product. What I am saying is, higher quality tanneries won’t have that part of the skin for sale. Better quality producers like The Superior Labor and Ateliers Phileas will pay more for skins which will EXCLUDE these parts of the animal. You can get those for 40% more money and my recommendation would be to pay more for those. And not waste your money on this.

@@TwoMiceOnMyBookshelf some makers put those blemishes on their products intentionally. I make leather planners and I love those marks. The look of my covers is very “rustic” “old used saddle” kinda look lol. So, when I shop for hides, I actually seek out those with branding marks, scars, stretch marks etc. I think it’s beautiful. Go figure haha

@@MM-pj4bl I paid several hundred dollars not to have to do anything myself 😂 Thus, my original conclusion: UNLESS YOU ARE IN THE US, this isn’t worth the costs (after shipping and currency conversion).

@@TwoMiceOnMyBookshelf totally hear that! 😂

@@penthevision4706 Thanks for dropping by!

@@girlfrommars7015 ME! DM me on IG…??

​@@TwoMiceOnMyBookshelf Hi, just wanted to see if that person contacted you and you got these books back??

@@twinmomplanning1897 The Cherries in Bow & Tie caught my eye too. And yes I had to choose also 😅 Thanks for watching!

@@rlawrence9838 I have the special edition of that translation which came out years ago and bought it after they went out of print only because it was bound and designed nicely. I haven’t checked any recent ones. Which year? Personally, for now, my good standard is Haddawy’s. Mine the Everyman’s Library but it seems Random House owns everything now. I know Penguin published his translation too. Have you read one of those? Thoughts? I really regret selling these by Folio Society. Again only because it is such a pretty set!!

@@Mysah Please tell Bungubox that I helped you decide to buy from them! 😄 Thanks so much for watching my video!

It is adorably cute. A bit too much hypes around it and the prices can get too inflated but with shopping around you can find reasonable deals 😁

@@psychedianic Yes!!

@@psychedianic Yes! It has been a while since I used one 😂

@@abigailhortencia5901 I know 😁

@@ek6151 me too!

It is always to hear that my stream of consciousness is enjoyable to you! It is not for everybody! 😆Thank you for watching and commenting!

@@Juliaplans No 😄

Also, I loved One Piece the series on Netflix (not the manga version) and I am eagerly awaiting Season 2!

@@pennycandyys I have yet to check out One Piece, I heard good things!

@@pennycandyys I sympathise with your feelings about health. Unlike you I was not a healthy child but sort of bloomed in my 20s and 30s. Now I am back the way I was in my childhood and teenage years. Maybe it is the hormones! Who knows. The Hon Weeks is the same on the inside as the standard Weeks isn’t it? I don’t know what Kanahei is, I will google 😁

@@stareenafraser Thank you 😊 I hope you are enjoying preparing for 2025!

@@dawnyWestScotland I sort of regretted buying Moomin this year. They are cute. But too expensive and the glossy cover gets boring really quick. Unlike some though I am not familiar with the story of Moomin. I just love the aesthetics.

@@psychedianic This is why I am very disappointed at these Hobonichi notebooks. If your recall how some people’s 5 year techo broke apart at the spine cover glueing and revealing the actual stitch binding, now THAT is the type of binding I expected. Having said that I think I remember somewhere saying that their notebooks aren’t made to the same standard. I suspect different people are manufacturing these books and techo. Now I want to check all my standard Hobonichi techo and compare them. I know the English A6 is solid I can feel it around the spine.

@@TwoMiceOnMyBookshelf Yes, I'd be disappointed too! When a brand such as Hobonichi has established a reputation for high quality (Zojirushi comes to mind as well), one expects that excellence all the time. To see it miss the mark is disheartening.

@@psychedianicThis is only true for their plain notebooks though. And the signatures are each stitched but then bound together with glue. Instead of stitched again. Also notice how the notebooks are sold under accessories. I am checking all the techo including the say free and avec and it seems that those are made to the usual high standard. At least the standard that I was introduced to by Hobonichi in 2019 😊

@@dawnyWestScotland 😆

@@kellylyons7611 It can be very useful to get an indication of what our mind is trying to tell us if we aren’t fully conscious of certain things.

I am so glad! 😊

@@penthevision4706 Yes. I would stick to the Seven Seas range personally myself. The changes in Tomoe River Paper now produced by Sazen is disheartening though.

@@psychedianic I have been procrastinating emailing them asking about it 😭 Yes I will let you all know 😁

The Galen marbling IS PRINTED so not real 😢

@@TwoMiceOnMyBookshelf Ah! Thanks for letting us know. There's no substitute for genuine marbling. The process of marbling paper is fascinating to watch.

@@kellylyons7611 Sadly no, I didn’t do any deep dive into Tomoe River Paper. But it will take you only a few seconds of Google ing though. You’ll find enough info about it all over the internet. It sent shockwaves throughout the fountain pen community when it was announced that the factory was closing soon after the pandemic due to increasing costs of paper pulps. As you can imagine 😅 Sanzen took over and we’ve all been surviving on old supplies ever since. Until now I guess. Writing on my Hobonichi 2024 with my fountain pen feels like trying to do water colouring on a duck’s back 💀 I am hoping that might just be the titanium nib. But I doubt it ☹️ That green sweater looks pretty grubby if you see me in it especially after the changes in my body shape in the last couple of years and there is no rescuing that one 😂

@@TwoMiceOnMyBookshelf ack, Anneke, I've bought several notebooks and notebook covers. now I need a pen. I have never had a fountain pen, let alone used one. but I'm NOT going to buy several. I will allow myself 1, maybe 2. I was looking at the ulpia 117 with ebonite on galen's website. is this absolutely ridiculous as my first pen? like I said, I don't want to become a pen collector. I just want a really nice 1 or 2. I like the idea of a niche house with an old material. somehow a plastic-based pen seems wrong, but that's my silliness. do you have any advice?

@@kellylyons7611 Fountain pens are so personal. I love Japanese ones specifically Sailor and Platinum but some don’t like the pencil like feedback they both give, while I do. Honestly just grab something that you like the look of and which cost you the least shipping when or if bought from the same seller as your other items. It has to be a trial and error process sadly. So if you have to start somewhere you might as well start with whatever drew you in. Buying trying selling giving away buying others to try again until you get what you like. That’s the only way 🧐

@@TwoMiceOnMyBookshelf by the way, I wish you wouldn't denigrate your looks and body so much. we get old. things change. embrace the change, don't resist. I love grubby sweaters by the way. like leather that gets beat up and only looks better with all of the nicks and dings and lovely patina. hah, maybe I should point that analogy at us aging folks!

@@TwoMiceOnMyBookshelf I was worried and suspected that you would say such a thing.