The new Evian water advert is hilarious! Anything with babies is pretty awesome, but dancing babies? That’s bloody brilliant!
Item of the day: Glitter envelopes
If I could leave you with one thing as National Stationery Week comes to an end, it’s get writing! Actually writing. Put pen to paper rather than text, tweet or email. While I was at uni, I wrote to friends home and away by hand and kept every single reply I got. There’s nothing quite like receiving a hand-written letter, complete with scribbles and doodles. And why not jazz up the post with a glitter envelope? Getting post gets more boring the older you get, so this will make all the difference. Plus everything is better with glitter. Trust me. You can get a set of four from WillowBoutique at Etsy for £5.04.
Favourite designer stationery brand: Emma Bridgewater
Emma Bridgewater is a fabulous designer and has some great ranges. The Black Toast stationery items are my favourites.
Memo block, £9.99
A5 notebook, £8.99
3 journals, £10.00
Correspondence cards, £12.00
Recipe folder, £15.00
Pen, £4.99
To do list, £4.99
Magazine file, £9.99
Pencil case, £8.99
Pencils, £8.00
How on earth can I stick to just one ‘theme’ for my office when there is so much prettiness in the world?
Item of the day: Get the hint tags
Whenever I start a new project, I stock up on post-its and page markers. Get the hint tabs are the next best thing as you can scribble on the page markers! These ones for cook books are a must-have and are just £3.50 from NPW.
Video of the week: The Gos plays with knives
Who doesn’t love a video of Ryan Gosling?
Item of the day: Smencils
A couple of Christmases ago a friend gave me a festive goody bag with various little treats, including a cinnamon Christmas Smencil. They’re rather awesome! You can get them in various packs but I like the look of the sweet and spicy one – tropical blast, bubble gum, cinnamon, candy floss and a mystery scent. Ooh!
Favourite stationery store: Paperchase
Paperchase is the closest place to heaven on earth. As soon as I walk through the doors, I smile and don’t know where to start. It’s rude not to browse everything, and it’s the same with the website. I don’t just go online to look for notebooks, I check out everything, just to make sure I don’t miss anything. Here are some of my favourites:
Taches exercise book, £3.00
Three moustache books, £10.00
A4 butterfly notebook, £6.00
A5 notebook, £4.50
Guardian journal, £9.00
Panda highlighters, £3.00
Cat highlighters, £3.00
Owl pen, £2.00
Bunny pen, £2.00
Memo block, £4.50
Elephant notes, £2.75
Handy notes, £5.00
Tea notes, £6.00
Thought cloud notes, £3.00
Like & dislike stamps, £10.00
Butterfly pins, £2.00
Wipe board, £2.00
Display book, £3.00
Magnetic pad, £5.00
Meal planner, £7.00
Calendar list pad, £6.00
Desk planner, £8.00
Recipe book, £10.00
Recipe book, £10.00
