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- Hey, everyone, it's Amanda.
Welcome back to my channel.
It is that time of year again.
It's time to start a new yearly cycle of bullet journaling,
so grab your notebooks, your pens, and a nice cup of tea
'cause we are planning and setting up our January 2019,
need to remember to say 2019 not 2018, bullet journals.
It's a fresh start and a brand new year,
and I already have some fun ideas of things
that I want to experiment with my 2019 bullet journal,
so I'm excited to get into all of that with you guys.
But before we do, I'd like to quickly thank Squarespace
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We should probably start planning.
By the way, if you haven't seen,
I did post my 2019 bullet journal setup video,
so I'll link that down below for you guys to check out.
Without further ado, let's hop right
into my January 2019 Plan With Me.
Okay, so for January 2019,
you guys wanted to see me do a lantern theme.
I asked for January theme ideas over
on my community tab page, and lanterns was
by far the most thumbsed up suggestion,
so I thought I would do it for you guys.
Plus, I was really excited to do this theme
because it's actually Lunar New Year coming up,
so the lanterns, I thought, would be perfect.
So I decided to draw all of these lanterns hanging
from various strings, completely filling up the page,
almost as if you were looking up,
and you just saw a ceiling full of lanterns.
I actually had a bunch of inspo pics
from actual Lunar New Year festival celebrations,
and my favorite pictures were the ones
where the lanterns just filled the whole streets
or the whole ceiling because I feel like it
just looks really really magical.
And these lanterns were actually pretty simple to draw.
Essentially, you just draw any sort of rounded object
whether it be a circle or a rounded oval,
and then, you just fill it in with a bunch
of horizontal lines and a couple vertical lines
to make it look like it's folded up.
And then, you can add whatever tassely designs you want
at the end of the lanterns.
I also threw in a couple of these accordion style lanterns,
but I had so much fun playing around
with all the different designs
and the different tassel designs,
and I think it came together really nicely.
So in terms of the color palette (chuckles),
this is something I wanted to talk about
because when I was doing this,
I got so engrossed in drawing all of the lanterns.
And I was real excited about this Lunar New Year theme
that I didn't realize that the color palette was going
to end up looking very similar
to my December bullet journal.
I ended up going for the classic red because I thought,
you know, Lunar New Year, red,
it kind of goes together at least in Chinese culture.
And Chinese, just in case any of you didn't know,
and in our culture, red is a very lucky color,
and that is why you see a lot of it during Lunar New Year.
So that's why I immediately went for the red,
and I didn't realize that it was going
to end up looking very similar
to my December bullet journal, so sorry for doing
so many hanging red objects recently (laughs).
I didn't mean to.
Next month, I'll try now to do a hanging red object theme,
but in hindsight, I probably could've done
whatever color I wanted for these lanterns
'cause lanterns come in all colors and designs.
So even if you don't celebrate Lunar New Year,
you can just change up the color of the lanterns,
and I think it would look pretty cute as well.
Yellow would be a cute color
'cause then it would look like they're glowing.
You can do multiple colors.
They look like summer lanterns.
Really the sky's the limit,
and I probably would've changed up the colors had I realized
that I had just done a red hanging object theme.
But you know what?
By the time I realized, I already really liked the design,
and I was in way too deep to change it up.
Anyway, so as you can see, I'm filling in all
of the lanterns with the aforementioned red color.
This red is a bit more of a bright red compared
to December's actually.
That's the one thing that's different.
It's very true red instead of the burgundy
that I did last month.
And I also threw in this light sand taupe color,
and what I think brings the whole thing together
is the use of the black.
So I used a lot of black for the tops
and the bottoms of the lanterns, and I also threw
in a couple hanging beads hanging all
around it to bring it all together.
So for the page next to it,
I decided to do a little quote to start off the new year.
You guys know, I love doin' these quote pages,
so I drew a couple more hanging lanterns from the top
of the page, colored those ones in, and then,
I wrote out the quote, "And so the adventure begins."
Since it's the very beginning of the year,
I thought it would be the perfect quote.
When I was doing these lanterns, later on,
I realized that I could add in the white gel pen on top
as like an accent, so you'll see me go back
into the cover page as well as this page
with the white gel pen to throw
in a couple accent colors and a couple of designs.
And I also utilized the white gel pen in the lettering
which was a very big theme in my 2019 bullet journal setup.
If you guys did watch my 2019 bullet journal setup,
then you would know that I did a lot of black
and white designs, so I thought I would transition
that black and white into the January theme a little bit,
so I really did use the black and the white gel pen a lot
throughout this whole entire video as well.
Oh, another thing that I really like doing
on these lanterns was this sort of scalloped design.
I feel like it gives it a very Lunar New Year feel.
Again, you don't have to add those designs in
if you don't wanna go for the Lunar New Year theme,
but I thought it was a nice little accent.
Okay, so for the next page, which is my monthly log,
of course, I gotta draw out my calendar.
These boxes are five by five
which is slightly smaller than normal.
That's just because January's a bit more of a chill month.
I don't need as much planning space.
Plus, I wanted to leave a lot of space all
around the calendar for me to draw my hanging lanterns.
I was feeling very doodley this month,
so you'll see me doodle quite a lot.
So of course, to fill in all of the empty space,
I drew in all of the hanging lanterns.
And to start these doodles and kind of map it out,
I used my pencil just to make sure
that everything was in the right placement,
and I also started out with a base wire line.
You'll see those crisscross lines at the top are
where the lanterns are hanging from,
and then, I just filled in the rest of the spread.
So in the bottom left corner,
I have my YouTube growth tracker, and I actually realized
that the YouTube play button resembles the shape
of a lantern, so I just turned it into an lantern.
Just a cute little detail I thought I would point out there.
In case you're wondering what specific markers I'm using,
I'm gonna link them all down below, but the red marker
that I chose for this month was the Artline Stix red marker.
I just really like the tone of it.
Again, it was like a brighter red but not too bright,
but then also not too deep.
The black pen that I used was the Tombow Fudenosuke.
I also used my Sakura Pigma Microns,
and this taupe color was a Crayola Super Tips.
Again, I'll link it all down below
in case I forgot something.
You guys know me.
I can't resist a good drop shadow,
and someone said in the comments
of my 2019 bullet journal setup video
that 2019 was gonna be the year of the drop shadow,
and I think that person was definitely correct.
I couldn't stop adding drop shadows
to all of my layouts this month,
and I just really like the way it makes things pop,
so get ready to see a lot more drop shadows in 2019.
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All right, so for my mood tracker,
I had this really fun idea to draw a big hanging lantern,
and then, in each of the segments is
what you're going to color in to track your mood.
So I numbered them all off, and then, I have a little legend
at the bottom to show what colors mean what mood,
and then, by the end of it, it'll all be filled in
with various different colors.
I did a little tester to show you guys
what it would look like, and I'm really excited
to see how it looks like at the very end.
I feel like it's gonna look
like a really beautiful mosaic lantern.
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Next to it I have my habit trackers, of course.
I'm just drawing out all
of the little boxes with drop shadows,
and each box symbolizes a different habit.
I love separating out my habit trackers
into individual ones.
They are way more effective, in my opinion.
And then, I had a little bit of empty space at the top,
so I drew some more lanterns.
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Unfortunately, I haven't yet gotten a stamping block
for my little monthly stamp, so I did have
to write out all of the numbers myself (chuckles).
I should get around to getting that stamping block
because then I can actually use it in these habit trackers,
and I won't need to write out all of the numbers.
But for now, I have to deal with the hand cramps myself.
The different habits that I'm tracking
are things like working out, eating healthy,
watering my plants, flossing, that type of stuff.
And then, on each day, I'll probably use my red marker
to color in a little circle over each day
that I actually do that specific habit.
This next spread is my brain dump page,
and it is exactly what the title suggests.
It's a page for me to dump out whatever thoughts
or things that I have in my mind, any ideas, lists, notes.
I did actually take a break
from making these brain dump pages for a while there
'cause I didn't have a use for it, but last month,
I actually really utilized a lot
of these just empty journaling spreads.
And it was really helpful for me,
especially during Amandaclaus 'cause things were so busy.
And so would highly recommend
just having kind of this monthly landing page
as a place for you to just, you know, let go.
I didn't add any dividing lines or sections
or headers because I will figure those out as I go along
and as I use this brain dump page
for the month and see where it takes me.
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The last spread that I'm showing you guys today
is my first weekly spread of January.
I can't believe this is the first weekly spread of 2019.
A lot of pressure, but I thought it would be perfect to
put the numbers of the days on the lanterns,
so I have them all hanging across the top,
and then, each day has its own vertical column.
I know that a lot of you guys are starting bullet journaling
for the very first time this year,
so if you are starting out fresh,
and you're completely new to this,
I would highly recommend starting out with something simple.
I talk a little bit more about that
in my 2019 bullet journal setup, but I really think that
that's the best way for you to keep up with it
and for you to get used to this stuff.
So try not to feel overwhelmed with all
of this extra stuff when you're first starting out.
You can do something as simple as just writing out the days
and then putting a list right under it.
As spreads go, other than the doodley stuff
at the top of this spread, it's pretty simple.
I just have the days of the week across the top
and then a line to split up my events and my tasks.
All right, guys, so I'll show you guys
the final flip through right
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All right, here is the final flip through
of my January 2019 bullet journal setup.
I hope you guys enjoyed this Lunar New Year lantern theme.
I actually really love the way that this turned out,
and I think it's the perfect way
to start off this fresh new bullet journal.
So as usual, it's time to showcase some
of your recreations from last month which was December.
Look at them over here.
Look at how beautiful they are.
If you guys decide to recreate any of this month's spreads,
please tag me on Instagram @amandarachlee.
I always love to see them.
So can't wait to see what you guys whip up there.
I should probably wrap things up now,
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Keep doodling, and I will talk to you in my next video.
Bye, everyone.
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