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An Envelope of Snippets Part 28
Where's your January going? It is as glorious as you planned? It is what it is! And every day is a new start! If this is the year that you've decided to get organised these tips on using a planner for the first could be handy. January is a time of hope. You make plans...
And relax?
I'm keen on the little and often approach to working. Many small tasks scheduled each day. On any given day I'll be completing a mix of daily, weekly, monthly and yearly tasks. With most of these, I carefully choose the day or date to schedule them to avoid an...
A Closer Look – November 2019
Inspired by the clear cold skies and bright stars yellow and blue were theme colours for November. Banana document wallets - document wallets have been a big hit in the Ink Drops office for keeping handfuls of paper under control. Christmas cards to write go in one,...
Planning for 2020 – and lessons from 2019
I'm hopeful that my 2020 planning will be effective. And this is because of what I learned about goal setting and planning in 2019. So I've used various workbooks and systems throughout the years. I've spent huge chunks of December setting goals for the year ahead....
An Envelope of Snippets Part 27
Stuck for original gift inspiration? How about buying them a book on how to make their own ink from foraged items? You probably knew that the Post Office issued special stamps but did you know that you can buy postcard-sized versions of the stamps? Given the themes...
A Closer Look – October 2019
Photo by Boxession Our aim with the October selection was to bring you something colourful. While October can be a glorious month, it can also be grey and dull. So what did we choose? Photo by Boxession Our first pick was this kawaii weather pencil case. Obviously, a...
An Envelope of Snippets Part 26
We all know that washi tape is amazing for festive decorations but this idea round up has inspired us. We like the idea of using tape to make patchwork wrapping paper and creating an advent village. There's something strangely appealing about articles that indicates...
Saved for Later?
Are you in the habit of saving posts to read later? Even if you have no idea when later will be? When Twitter was in its infancy I used the like button as a way of saving things I wanted to look at later. I'd read the post or follow up on the link and then...
A Closer Look – September 2019
There’s a nip in the air and autumn is whispering that she’s on her way. As can be seen, our September box is full of lovely things to ease you into the next season. To begin with there's the A4 pastel notebook. We have this in 5 different colours and scattered these...
An Envelope of Snippets Part 25
Why did no one tell us about this before? You can use tape to declutter your kitchen - and it would probably work with your desk too! Remind yourself not to take things too seriously by following the adventures of a soup ladle on Instagram We read these ideas for...
Into Autumn
If you've been a reader for a while you might have noticed that we like to embrace the seasons - and this autumn is no different. We've been thinking about what we want to have to hand for the turn of season - and shopping our own stock. A notebook goes without...
Screens v sunshine
So Carla and I were looking back over the summer. A sort of review because summer never works out the way you think it will. We got to talking about spending time outside. I was pleased that I'd done more morning walks in the sunshine but less time out in my garden....