I have a little present for you today! If you are following along with my June Instagram challenge you will have noticed that today, day 6 the prompt is 'watermelon'. Now if you are having trouble with this prompt, don't fret as I have something that you might be interested in! if you haven't started yet, don't fret you can start any time and just catch up!
I was sat there playing one evening with my watercolours and out popped this little watermelon print. I looked at it and thought that this would look super cute as a dashboard. Don't you think? I thought it would be perfect for Summer, refreshing every time you opened up your planner. I am really into watercolour prints at the moment. I am loving that imperfect look.
Because I am nice he he, I am giving this to you as a free download so that you can print this at home and enjoy.
The dashboards are available to download as pocket size (81x120mm) personal size (95x171mm) and A5 (148x210mm). You will need software that can 'unzip' the
folder to release the files as both pdf and jpeg. If you don't have it, just seach for WinZip or 7zip or any other programme like this - some are free but most computers come with this software on these days.
To download the files please click here.
Please note that the dashboards that I am offering as freebies are different to the ones that I sell, so if you have
already purchased any of my dashboards, don't worry these are in addition for you. If
you haven't purchased any of my dashboards and would like to or just have a
nose at them you can view them in my Etsy shop here.
Please note:These inserts are for
your own personal use only and are NOT FOR RESALE as either printables
or hard copy. Thank you.
I really hope you enjoy your new dashboard. If you use it please do tag me on any photos you share on social media as I would genuinely love to see what you do with them!
It has been a while since I did a 'Supplier Spotlight' because I haven't been buying much of late. What with vets bills, saving for a new camera and the fact that I probably have more stationery related products than I should have it has been a bit quiet on the purchasing front!
Anyhoo I have something adorabubble to share with you today. About a month ago now I was doing the Websters Pages Color Crush Planner daily photo challeneg on instagram and one of the prompts was 'rainbow' and this is the photo that I shared...
I love Rainbow Brite and this is my original doll from when I was a child in the the 80s and the stickers were sent to me by a friend in the States. I can never use them, I just have to hoard them! Actually I am going to laminate them and make them into a page marker! So after I shared that photo someone whispered in my ear that my good friend Deb from Craftin Chaos made her a Rainbow Brite clip. How did I not know this!! Of course I had to have one didn't I, it stands to reason. Now Deb doesn't really make this to sell because as you can see it is so inticate with lots of itty bitty pieces but her arm was twisted and she made me one and I am crazy in love with her...
She even has a little rainbow to match...
If you have never checked out Deb's shop before you certainly have to because her clips are simply stunning. She has such an eye for detail and the quality is incredible. I have a few of her clips now but these two are also new additions that came with Rainbow Brite.
Isn't little Foxies glasses just simply adorbs!
And look at my Splodgey bear made into a paperclip, she can go in the FluffyFax to be with her friends forever...
Thank you Debs for another amazing package and seriously folks, go check out her store, it's a must!
Welcome to the FluffyFax show and tell he he! OK so I call it a Fluffyfax because it houses all of the information regading my fluffies health and wellbeing. When I say fluffies I actually mean my three bunny rabbits and my two guinea pigs. And it is actually the A5 Filofax Domino in patent turqoise which I have shown you before.
I have always documented and tracked various things for my fluffies. It started out as just a section in my daily planner (A5 and then Personal size), then it moved into a personal size all of it's own and now we are on A5. I decided to make the move from personal to A5 because the two vets that I take my girls too either give / send their invoices and information in A5 or A4 size. I wanted to start keeping some of these so it made sense to upgrade them to an A5 size. Prior to the Dominos I had two A5's, one being used as a home management binder and the other as a journal so it was a nice excuse to ask for a Domino for my birthday!
Let me take you through the planner so that I can show you what I have in here and why.
Of course as we are going to be using something so beautiful as the turqoise we may as well put some other beautifulness in and of course I think my girls are beautiful so expect to see some photos of them in the following pages. My little bragging book he he!In the secreterial pocket I have some of the spare inserts that I am using in the planner. The dashboard actually serves no purpose other than for prettiness. I just love Belle and Boo products as you well know particularly as Boo looks so much like my little Florence Tinkerbell. Aesthetically my planner is quite bunny heavy and that is because I have yet to find anything really with guinea pigs on so if you do, please point me in that direction and I will love you forever!
In the first divider I have general informaion pertaining to all of them so I have details on the vets that we use and who goes where. The two new additions go to a different vet than the others because they had a bundle deal on microchipping, vaccines and health checks. A tad confusing but then that is what a planner is for, to keep me in check.
When we go on hoiday, Jon's parents usually come and stay at the house to look after the girls, they like staying and call it a mini break, they live in the town and although we are not a million miles away from each other they like to come out to the Country! The folks are quite well versed in the fluffy care but I do like to leave them with notes just so that they can refresh their memory if they forget something. I detail when to food and bedding etc and I always like to leave them with vets details. The beauty with the fluffyfax is that it is altogether all of the time so I don't have to write it down each time, I can just leave the fax out on the side when we go.
Nutrition is very important to them as it is us but for bunnies and piggies there are lots of foods that they can't eat and some that should only be fed in moderation. My girls do have their favourites so I pretty much know what to give them but every now and then we may have something new in and I wonder if they can eat it, well I have it here printed out for quick reference and saves me going online all the time. I use the PDSA to obtain my information as it is supported by my vets. Please note that this is a guide to help you out and I cannot be held responsible for any of the accuracy of the information that it contains. Please ensure that you do your own research or you check with your veterinary surgeon that food you are giving to your animal is safe. OK that was my little disclaimer!
I also keep the information of where I have purchased snuggle items so I can refer back to them.
Moving on then to the other dividers. Each divider has a photo of the fluffy that it refers to so that I know who is whos section, that and it is an excuse to have another photo of my girls! This Mumma does love her girlies. In my old fluffyfax I had names on the dividers and laminated over them but I am doing it this way so that I can change sequences if I need to / want to (not because I am expecting a fluffy to depart us anytime soon - "touch wood")
Each of the sections contains a sheet with further information about each fluffy. As our girls were adopted there are some gaps as we don't know everything.
I keep a log of their nail trims so I can work out when their last one was and when to book the next, they usually go around the three month mark. I also like to keep check of their vaccinations.
I find keeping a health log really useful. It is useful for us so that we can see changes and improvements and monitor conditions and we can also see when it was things occurred. There are always times when we can say "when was that". Again if we are going away, this is useful information for people to have in case there are flare ups or if care giving is still needed.
And that is pretty much that. It keeps us well organised so we know what is what and it is working really well for us. Do you track your pets health and welfare? I would love to know and I would love to know if you have any suggestions on things I should be doing. I have had bunnies and piggies all my life but there are still things that can be learnt.
This is not a selling post, I am literally just doing a show and tell of my set up and hopefully inspire you to track your pets health if you don't already but if you were interested in any of the inserts / dashboards I do sell these in my Etsy shop.
I hope this has been a useful and interesting read and I will catch up with you all soon x
Even though it is dark and gloomy with rain battering against my windows today, I feel in a really Spring like mood. I am so ready for April but more importantly I am so ready for Easter next week!
Products Used
Planner: Websters Pages Color Crush Planner in White with matching folio
Planner Inserts: Websters Pages week on two pages
Washi Tape: MT Brand but I can't remember where I purchased these from.
Stickers: Hobbycraft - I bought mine in store in the Easter aisle, they don't seem to have them online.
Journal Cards: Websters Pages - These are the days 'April'
'Art' Postcard: Unknown, sorry!
Paperclips: Ribbon Bow - Hey Charlie, Rabbit shape - Paperchase, Gold Bow - Kate Spade
Creme Egg Planner Charm - My Etsy Shop
Belle & Boo Stationery Set - My Etsy Shop
Dashboard - My Etsy Shop
There was a whole great big yummy mess on my desk which I just scooped up and arranged a little bit nicer for a photo he he! Such a nice way to spend a wet Sunday me thinks!
Easter chocolate here we come...
Planner problems huh...I love all these cards and can't decide what to use when and how lol! I like to pop a card in between my pages for prettiness and extra notes and the like but oh I can't decide, I like them all!!
Well I don't know about where you live but here in my part of the UK (Cambridgeshire which is in East Anglia) we have been having a really warm and sunny week. So warm that I have been putting my washing out on the line and it has been drying nicely, the bunnies and piggies have been frolicking in the garden, I have been sitting in the sun with my tea and a book and our daffodils are popping out. Yes folks, Spring is here. It really is. Our entire village is bursting with beautiful yellow cheery daffodils and it has put me in a marvellous mood it really has.
So for this week I decided to change out of the gold and go for white because, well, it just seemed more Spring like. For those of you who often ask 'what do you use all those planners for?' well the answer is some of them are in use but the others I change in and out of like any other accessory you might use.
I am not actually using a dashboard at the moment because one of the things I love about the Color Crush is that it comes with a beautiful quote and well quite frankly I like having that touch of inspiration every time I open my planner!
That bunny clip is just stunning don't you think and just so me!
When I saw these stickers on a recent Hobbycraft trip I just had to have them because the little bunnies reminded me so much of my cute little critters! Luna and Florence the two babies are crazy critters that tear around all over the place so I had to put the one at the top upside down. And of course you know I love to do a 'peeking' something!
I also posted a photo on instagram of some amazing goodies that my pen pal in America sent me from the Target $1 spot. I just love all the Spring and Easter-ness of it all so I will be certainly be putting a dent in some of those goodies for sure!
It's March Brimbles Box reveal time! I know most have you have
probably seen what is in the box from various social media platform
shares but I like to make sure that most have you have recieved your box
before I do an 'official' reveal here!
So what was in the box this month? Well it is Spring time and very green hehe!
If you would like to watch videos of unboxings from genuine customers as well as honest reviews from blogger you can watch the YouTube Brimbles Box playlist As I say they are all very honest so you can get a better feel for what was inside.
So of course as always we start with a postcard from me:
Hoppy Easter!
No don’t worry I haven’t gone totally and
utterly bonkers (Yet!), I know Easter is in April and this is March’s box
however… if I were to send you Easter goodies in April you wouldn’t get much
time to use them and as it has seemed to be a long, cold, dark winter I thought
you could do with a bit of Spring time cheeriness!! The first day of Spring in
the northern hemisphere is 20th March so I am not that early. That
is my excuse and I am sticking to it!
You know me I am bunny hopping mad so I had
to restrain myself from filling your entire box with bunnies, they seemed to be
springing up everywhere. Right well that in enough with the Easter / Spring
puns.
I hope you love your box as much as I
enjoyed sourcing the items and putting it together for you.
Much Love
Anna (& the bunny gang of course!)
OK so down to the individual items then...All boxes received the following:
Green Signo Uniball in Green with Green ink
Sheet of cute sheep stickers
1 x Washi / Paper Tape
Belle & Boo Stationery Set
Sheep Large Paper Clip
To Do List Pad
Those that ordered a planner box will have received one of the following art (painted by me) dashboards as well as a creme egg planner charm.
For the Stationery box people they received extra washi tape in differing colours.
I think loads of you loved this box as I have now sold out of complete boxes but I do still have some of the individual items for sale over on my Etsy Shop
My favourite from this month has to be the creme egg charm and also the Belle & Boo set. Belle & Boo are my fav, I could get everything in this range...I wonder why lol!
See you next month for April's box. Remember if you would like to order a subscription or a one off box and you would like that box to be the April one you can order up to and on 31st March from: www.mrsbrimbles.co.uk/shop
Here we are again, another week, doesn't it go by so quickly! So of course I am back again to show you my decorated pages for the up coming week. It probably comes as no surprise to you to learn that I am still in the gold Color Crush. Again who would have thunked it that I would love the gold so much! Mr B still says I would never have put you at liking that! Isn't it funny how some things change you.
So I have shown in a few photos now the panda clip which I adore and think just goes so well with my current set up. Well I used his cute little face as inspiration for this week and just had to copy him with my own little doodle version.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate that washi! The thin washi is just amazing and I love it. I was recently sent it in a RAK and I am in love. I have tracked it down and it is extortionate to purchase / import here in the UK so I will either have to make it last or start tracking it down elsewhere!
It is Mothers Day in the UK this weekend so I need to make sure I remember to call my Mum. Unfortunately I can't see her as she lives in Italy. I have sent her present and card already but I need to make sure that I call her too! I thought this nice journal spot was bold enough to stand out and remind me and will also look super lovely too!
Hope you all have a lovely week folks and treat your Mums!
I promised that I would share a set up and closer look at how I am using my Websters Pages Color Crush planner and here I am. At the moment I am using the Gold. I never thought I would be a gold planner kind of girl but I am absolutely loving this planner. As you know from previous blog posts, I am loving the gold, hot pink, black and white theme. I just can't get enough of it. Here is my video tour showing all the details.
Where to start huh? Well let's start by opening this little beauty up! There are going to be rather a lot of photos because, well it is just so beautiful that it has to be shared, right? OK so most of the inside of my planner is purely decorative. Even though it is already beautiful, I mean just look at that gold and hot pink contrast, I have added a cute paper clip and journalling cards to make it even more eye poppingly gorgeous. I really don't think there is anything wrong with making the inside gorgeous, after all it means you want to pick it up more and use it just to look at it!
So moving to inside the planner itself, the dividers and pages are just beautiful. The beauty with these planners is that you can leave them just as they are if you want to and they are eye candy in themselves, or you can further customise them with whatever you want. The inserts are all new to me so I am still learning how I want to use them and for what so you will have to bear with me a little on that. Of course I will continue to use this beauty and will update you again on how my usage has changed. As with everything you change, evolve and adapt as things in your life and your circumstances change too.
I have never, ever, used a monthly spread before but I am now! I have decided to use the monthly spread for keeping track of blog and YouTube postings and so far it is working just dandy and actually is taking up less room in my planner than how I was doing it before.
I have customised the notepad at the back by sticking some scrapbook paper from Websters Pages on the top sheet and also added some tape to give that hot pink pop!
In conjunction with the planner I am also using the folio. I have never used one before so I am still getting used to the sorts of things that I want to put in there and tote around with me.
I am really enjoying this planner so much and I hope you enjoyed having a peak inside too!
You probably want to know more about some of the products you have seen in this post well here goes:
