Locating Refill Paper for my BOS

[Technoterra]

Re: Locating Refill Paper for my BOS

I might just buy a a 2nd one and place the cover on the back of mine lol

[anunitu]

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Me thinks I need to find out who spends that much on a blank book,and knock on their door like an LDS......

[Jembru]

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yes, my notebook size is about 6 x 8 1/2.... my paper size is def A5 size after doing some more research (thanks to you!) I prefer lined paper... At least for this BOS, next one (later in life) wont matter, but this is my starter BOS and the lines help my hand writing lol

My first BoS was lined too! I use hard-backed A4 books that I back myself with fabric and ribbons. After the first one, I started using artists notebooks with blank pages. The paper is thicker, so you don't get as many pages (around 60 sheets/120 pages I think), but I like to decorate my entries with fancy boarders using stamps, stickers, pictures cut from magazines and hand drawings. The artists paper is more robust making it ideal for this, but it is a bit annoying to have to draw guide-lines in pencil whenever you write anything.

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I might just buy a a 2nd one and place the cover on the back of mine lol

Or just start volumes like I do! I have 4 books altogether and each tells a different story. My first one was very teen-witchy, especially near the start, the second has a Kemetic flavour, as I was devoted to the Goddess Isis, towards the end of that, I discovered the Fellowship of Isis, which ironically led me in a different, more shamanistic direction.. which takes me to BoS 3, which was recorded when I started my career in community-based learning disability services, and was in a psychic development and mediumship class at the local spiritualist church, as well as a regular coven. Book 3 is a strange blend of second degree wicca and 'white light, meditation and angels' type stuff.

Then finally I came to my current book, where you see much more emphasis on inner work. Parapsychology Jungian psychology (often attempts at blending the two), pages on local land and animal spirits, and techniques aimed at self-development.

It's nice to see the progression like that, laid out in real time. Connecting with myself in the past, at different stages of my journey. I don't think I'd feel quite the same if all my BoS was jammed together in one book. Each one even has a distinctive visual style, reflecting the way I saw the world at each phase. I love it.

[Technoterra]

Re: Locating Refill Paper for my BOS

My first BoS was lined too! I use hard-backed A4 books that I back myself with fabric and ribbons. After the first one, I started using artists notebooks with blank pages. The paper is thicker, so you don't get as many pages (around 60 sheets/120 pages I think), but I like to decorate my entries with fancy boarders using stamps, stickers, pictures cut from magazines and hand drawings. The artists paper is more robust making it ideal for this, but it is a bit annoying to have to draw guide-lines in pencil whenever you write anything.

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Or just start volumes like I do! I have 4 books altogether and each tells a different story. My first one was very teen-witchy, especially near the start, the second has a Kemetic flavour, as I was devoted to the Goddess Isis, towards the end of that, I discovered the Fellowship of Isis, which ironically led me in a different, more shamanistic direction.. which takes me to BoS 3, which was recorded when I started my career in community-based learning disability services, and was in a psychic development and mediumship class at the local spiritualist church, as well as a regular coven. Book 3 is a strange blend of second degree wicca and 'white light, meditation and angels' type stuff.

Then finally I came to my current book, where you see much more emphasis on inner work. Parapsychology Jungian psychology (often attempts at blending the two), pages on local land and animal spirits, and techniques aimed at self-development.

It's nice to see the progression like that, laid out in real time. Connecting with myself in the past, at different stages of my journey. I don't think I'd feel quite the same if all my BoS was jammed together in one book. Each one even has a distinctive visual style, reflecting the way I saw the world at each phase. I love it.

That is actually quite inspiring! I wouldnt mind having different ones, I just kinda had an idea that the majority would be in one book lol This book is actually dictated by my tarot readings. Ive been practicing with the Thoth deck and ive learned more in the last year than I did the 14(ish) years prior lol and ive been working on creating my own spells. I just wanted one book to pass down to my children... I mean if I leave them with nothing else, id like to leave them with books lmao I love reading and I think they should be able to follow in my footsteps if they s choose

I might actually try making my own BOS at some point, I really like leather and Im not even sure how to begin making my own with leather lol o well i will figure it out!

[monsno_leedra]

Re: Locating Refill Paper for my BOS

yes, my notebook size is about 6 x 8 1/2.... my paper size is def A5 size after doing some more research (thanks to you!) I prefer lined paper... At least for this BOS, next one (later in life) wont matter, but this is my starter BOS and the lines help my hand writing lol

Just an aside comment but a lot of times we used to get the lined page affect by using a lined page beneath the page we were writing on. So you page looks nice, has even spacing and position but none of the distracting lines across the page. The disadvantage is if you use heavier stock paper the lined paper may not show up beneath it. Does save time though and you can use many different types of paper or colored paper that otherwise might be unavailable because it wasn't lined.

[Technoterra]

Re: Locating Refill Paper for my BOS

Just an aside comment but a lot of times we used to get the lined page affect by using a lined page beneath the page we were writing on. So you page looks nice, has even spacing and position but none of the distracting lines across the page. The disadvantage is if you use heavier stock paper the lined paper may not show up beneath it. Does save time though and you can use many different types of paper or colored paper that otherwise might be unavailable because it wasn't lined.

Good idea! thank you!

[Jembru]

Re: Locating Refill Paper for my BOS

Just an aside comment but a lot of times we used to get the lined page affect by using a lined page beneath the page we were writing on. So you page looks nice, has even spacing and position but none of the distracting lines across the page. The disadvantage is if you use heavier stock paper the lined paper may not show up beneath it. Does save time though and you can use many different types of paper or colored paper that otherwise might be unavailable because it wasn't lined.

The paper in mine is a bit too thick to see through. I do have a sheet of lined paper that I went over with a dark marker, that you can just about see in good lighting, but it's not much use on the reverse side of the page because of the writing and illustrations on the previous page. I rub out the pencil lines once I'm done though, so it's not so bad. It's more the drawing them in the first place that's a pain.

[Technoterra]

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The paper in mine is a bit too thick to see through. I do have a sheet of lined paper that I went over with a dark marker, that you can just about see in good lighting, but it's not much use on the reverse side of the page because of the writing and illustrations on the previous page. I rub out the pencil lines once I'm done though, so it's not so bad. It's more the drawing them in the first place that's a pain.

In my search for paper I bent the spiral spine beyond repair lol then I remembered I had suede cord on hand and removed the spiral spine and replaced it with suede cord.... I decided to only use 3 holes, so now I am not bound to locating 16 hole paper... I know in my journey Ive seen the appropriate sized paper with 3 hole punches and now I am not bound to a specific spine size either! And its completely individualized! I will post pics!

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Hopefully this works, heres the pics!

[anunitu]

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THAT is actually a better solution at least in my artistic eye.

[Technoterra]

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THAT is actually a better solution at least in my artistic eye.

Yes, and the beads are in the DNA sequence of a Corpse Flower lol