GUEST BLOG POST - The Wonder of Washi by Laura Evans
Hello! I just want to take a quick moment to
introduce myself. My name is Laura Evans
and I live with my husband, Ryan, our beautiful daughter, and one silly cat. My mom, Terry, lives with us occasionally. About a year ago, when my mom was vacationing
in California, she came across Anna's YouTube Channel. My mom binged watched every video, logged onto
Anna's website, where she immediately purchased a subscription box, and joined
Anna's Facebook group. Then the most
important thing occurred, my mom told me all about it. And ever since, I have joined the wonderful
world of creative planning, creative journaling, subscription boxes, lots of
shopping from Anna's shop, stickers, Traveler's Notebooks, and much more!
I just currently finished doing my
creative journal through 2016. And I
enjoyed making a new Traveler’s Notebook insert with Anna’s cardstock from her
December Brimbles Box. I can’t wait to
fill it up with her stickers, ephemera, washi tape, and of course my
journaling. My Traveler’s Notebook
inserts are currently being stored in the Webster Pages Traveler’s Notebook
shown below, which I was able to pre-order through Anna’s shop.
My world opened up to many new words
and phrases and items, including washi tape! I had never heard of washi tape until I
shopped in Anna's store and joined Anna’s Facebook group. Let's just say since then, I have become a
little addicted, okay, maybe a lot addicted. I own about a never-ending supply of washi
tape.
This past late fall, Anna was taking
pre-orders for her Advent Boxes. One of
her Advent Boxes was a Washi Tape Advent Box. Well of course I just had to get it! She mailed the boxes out so us international
folks got it with time to spare, before Dec 1st.
I eagerly waited Dec 1st,
2nd, 3rd, 4th, and so on…because I couldn't
wait to open my beautifully packaged bag to see what washi tape was inside!
The Washi Tape Advent Box was
amazing! I absolutely loved how Anna included washi tape that we could use year
round and not just at Christmas. It was
also such a great deal because we got 24 full rolls of washi tape. No washi tape samples at all!!
Here is a piece off each full role,
so you can see the details up close!
Besides using washi tape to decorate in
my creative journal, I like to use washi tape to adhere different items into my
creative journal. For instance, I love
using washi tape to adhere the different notecards that come in each Brimbles
Box. I like to keep the card we get in
each box. Anna has her own design on the
card and then a message on the back. So
I don’t want to glue or double side tape it down, because then I have to choose
a side to no longer see. But if I attach
it with the washi tape, I can keep both sides.
The exception is if I end up buying two
of the same box and end up with two of the same card, then I have the advantage
of being able to use both cards and place both sides of the card in my creative
journal. But I still like to decorate
around the outside of the card with the washi tape.
Not only did you get the 24 full
roles of washi tape, but you also received 24 little bags, that held each
individual washi tape. These bags were
perfect to keep and reuse for future projects.
They worked really well as envelopes
and not only could you use the washi tape to decorate what you were putting on
the inside of the envelope but also as decoration on the outside of the
envelope.
I hope you have all enjoyed this
guest blog post as much as I enjoyed doing it!
I highly recommend getting Anna’s Washi Tape Advent Box for 2017. Even better is getting both of her advent
boxes, the stationary one and washi tape one.
Thanks for reading!
Laura
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