I wonder if they save the fancy wrapping for affiliates. I've placed three good-sized orders and mine all just came tossed in the box with a bit of bubble wrapping. Fine, nothing damaged, but definitely no pretty pink paper and ribbon.
I’ll take that from Journalsay vs the mass amount of confetti and shredded paper that you seem to keep finding for months afterwards. I’m curious if, like Stationery Pal, Journalsay has super low prices, and then incredibly high shipping costs so that it basically evens out to just buy from Amazon or JetPens?
It’s fun when you share the surprise with us. It’s not that I think Audrey should do all your ordering for you, but this Journalsay tradition is a good one. I want the typewriter clip! One can never have enough fun clips. The Longque pens remind me of the Sarasa Vintage series. Someone should come up with tweezers that are slightly tacky on the inside so that when one picks up a flake sticker or a roll of washi with backing and pinches gently, then releases the tweezers, the stickers and the backing separate. That would be a nifty item for the Inky-D store. I’ll have to think about this some more. The sea jellies are beautiful. Does that eraser plunger have any suction to it? Because if it does, I’ll get one to keep in my purse to pick up credit cards. Give a man a fish, and he’ll store his pens for a day. Teach a man to sew fish and he’ll buy more pens to store in them. I have a couple of those cutting pads. They are incredibly useful and “self-healing.” That’s a phenomenal haul, especially for the price. Well Done, Audrey! Thanks for sharing, Mike!
The Kokuyo paper is similar to Seyes Ruled paper for French Cursive (standard cursive taught in France) and the lines are for ascenders, descenders, regular and capitals. The Seyes Ruled looks a little different, but very similar to that. Cursive in France looks quite different from standard USA cursive (which I guess isn’t taught anymore) and is definitely much prettier. You see it as a font, often, and it is straight up and down instead of slanted. (I was an exchange student in France in high school, so was used to that and graph paper as the ‘standard’ paper that was used in school. I loved the handwriting style, so adopted it myself. Straight up and down cursive suits me better as my handwriting instantly improved, and I kept it that way ever since. That’s a great Kokuyo binder with dividers…I love those (I have the squishy rings one) so never do I ever have to hear that SNAP! of the metal rings, that unalign, and never failed to pinch you at least once a day. Ahhh, American stationery, I weep for you.
You use the word 'interesting' a lot in this video, but the one thing I truly find interesting is that someone who is generally dismissive of Chinese fountain pens can be so open-minded towards what are very cheap stationery items.
It's not the origin of the thing that makes me steer clear of some fountain pens. Lots of great stuff is made in China. I just don't like when the things that are made are near duplicates of other things from other brands. If a pen looks like a copy to me, then I'm really unlikely to buy it. Country of origin isn't the problem at all.
I wonder if they save the fancy wrapping for affiliates. I've placed three good-sized orders and mine all just came tossed in the box with a bit of bubble wrapping. Fine, nothing damaged, but definitely no pretty pink paper and ribbon.
They might, it's true.
I’ll take that from Journalsay vs the mass amount of confetti and shredded paper that you seem to keep finding for months afterwards. I’m curious if, like Stationery Pal, Journalsay has super low prices, and then incredibly high shipping costs so that it basically evens out to just buy from Amazon or JetPens?
@@mollymollie6048 free shipping over something like $29. And I agree about that crinkle paper. That stuff is a menace.
It’s fun when you share the surprise with us. It’s not that I think Audrey should do all your ordering for you, but this Journalsay tradition is a good one.
I want the typewriter clip! One can never have enough fun clips.
The Longque pens remind me of the Sarasa Vintage series.
Someone should come up with tweezers that are slightly tacky on the inside so that when one picks up a flake sticker or a roll of washi with backing and pinches gently, then releases the tweezers, the stickers and the backing separate. That would be a nifty item for the Inky-D store. I’ll have to think about this some more.
The sea jellies are beautiful.
Does that eraser plunger have any suction to it? Because if it does, I’ll get one to keep in my purse to pick up credit cards.
Give a man a fish, and he’ll store his pens for a day. Teach a man to sew fish and he’ll buy more pens to store in them.
I have a couple of those cutting pads. They are incredibly useful and “self-healing.”
That’s a phenomenal haul, especially for the price. Well Done, Audrey! Thanks for sharing, Mike!
The Kokuyo paper is similar to Seyes Ruled paper for French Cursive (standard cursive taught in France) and the lines are for ascenders, descenders, regular and capitals. The Seyes Ruled looks a little different, but very similar to that. Cursive in France looks quite different from standard USA cursive (which I guess isn’t taught anymore) and is definitely much prettier. You see it as a font, often, and it is straight up and down instead of slanted. (I was an exchange student in France in high school, so was used to that and graph paper as the ‘standard’ paper that was used in school. I loved the handwriting style, so adopted it myself. Straight up and down cursive suits me better as my handwriting instantly improved, and I kept it that way ever since. That’s a great Kokuyo binder with dividers…I love those (I have the squishy rings one) so never do I ever have to hear that SNAP! of the metal rings, that unalign, and never failed to pinch you at least once a day. Ahhh, American stationery, I weep for you.
Isn't 5 lined paper for music script ? Nice selection of items tho , was good to watch thanks .
The five lines look like staff paper for music. Although it is not usually multicolor.
That's interesting. I don't know how I didn't see that. Maybe the colors threw me off? Either way, good for Music Nibs!
Nice knife!
Thanks!
Like Christmas
Yep!
I’ll never understand orders purposefully destined to junk drawer destination…🙄
Some of the green pens didn't turn out well, but the rest of this is good stuff that will be used or gifted. 🤷
@ …gifted us code for repurposed due to unwanted, right? (I’m teasing)
You use the word 'interesting' a lot in this video, but the one thing I truly find interesting is that someone who is generally dismissive of Chinese fountain pens can be so open-minded towards what are very cheap stationery items.
It's not the origin of the thing that makes me steer clear of some fountain pens. Lots of great stuff is made in China. I just don't like when the things that are made are near duplicates of other things from other brands. If a pen looks like a copy to me, then I'm really unlikely to buy it. Country of origin isn't the problem at all.
I do not need a fish. I do not need a fish. I do not need a fish.
So...you need TWO fish?
@@SugarTurtleStudio life is not always about need!
First!
And best! 💜