It's Anne!

Welcome to my channel!

So first off, thank you all so much for joining

my Plan With Anne tribe

and helping me create the best journal ever.

So I got all your votes,

and I put in my order for the samples.

And the prototype should be coming in

in a couple of weeks or so.

I will be doing an unboxing video

of the prototypes

and how these journals are going to look.

So it's going to be very interesting.

I'm very, very excited to see the outcome

and what we came up with together.

So stay tuned for a video on that

in a couple of weeks.

Other than that, I am going to share with you

some tips and hacks you can do for your journal.

This is great if you're in school,

and if you have a whole bunch of notes.

This is a great way for you to organize all your notes.

And if you love journaling all together,

you're going to love today's video!

So let's go ahead and get started.

For this first tip, I'm going to show you how

to make an envelope slot so that way you can store

paper, photos, whatever you want.

All you have to do is snip off two corners

of a rectangular piece of craft paper.

Then you wanna fold about a quarter of an inch

on three sides of your rectangular paper.

Notice I fold the sides where I snipped off

the rectangles.

By doing so, it makes you folded corners less bulky.

All you have to do now is place on

some strips of glue,

and then place it wherever you want on your journal.

After the glue dries,

decorate it however way you like,

and fill it in with inspiration, pictures,

or whatever you want to use

for future journaling entries.

If you want to skip all those steps,

you can also glue an envelope directly onto your journal.

Either way will work.

Tip number two is using washi tape

as a page marker.

If you've been following my journaling entries,

you know that I did a nail polish and a makeup library.

They are both mixed between other entries.

So in order to make these pages stand out,

I'm going to add some washi tape to them.

For my nail polish library,

I added the washi tape to the corners of my pages.

This will make the pages easier to find from the corner.

For the makeup library section,

I am adding a whole strip on one side of this page.

And then I'm going to repeat this on my second page.

What I'm doing here is I'm placing half of the tape strip

on this page, and then I'm going to fold it around

the edges, just like so.

This way, when I view my journal from the sides,

I can see the washi tape and know where

my makeup library section is in my journal.

This is something I'm doing for my sketchbook.

I made cut-out marks so that way I can categorize

different projects I'm working on.

To do this, start with a few pages in your sketchbook.

Cut out a mini little triangle.

Depending on your project,

if you want to make this section thicker,

you can add a few more pages,

and repeat the steps

to add more sections of your cut-outs.

Make sure your triangles are spaced out

about a quarter an inch to half an inch apart.

After you've finished with your cut-outs,

it should look something like this

when you close your journal.

To index this, I'm going to use letters.

But you can also use numbers or color code it,

whatever you want.

Here's a fun hack that you can do

with the elastic band on the back of your journal.

Instead of placing your elastic band

in a horizontal position,

you can pull it over the left corner

and make it into a pen holder.

In this section, I'm going to show you how

to create your own color index.

You can do this on the first few pages of your journal,

or you can do this on a separate piece of paper

and glue it to the front of your journal.

Categorize your journal into anything you want.

I am doing it by the month.

And then I'm going to color code each of this

with my highlighter.

So here I have each month representing

a different color.

And now on the side of my journal,

I'm going to section off the pages into color codes.

Depending on how thick I want to make each section,

I'm going to create a small little square on each page.

Double check and make sure that your color matches

your index when you create each sections on your journal.

When you're done color-coding your journal,

it should look something like this on the side.

And it would definitely make things a lot easier

when you're looking for certain sections in your journal.

This next tip is a little DIY,

and we're going to make some bookmarks for the journal.

It's super, super easy.

All you will need are some paperclips and ribbons.

Cut your ribbon in to three inch pieces.

Take that, and tie it around the end of your paperclip.

Now you can take these paperclips and use them

as bookmarks for your journal or even for your books.

They're really cute to look at,

and they're easy to find.

You can just clip together pages

or sections of your journal.

And they're just really convenient and practical.

This next idea is a great way for you to store

your Post-its with you on the go.

Open up your journal to any page.

Start attaching each Post-it side by side.

So now when you need to write extra notes,

you can always go back to this page

and grab yourself a new Post-it.

All right, so here's a little tip that you can do

if you wrote something and you don't like it.

You can cut this piece off,

and save the rest of your page.

There's no reason to waste the whole paper.

All you have to do is cut off the area

that you don't like.

I love this little trick because half this page

looks like a little barn door.

And you could create this into anything you like.

I usually like to make this into an extra note section.

So here's a little example of what I made

my little barn door into.

This is where I keep extra notes and also a to-do list.

The paper on many journals are super-thin,

and it drives me crazy.

So this is a hack that I like to do whenever I can see

the pen bleed through, or it just drives me crazy

because the paper is just so thin.

So I usually like to print out an image

or use an image that is relevant to my journal layout,

and then I would cover the whole area with the image.

You don't have to use an image for this.

You can also just glue on a separate piece of paper

to add more notes.

I like to do this because of the aesthetic,

and plus, it's visually inspiring.

So here is a super-helpful hack on how to add more notes

or a flip out page.

What I did was took a regular sheet of paper,

fold it in half,

trim around the corner so that way

it can fit into my journal.

In my flip out page, I added in all the bullet points.

This just makes it easier so that way I can flip

this out, have it on the side while I work on

my current journal entries.

Okay, so let's say you wrote something,

and you messed up.

So this is a little trick that I like to use.

If you're using black ink,

draw a black box around where you made your mistake.

Let the ink dry completely,

and then with a white gel pen, write over it.

This may not be perfect,

but it reminds me of one of those vintage bumpy labels

back in the days.

So I love it,

and I guess it all depends on if this is your aesthetic.

Thank you all so much for watching.

Make sure to give this video a thumbs up,

and also leave a comment below this video.

Lemme know which ones are your favorite tips or hacks.

And if you have something you want to share with us,

then make sure to comment below this video.

Thank you all so much for watching,

and I will see you next week!

(kiss) Ciao!