by Annastasia | May 15, 2017 | declutter, Inkdrops, Living, routine, simplification
What would your dream desk look like? How do you imagine your working space? I certainly have dreams of a beautifully organised desk. Depending on my mood the desk and surrounding surfaces might be almost empty except for a beautiful carefully chosen pen and notebook....
by Annastasia | May 1, 2016 | Handwriting, Inkdrops, Letters, National Stationery Week, Pens
Inspiring Stationery item: Sheaffer pen* How I’d use it: For appearing super professional while taking notes in a meeting (must focus – no daydreaming), and then for writing a letter to a dear and distant friend in my lunch hour (daydreaming permitted)....
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 Annastasia | Apr 26, 2016 | Handwriting, Inkdrops, Lists, Living, National Stationery Week, Pens
Inspiring stationery item A packet of Bic pens* How I’d use it To organise me better by popping one in every location where a pen might be handy; from desk to handbag to evening bag. Where I’d use it Where not! At home, on a train, shopping, at work,...
by Carla | Nov 6, 2015 | declutter, Inkdrops, Living
If you’re anything like me, you probably have duplicates of lots of things you own. One set for every day, one set for “best” or “special occasions”. From stationery to cutlery and shoes to umbrellas, I have always harboured this strange...
by Annastasia | Aug 7, 2015 | Handwriting, Inkdrops, Letters, routine
It’s a joy to write a letter. Choosing what paper to write on. Selecting a pen. Settling down in a favourite chair, or at a desk or even in the garden. Then there’s the satisfaction in constructing the sentences. Scribbling furiously to get you’re your thoughts done...
by Carla | Apr 4, 2014 | Inkdrops, Living, organisation
There’s stationery, and then there’s precious stationery. I don’t mean the kind of notebooks you never want to spoil with your blitherings (or is that just me?!) A couple of weeks ago, I realised I’d lost my pencil case. My everyday pencil case which...
by Carla | Aug 19, 2013 | Geekery, Inkdrops
I’m a bit of an English geek. I suspect you might be, too. As other people collect stamps, or coins, or teddy bears, I collect words. Collective nouns are some of my favourites – there’s a glorious set of illustrations by Woop Studios (who worked on Harry Potter!) and...
by Annastasia | Jul 26, 2013 | Handwriting, Inkdrops
Let me begin by stating the obvious: pencil cases are for storing pens and pencils. This is fine and straightforward. If you find that you have more pencils than case you can simply acquire a second or third as your needs dictate. I failed to acknowledge one key...
