by Carla | Dec 5, 2013 | Giveaway, Inkdrops
We’ve reached day 5 of our week-long giveaway to celebrate turning one. Today we’ve got a rather fun What to Wear pad for you. To be in with a chance to win, just pop over to our Twitter page and follow us, then retweet today’s entry tweet. Diaries...
by Carla | Dec 4, 2013 | Giveaway, Inkdrops
Hey look, it’s day 4 of our 7-day birthday celebrations! It was December 2012 when we sent out our very first Ace boxes. We’re celebrating all week long with a giveaway each day. To take part just head over to Twitter, follow us and retweet our competition...
by Carla | Dec 3, 2013 | Giveaway, Inkdrops
Welcome to day 3 of our 7-day birthday celebrations. It was December 2012 when we sent out our very first Ace boxes. We’re celebrating all week long with a giveaway each day. To take part just head over to Twitter, follow us and retweet our competition tweet each day....
by Carla | Dec 2, 2013 | Giveaway, Inkdrops
Welcome to day 2 of our 7-day birthday celebrations. It was December 2012 when we sent out our very first Ace boxes. We’re celebrating all week long with a giveaway each day. To take part just head over to Twitter, follow us and retweet our competition tweet each day....
by Carla | Dec 1, 2013 | Giveaway, Inkdrops
Welcome to the first day of our 7-day birthday celebrations. It was during December 2012 that we sent out our very first Ace boxes. So we’re celebrating all week long with a giveaway each day. To take part just head over to Twitter, follow us and retweet our...
by Carla | Nov 22, 2013 | Books, Inkdrops, Living
Now I know I talk about the weather a lot (I’m British, humour me) but is there anything more lovely than coming in from the cold, making a mug of hot chocolate and curling up on the sofa with a big snuggly blanket and a book? The winter evening accompaniments which...
by Carla | Nov 8, 2013 | Diaries and Journals, Handwriting, Inkdrops, Living
Diaries are funny things. So many started, so many left, unfinished, before so much as a month has passed. So many of us have bundles of unfinished diaries… (photo credit: Spree2010 via photopin cc) I’ve already talked about my own five year diary, and...
by Carla | Oct 25, 2013 | Inkdrops, Living
Oh, my… – something I frequently utter when I come across something I really, really want. Especially if it’s something that is glorious to look at, useful and accentuates a slower lifestyle. My beloved bike (named Bluebell) is one of those things and more than...
by Carla | Oct 11, 2013 | Diaries and Journals, Inkdrops
I’ve been through every kind of diary available, in my time. From homework planners at school to academic diaries at university. Loose Filofax pages and little handbag-sized hardback diaries, I’ve had them all. Of course, I love every single one – and choosing...
by Carla | Sep 27, 2013 | Books, Geekery, Inkdrops, Living, Photographs
I found my Reverse Dictionary last weekend in a box of precious books in the garage. Picture one of those massive door-stop sized books. My lovely Dad gifted it to his fabulously geeky daughter in about 1995. So if you’re thinking of that thing that Debretts...
by Carla | Sep 6, 2013 | Inkdrops, Living
It’s been a busy, busy month and as the days turn into weeks and months, and suddenly it’s September and feeling distinctly autumnal, I thought I’d do a quick roundup of some of our summer adventures… We had decadent breakfasts in Giraffe… found wallpaper patterned...
by Carla | Aug 19, 2013 | Geekery, Inkdrops
I’m a bit of an English geek. I suspect you might be, too. As other people collect stamps, or coins, or teddy bears, I collect words. Collective nouns are some of my favourites – there’s a glorious set of illustrations by Woop Studios (who worked on Harry Potter!) and...
