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It’s been a whirlwind time for Team Ink Drops (as we have been dubbed). We celebrated National Letter Writing Day on 21 May. On this date, we headed off, typewriter in hand. And where to? Why to the Letter Writing Salon organised by the lovely Cheryl of Make Me...
My trusty Filofax
At the beginning of this year, I realised that with all the things I do, I needed to be considerably more organised than I was. These days most of my appointments live in my Google calendar. Unless I've written things down the old fashioned way, with pen and paper, I...
Ink Drops on tour
We love to communicate. It’s great fun to stay in touch by letter, email or correspondence card. However it’s even more fun to do so in person, and when it involves stationery too, we’re there with bells on. Ink Drops will be popping up at two locations in May. We’re...
Stationery in literature part 1 – Lace by Shirley Conran
Set in a world without smartphones or computers, it is no surprise that paper abounds. Characters communicate via letter or telegram. They book long-distance phone calls and wait hours for the connection. Letters appear throughout the story in a most casual fashion. ...
Ink Drops does the Stationery Show!
Last week was National Stationery Week , three words that set our paper-obsessed hearts all aflutter! With new boxes and ideas in mind, we took ourselves and a giant rubber duck up to London for two days. Incidentally, the duck is shortly to have some kind of green...
Five things to do with postcards
Postcards are fantastic things. Who would imagine that a piece of card could have so many possibilities? They are a small but perfectly formed opportunity for colour, texture, and fun. Here are my 5 favourite things to do with a postcard 1. Use as a bookmark – It’s...
Serendipity in the pages of a Typist’s Desk Book
Find yourself someone who knows Nottingham. Then get them to take you to the random little house clearance and bric-a-brac shops on the outskirts. I went to one of these on a cold December afternoon. And promptly nearly bankrupted myself on gorgeous nostalgic books,...
Did you know we’re on Pinterest?
Ahhh, Pinterest. That little haven of space where you can browse inspiration to your heart’s content, adding snippets to your own board, planning rooms in your house, your next craft project, recipes you’d like to try… And oops, once again several hours have vanished...
The greeting card organiser
Many years ago, (back in the dark ages Woolworths still existed) I decided to get organised and purchased a greeting card organiser. While it sounded very grand, it wasn’t. Essentially it was a box. Admittedly it was a pretty box and it came with tasteful...
The life of a notebook
What do you do when you get to the end of a notebook? How do you resolve the end of your relationship with this object that has been your daily companion? photo credit: angelocesare via photopin cc Look back You saw the notebook at a shop. Or you spotted it on a...
Photographs in the post
When was the last time you printed an image? Hand wrote on the back of it who was in it, and put it in an album to look over at a later date? I was round at my parents’ recently and they have piles and piles of real photographs. Over the years, they have had these...
Five-year diaries – my new favourite thing!
‘New’ is relative! I have compulsively journaled if that’s a word since I was small. Writing is something I can't help doing and once I start an account of my day, it rolls into pages and pages. One of the only things I have ever truly regretted not buying was a box...