Hi everyone!
I'm Antonia and welcome to my pen case!
You might recognize me from other videos that i've done for JetPens
or other voiceovers that i've done.
I also work in customer service for JetPens and I love pens,
so today I'm sharing with you my pen case...
except I don't actually use a pen case...
so i'm just going to share with you the things that I use on an everyday basis
and also the pen that I carry with me every single day.
You ready?
Let's get started!
Probably should have done that at a different time...
Okay, so the first thing that I want to talk about are these Blue Q zip bags.
And I know you might be thinking,
"Antonia that looks like a pen case! I thought you said you don't have a pen case?!"
You would be right, I don't have a pen case.
This contains makeup.
So this is probably the oldest one that I own.
And I got it because it's funny,
"Be bold or italic, never regular."
Made me laugh, so I bought it.
But I genuinely think that this type of bag is like,
the most practical thing that you could carry!
It's white on the inside so it's easy to see.
It's like coated plastic on the inside so it's really easy to wipe out if anything spills.
Nice and roomy and you can put plenty of stuff in here.
I use zip bags all the time!
Any time that I'm carrying things from point A to point B.
So next up I want to talk about this combo.
I think that this combination of pen and paper
is probably one of the greatest combinations of all time!
Let me explain!
First of all we can start with this, this is actually an Apica C.D. Premium Notebook.
It doesn't actually normally look like this,
normally it looks like this!
But I kind of found the red to be a little bit like distracting.
Red is kind of a very bold color,
so I went for something that was a little bit more muted in terms of color.
I found some wrapping paper and I cut it down to the exact size of my notebook,
and I just kind of tucked it around the--
Oo-- oo-- things for later! [Laughs]
I tucked it around the front and the back cover.
And then I kept the original plastic packaging that it comes with,
and I just put it on top of the wrapping paper to protect it.
Yeah, like I said... um...
this is my journal so there's like things in here like,
you know S-Bahn ticket and like this is a museum card, a ticket, that kind of thing.
I just kind of threw in there really haphazardly!
So I actually started this journal last year
at the start of the pandemic because I thought,
"Oh maybe now is a good time to start a journal,
in case I want to look back and see what I was thinking!"
So I actually sat down and thought,
"What is the smoothest writing notebook and smoothest writing pen
that I can bring together for the ultimate journal experience?!"
And I picked the Apica C.D. Premium Notebook because the...
uh, paper is just so smooth!
It's just so pleasant!
I also picked the grid version because I like to be neat!
And it helps me write in a straight line
and if I indent it helps me keep those indentations straight.
And then once I picked this paper
I was like, "I need to pick a rollerball pen that works really well with this paper."
And I wanted a rollerball pen because the ink is really thin,
so it flows really smoothly.
I tried a couple and I finally ended up on the Uni-ball Eye Rollerball Pen.
And I picked this one because it was a blue ink color which is really pretty
and kind of striking.
And it's the thinnest rollerball pen that Uni makes
so the line will be really small which I really wanted.
And it's just so wonderful on this paper! I can't get enough!
It's just so smooth, it just flows so well.
That was really important to me for a journal because I wanted something that
had as little friction as possible between my thoughts
and what I was putting down on the page.
I wanted it to be just seamless.
And that's what i use for my journal!
So next up is this notebook!
This is a Yamamoto Ro-biki Reticle Grid Notebook.
And I love this thing because...
it first of all looks great!
Umm, even if you beat it up!
Because it has a waxed cover,
it's very durable if you spill water on it it's not going to get into the paper.
But also, um, it has this sort of like weathering effect
that I think is really nice.
Here I'll show you the front and the back at the same time.
You can see that's what mine looks like.
I've been using this since 2018 probably? Yeah, since 2018.
Off and on, I don't, um, actually have it in my bag every single day
If there's something where I just need to...
If I think "I'm gonna need to write stuff down,
but I don't want to have a bunch of loose little pieces of paper,"
I want it kind of all contained in one place.
This is what I want to grab.
So first of all it has that wax cover, which protects it.
Also gives it this really nice kind of like weathered pattern.
Here's the inside you can kind of see it looks really great!
Even on the inside cover!
I'll show you the back, too, where that big crease is.
I think that it looks kind of nice.
And it also kind of you know reflects its time with me.
And the other thing that I really love about it,
is that it has this reticle grid type of paper.
This is what it looks like from really far away
and you might not be able to see anything
and that's what I love about it!
The reticle grid is really really light,
so it's not distracting.
But, it's there so that I can write straight lines!
Very important to me!
And it's also in a grid format,
which helps in case I want to indent something.
So my indents kind of are aligned,
and I really like the idea of having these tiny little crosses instead of dots.
I really like that!
It's very sturdy, it's not going anywhere.
So I actually really like to travel with this notebook.
Yeah, this is just a great notebook,
and I love that it's just durable.
I can throw in my bag, I have to worry about it.
And it's also very simple, it's also light!
It's not going to weigh down my bag or my checked bag.
Okay, are you ready for the pen that I genuinely carry with me every single day?
[Drum roll] It's a Jetstream!
I know, "big surprise" on this channel!
So this is my actual real-life wallet.
Don't ask me where I got it, uh, online.
I don't remember anymore!
Let me pull it out here. Ta-da!
I think this is the best Jetstream you can get.
It's slim...
There are like thicker Jetstreams that are--
like more-- with a more cushy grip,
but if I want something that I am just going to write notes with really quickly,
and just scratch something down somewhere...
Um, I don't think you need anything like with a thick grip.
You just want something practical.
Yeah, so it fits in my purse...
and I am obsessed with that, purse/wallet.
I think that the Jetstream...
is probably the best pen that you can carry with you on an everyday basis.
First of all, it's a ballpoint pen, so that means a couple of things...
One, It's not gonna leak on you.
Rollerball pens sometimes leak on you,
not that often but it happens...
The other reason that the Jetstream is so great because of the ballpoint,
is because that means that it writes on whatever paper you throw at it!
Receipts,
random printouts,
whatever somebody hands-- hands you for you to write on,
a ballpoint is going to work on that paper!
And that's why I love carrying around a ballpoint!
So I also have in here a Coleto,
and this is actually a discontinued Coleto body!
So, let that be a lesson to you!
If there's a beautiful pen that you want, snap it up before it gets discontinued!
Yeah, I bought this one specifically because I was like,
"This is so beautiful! It's cream and gold! I'm into it!"
Yeah, it's actually one of the first pens that I ever bought from JetPens
when I started working here.
Not from-- this is for a later video!
There's not more!
[Laughs]
If this video does well maybe, i'll show you the rest!
This is actually more pens that I don't really use every day,
which is why I didn't talk about it in this video.
But there's some other cool things in here that I really, really love
so maybe in the future?
I hope you liked this small foray into some of the pen products that I own.
I am super curious about what you all own
so let me know in the comments below!
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Thanks for watching!
[Smiles really big]
Two pens...
[Laughs]
Two pens... the whole pen case video.
I don't know what to tell you!