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My Life in Stationery: Rachel
Welcome to the latest instalment of My Life in Stationery, featuring Rachel of Pillow Pickers. In addition to having some fun answers to our quizlette we were pretty excited to discover that Rachel's website is all about sleep! It's a subject that we might have...
Preparing for Christmas with Mimi part 3
Today's post is the latest instalment in our Christmas planning series (it's never too early to plan!) written by the delightful Mimi from Little Sips of Tea. March slipped by... Some of you may have noticed that my monthly Christmas planning guide did not appear in...
An envelope of snippets for April – desk organising, cycling goodness & wax seals
Our links roundups are some of my favourite go-to posts for a quiet fifteen minutes with a cuppa - mainly because normally the lovely Annastasia writes them! My turn today, accompanied by cake (obviously) - I hope you like my selections as much as you usually like...
Notebook Review: The Chef’s Notebook by Stone
Stone are running a Kickstarter for a rather lovely Chef’s notebook made with their amazing waterproof paper.
A closer look: February 2018
It's my turn to blog so of course, it's a late-night special. I'm testing coconut oil as a new moisturiser for winter-chapped hands, the biggest cup of tea in the world is steaming away on my desk, and I might even have some chocolate keeping me company. (No cats...
Preparing for Christmas with Mimi part 2
The delightful Mimi returns with the second post in her Christmas preparation series - in which you're encouraged to plan ahead and enjoy later. In February, I am continuing my quest to be ready for Christmas in plenty of time. When I first wrote here in January, I...
An Envelope of Snippets for February – snowdrop walks, vintage valentines and stationery as storage
February is a month that takes one by surprise; even more then Christmas creeps up on you. It's a month that initially seems full of hope after the gloom of January. It holds the promise of pancakes, valentines and the first snowdrops. What it also has in store is...
That time I lost my bullet journal…
It was very nearly a disaster. It was a Sunday. I'd done my weekly planning in the morning, organised my calendar for the week and made my lists. I'd been to a meeting at my studio and written down all the points. Then I measured up my space so I could buy furniture....
A closer look: January 2018
We heard you guys were quite keen on stationery (!) and that you'd like to know a bit more about each box's contents. We also know that lots of you like the surprise element. So we're keeping the sneak peek page, and adding a closer look at some of our contents... In...
Good intentions {Christmas preparations guest series}
We have a new series for 2018! The delightful Mimi will document her preparations for the festive season over the course of a year. Without further ado, here's episode one: Last week I had to go into the big shopping centre in town to buy some new wellies for my...
An Envelope of Snippets for January – set up your bujo, learn and listen
We're a whole week into 2018. It's been busy but fun, and a promising start to the 51 weeks still to go. Hopefully, our planning for the year ahead has paid off - and there has been some learning about not overestimating what you can achieve in a day! Get started on...
What we learnt in 2017
Photo by Steve Halama on Unsplash All things considered, it's been a year full of all kinds of amazing. We sent out a stationery selection every month, saw lovely things at trade shows, added mini subscriptions to our product range, turned 5, tried to...