by Annastasia | Apr 26, 2023 | Business Musings, Inkdrops, Living, Planning, routine
Make a bank holiday plan May has three – yes three! – bank holidays this year. For some a shorter working week is very appealing but it can also be disruptive as you try to squeeze the work of five days into four. We’re planning carefully. That way...
by Carla | Nov 1, 2017 | Business Musings, Inkdrops, Oh my!, Shop goodies
We’re FIVE today!! As promised, today we’re releasing a special edition surprise box. A bundle of goodies from our first five years 🙂 You can get your hands on a selection of 5 items for £10 or 10 items for £18. Treat yourself & your desk as winter...
by Carla | Oct 30, 2017 | Business Musings, Inkdrops
FIVE. Somehow, five whole years have snuck past and Ink Drops’ 5th birthday is on 1st November – eeeek! From that first fateful phone call, it’s been an intriguing ride… from letter writing salons to trade shows, trying out...
by Annastasia | Aug 28, 2017 | Business Musings, declutter, Inkdrops, Seasons
September has got us thinking about decluttering, our ongoing quest for early nights and Ink Drops turning 5 in October. The decluttering seemed the ideal place to kick-off. Our list of decluttering spaces started off innocently enough with desks, files and computers....
by Carla | Aug 21, 2017 | Articles, Business Musings, Inkdrops
We’re often referred to as a stationery subscription box company. Technically we are, but if you’ve subscribed to or ordered from us, you’ll notice a slightly random thing… Our boxes AREN’T BOXES. So why would we do such a heinous thing? Why...
by Carla | Oct 24, 2016 | Business Musings, Inkdrops, Living, Seasons
It’s half-past seven on a Monday evening as I type this. One of my kitties is asleep. The other one is sitting next to me meowing sadly at intervals because the laptop isn’t very exciting to her; a mouse on a stick would be much more fun. I wasn’t...
by Carla | Oct 3, 2014 | Articles, Business Musings, Diaries and Journals, Inkdrops, Living, notebooks, organisation
The last quarter of the year is often when my thoughts turn to the following year’s diary, plans, goals and so on (unlike some of you lovely lot, who I gather start in August! I feel like I’m slacking…). In previous years I’ve been able to cope...
by Carla | Mar 13, 2014 | Business Musings, Creative, Day in the life, Guest posts, Inkdrops, Living
Eli is the artist behind our Sshh card (in February’s box) and one of the fabulous cards in April’s Ace box. As an artist and stationery lover, and fellow slow living advocate, we asked her what a typical day looks like… There is no such thing as a...
by Carla | Apr 28, 2013 | Business Musings, Inkdrops
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...
by Carla | Oct 31, 2012 | Business Musings, Inkdrops
Well, somehow the days turned into weeks, the weeks into months. Tomorrow is the 1st of November, our official launch date. Eeeek! We will be blogging more regularly once we are up and running. For now, I am putting the finishing touches to the website and the shop,...
