Creative Bullet Journal First Page Ideas

I love this idea of Nicole's. It's a fun way to make the years stand out more by overlapping the years in different fonts.

As you see, for 2021 I decided to decorate a page with a year by adding tons of color blotches and some geometrical shapes.

If you decide to do something similar in your Bullet Journal, you can do it more aesthetically by using muted colors or shades of gray.

For 2022 I decided to go with the year and use kraft paper and some washi tape.

Gold accents on black are something I’m really obsessed with, and I’d definitely recommend trying Sakura Gelly Roll for this, since the Acrylograph pens I used here are not always available.

I absolutely love this incredible cover page and how the artist actually combines my idea of the year with my next idea of a quote.

This is a beautiful example of fantastic lettering and floral drawings. And it's a fun idea if doing things digitally is easier for you, to draw it on your iPad, print and then add it to your Bullet Journal.

For me, I'm usually better on paper, but if you're the opposite this could be a fun idea to try.

It was very interesting when I got my first Archer and Olive Kraft Journal, so of course, I had to start it by creating a quote page.

This is something I'm always saying, and for me, it's kind of a great motivation to keep on using my BuJo. This is basically a reminder of what happens to me when I don't use it anymore.

I couldn't find many pages with this idea, but thankfully, I stumbled upon this beautiful creation.

Eva really is a queen of mandalas, and her mandala cover pages are always absolutely stunning!

I love how she decided not to go with just one mandala but add lots of smaller ones. It must be hard to get such intense black, but doesn’t it look absolutely amazing?

This beautiful mandala is an example of what you can do with your first page. Technically this is a coloring page, but it could work as a cover page for sure!

This is my word of the year for 2021, as you see, I decided to add some more things to it by adding the meaning of the word.

I think it’s kind of a good thing because each word can have so many meanings for each person, so it might be more powerful to actually write down how exactly you want to interpret this word.

Another cool way to decorate your work of the year page is to repeat the word, basically creating a pattern out of the word.

The image above illustrates perfectly how such an approach can look cool and stylish. You can use color or just fill out some of the words with patterns to add a bit more spark.

For my 2022 Bullet Journal setup, I went with the word strong.

The way I decorated this spread is by writing down the definitions of the word that work best for me. And the top part will be filled with different situations in my life where I’ll need to be strong.

You can just create a welcome page so your journal always welcomes you back when you open it.

I really love this idea! I think I’ll try to use it in my next journal, maybe. It kind of makes you feel warm when you open your journal to such a welcome.

This is my welcome page from the 2021 – 2022 Bullet Journal setup. I went with a pretty simple decoration of just some washi tapes.

You can click "read more" if you want to see the full setup.

Also, here is a cool trick: you can make a separate key and attach it with some washi tape. That way, it’ll be pretty easy to fix if you don’t like it or need a new one.

That’s not exactly what I did here, but there is some washi tape, so I thought I’d include it anyways.

What I love about the key page is that it can be super simple, and you can just use some pretty lettering to decorate the page.

A beautiful page with flowers. They are just the best for drawing!

I love how the year was added in gold ink; it just looks so stunning in contrast with the black background.

Another type of illustration you can do is this type of landscape one. They look amazing and so aesthetic!

In this image, the artist used paints, but you can achieve a very similar effect with other materials, like Tombow Dual Brush pens. 

Adrienne is amazing in patterns, and how interesting she makes it look by just changing up the colors.

You can do so many with the patterns! Just fill out the page with them, or maybe add a year in the middle.

Another way would be to choose a word or letter and use patterns to decorate the inside of them.

Another fun idea is to create patterns with washi tapes. This is a very cool way also to use some of your washi stashes.