Paperchase Dreamscape Planner

You will never guess what I received in the post last week! Ok you probably will based on the title of this post and the photo that you can probably see lol!



A very kind and lovely YouTube subscriber sent me this most wonderful gift. I had absolutely no idea that this was coming and she is very naughty for doing so but I have to say that I absolutely love it so so much and I am so grateful that she did. It was a lovely, totally unexpected surprise. Thank you so so so so much. Unfortunately Mr B tidied away the packaging and by tidy away I mean throw away as he thought it was rubbish. I can't moan because a man that tidies up is such a good thing! It does however mean that I do not have the senders name and address to write back to and than which makes me very sad so I hope dear sender that you see this and know how much I love it, you are very naughty but I do very much love it!

What she might not have known is that this particular planner was on my wish list and I was going to ask Father Christmas if he would get it for me. I love it so much, the design is just so me. I love woodland creatures and I love teal and brown so it is everything I could ever want. It has my all time favourite bunnies as well as other beautiful woodland creatures. In this design Paperchase also make bound planners, notebooks and gift wrap, the collection itself is called Dreamscape. To be perfectly honest I love everything in the range and I did say in my letter to Father Christmas that I would be over the moon with anything from the range...I wonder how good a girl I have been! I have particularly asked FC if I could have a sheet or two of the co-ordinating gift wrap so that I can make my own dividers for the planner which would match perfectly!

I have never owned a Paperchase planner before. I have looked at them in the past and have been tempted but never actually taken the plunge so I was really interested to see what it was like inside. All of the planners I currently own (apart from this one) are Filofax so I was opening this not knowing what to expect. I think my most favourite aspect has hot to be that the design appears on this inside also. How beautiful is it to open your planner to see this little face looking back at you! Absolutely stunning and I love this design aspect so much!

I like that the dividers have a coloured laminated edge but I am really confused by the labelling. Is it me or is 'agenda', 'planner' and 'diary' not all the same thing? if anyone could enlighten me on this I would be much appreciated. I will probably not use them and make my own but I would love to know what the intention is with that.

The diary inserts have a nice look and layout to them but I won't be using them as the weekend space is just too small. I need more space for the weekend than I do for the week usually or at least equal space. Why do most diary makers do that? We do more at the weekend than we do in the week!

There was also a few inserts for detailing stuff going on for the month...

and also for the year. Currently I don't use monthly or yearly planning but I am tempted to try it and see if this is something that I feel that I am missing out on.

All in all it is a beautiful planner, well made and just such gorgeous design. I love it so much and I can't wait to move into it in the New Year.

Dashboard Advent - Day 19

I am getting way too excited now!

If you are interested in any of the dashboards shown during my dashboard advent, they all are or have been availble for sale in my Etsy shop. If they are not in there it does unfortunately mean that they have sold out and are no longer available.

Oman Stationary Crafts Unboxing

I was recently approached by Jumana who runs an Etsy shop called Oman Stationary Crafts (note: stationery has been spelt with an 'a' so make sure you get the right wrong spelling!) as she has recently started selling stationery boxes and asked if I would be able to do an unboxing for her to share with you all so here is my unboxing...



If you are interested in finding out more here is where you can find her...

Etsy: https://www.etsy.com//shop/OmanStationaryCrafts
Instagram: instagram.com/omancrafts
Email: omanstationarycrafts@gmail.com

Dashbord Advent - Day 18

I think this one has got to be my fav!

If you are interested in any of the dashboards shown during my dashboard advent, they all are or have been availble for sale in my Etsy shop. If they are not in there it does unfortunately mean that they have sold out and are no longer available.

Supplier Spotlight - Hey Charlie!

I am back with another supplier spotlight and this week I have for you...Hey Charlie.

Charlie is a fellow blogger and also recently took part in the Filofax Blogger challenge. I was delighted to find out that Charlie has started her very own Etsy shop selling stationery items and other items aimed at planners and pen pallers, is that how you say people who pen pal? Anyways you get the gist of what I mean!

When my box of goodies came it was presented beautifully wrapped in tissue paper with a hand written note from Charlie herself...

Inside my box were some lovely goodies that I would like to share with you. This cute little fabric pouch is one of her 'Pen Pal Grab Bags' which was just bursting with goodies. I am not showing all of them here in this photo but believe me there was lots inside and everything was just lovely! I received two sheets of masking stickers which for me personally was exciting as I have never used them before so I am going to try them and see how I get on!

I also wanted to share with you this gorgeous little glitter journal / notebook. It is A6 in size so very handy for putting in your bag whilst you are on the go. It feels great in your hand, it is a hard thing to describe but it is nice and chunky to feel good but not too chunky that it is chunky! I know, odd but it just feels right to me. Whilst we are talking about feeling, it also has a plastic cover which again, I can't put my finger on it but it just feels right!

I love all of my goodies from Hey Charlie, definitely an Etsy shop to keep an eye on for the future!!

You can also find Charlie over on her blog... http://heycharlieblog.com/

Dashboard Advent - Day 17

Sleigh bells ringaling, jing jing jingaling...

If you are interested in any of the dashboards shown during my dashboard advent, they all are or have been availble for sale in my Etsy shop. If they are not in there it does unfortunately mean that they have sold out and are no longer available.

Why I am sticking with a Faux rather than real Hobonichi

As you know (because I have mentioned it a lot of late) I am using a faux version, my own made up version of the hobonichi journal / planner. Prior to purchasing the fauxbonichi which is actually just a grided notebook from Paperchase, I deliberated quite a bit as to whether to splurdge on the real deal or just go faux. The price of the hobonichi is what has put me off, ok so not the price but the fact that you have to double that because of the import tax duties. Eeeeek! If it wasn't for that then I probably would have just bought the real deal.

So fauxbonichi I went with and fauxbonichi I am going to stay. Why?




I actually really like this notebook. I like the feel of it, the floppiness, the chunkiness, the paper quality and the fact that it is gridded paper. All in all it is just a really lovely book to work with.

Having looked at the flip videos I have seen of the real thing, I wouldn't be using it as a planner as I love my ring based planners too much. I like to be able to take things out and move them around which you can't do with a bound book. The hobonichi comes with both monthly pages as well as weekly and daily. I just don't know what I would do with the monthly and the weekly spreads so that would be a total waste for me.

On the daily pages they are already pre dated. Whilst at the moment I am journalling everyday, if I miss a day it is no big deal because the page isn't dated. Maybe it is my OCD but I don't like the idea of having a blank page if I miss a day. I missed a day recently and went back to it but it was really hard trying to remember what I did on that day. I know I could probably just use the page for random drawing as such but I have other journals for that.

Also on the daily pages there is a strip at the top of the page for all the date information and then a strip at the bottom for (not sure what), some is in Japense and I think it is a monthly calendar block. To me this is wasted paper, I want to have the option of using that space for journalling. There may be times when I can't fill a page but it is nice to know that I can if I want to!

So there we go, those are my reasons for staying faux. I would however most likely buy a cover. One day. If I have the pennies. I am not in a rush to buy the actual book. Of course I may change my tune if I ever do get to have the real thing because all of this opinion and the like is based on me having seen other peoples versus my faux.

What do you guys think?