A heads up about those cheap dot grid notebooks from the big craft store chain

I bought a 3-pack of the Artist's Loft dot grid journals from Michaels last month, and the paper quality is a real problem. My fountain pen ink bleeds through so badly I can't use the back of any page, which defeats the whole point of a bullet journal for tracking. Has anyone found a good budget notebook that actually holds up to ink?

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kaimartinez1d agoMost Upvoted

Ugh, been there. Have you tried the Exceed notebooks from Walmart? The 100gsm ones are surprisingly good with ink and still pretty cheap.

sanchez.mary1d ago

Actually had a bad run with those Exceed notebooks @kaimartinez. The paper felt weirdly slick to me, like my gel pens would just skate on top and then smudge super easy. Maybe I just got a bad batch, but it was a total mess.

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