Hello and welcome to the Planner Pals Podcast, a podcast hosted
by two true planner pals. My name is Mark and I go by Mark
Your pages. And I'm Jess or Jessie, Karen
and in today's episode we're gonna be touching on stationary
that we just feel like it doesn't get enough love in the
community. We've noticed that not enough
people are talking about this, at least by our standards and in
general it's just kind of under hyped.
Before we get into that though, of course.
Thank you so much for the comments you left on last week's
or last two weeks episode. We always say last week's.
We do this every time I'm like, this isn't a weekly podcast yet.
Maybe we need to work on that? I don't know, I feel like 2
every two weeks for us is a lot of work with everything else we
have going on. I would love to get there.
But you know what? I get so excited for this time
of the year because like our times go back to like our normal
where like we can do this much earlier instead of much later.
So I do get excited. So who knows if we get it far
enough ahead, maybe some bonus episodes at the end of the year
or something. Yeah, we're already like, you
know, writing checks that the body can't cash or whatever they
say. I can't remember what the saying
is, but you guys know you get it.
Yeah, You know what's up? But it was really great to see a
lot of other ideas on how people are planning for those big
events and big things in their life.
And it's also great too, like we talked about, you know, things
like changing jobs and things like getting married, but
there's also just like general life events that happen as well
that for every individual person feels bigger than maybe some
other people do. So it was great to know that
people were able to utilize what we shared last time.
And then also there were some really cool ideas too in the
comments on like ways that people have either taken those
ideas and altered them a little bit for themselves or ones that
I've never heard of before as well.
So it's always very cool to see inside of the comments.
We definitely want your input in this episode too, because if
we're thinking about under hyped items, I want to know all of the
ones that you think need to get a shout out, all of the ones
that you want to sing the praises of.
Make sure that you drop those in the comments, but what would be
your first unsung hero of the stationary world?
Yeah. So when we started thinking
about these ideas, I was like, well, what are some items that I
have that maybe other people don't or kind of iffy on?
And I wanted to let you know the Tom Studio Lumos pens are the
first thing. Now I say this because I know
that they did a butt load of advertising like over the past
few years. I mean, the reason that I have
as many as I do is because of the advertising that they've
done. But if you haven't seen the
Lumos pens, the really cool pens, I specifically love the
Duo because it is basically two to three different pens all in
one. And what's really great,
especially about this one, it's one long pen, but it breaks down
into two smaller pens and it comes with like a cartridge of
like 12 different nib sizes. And what I love so much about
this pen and why I think everyone should at least have
one, not more, is because you can put the different sizes on
them. And what I love the most is that
they have kind of this reservoir piece that you fill up with
fountain pen ink. And this is like the biggest
reason that I think everyone should have one because I know a
lot of people are very nervous about fountain pen ink and
fountain pens as a whole. Jess, you have been one of those
in the past. Yep, very guilty of that.
So with this, what's really cool is you could just take the pen
and reservoir and you can dip it into any ink that you want.
So you can literally have a pen or a brush pen, a thick, a thin,
whatever you want with any type of ink.
Now it doesn't work well with shimmer inks or anything like
that because it has to still suck it up into the tip, but it
is a very easy access into fountain pen ink and fountain
pens ish because it's not like our normal fountain pen we're
filling up and we've talked about before.
What I also love is that there's really like a pen for anyone.
So while yes, I'm a big fan of the duo, you can buy like little
little mini ones that they have like they just came out with
this little. I call it the cricket because
it's like very small. You can actually put on a
lanyard if you want to, but it's like a field pen essentially,
it's very small. You kind of put it where you
want and then like they also have like other ones that look
totally different. Just have like a single type of
nib on them and like there's a lot of different things.
I mean, it's Tom Studio as a whole, but the Lumos
specifically because I always please keep them right here by
my desk. And what I've done essentially
is I fit them with like the most commonly used sizes.
So I have like a very, very thin line that I just keep in black.
And then I have like a really thick, like a one point, you
know, 0mm on the other side. So it's like very thin or very
small and they last a really long time.
I actually do not know the last time I filled this with ink.
So it really does hold on to a lot of it.
You're not doing it as often as you might do with a regular
fountain pen. And for that, I absolutely love
it. And I think that more people
should have them. And also Tom and like what he
does with his studio and his people are just awesome.
Just as a brand as well. Yeah, I think that the kind of
sustainability aspect of a pen like that is also just really
cool. Because if we think about it in
terms of like your regular run-of-the-mill fine line or
whatnot, especially if you're a heavy-handed individual like me
and of your nice beautifully like rounded tips and a very,
like flat top mounted, and then, you know, have to hold the pen
at a very specific angle to get the kind of line you're looking
for. It's nice that the Lumos and
like the range has those kind of replaceable nibs.
Can you buy just the nib pack by itself?
Yeah, you can. So you can buy just the nib pack
by itself. You can buy reservoirs.
So like something else you can do is if you want to change the
color of your pen, but it's still not ready to be emptied.
They do also sell little canisters that you can put those
in to like air tight, save them and put it in a new color.
So really, you really can do whatever you want.
And and to your point, just one of the reasons I do like it too
is because I had the same thing when you have those fine liners
with like the what is it like point one or like point twos or
whatever, and you like press a little too hard when that
little, well, the little felt piece goes inside of the metal
nib, I just die inside. So that's never happened with
these pens for me, even though I'm using them.
But if for whatever reason it did, you absolutely can buy just
the refills of it and they sell them.
And also just like different sizes too.
So you don't have to buy like this big like carton of nibs
every time. You can say, oh, I really like
to use this size and they'll sell like three of them inside
of a little pack. I know that Erin of Erin Smith,
she did a challenge where she had kind of one month where she
was trying to do all of her pen writing with just this one pen.
And she's not like me. She's she's out there like
changing her ink colors using Blues and also black, but
purples and greens and yadda, yadda.
And I'm like, that would be quite a struggle for me if I was
changing that many types of ink. But then as you said, having
those different cartridges and being able to just swap them out
and such so you can use the same pen body but with different
colors is pretty cool. Obviously you have to get the
ink to come like through the tip or whatnot, but if you're going
for, you know, the one pin to roll them all, it's a pretty
good fit. It is.
And honestly, you don't have to change it out that much.
I really thought up front, I was going to be changing colors all
the time, but I think when you go through the process once or
twice, you're like, it's not that it's difficult, it's just
cumbersome because you do, you know, you get ink on your
fingers a little bit because you're dealing with ink and
moving things and the tips and the reservoirs and all of that.
And honestly, I really did think that the reservoirs are going to
run out of ink a lot faster than they have been.
Like I have one of my pens that I haven't changed in a year.
I've had it for probably over a year and I've Everly ever put
ink in it once. And that's wild to me because
it's like, whoa, this thing is really lasting and it's doing
really fantastic. And I just find myself grabbing
them whenever I need something real quick.
So I keep them here on my desk. So as much as you've seen about
Tom's studio, I'm sure in advertising it's I know, I think
they're just an underrated, you know, the Lumo specifically in
the duo because it can do so much for you.
And also it can be a fantastic gateway into fountain pen inks,
but still keeping it in that fine liner space for yourself.
How about you, Jess? What's one of your favs?
So most of my kind of like, you know, under hyped stationary
items and whatnot come from the fact that past Jess was a hater.
I mean, current Jess is also kind of a hater sometimes, but
in terms of these items in particular, it's because Jess
was a hater. She was sitting there like,
really, do we need this? Is this necessary?
Is this just consumerism talking?
But she's come around on it. And the first one definitely
would have to be dot markers. I was sitting there thinking
like, I can draw a circle. Like if it's that small, it
doesn't matter if it's a little bit kind of skew, if
caddywhompus, I can draw a circle.
I don't need to have a special pen that's just for making dots.
I was wrong. I use them so often.
Once I got the first set, I'm like, Nope, we need the entire
collection. I want them in every single
colorway. I'm going to use them all the
time and I definitely do. If you don't know what a dot
marker is, it's essentially funneling up a marker.
But the top is like a rounded kind of Dome shape.
So it means that then when you press it down onto the page, you
get a little circle. If you apply more pressure, you
get a bigger circle. If you apply less pressure, you
get a smaller circle. Which means it's not only nice
for functionality because I will use this a lot of time to like
put in the checklist or highlight something specific on
a checklist. I use this one in particular to
do like my daily highlight. Like this is the most important
thing to do today. Make sure that you focus on
this. It just helps that item stand
out on my checklist a little more.
But you can also use it for decoration In particular is like
space fillers is somebody who is like allergic to white space on
the page and just does not like the idea of there being big
blank sections on my layouts. The dot marks are really great
to just go and put in some little dots as if it's kind of
like stars and sparkles kind of a thing, maybe a couple
different colors or you can supplement with some other
little doodles and drawn items or whatnot.
It makes for a very easy but effective space filler that
takes barely anytime because you don't have to actually draw the
circles yourself, you're just pressing the pen to the page.
I've been in the same exact boat.
I probably have a lot of the collections because a lot of
people have them. It's interesting because the
first time I saw it was like a Japanese pen, you know,
stationary company had them. And then I started to see other
people carrying them and I was like, these look very similar.
Wait, are these even different? Because I don't know about
yours, but like mine have the dot on one side and then kind of
like a small brush pen or like a small like kind of tip on the
other side. But then every time I get them,
they all look exactly the same, but they're branded differently.
So I'm curious if there's probably probably as a company
out there like whitelisting that product.
So if you're a smaller brand or a bigger house or whatever, you
can just put your name on that pen and be like, Oh, the mark
your pages dot marker or, you know, whatever that might be.
But I've always been in that same boat too, where I bought
them, But I'm the opposite. I don't use them all the time
because it's just like I'm of your mentality of I can draw a
circle of my own. But the one thing I do actually
use them a lot for is like really big, like mono line
drawing, like lettering and and writing on a page.
So I use it a lot for like headers.
If I'm running out the month, I'll use it for kind of like
list or to do or like other things like that, because it
looks really cool. I was just telling you before we
got started, I just had my anniversary two weeks ago and I
wrote my wife's name on her card with one because I wanted
something like bold and colorful, but I didn't want to
have to pull out like the pens and the ink and all of that.
And it looked really nice. And I was like, oh, I forgot.
I do like to use this for other things and putting dots on
pages. So even if you're not into the
dotting of the thing like, you can just write with it like a
regular pen, but you get that bolder line, which I really
like. Yeah, and I think the nice part
about using the dot marker to right as opposed to like a brush
marker say is that because the Dome is kind of uniform
depending on which way you hold the pen, it's going to look like
the same every time. Whereas with a brush marker,
depending on how you kind of tilt the angle or apply pressure
or whatnot, the variation that you can get in the strokes is
much more varied compared to a dot marker.
Like a dot marker, if you're going to apply semi kind of
similar pressure the whole way through, you're going to get a
fairly consistent look in terms of that line work.
So if you're trying to go for a bold header, but you want all of
your strokes to be the same kind of size, it's really good for
that one thing. I will say that because of the
like way that the hens probably quote supposed to be used, it
can dump a little bit more ink down if you are trying to write
with it compared to just dotting with it.
And also in dotting with it, if you apply a lot of pressure,
it'll dump more ink down. It's kind of how it works.
So you do have to be sometimes a little wary as to where you're
putting those titles or how hard you are pressing to make sure
that you don't end up with any kind of blue through or ghosting
or anything like that. But it is still a fun way to use
them. I find that with your point
about the white labeling and such, I think it's kind of nice
in a way because the ones that I have, because they were the
first ones I saw, I got the what Kurataki Zig dot marker,
whatnot. Some of them have the end little
plastic nibs, some of them don't.
So this pastel one in particular, that collection
doesn't have the kind of fine liner on the other end.
But my other ones that are a bit brighter, they do, but they are
also a little bit pricey compared to some of the other
dot markers out there. You can get the, I think they're
called the colour dot ones. They sell them on journal say
those ones are a fairly nice budget friendly alternative.
They still work the same way, they're still going to get you
the same end product, but you're not breaking the bank on them.
Mild liner also has released theirs I think, or at least they
were releasing them, which I guess the nice part about those
ones is that the colours of those specifically match your
mild liner colours. So if you are a fan of mild
liners already, if you're already using their highlighter
range or whatnot, at least then you can have dot markers that
are going to be in the exact same colour as the markers
you're already using, which is kind of fun.
And I think they also added some shapes, right?
Cuz it go wild. I think we got our first peek at
some of those, which are kind of cool.
It's kind of here or there though, because I feel like a
lot of those shapes you do have to like get it down the right
way or else it doesn't quite look right.
Whereas like I like something uniform.
I personally would go for a stamp instead of using like a
dot marker like that or a shaped dot marker just because I know
of the uniform. I can't get a uniform dot with
the dot markers. I've tried it and then I've got
like one big fat one and then really like small and every time
I do it, it's like this. I have stamps that can do this a
lot faster. Also, the one thing I have a
problem with and you mentioned like you have like the pastel
colors, I feel like a lot of them are not, they're very
transparent, so they're not very opaque, which I guess is fine,
whatever. But I have a green one.
I can't even see it when I put it on the page.
I put it, I was like, maybe there's not ink in here and I
would kept pressing it and I had it got like real close and I was
like, Oh no, what's on there? I just can't see it.
And so like that's a big thing too.
It's not an off brand. I forget which brand it is.
I got it literally for like a dollar.
I think off of like a sail bin. Maybe that's why.
But I think it is important though to make sure that you
don't go all in. Maybe try a few colors
beforehand too in case you have have that issue just because
like you said I think a lot of them are more in that pastel
highlighter mildliner ish. I don't know what they call like
a pale highlighter maybe is a good definition for it.
It's not like a in your face one, but just making sure you
can actually see the color and it's doing what you want for you
before you like go all in. Yeah, that's the nice part about
the Zig range in particular, and that's why I have all of them,
is that they do have a decent range of saturations.
They've got their pastel set, it has like 6 colors.
They have their neon set which has like 5 colors or something
like that, but then they also have their stock staple like,
you know, standard set or whatnot, which has your red and
your pink and then your magenta and your different shades of
blue and your green. That's a lot more punchy than
the pastel green and such. I actually use those in my 5
year journal because I wanted to have color-coded months mainly
just other than there was some visual interest throughout the
notebook. But it means that then with the
fleet of pens I have, I could get 12 colors in a like really
nice gradient range. So I have my little rainbow
across the year. Do you need every single color?
Probably not, but I wouldn't be me if I didn't strive to achieve
every single color in my collection, and thus I do have
the full set. Yeah, that's very true for you,
Jess. I feel like you are the the
completionist. We've talked about that with
your Tombos and things like that.
The problem I have is that if I were to start to go down that
route, that I would have to remember to take that pen with
me like everywhere that I went. Otherwise, you know, if you're
out and about or you're at work or wherever it might be, you're
like, oh, I need to do, oh, wait, I don't have that.
And now it's not consistent. Then you end up like, I'll like
write, literally write a note to be like, go back and dot that
thing so it looks like everything else.
So sometimes why I don't like the theme things or like use a
lot of the same. I know the value of it.
I know the value of color coding and all those things.
But it's like if you forget to bring that color or that pen
with you, you're kind of a bit of a hard spot.
I am typically the type of person who collects all their
materials for the month and just keeps them all in my pencil
case. So right now, given the fact
that it's here, this one is the one I'm using for the month of
October because it is in fitting with my color palette.
All of the other ones are safely away.
They are not being used right now, but this one I am using.
In terms of your second item though, what else do you think
is underhived? Yeah, so I talk about Ugg bunk a
lot. Their analogue system, I think
is one of my favorite systems around.
That's not a bullet journal. So if you haven't seen it
before, there are these really cool cards.
They are a regular index card and they have different kind of
symbols on them. So there's essentially 3
different cards that they have. And this is what I love about
the system. You have a today card which
essentially is really focused on the task that you want to
complete for that date, has a space for the date of the week.
And then you have 10 dots that go down on that card which allow
you to write in different tasks that you want to accomplish for
that day. Really nice, love it.
Then after you have the Today, you have the next card.
And the way that this is supposed to work is that's the
tasks or the events or the things that you want to take
take on next after today. And then they have these really
cool craft colored papered ones that are someday.
And that's where you kind of put those future ideas or things
that you want to accomplish later on, similar to rapid
logging or a bullet journal or planning.
The idea is that as you move between each of those days,
you're then rewriting the tasks that didn't get complete or
moving them around. And I really like the idea.
What I don't love necessarily is that I'm so used to bullet
journaling and planning that there isn't technically a future
log or a place for notes necessarily.
The thing is, is that they've also come out with like an
extension of their analog system where they have like bigger size
cards and things like that. They have gridded cards.
If you don't want the lines you have blank.
You've got like they've really kind of gone above and beyond.
Now, the reason that I think that they're underrated and a
lot of people maybe don't have it as one, you may not be aware
of them. You know, they're a small
stationary shop actually in Pennsylvania in the US.
What I love about them is their craftsmanship also.
So Jeff ones, the company's big into like product design and
craftsmanship. And so when you get the analog
system, you have a few different ways that you can go about it.
They have like solid wood pieces that hold your card upright and
then you store all of them in the back and archive them, which
is really nice. And then they also have like
these other versions. I have this really long one I'm
not going to pick up because it'll drop all my cards.
But this is like long stand essentially that you can mix and
match and so you can put the analog cards on your task in one
spot and then if you have notes for something else in the other.
It's just really nice. And I think that it's definitely
one of those things where you're like, I'm not into notebooks or
I'm not into planning, but I still like to keep a list.
This system that he's created, analog is the name of it.
I think it's it's perfect amazing.
Yeah. I think that having that kind of
what I'm going to call a heads up display, that's not really
what it is, but having it right there in front of your face is a
probably good system for actually remembering what your
top priorities for the day are. As somebody who typically when
they write a task list for a day, it's a lot longer than 10
things. I would be going through many,
many cards every day. So I don't know if it's
necessarily for me, but I do love the style of it.
I love the kind of minimalist aesthetic of it as well.
It's, it's very kind of like well crafted and feels very
intentional, like in terms of the design that they've done for
it and such. And I think that it is
definitely like, you know, fits a certain type of person or
whatnot. If you're out here writing a
laundry list of tasks, then maybe not.
Or if you wanted to use it in conjunction with your laundry
list, maybe that like you pick out your top ten and you write
those on the list for the day so that you make sure that you make
time for them. Having a top 10 for a day
though, that feels like a lot. Well, that's the thing about it.
I actually use it a lot for home stuff.
So I don't even have A at home bullet journal like I have my
work one. I do write home thing.
Things inside of there, but for stuff around like social media,
the podcast, reminding myself of things I am forever writing on
these cards and I actually don't do them on a daily because a lot
of the times I'm not approaching it that way.
And that's what I also love about this is like, yeah, I can
have a today card, but sometimes a today card will last me for a
week just because it's things that I don't have to necessarily
get to right away or an idea I write on a someday card.
But anytime I do give myself like a new today card, I do go
through and look at the tomorrow or the the someday.
So like to a certain extent, I don't use this system exactly
how it was planned, but it's there.
One of the cons I would say about it and what a lot of
people like have a moment to take aback is that it is a
little expensive. And a lot of people look at
these cards and they're like, I could do that on an index card
and you absolutely could. You would just have to write
today and like do the same things on your index card.
Someone had a message me and they said they called their foe
monk cards or their fake monk cards because they love the idea
of the system and how it works, but it's a little pricey for
like what they're looking for. And when you go into like a
solid wood holder with like, you know, actual metal, all things
falling out, you know, all of this made in the US, that
approach to things. It's you're buying a premium
brand and with Ugg Monk, Jeff is putting out premium quality.
Like this isn't just, you know, crappy little paper like this is
nice thick cardstock that you're running on.
Like it stands up by itself. It's not like, you know, slowly
peeling over by itself because it can't sustain it.
And just the craftsmanship and the artistry that goes into the
products I just love. And so it's just so cool.
I think to be able to like use it and talk about it when it
works really well for you. There's also a stand that's just
made out of metal. So like it's not as expensive.
It's like the nice like hard solid wood.
And so they've, I think, heard a lot of the feedback from the
community and saying like, I really like your product, man,
but like, I'm not paying $85 for a stand and then I have to pay,
you know, extra money for your cards that have to be used.
You know, it starts to add up. But I think that if you are into
that thing, the minimalist, that aesthetic and whatnot, you're
probably already used to paying a premium for the products that
you have around your house. So I think for that it makes it
really nice. Yeah, I think it's kind of
funny. It's like thinking about your
top 2 items versus mine. You got like, you know, your
fountain pen, you know, one all be all and all kind of a thing.
It's like, OK, well that's going to be a premium price because it
is going to be like a one time purchase.
And then your odd monk one, which is like an $85 stand, I'm
like, it has that pen. I think for myself, because I
think about that a lot as I've been investing in a lot actually
of Ugg Monk, like the gather system he has.
I use that for my, my monitor stands at my desk.
Like I love a lot of what he's doing.
And I think for me, it's one of those things where I know that I
will be buying that and I will not have to buy it again.
The problem is, is that he comes out with like new products all
the time of things. And I'm like, well, I already
have this, you know, hardwood stand, but I really like the
aesthetic of this other one that they've done.
Like, do I need both? Like, no, I don't.
But like I want to support him as a small business anyway and
to like, I like the variation and how I can set things up.
And I'm not throwing this away even though I'm not currently
using it because I'm using the other stand that I have now.
But there may be a time when I have a different desk setup or
I, you know, have to go back to work.
I hope I don't have to like be remote for the rest of my life.
But like, if I did, I would take this to work with me and have it
at my desk, right? So I think it's very much about
how you look at it. And like you said, I'm buying
this once and using it forever. Same thing with my Tom Studio
pen. Like I'll keep buying these
because I like the different designs but I'll never be
throwing it away. No, very fair.
And eventually my dot markers will run out.
They haven't run out yet. I've had them for many moons.
I have no idea. I've had them for a while, they
haven't run out yet, but I also am not using like the exact same
color every single day for like 20 dots.
So take that with a grain of salt or whatnot.
But I do think that there is something sensible about
investing in pieces that you know are going to last a long
time. They're in keeping with the kind
of like style of planning or organizing that you like.
And they're just quality. You know, it means that then
you're not kind of adding to the landfill and all of that type of
a deal. But I also can understand, and
the other side of that being like that is a lot of money to
spend on a stand. I liked your point about people
making a fake system. And I'm like, I would have
called it fug monk. Not that that's friendly, but
it's like fake Ugg monk. So it's fug monk, right?
Yeah, exactly. Well, I mean, depend on the kind
of paper that you're using and if it's bleeding or not.
I could be real fugly. But I just cracked me up though,
because I was like, oh, I love that people still, they love the
brand so much. They're still keeping the bunk
in there. They're just calling it, you
know, fake monk or faux monk or whatever.
And it's just like, I just have to do this cheaper because my
budget doesn't allow it, you know.
And it's not like, you know, just me coming on trying to sue
people for utilizing the idea of his system, you know, but not
buying his product. Of course he would love you to
buy it, but he's also a sensible human being that understands
that it's not there. And that's why, you know, he
offers a lot of the templates or he offers, he can get like two
or three of the cards, like a stack of them for free from him,
right? Like there's different things
that they've done. But I think that when people try
it out and to your point, regardless of the brand, if
you're the type of person that really likes a certain brand and
it does last a long time, you're right investing in it.
You know, I know, you know, people probably think about like
or wallets or things like that, Like yes, I can go to the Kmart
and buy a wallet for myself that may last, you know, a year or
so. Or I'm going to invest in like
actual leather or a certain type of material and design that I
know. My wife, you know, has all of
her purses and she been using them for, I don't even know, 15
years, but they've lasted and they changed with the seasons
and things like that. I look at it the same way as
someone who's just buys a new, you know, purse or whatever like
every six weeks because whatever this one's done, I like
something else whatever versus I'm going to invest in this and
it makes sense. I feel some way about fountain
pens and other things like that too.
It's not that I have a absorbent amount of money that I just like
to throw around, but I think I've come to the time in my life
where I've also like matured in my planning, where I used to be
the guy that would buy 100 pens off a Timu because it's, you
know, 100 pens for $5. There is a reason 100 pens cost
$5.00 because I'm sure half of those probably aren't even going
to work, but at least I know that now I've got good products
that I really like. Yeah, and I think that in terms
of that, like investing in pieces that you know will last
or quality and all of that, there is usually an additional
sensibility in doing some trialing and testing before
that. So rather than going and buying
the full set of Tombos, don't pull a jest, just buy one.
See if you actually like that type of pin.
Do you enjoy riding with it? Do you enjoy using it?
That type of a deal Before you go and invest in the entire set,
instead of going out and buying your Ogg monk system, try a
Fugmug system where you just like, write on a little piece of
notepad paper and slip it into the keys on your keyboard or
something. Do I actually like this heads up
display? Do I think to actually pick it
up and use it? Or is it just an eyesore and I
want it immediately off my desk or whatnot?
But in coming to my second item. Yeah, I was just going to say
what's yours. We've been talking about my
stuff for a long time because I get all excited about my stuff.
Yeah, this is another one that was, again, just born out of
just being a hater because for the longest time, you know,
watching the plan with me is online, seeing the people
decorate planners on all of that.
They're getting out their sticker packs and they're
planning out where they're going to put things and they get their
sticker tweezers out. I'm like, do you not have
fingers? Can you not just peel it off
yourself? What are you doing?
Because again, Jess was a hater. She didn't understand.
These sticker tweezers are the only thing that I kept from my
sponsor table and my first go wild because I love them so
much. I know I agree with you, I have
mine from Archer and Olive because I was the same kind of
hater. Like sticker tweezers are
probably the most underrated tool I feel like at any planner
arsenal. Yeah, they're just, they're
actually great because in terms of, you know, peeling off a
sticker, putting it onto your planner or whatnot, if you don't
care that much about the placement, yeah, your fingers
are fine, it doesn't really matter.
But if you're a persnickety biscuit like I am and you get
really particular about like the exact alignment or how close it
is to all the elements on the page or the orientation like
whatever, these are great because they get your dirty
green sausages out of the way so that you can actually see where
you're putting things down, Which I again, when when I first
got them, I'm just like, am I going to use these?
Like I'll test them out, I suppose.
And now they are like a staple. They come with me in my pencil
case. They're also particularly
aggressive. So you have to be careful then
reaching into your pencil case so that you don't get the
stabbing. But you can find them quite
cheap online. You can find like, you know,
very budget friendly options for these.
But I think that investing in a pair that you are a little nicer
that you genuinely like mine are from Alta New.
They're still not that expensive in the grand scheme of things.
And given the fact that this is a one time purchase, I don't
feel that sad had about paying what I well, I didn't for it.
I guess I paid for a ticket to go wild.
I paid $600. I mean when you breakdown what
you got from your table and that's the only thing you kept.
I mean, a little pricey, but I know it should be.
I mean, that's fine because I have used them pretty much on
like at least a weekly basis for the last 2 1/2 years and that is
fine. This is actually just, again,
Jess was a hater. She didn't think she was going
to use them. She's like fine.
Like it's probably good to have one of these in my collection, I
suppose. And now it's a staple item for
me. And it's literally just for
being able to get the orientation and get things
placed in a way that doesn't require me to like put it down
tentatively and then check and then peel it up because it's
awful and then rip your page and then ruin your sticker and
yadda, yadda. So it's probably saved me in
terms of like notebook pages and stickers as well.
And I think that that makes it even more valuable.
No, 100%. I mean, you were talking about
like the sharpness of it, like I, I will search my whole life
for this little tiny cover that's on the top of mine
because if I don't have it, I have grabbed it before it just
right through your fingertips for me.
I also like it if you like to use little stickers.
So like I have a lot of like little icon stickers that I like
to use sometimes and like my big fingertips, you know, the
sometimes the stickers are smaller than my fingertip and
it's like, well, if I can't hold it, get it on there, I'm like,
oh, Mark, you have these tweezers that are literally made
for this. Like let's do it.
I also I'm really helpful too and I know there's another tool
for this people have like the crickets or the silhouettes.
The Is it called a weedler A. Weeder, yeah.
A weeder, A weeder like that sometimes reminds me of like
this, because when I can't get a sticker off of a paper, I will
actually grab for this because the the tip of it is so thin and
sharp that I can usually like get it like right underneath of
there to be able to pull it off. There's times when I have like
flake stickers, especially that I can't get the backing off of
it and I'm sitting and I don't have fingernails because I bite
them all off, but like I'm sitting there and I was like, Oh
my gosh. So if you ever like watch a plan
with me video and I take a sticker off the the screen, I'm
probably using this to get the backing off of it so I can get
it on there because I can't do it like actually on camera
because I just can't get them off.
So I see them as multi purpose now.
Now it's like sticker backing off taker offer as well as
sticker putting downer. I mean, if you want to get like
totally TMI with it, given the sharpness, it also makes for a
really great toothpick. Like, I know that that is
definitely not the intended use, but technically it works for
that. I mean, if you need to, I
usually grab like a piece of cardstock or something.
If I need to like get something out of there, I'll get nervous.
I've thought about it with like exacto blades before where I'm
like, or you have like a hangnail or something and you're
like, I mean, I could cut that off with this exacto blade I
have here. But the smart part of my brain
is like, you will slip, you will cut yourself.
It'll be a lot worse. Just grab some tweezers or grab
like a fingernail Clipper or something.
Let's be smart about this now. We don't need to cause more
harm. And no, I have definitely used
exacto blades for things that I should not be using exacto
blades for, so I completely understand.
Yeah, it gets a little little crazy there, but it's one of
those things where I feel like we all have certain things that
probably we could come up with a giant list of like other things
that we love in our studio. And maybe that could be for a
future episode where we talk more about our favorite products
and all people love those types of videos.
But these today were just ones that we felt were
underappreciated, and hopefully you can appreciate them even
more. I very much agree and I would
love to hear from you planner pals.
What is a piece of stationary or maybe a stationary brand that
you think is under hyped? You think that more people
deserve to know about it? More people should be singing
the praises of that item. Let us know in the comments or
you can e-mail us at plannerpalspodcast@gmail.com or
hit us up on Instagram at Planner Pals Podcast.
I'm hoping that in the future, along with underrated, we need
to do a video of like overrated. I think that would be a really
popular topic. Like what are the overrated
ones? So if you want to hear an
overrated topic, let Jess and I know and maybe we can scoot one
of those in there. Until next time, friends.
Thanks for watching and thanks for listening.
We'll talk to you next time.