Dingbats Journal Review- A5+ Earth Collection
Are you looking for a quality journal? Dingbats Notebooks offers a lot of great options that suit any preference. In this post you will see my review on their Earth Collection. Read on about these amazing journals and what they have to offer!
This is not a sponsored post. I sincerely love this brand and want to share it with you in hopes you will find your next or first favorite journal!
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Featured Dingbats Journals
Here are the journals that will be featured in this post. If you like what you see and want to purchase one (or two or three), I can offer you a 10% off coupon for stopping by!
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A5+ Glicine Arctic dot grid journal - Earth Collection
A5+ Great Barrier Reef dot grid journal (Sky Blue) - Earth Collection
Key Features of the Dingbats Earth Collection
These features are specific to the Earth Collection. The Wildlife collection has it’s own features that I will share in a future post to come!
Size: A5+ (6.3 x 8.5in)
Cover: Hard cover; 100% Vegan leather
Paper - 100 GSM; Cream coated; 96 sheets/192 pages - acid free
Dot Grid paper - this collection is dot grid only. The Wildlife collection has a wide variety of page options.
2 bookmarks in 2 different colors
184 numbered non-perforated pages
16 micro-perforated pages
3 index pages
2 key pages
Future log
Expandable pocket in the back
Elastic closure band to keep your journal closed
A pen holder
About the Dingbats Earth Collection
There are four different journals to choose from.
The Arctic Journal - Glacial White
The Great Barrier Reef Journal - Sky Blue
The Serengeti Journal - Tangerine
The Yasuni Journal - Lime
Each journal highlights a specific ecosystem that is in a fragile state due to human activity. Inside the cover of each journal is a unique layout of the highlighted region. It shares information you can explore to learn more about the dangers being faced there, and how we can help potentially turn things around.
I love how each design is so well thought out, original, and made with purpose.
Environmentally Friendly - They’re Green!
Another thing I love about this company is they use 100% vegan materials. They are the first journal company to hold this certification. They use recycled materials, and the journals themselves can even be recycled. (See the “We’re Green,” section of their website to read full disclosure).
Knowing this makes me feel better about the journal I’m using! I also love that we can help support these environments by choosing this brand.
My Favorite Things about the Earth Collection
Besides the beautiful designs of these well made notebooks, I want to share my personal favorite things about these journals that may help you decide if this line is right for you.
In the front of the journal, there are pages laid out for you to set up your journal successfully with all of the details you need!
These pages include:
Journal how to pages
Tab key
Color key
Dingbat key
3 Index pages
4 Future Log pages that have perfect grid spacing lines for reference
Notice there are lines measuring out the proper grid spacing to help you create and even section for your future log!
There are 2 different colored book marks!
I love having 2 book marks. I often keep track of multiple pages at one time, and this really benefits my journaling habits.
Elastic closure bands!
I love a journal with elastic closure bands! I appreciate this feature in a journal because I like to keep my pages safe if I slip it into my purse or backpack. It keeps the pages safely in place and doesn’t allow little extras to fall out if I don’t have them secured to the pages yet.
Dot Grid Pages
I prefer dot grid pages to lined pages for journaling. I feel like it takes the limits off of writing only horizontally. I have many different journaling styles I like to use and these pages help so much!
These dot grid pages also help me draw fun doodle boxes and headers to make my journaling more fun and eye catching.
Back Pocket built into the journal
I love that these journals have an expandable back pocket feature built into the cover of the journal.
It allows you to keep extras like, my mini ruler, stickers, stencils, tickets, photos and papers you’d like to include in your journal later! I find this feature very helpful.
BONUS: Look how pretty these illustrations are!
Pen Test Page
How do the pages hold up to my favorite journaling pens?
The big question everyone wants to know…. Do pens and markers bleed?
On this pen test page I used:
Paper Mate Flair pens - Medium
Gelly Roll gel pens
Micron fine liner pens
The left photo is the pen test page. The right photo is the back of the test page.
There is very minimal ghosting with the pens I selected to use. It does NOT effect my journaling at all and I use the front and back of every page.
I would not use this journal for…
Watercolor painting
Acrylic painting
Classic Sharpies
Final Thoughts
This company has put so much heart into their products. Everything I’ve purchased from them has been great quality, and their customer service is excellent!
If you’re looking for a good journal, I’d give this one a try! it’s great for daily journaling, bullet journaling, memory keeping, habit tracking and more!
Click here to brows their website and see all the possibilities. Remember to use code* HOLLY10 at checkout to save some monies!
Do you have any questions I can answer about these journals? Are you interested in a review on the Wildlife Collection or their twin-tip Atopens? Let me know!
Thanks for stopping by Lovelies, and remember to find the joy in your journaling.
