Kikki K is basically the only ‘pretty’ stationery shop we have here in Australia so obviously it’s a place I frequent too often! I recently found this grid journal and, intrigued by the different paper inside, decided to test it out.

Quick facts

Size: approx 5.25″ wide x 8.5″ high
Hardcover
Grid inside pages (plus signs not dot grid)
Bright white paper
Contents page
Bullet journal page layout templates for tracing included

Let’s take a closer look!

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The Cover

The cover is very plain… Although since it’s a hardbound notebook I shouldn’t be surprised by their boring covers anymore.

Approx 1.5cm thick

Unlike dot grid notebooks this one has plus signs / crosses instead.

Am I a fan of this? I thought I would be…. but no. It’s quite busy to look at and spreads look busy too (I tried one – see the end of this post).

The only page with anything pre-printed is the contents page:

There’s a built in ribbon bookmark

Something different about this notebook are the templates:

I tried doing a spread.. and wasn’t that big of a fan of the plus signs

It looks too busy and the templates don’t maximise the page (see the huge margin / wasted space at the top and bottom of the weekly spread). I’d ditch the templates and rule up my own layouts.

The plus signs could be handy for line graphs if you want a visual way of tracking savings, weight loss or another goal.