HUGE Stationery Haul! *mostly calligraphy & hand lettering supplies*

- Okay. It is stationary haul time.

Is that okay with you guys?

I'm assuming you're all saying yes.

(light music)

Hello friends. It's Amanda; welcome back.

I haven't done a
stationary haul in a while,

but of course, you guys know me.

I've accumulated a bunch of new stationary

over the past couple of months.

This time I have a lot
of new hand lettering

and calligraphy supplies
like brush pens and stuff.

I always feel like an excited
kid showing my friends

the new toys I got for Christmas

whenever I do these hauls, which
I guess is pretty accurate.

Anyway, we all know I
talk a little bit too much

during these hauls,

so let's just get started.

We're gonna start with Kuretake,

because I have the most items from them

and they actually did sponsor this video

and send me a lot of their
collection to try out.

Like, a lot of brush pens.

So, I'm very excited.

I have tried out a lot of
Kuretake products before.

I've mentioned them in
my bullet journal videos,

and in previous hauls.

I love the quality of their products.

They're a Japanese brands, so, you know.

We all know Japanese
stationary brands are.

This haul is kind of brush
pen and calligraphy focused.

So, I'm gonna take you guys
through some of the brush pens

they sent me and show you guys

some of the differences between
all of the different types

of brush pens, because Kuretake
has a really wide range

in their collection,

and I know it can be a little confusing

when you're shopping to figure
out what's the difference

between them and which ones
are the best for you to get.

So I'll try my best to show
you guys the difference

between all of them, but starting off,

we have the Kuretake ZIG
Clean Color Real Brush set,

and look at this.

This is an absolute unit of a set.

There's 90 colors in here,
as you can see. Quite a lot.

And it comes in this
nifty little case as well.

So, storage-wise, I would
just keep it in here

unless I wanna take it out

and put it in my little cubby units.

But there are so many
colors, which I love.

So what makes these unique

compared to all of the
other brush pens and markers

that I'm about to show you

is that these are actually a real brush,

like the name implies.

So if you look really closely at the tips,

you'll actually be able to
see the individual bristles.

And it looks like an actual paintbrush,

unlike a lot of other
brush pens and markers,

which are actually just
like, felt tip markers.

So yeah, these are real brush,

and there were so many different colors.

These are also water-based dye ink.

So because of the like,
brush aspect of it,

and the water-based
ink, this will give you

that really, like watercolor-y,

really loose flowing
look to your calligraphy.

Because the brush is a
little bit harder to control

than say, like a felt tip,

you kind of have to practice
with these a little bit more,

but you can get some
really nice, fluid results,

especially if you're going for like,

the dry brush look or
like, a watercolor-y look.

I think these are really cool.

And of course the tip is super flexible,

because they are just
like individual bristles.

So, these are really awesome.

I'm excited to play with these a lot more,

especially, you guys know,

I've been experimenting a lot more

in my bullet journal.

So having all of these
colors will come in handy,

I'm sure at some point.

I think these are really great,

not only for lettering,

but also for illustration and like,

watercolor type stuff,

because the bristles will
make it really easy to blend.

Like literally on the
front cover of the set,

you can see someone did,
like a illustration.

Typically brush pens
with like, real bristles

aren't my first choice for calligraphy,

but I do use it a lot for illustration.

Like, in my April "Plan with
Me" setup with the bamboo,

I did actually use a
real bristle brush pen

for that as well.

So, you can achieve some really cool looks

with these brush pens.

Just look at all these colors, guys.

You can't go wrong.

All right, next up, we have
the Kuretake ZIG Brushables.

And I've used these before.

I had a couple colors that I got,

I think when I was actually in Japan.

I picked up a couple just to try out,

but this is a full set
and it actually has.

How many does it have?

I guess I'll count myself.

Three, four, five six, seven,
eight, nine, 10, 11, 12.

So, there's 24 different
colors in this set.

However, it's actually
technically 48 colors.

What's cool about the ZIG Brushables

is that they're dual tipped.

And I know a lot of other brush pens

come in dual tips except, one
side would be like a brush,

and then the other side

is just like a thin felt tip marker.

But what's cool about the ZIG Brushables

is that they are a dual tip,

and both sides are actually the brush tip.

So, you really get so
much bang for your buck.

On all of the markers,

you'll have the one main color

on one side and then a lighter version

of that same color on the other side.

So, it's kind of really
easy to match up colors

and blend between the two.

I think they do that so that
you can really blend easily,

and get really cool, like Ombre
effects for your lettering.

In terms of the ink in this,

this is water-based,
acid-free, pigment ink.

So, it's a little bit
different from the Real Brush.

With pigment ink, it's
really long lasting.

So, you won't find it like
fading on paper and stuff.

So the brush tip on these
are definitely a lot thicker

than the Real Brush, the ones
that I just showed you guys.

They do have some like, stiffness to them.

They're pretty firm, but
it's definitely soft enough

for when you press down

you can get some pretty
thick brush strokes.

And I just really like these.

I love the colors and
like being able to blend

so that you don't need to buy like,

10 million different markers.

You can basically have the
blending right in here.

So yeah, those are the ZIG Brushables.

I hadn't had a chance to
use them too, too much

before this pack, but
just in the few tests

that I've been playing
around with them this week,

I really, really like these.

And they might be one of
my new favorite brush pens

just because of the versatility

of having the two brush
pens on both sides.

Then next, moving on to
something kind of similar

to the Brushables.

These are the Kuretake SIG Fudebiyori.

I've used these a lot before.
I have a bunch of them.

I really, really like these.

I don't have this set though.

I think I only had like a set of 12

and it was the basic like, primary colors.

So this is a set of 24

and it comes with a lot of
different, more pastel colors.

This gray, the Fudebiyori gray,

I've used in so many different
bullet journal setups.

You have no idea.

I think it's just because
I've never seen a brush pen

or a marker that has
this light gray color.

It's perfect for adding shadows to things

or layering colors

if you just want some
slight emphasis on it.

So, I have used this for quite a lot.

In terms of the actual
like, tip of the marker,

the difference between the tip on these

versus the Brushables

is that these have a
slightly smaller size,

and they're actually a lot more stiff

than the Brushables.

So, this is also water-based dye ink,

and the tip is also felt
tip like the Brushables.

But because of the
stiffness of the brush tip,

it's actually suitable
for smaller lettering

compared to the Brushables.

Where the Brushables, since
they have that soft tip,

you can get that really thick downstroke

and create some really
large lettering pieces.

But with the stiffer brush tip,

it's better for like, the
smaller size lettering.

And then something else
I really like about them

is that they come in these
really beautiful metallic colors,

which I have all of these already.

I've had them for years now.

If you've watched any of my
Christmas card lettering videos,

you'll see that I use these a lot.

They show up so beautifully
on top of black paper.

And speaking of the black paper, finally,

they also have a Fudebiyori
Milky White pigment brush pen.

This is actually super cool.

I've never really seen this before.

This is the ZIG Fudebiyori
Milky White pigment.

So, it's the same line as the Fudebiyori.

It's more of like a paint marker.

It's still like water-based pigment,

but it actually shows up on
top of the markers really well.

I tested it out a little
bit before this video

and it's really cool.

It's kind of like a mix
between a blending marker

and a paint marker.

So, when you stroke on top
of any of the other colors,

you'll see that it kind of fades nicely

and you can get this Ombre
effect just by using this

instead of having to blend
between two different colors.

There's definitely a lot
of possibilities with this.

Okay, next we have the Kuretake
ZIG Cocoitero letter pen.

And these are actually, I think,

my favorite discovery of this haul round.

But basically they're a refillable
mix and match brush pens.

They sell the body of the
pens like this separately,

and you can buy a lot of different refills

and then switch it out

depending on how you want
your brush pen to look.

So, you can mix and match.

They come with different
colors of refills.

I have this like mint green color.

I also have sepia, black, and blue.

And then, once you have your refill,

this is all you have to do.

So, let me show you guys.

This is the refill. You just
unscrew the little clear part.

Like so; and then with your body,

all you have to do is just
insert that into the body.

Screw it in. And you have
a brush pen like this.

And then, if you wanted to switch it out,

all you would have to
do is just unscrew it,

take it out.

I would keep the little clear plastic part

so that I can make sure that
the ink doesn't dry out,

and save these refills for later.

But I think it's really cool and smart

that you can just switch
them out like that

once you run out or if
you wanna switch colors.

So you could basically
just have the one pen body

and then have different refills

depending on what you wanted.

And then in terms of the
actual tip of the brush pen

this is super, extra fine,
extra small brush pen.

I've actually never seen
one this small before,

which I love because I love
doing small lettering, you know,

and especially if you're doing
stuff in your bullet journal

or your journal or stuff.

It makes it really, really easy
to write on a smaller scale.

I was just so surprised
when I tested it out

because the tip is just
so fine and minuscule.

You can get such thin strokes,

and it just makes things look
really elegant and beautiful.

The tip of this brush pen
definitely does not run

on the flexible side.

It's more on the firm side,

which allows you to have
those really thin strokes

and have a lot more control
in terms of the size.

But because of that, you
have to press a lot harder

for the thicker strokes,
which I don't mind.

I really liked doing that.

I find that it allows
me to have more control

when I'm varying the
thickness of my letters.

And at first I thought
it was a plastic tip

because of how pointy and
small and fine it was.

But now that I'm looking at it,

I think it's just a felt tip

that is just super tiny.

So, that's kind of cool.

This is definitely my favorite discovery

out of all of the pens that
I got during this haul.

I'm definitely gonna be looking
to see what other colors

in the collection they
have for the refills,

because I only have four colors here.

I have black, blue, mint
green, and then sepia.

Sepia, sepia? I don't know.

I don't know how it's pronounced.

Anyway, these definitely
have the AmandaRichLee

seal of approval.

You will be seeing me use a lot of these

in my bullet journal.

The last brush pen style

that I have to show you are these ones.

These are the Kuretake
Cambio Tambien Brush Pen

and they are really large
compared to the other ones,

especially the letter pen.

Like, look at the size of
the difference between these.

So these ones are really meant to mimic

that traditional Japanese
ink calligraphy style.

It actually does have a real brush tip

similar to the Clean Color Real Brush.

But the difference between these

is that the tip is
definitely a lot larger,

so you can really get that
large, fluid brush stroke

with these that looks really similar

to traditional Japanese
and Chinese calligraphy.

So, that is really cool.

And also the ink of these

is very similar to actual pigment ink.

Whereas these ones, I
feel like mimic that,

like, watercolor-y type of look.

That's the difference,

from what I can tell, based on those.

I have 12 different colors here,

and I'm actually just really excited

to experiment with these a lot more,

because they're definitely very different

from anything else that
I have in my collection.

Especially with my April "Plan with Me"

theme that I just did.

You guys know, I have
been really interested

in that traditional calligraphy style.

And something that I've been meaning to do

that's been on my bucket list recently

is to learn to write Chinese.

But I feel like these pens
are kind of perfect for that,

and especially if you're
trying to get that, like,

traditional brushstroke look.

So, yeah, those are the Kuretake
Cambio Tambien Brush Pens.

Those were all of the
brush pens that I got.

I know it's quite a
lot, but on the screen,

I'm gonna try to put a
comparison between all of them,

so you can kind of see the
exact different lettering style.

I'll also include the lettering comparison

for the Clean Color Dot,
ZIG Clean Color Dot,

which I showed you guys
in a previous haul.

But these ones have that same,

like, water-based pigment as
the Clean Color Real Brush.

Even though these aren't
brush pens or brush markers

I wanted to include
them in the comparison,

just so you guys can get a
good feel of the difference

in the brush size and the
tip size between all of them,

as well as what lettering
styles you can achieve

with each different style of pen.

Because even though some
of them look similar,

you can actually achieve
very different things

with each collection.

So hopefully that comparison
helps you guys out

if you were confused on the difference

between all of them or
which one you wanted to get.

Anyway, that was the huge
brush pen marker segment

of this haul.

Thank you again to Kuretake for sending me

all of these to test out for you guys,

but now, moving on to some
other stationary goodies

that I've gotten over
the past month or so.

So, first up I have
something kind of boring.

These are just some glue
tape refills from Tombow.

I go through these like nobody's business.

You guys always see me use them
in my bullet journal videos

whenever I'm attaching things
into my bullet journal.

So these are actually the
permanent adhesive refills.

So all you have to do is
pop them into the case

if you have it already,

and then you're good to go to switch out,

and all of that.

I know they have a removable version,

which I don't like as much.

So just definitely make sure
you get the permanent version

of these if you're interested
in adhesive tape rollers.

Okay, next I'm super excited about these.

This is the Sakura
special, 100 anniversary,

100, 100th anniversary, limited edition,

black barrel set of the pigma microns.

So you guys know, I love the
pigma micron fine liners.

I use them for all of my
bullet journal setups,

and whenever I'm doodling.

And these are just a special
edition set, I guess.

From what I can see, it's
pretty much the exact same

in terms of the formula.

I think also the sizes are the same?

Oh no, wait.

There's a size 10 and 12,
which I have not seen before.

I don't have a 10 or 12 pigma micron.

So, I'm curious as to how
those look when I test it out.

But the formula and everything
else is the exact same

as the regular pigma microns.

It's just that the outside is
black, and they look fancier,

which I love.

My bullet journal is a black cover.

So these kind of match perfectly,

and they'll make me
feel like a fancy human

while I write with them

because the tip, the metallic
tip is also gold, as well.

So, definitely very luxe.

Are they completely necessary?

Probably not because I do have the regular

Sakura pigma microns, and
they're the exact same,

but we all deserve to feel
a little fancy sometimes.

So, that's what I'm going with.

All right, next up we
have a couple of things

that I got from a really cute,

local Toronto stationary store.

I was walking around Koreatown

with a couple of friends the other day,

and we happened to pass by this store

and it looked super cute.

And then when we walked in,

I realized it was a stationary
store and it was game over.

They had so many cute, like stickers

and Washi tapes and stuff.

I'll leave the name of
the stationary store

on the screen in case any
of you guys are curious,

because I know that I have
a lot of Toronto viewers.

I'm really proud of myself

because I controlled how much I purchased,

but I probably could have
gone a lot crazier in there

if I was feeling extra spendy.

They had a lot of really
beautiful, handmade papers.

Like Japanese style paper.

So, I got a couple of sets of those.

The first one is this.
This is so beautiful.

I have never seen
something like this before.

It kind of looks like there's,
like hand pressed leaves,

kind of within the paper
pulp, which is really cool.

And it's just in this
regular 8 1/2 by 11 size.

I got some matching
envelopes to go with it.

So, this would be really cool,

especially if you're into pen palling

or something like that.

I think it looks so, so
stunning and beautiful.

I almost don't wanna use it.

And then I got another set.

This is really cute.

Also the handmade paper.

So it's like a slightly ivory tint,

but then you just see these tiny hearts

within the paper pulp.

And of course I got the matching envelopes

for these as well.

So I'll definitely only break
these out on special occasions

because they're just so
pretty, too pretty to use.

Next, I got some stickers
from there as well.

They had a really wide
variety of stickers in there.

This first one that I got, these are,

the brand is Daily Like,

but these ones are all
just little houseplants

that are in like, macrame
hanging pots and stuff.

So, these would look really cute

in planners or notebooks
or in your bullet journal.

I also got these,

which are really cute,
also from that same brand.

Oh, these are all from
the same Daily Like brand.

But this has a bunch of dogs
that are celebrating birthdays.

Oh, there's like balloons
and stuff too, and cakes.

And then I have another dog sticker set.

These ones have a slightly
holographic look to them,

and I'm just a sucker for any fluffy dog.

I might not have a dog,
but I have dog stickers.

And then finally, I have this set,

which is a bakery themed set.

So you have a lot of clear stickers,

and there's different breads

and people heading to
like, the bread store.

So, these ones are so, so cute.

I like how small they are.

And I like the clear background,

so you can put them on
pretty much anything.

And then finally from that same store,

I got two Washi tapes.

This one has some bears on it.

Bears have different hats and
glasses and faces on them.

And then this one has
little sailboats on it,

which I thought was
really cute and simple.

Anyway, shout out to
that stationary store.

I always get questions from people

from Toronto of like,
local stationery stores.

And that one is definitely
one of the best ones

that I've seen.

It's really unique.

And I will definitely
have to go back sometime.

Next up, we have something
that is a little bit extra,

but are we surprised at this point?

No. I got this a while back.

But I haven't talked about in a video yet,

and I'm just really excited to show people

so that someone can make me feel better

about this unnecessary purchase.

And it is a paper cutter.

It's a lot and very large.

I probably could have got
a smaller paper cutter

or one of those sliding ones, but,

I really, really liked
the guillotine ones.

We used to have it in my art class

when I was in an art
program in high school.

They had this massive
guillotine paper cutter,

and it was so heavy-duty.

You could cut through
so many sheets of paper,

and it was also extremely
satisfying to use.

I gave in and I got one for myself.

And I must admit, it actually
works really, really well.

I apparently, it's harder
to get an accurate cut

on the sliding type of paper cutters.

So, I guess that is a pro
of getting a guillotine one.

I always find any excuse
to use my paper cutter now,

because I just get so excited to use it.

And the sound is just a chef's kiss.

If you are into like,
satisfying ASMR noises,

paper cutting is the way to go.

(blade slicing)

Maybe in the future,

I'll upload a dedicated
stationary ASMR video,

where I just cut paper
with my paper cutter.

This is from the brand Fiskars,
in case anyone's curious,

and it has all measurements
and everything,

and it has a safety clasp as
well, just in case, you know,

you don't wanna accidentally
guillotine off your finger,

which can definitely be quite scary.

So please be careful if
you're gonna get one of these.

I do not want to be responsible
for any chopped off fingers.

So last couple of things in this haul.

I have the Zebra Sarasa Clip Gel pens,

and these are actually the metallic set.

I have used the Sarasa
Clip Gel pens quite a lot.

I have a lot of them from Japan, actually.

When I went to Japan,

I noticed that a lot of
the different stores,

and like, cartoon brands,

like Pokemon and Sanrio, they
all had their own collections,

like collaborations with
Zebra Sarasa Clip Gel pens,

which was really interesting to me.

So I do have a lot of those,

but I do not have the metallic ones.

There's nine colors in the set.

Do really like the metallic ink on these.

It shows up really well on dark paper

and looks really shimmery and nice.

So, I got these.

And then I also got
some Zebra Fountain pen

stainless steel nib.

So these ones come in a pack of seven.

You guys know I've been really
into fountain pens recently.

I use them a lot when I'm writing my tasks

in my bullet journal,

or when I'm writing in my regular diary.

But, sometimes fountain pens
are a little bit of a hassle.

You know, if you run out of ink

you have to break out the
bottle and do all of that,

and it gets kinda messy.

So these are meant to be,
like an easier fountain pen.

At least that's what
it says on the package.

And you don't have to deal
with the whole, you know,

ink bottle and everything.

So, I have those.

There are seven different colors of these,

which is cool because, you know,

if you were to use a fountain pen,

you'd have to get seven
different ink bottles,

but they just come in a
nice little set like this.

All right, guys.

So I think that's it for today's haul.

I'm pretty sure I got through everything.

There's a lot of stationary sprawled out

on the floor in front of me,

so I can't tell if I missed something,

but anyway, I hope you
enjoyed this chill haul,

seeing some of the new stationary
items that I have added

to my excessively large
collection recently.

I know I usually do full swatches

whenever I show you guys pens
and markers in these hauls,

but just because there
were so many brush pens

and markers and stuff in this haul,

I did not have time to swatch all of them,

but let me know if there's
a specific marker collection

or pen collection that you
guys were really interested in.

Maybe I can do on my Instagram
stories or something.

Show you guys all of the colors.

Just let me know in the comments.

I can definitely do that.

Anyway, I'm gonna go clean up
this whole floor situation.

Thank you for joining me

in yet another edition

of Amanda being a stationary hoarder.

I hope you guys have a great day

and I will see you in the next one.

Keep doodling. Bye guys.

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