by Carla | Jan 16, 2018 | Christmas Preparations, Guest posts, Inkdrops, Living
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...
by Annastasia | Nov 6, 2017 | Guest posts, Inkdrops, My life in stationery
This month our stationery/life questions have been answered by wedding and lifestyle photographer, mother of 2, and dreamer Tash Jones. Of course, we love the sound of her approach to desk organisation but reckon we’d need a really big basket! Firstly,...
by Carla | Sep 25, 2017 | Articles, Guest posts, Inkdrops
One of our readers across the pond, Helen, has written a fab guest post for us this week – cuppa at the ready? Here goes: Concentration in the 21st century is not as easy as it used to be. Constant mobile phone messages and notifications from social...
by Annastasia | Apr 2, 2017 | Guest posts, Inkdrops, My life in stationery
It’s a bit like looking at someone’s bookshelf. On the whole, you can tell a lot about a person by their stationery related tastes and habits. In this post, Frankie Kerr-Dineen, a Scottish based designer at The Native State, tells us about her life in...
by Carla | Jul 6, 2016 | Articles, Guest posts, Handwriting, Inkdrops, Letters, Living
You become chronically ill that you begin to realise how much the small things can matter when you become chronically ill. When you struggle to leave the house and your world becomes reduced to the four walls of your bedroom, it can be beyond difficult to keep...
by Carla | Apr 27, 2016 | Articles, Guest posts, Handwriting, Inkdrops, National Stationery Week, Pens
For World Stationery Day, we asked one of our wonderful readers to tell us what stationery means to her… When I walk into a stationery shop I feel safe. It’s a weird feeling to describe but being surrounded by notebooks, pens, paper, postcards (photo...
by Carla | Sep 27, 2014 | Articles, Guest posts, Inkdrops, Living
So we asked the very lovely Mimi, over at Little Sips of Tea, to tell us what Sensible September means to her. And here’s what she said… September is swiftly slipping away – I was startled to realise that it’s already the start of autumn,...
by Carla | Mar 28, 2014 | Articles, Guest posts, Inkdrops, Living, organisation, Photographs
I think it’s fair to say I’m a busy person, with lots of different commitments and projects going on. I do freelance marketing. It’s my own business which helps creative people implement their ideas. Additionally, I’m a Rotarian (which often...
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...
