I love writing everyday and I use to love to draw. I’ve gotten into crafting when making a card for a girlfriend and noticed I really loved it. I just came across on UA-cam the TN’s and am so excited ab the notebook and inserts and have literally watched hours of peoples journals and how they have them. I hope to buy one soon to start recording memories. Thanks so much for your videos!
The travelers company TNs are definitely worth the money. I’ve had mine for seven years and it’s even more beautiful than the day I bought it. It’s been on lots of adventures with me. Hope you love yours as well! Happy journaling😄
I love visiting state parks and national forests, there are often free pamphlets in the visitor centers talking about native plants, birds, and different bugs ! They make great journaling material and often have fun nature illustrations or make great collage paper!
I'm not much of a painter, but when I want to add some splashes of colour or a wash for a background I use my fountain pen ink, that I already use for writing. I don't buy washi or stickers, but I cut up strips of magazines or punch out circles out of paper I use for collages, kind of using the same thing for different purposes...
Cool video! Unfortunately these things are very typical American/Canadian.... In Europe we neighter have Daisos, nor dollar stores, nor thrift stores nor coupons like these 😂
I am Swiss and where I live we don’t have any Japanes’s stationary shops … just things from Germany… I always spend too much money on shipping and taxes costs… 😢
I think in Europe Flying Tiger might be somewhat similar to these stores? And surely there are thrifts stores in Europe too, at least in Finland 😊 Maybe some used book stores would be also good?
@@papuknots8146 Happy mail could also be an option! I love to save cute tins, but it’s impossible to find empty individual pans for watercolour in Japan! I’ve used plastic bottle caps before, but they’re too large. There are other things that are hard to find here, like background pages or scrapbooking ephemera. This has been slowly changing.
Great ideas although i think the thift stores are quite expensive i live in England .and if i like a vintage book i am never going to pay five dollars 99cents for one book.
I love thrift stores!! I started going to be eco friendly and then I realized the money saving potential too! Another thing that I do to be wallet friendly is to print my own stickers. Like the quality art supplies you mentioned, there was a hefty initial investment but I was able to get my silhouette used which helped. Not only do I only have to buy a digital sticker once, I also don’t have the issue of running out of one sticker on a sheet but having extra of others. It helps me to avoid the need to horde my stickers because I can just print more if I run out
In the States, National Parks and affiliated sites have at least one location where you can use a passport-style cancelation stamp. I collect them in a NPS Class Passport. They also have sticker sheets with informational stickers, one for each NPS region, released each year. I like to buy a packet whenever I visit a site featured in one. These sticker packets have been available since at least the 90s, so it would be too expensive for me to order all of the ones released to date! They're a few bucks each. I don't usually spend much at national parks gift shops: usually a postcard or two for my journal, a pin if I see one I like, a pressed penny or two, and the aforementioned sticker packet if available. Then there's the aforementioned cancelation stamp and any free brochures, maps, other info packets.
Hello 👋🏿 Nice video 👍🏿 If you are in Montreal Quebec Canada, -Dollar Max also have cool art supplies for Scrapbooking and low cost - Also Papeterie de l’Est is quite good for low price. Have a blessing day 🙏🏿
Would also recommend buying art supplies second hand from like Mercari or something. Some people on there will offer samples of paints if you wanna try something and it's expensive. Or even ordering a set of paints/inks/etc with friends and splitting the cost and materials.
Also heard from Lindsay the Frugal Crafter (HIGHLY recommend her channel for diys, tutorials, and art supply tips) that a cheaper way to get Daniel Smith colors is to buy their Watercolor sticks cause they're cheaper than tubes and even more affordable to split that with friends.
I haven't stepped in a Dollarama in years! In Japan, the 100 yen shops that we have are Daiso, Seriya, Can Do, and 3 Coins Oops. Same with Value Village. Book-Off is a great place for thrifting in Japan. My fist watercolour set was a beginner set from Sennelier, which I later upgraded to a bigger set. I love Sennelier watercolours, but my palette has depleted a lot. I couldn't top up those paints often because they are quite expensive here, and I had to switch to locally made Japanese watercolours. I love Sennelier watercolours because they use honey as a main ingredient, and you can notice the difference immediately. Locally made supplies are fine too, but you do have to adjust to the different ingredients and materials.
Excellent advice with art supplies, they are better the more you seem to pay, at least buy into the basic Artist grade gear. Also worth a try is Gouache, it’s like oils to paint with but Is water based, will work well with paper for more vibrancy than watercolour.👍
Oh, my goodness! Thank you for making this video. I had requested you do this. Thank you for the tips. I will see if Daiso has a store near me. I hadn't thought of looking in thrift stores. That bag of stamps you found was amazing! Thanks again for creating this video.
Great video Job! My low budget favorite is the Dollar Tree (Crafter's Square brand supplies) they have great journaling supplies, and the Thrift Store. I was laughing when you were showing yourself looking at the stamps bag because that is so me 😂. I always go straight to that section and then to the books. I am waiting to go to the Daiso store because it is so far from my home by public transportation.
really great video! I go to travel shows and they always have a lot of books and stuff about different things to to, so I get those. Sadly there's no daiso where I am but I have found some things at the dollar store I use a lot (but mine don't have a lot of stationary, they just did it, don't know when though)
You missed the most fundamental part, the journal. Those famous Japanese journals like hobonichi are very pricey. Can you please also give some advice on saving on journals?
I would check out buy and sell groups of people detaching their notebooks! Some people buy multiple hobonichis or dated TRC inserts but don’t use them and usually at the beginning of the year and during the spring start, people will destash their unused notebooks!
Sorry job, but the first half of this video with voiceover sounds like a commercial to me. I really prefer it much more when you speak while filming instead of the scripted voiceover in the beginning.
On the USA and maybe Canada, you can go online to each state and receive a tourist package of state magazines, state maps and such for free.
I love writing everyday and I use to love to draw. I’ve gotten into crafting when making a card for a girlfriend and noticed I really loved it. I just came across on UA-cam the TN’s and am so excited ab the notebook and inserts and have literally watched hours of peoples journals and how they have them. I hope to buy one soon to start recording memories. Thanks so much for your videos!
The travelers company TNs are definitely worth the money. I’ve had mine for seven years and it’s even more beautiful than the day I bought it. It’s been on lots of adventures with me. Hope you love yours as well! Happy journaling😄
Yup, journaling doesn't have to be expensive. Resourcefulness matters and let our creative juices flow 😊
I love visiting state parks and national forests, there are often free pamphlets in the visitor centers talking about native plants, birds, and different bugs ! They make great journaling material and often have fun nature illustrations or make great collage paper!
Ooooh! Super fun tip! It’s like a free nature-inspired printable! Love this!
I'm dying to go to a Daiso!
How fun 🤩 🖍️
I love finding supplies, papers, magazines and books at thrift stores. ❤
Yessss to thrifted supplies!
Some craft supply stores also accept competitor's coupons, so always ask when you check out
I'm not much of a painter, but when I want to add some splashes of colour or a wash for a background I use my fountain pen ink, that I already use for writing. I don't buy washi or stickers, but I cut up strips of magazines or punch out circles out of paper I use for collages, kind of using the same thing for different purposes...
Cool video! Unfortunately these things are very typical American/Canadian.... In Europe we neighter have Daisos, nor dollar stores, nor thrift stores nor coupons like these 😂
I find it very interesting to read world perspectives. As a Canadian, I traveled a lot in the US and Japan, but I’ve never been to Europe.
I am Swiss and where I live we don’t have any Japanes’s stationary shops … just things from Germany… I always spend too much money on shipping and taxes costs… 😢
I think in Europe Flying Tiger might be somewhat similar to these stores? And surely there are thrifts stores in Europe too, at least in Finland 😊 Maybe some used book stores would be also good?
@@papuknots8146 Happy mail could also be an option! I love to save cute tins, but it’s impossible to find empty individual pans for watercolour in Japan! I’ve used plastic bottle caps before, but they’re too large. There are other things that are hard to find here, like background pages or scrapbooking ephemera. This has been slowly changing.
Thanks for watching Edina! I hope you have your own ways to find cost effective supplies!
This video and script are so tight and well-structured! Job, you're crushing it for real!
Thanks x tips❤
Thanks for watching!!
Estate sales and garage sales are also great places to pick up old books too!
Oooh yes! Thanks for the tips Cece!
Great ideas although i think the thift stores are quite expensive i live in England .and if i like a vintage book i am never going to pay five dollars 99cents for one book.
i love your videos
I love thrift stores!! I started going to be eco friendly and then I realized the money saving potential too!
Another thing that I do to be wallet friendly is to print my own stickers. Like the quality art supplies you mentioned, there was a hefty initial investment but I was able to get my silhouette used which helped. Not only do I only have to buy a digital sticker once, I also don’t have the issue of running out of one sticker on a sheet but having extra of others. It helps me to avoid the need to horde my stickers because I can just print more if I run out
In the States, National Parks and affiliated sites have at least one location where you can use a passport-style cancelation stamp. I collect them in a NPS Class Passport. They also have sticker sheets with informational stickers, one for each NPS region, released each year. I like to buy a packet whenever I visit a site featured in one. These sticker packets have been available since at least the 90s, so it would be too expensive for me to order all of the ones released to date! They're a few bucks each. I don't usually spend much at national parks gift shops: usually a postcard or two for my journal, a pin if I see one I like, a pressed penny or two, and the aforementioned sticker packet if available. Then there's the aforementioned cancelation stamp and any free brochures, maps, other info packets.
My favourite bargain supply is Dollarama tape runners. They’ve saved me so much money over the years and journals I did years ago have held up great!
OOOOhh! I need to try this out, Jacki!
Hello 👋🏿
Nice video 👍🏿
If you are in Montreal Quebec Canada,
-Dollar Max also have cool art supplies for Scrapbooking and low cost
- Also Papeterie de l’Est is quite good for low price.
Have a blessing day 🙏🏿
Oooh Dollar Max! Will have to check it out if ever I’m in Montreal!
Would also recommend buying art supplies second hand from like Mercari or something. Some people on there will offer samples of paints if you wanna try something and it's expensive. Or even ordering a set of paints/inks/etc with friends and splitting the cost and materials.
Also heard from Lindsay the Frugal Crafter (HIGHLY recommend her channel for diys, tutorials, and art supply tips) that a cheaper way to get Daniel Smith colors is to buy their Watercolor sticks cause they're cheaper than tubes and even more affordable to split that with friends.
Great tips, Jeanette! Thank you so much!
@@JobsJournal you're welcome. Thank you for the tips you shared!!
I haven't stepped in a Dollarama in years! In Japan, the 100 yen shops that we have are Daiso, Seriya, Can Do, and 3 Coins Oops. Same with Value Village. Book-Off is a great place for thrifting in Japan. My fist watercolour set was a beginner set from Sennelier, which I later upgraded to a bigger set. I love Sennelier watercolours, but my palette has depleted a lot. I couldn't top up those paints often because they are quite expensive here, and I had to switch to locally made Japanese watercolours. I love Sennelier watercolours because they use honey as a main ingredient, and you can notice the difference immediately. Locally made supplies are fine too, but you do have to adjust to the different ingredients and materials.
Thanks for sharing your experience Meghan! I hope you’re loving your watercolour palette!
Excellent advice with art supplies, they are better the more you seem to pay, at least buy into the basic Artist grade gear. Also worth a try is Gouache, it’s like oils to paint with but Is water based, will work well with paper for more vibrancy than watercolour.👍
Oh, my goodness! Thank you for making this video. I had requested you do this. Thank you for the tips. I will see if Daiso has a store near me. I hadn't thought of looking in thrift stores. That bag of stamps you found was amazing! Thanks again for creating this video.
Yay! Glad you found some tips helpful!
Great video Job! My low budget favorite is the Dollar Tree (Crafter's Square brand supplies) they have great journaling supplies, and the Thrift Store. I was laughing when you were showing yourself looking at the stamps bag because that is so me 😂. I always go straight to that section and then to the books. I am waiting to go to the Daiso store because it is so far from my home by public transportation.
Oooh I have yet to go to a Dollar Tree but I’ll have to check it out! Thanks Denise!
@@JobsJournal You bet 🤗, always 💕
Hey Job
nice video. Will you make a video of all your Travelers Co. Special edition notebooks? And if any are secial to you and why?
Planning to soon!
really great video! I go to travel shows and they always have a lot of books and stuff about different things to to, so I get those. Sadly there's no daiso where I am but I have found some things at the dollar store I use a lot (but mine don't have a lot of stationary, they just did it, don't know when though)
Oh that’s so cool, Brittany! Thanks for sharing!
You missed the most fundamental part, the journal. Those famous Japanese journals like hobonichi are very pricey. Can you please also give some advice on saving on journals?
I would check out buy and sell groups of people detaching their notebooks! Some people buy multiple hobonichis or dated TRC inserts but don’t use them and usually at the beginning of the year and during the spring start, people will destash their unused notebooks!
Loved seeing Dollarama on here! It’s so underrated omg.
PS: A new Daiso just opened up on Scott Rd (for any fellow BC art journalers watching!) 😌
OOooh I’ll have to check out that Diaso branch! Thanks for the tip!
Sorry job, but the first half of this video with voiceover sounds like a commercial to me. I really prefer it much more when you speak while filming instead of the scripted voiceover in the beginning.
THanks Pippi! I think variety is important so I will be continuing to do these types of video in addition to my unscripted videos.