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- Hey guys, it's Amanda and welcome back to my channel
and welcome to bullet journal hospital.
Today we're going to be talking about bullet journals.
And in particular, we're going to be talking
about when things go horribly wrong and you make a mistake.
And how you can fix and repair the damages.
I always read the comments on my videos
and you guys are super sweet.
You're always like, "Wow your bullet journal's so perfect
"and beautiful and aesthetic."
And if only you guys knew what goes on behind the scenes
because I just like any other human being make mistakes
and that's okay, trust me, I know the feeling
when your spread looks perfect and then your hand
just slips a little or you make one stupid mistake
and it just goes downhill.
I just have picked up a couple of tips and tricks
along the way on how to fix these mistakes
because it did make quite a lot of them.
So I thought I would share my secrets with you guys today.
So I really did want to make this video
to encourage some of you guys who I know
are afraid of starting or afraid of going all out
in your bullet journal because you don't want
to make mistakes or you don't want to make it ugly.
So I really do hope this will help you
go into it with a little bit more confidence.
I think I have about six or seven different methods.
So let's just get right into it.
All right, so the first type of mistake
we're going to be fixing are small mistakes.
So maybe you spelled a word wrong
or a line isn't straight or your hand slipped or something.
And in order to fix these, I've been using
this uniball signo broad white gel pen.
And you basically just use this as whiteout,
but what I love about this is that since it's a pen,
you can get super accurate with it.
And the gel pen formula kind of blends in
with the lawyers term cream paper.
I don't know why it's picking up so much on camera,
but in real life, you can barely tell that it's there.
I think this works a lot better than real whiteout
because it's not as clumpy or gooey as whiteout is.
It's just kind of like a sheer formula
while still covering up the mistake.
I'm showing you guys here that you can actually
write over the white gel pen once it dries.
So let's say you make a typo, you can just wait
for it to dry and then write over it, and you're good to go.
Next, we're going to be fixing medium sized mistakes.
So maybe you drew something and you just don't like
the way it looks or you wrote out a title
and you're just not feeling it.
Don't worry, I have a solution for you.
So and what we're going to be doing
is covering it up with paper kind of like a band aid,
actually showed you guys this in my March plan with me
and you guys were asking what type of paper I use.
So it's the Georgia Pacific cream paper, but honestly,
I just went to Staples and got cream paper.
So you're just going to cut it to size.
And then you're going to use some sort of adhesive.
I like using this glue tape dispenser
just because it's easy, but you can totally use a glue stick
or double sided tape.
and then once you patch it up, your mistake is gone
and you're free to draw over with whatever you want.
Now this method is obviously more
for if you want your mistake to blend in with your journal,
more so if you're bold journal is white,
use white paper, et cetera, et cetera.
But if you want to go for more decorative approach,
another option is to use decorative
scrap booking paper to cover it up.
This way it looks a little more intentional.
So as you can see here, I'm cutting out this floral paper
that I got from the dollar store and sticking it on using
the same glue tape dispenser that I had from Staples.
I love that thing.
I use it so often.
And then I'm just writing over it
with some pens and markers.
This one was didn't turn out as well because the pattern
on the paper was a bit darker, but you can totally
play around with it and use different types of papers
and see which one works best for your bullet journal.
So I actually liked the way that this one turned out
because the pattern was a little more subtle,
so I was able to write over it easily.
I forgot to mention that you definitely
don't need to buy paper you can print out pattern paper
or even use one washy tape, whatever works for you.
Something else that I like to do in order to fix titles,
or maybe the numbers of days because I messed that up
quite often is to actually block it out using a black marker
and just cover it up with a rectangle or circle
whatever shape you want and then afterwards
actually write over it with that same white gel pen.
So kind of again, makes it look intentional
and it just adds another element of design.
Actually, recently, I've been doing this even when
I don't make a mistake, because I really like
the way that it looks.
So yeah, this white gel pen is seriously my ride or die.
I use it very, very frequently.
I wanted to show you guys more ways
that you can use this blacking out method
because you don't just have to leave it as a black square,
you can add little decorative elements
just to kind of make it look like it was a part
of your bullet journal design.
As you can see here, I'm adding
this sort of paisley mandala effect to the corner of it
just because I thought that would look really cute.
And then again, just using that white gel pen over top.
The next method kind of combines the previous two.
So we are actually going to be using paper
as well as this coloring method
and I'm using a Crayola super tips marker,
but you can use any sort of colored marker
and I just decided to go for gray, but you can cut it out
into whatever shape you want.
And then of course, stick it on top of your mistake.
And this is awesome because you can totally
make it match your bullet journal aesthetic.
You don't have to do a solid color, you can do a pattern.
It's basically just like creating your own decorative paper.
My next method is more of a preventative measure
rather than a solution and that is to use an erasable pen.
So this is the pilot friXion, friction,
I don't know how to pronounce it, but it's an erasable pen.
The one thing though that sucks about this is that
the formula isn't as black or as pigmented
as other fine liners.
And you do have to be careful when you erase,
you have to make sure that the ink is dried all the way.
As you can see here, you can still see
some of the ink leftover from rubbing it.
But on this next one that I erased, I waited a bit longer
and it erased way better than the first time.
My last method is for when your spread
is just going way downhill and you just want a fresh start
and completely get rid of your spread.
And that is to just tape the two pages together.
Of course, I'm using my handy glue tape dispenser
and making sure to get all of the edges right around.
You can use a glue stick for this as well.
But then all you have to do is close the book
so that the two pages edge here together,
and you're good to go to start on a new page.
All right, you guys, so those are a couple of the different
ways that I like to fix bullet journal mistakes.
If you have any other ideas or methods
that you personally do, definitely leave them
in the comments below, it'll help me out,
it'll help everyone in the comments out.
So share your wealth of knowledge down below.
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I hope you guys have an awesome day.
Love you so much and I will talk to you in my next video.
Bye guys.