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Monday, 30 June 2014

My week #26

I don't think I have said this before but these pages are my favourite week ever! I was sent the stripy pastel washi tape by my friend Malini who writes Colours 'n' me and thought it was incredibly pretty. It inspired me to do this colourful pastel week. "And the giraffes?" I hear you ask, well I just think they are cute and I haven't used any of these stickers in a while.

My week in my Filofax #26

It is the last three weeks of the school year now so I am going to be busy until the summer holiday starts. I have already pencilled in two sports days, a parents evening, a school trip and an exhibition for the next two weeks. I am going to need a rest by the time they break up!

Close up

I am still waiting for the products from coolpencilcase.com to arrive, I think they may have been delayed by customs (boooo!) but I received my first Linky Stationery Box on Friday. You can read about it here if you want to see what I got. It was all very sweet and pretty.

Thanks for reading and have a great week!

Saturday, 28 June 2014

Linky's lovely stationery box - July '14

If you are a stationery addict like me then you might have already heard of Linky's Dream but if not then let me tell you about this fabulous online retailer. Linky's Dream is run by a wonderful lady called Leah and she recently came up with the idea of a monthly stationery box, for people who love their pencil case more than their make up bag! One of the nice things about the Linky Stationery Box is you don't have to sign up for multiple boxes like some monthly beauty box services. You can choose to buy one at a time or pre order two or more it's completely up to you!

Yesterday there was a knock at my door and a courier handed me this pretty parcel. I love that it is wrapped up in gift paper instead of a plain, regular old box!

Underneath the wrapping paper there was a couple of layers of bubble wrap to protect the box and then I was greeted with this lovely sight. How pretty is this! Leah takes such care when she makes these boxes up, it is like receiving a gorgeous gift instead of a stationery order.

The sticker on top of the box says "Open me I am gorgeous inside and out!" and that is so true! Under a layer of tissue paper you will find your goodies, I love all the little extras too. There's mini pompoms, sequins, feathers more confetti and even some sweets! I must say there was a large lolly in here as well but my youngest daughter spotted it and asked so politely if she could have it I couldn't refuse.... and it kept her busy while I took the rest of these photos!

Some of the items are individually wrapped so I will show you the unwrapped things first.

I absolutely LOVE the green glitter washi tape, it is my favourite colour and sparkly. I can't wait to use it in my Filofax! The pink cupcake paperclip is very cute too. I have seen them around in people's photos on Instagram and always liked them so this was a nice surprise. There was also a pretty set of project life cards, a sweet butterfly sticker, a butterfly pen, a set of green and white paperclips, some sweets and an awesome pony paperclip.

I have to show you a close up of the pony, it is so cute and the little pink ribbon makes it extra special. I just love pink and mint green colour combos!

There is a little thank you card inside the box and this has all the links to Linky's Dreams social media accounts and the website. The envelope is filled with more bits and pieces too so I will show you those next.

A selection of sticky notes (and a business card for the Etsy shop who made the envelope.) I really like the Hello There sticky notes!

Some cute notepapers.

My Melody notepapers

Now onto the wrapped items!

The first one I opened contained this cute dream journal, handmade by Linkys. I also forgot to show you this bow deco tape so I have added it into this pic.

Inside the dream journal.

Kawaii page markers/sticky flags.

Dream notepaper for my Filofax and a beautiful notebook.

A pack of pretty pockets

I love all the bits of decoration from inside and outside the box. I have popped them all into this little bag so I can reuse them. I've left the pompoms and feathers inside the box for now.

The Linky Stationery Box is £15 plus P&P which I think is great value for all the products you get and for the care and attention Leah puts into each one. Linky's Dreams ship internationally too so anyone can buy one! When you order a box you can choose which size planner you use from the drop down menu and you can leave a note during the checkout process to say what your favourite colours are. You see each box is different and made with you in mind! I love pink and green, sparkly and girly things and that is what I received. If you check out this Mrs Brimbles post you will see her box had a bit of a bunny theme going on this month and her planner related products were A5 size whereas mine are personal size.

The July box has already sold out but there are still some boxes available for August if you want to grab one before they are gone. I really love mine and can't wait to see what arrives next month!

Monday, 23 June 2014

My week #25

Ok.... I've just realised that today is the start of week 26, we are half way through the year already! How scary is that? Completely too soon to start thinking about, well you know... I can't bring myself to say it on such a hot day in June but it has crossed my mind that I will need to start writing lists and budgeting once the school holidays are over.

Anyway here are my pages for last week, I went with a simple green and blue theme.

My week in my Filofax #25

Sorry if you are having trouble reading my writing! I've been using a fountain pen and practising my cursive writing on these pages. I have never been the neatest writer but I love fountain pens so I'm trying to improve my style.