FREE Snuggly Autumn & Bonfire Night-Themed Pen Pal Printables

As the air turns crisp and the nights grow longer, I’m excited to share something cosy and creative for this beautiful season. I’ve designed a set of snuggly Autumn and Bonfire Night-themed pen pal printables, perfect for sending warm notes to your friends and loved ones. 🍂✨

These printables feature my own illustrations alongside purchased stock library graphics, inspired by the cosy, comforting vibes of autumn leaves, bonfires, and seasonal treats. They’re completely free for personal use and come in A4 size, but you can easily resize them to A5 using your printer settings if you'd prefer a smaller, more compact version.

Click on the image below to download. 

How to use

• Perfect for writing letters to pen pals or loved ones.
• Print on your favourite paper and embelish with any craft supplies for that extra autumn feel.
• Add a warm cup of tea and you’re all set for some cosy correspondence! Don't forget to slip a seasonal tea bag into your envelope for your friend to enjoy too!

I hope these bring a little extra autumn joy to your letter writing. 

Free Halloween-Themed Pen Pal Printables

Halloween is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate than by sending a spooky letter to a friend? I’ve designed a special set of Halloween-themed pen pal printables featuring my own illustrations, and they’re perfect for getting into the spooky spirit!

These printables are not only a fun way to connect with friends, but they also give you the chance to hear about their Halloween experiences—both past and present. Whether you’re sharing ghost stories, costume ideas, or favourite candy memories, these pen pal sheets will make your correspondence extra festive!

They’re free for personal use! The printables are sized at A4, but if you prefer smaller stationery, you can easily adjust your printer settings to resize them to A5. Just click on the image below to download and start writing!

Happy Halloween, and enjoy sending some spooky mail to your pals! 🎃👻

Back into Snail Mail! - Free Printables!

 Hey everyone! It’s been ages since I last posted here. Life has been busy, and I sort of fell out of the habit of writing. Honestly, I’m not even sure if anyone still reads blogs anymore, but here I am, back at it! 😊

Lately, I’ve been getting into something I used to love—pen palling! A few friends and I have started exchanging letters again, and it’s been so fun to reconnect through the written word. I’m not looking for any new pen pals at the moment, but I’ve been busy making little goodies to send along with my letters. That got me thinking… why not share them here, too?

So, I’ve created some free printables that you can download and use for your own personal projects! Just click on the images below to save them. They’re formatted as A4, but you can easily adjust your printer settings to print them as A5 if that works better for you.

I hope you enjoy them! Feel free to print them out for personal use, and happy creating!

Stay tuned for more, and I’d love to hear if anyone else is still out there reading blogs! 😊

Buy one get one free Brimbles Box

FREE STUFF!!!

Yep indeed, it's our final week of Christmas in July so why not go out with a bang.

So this week the 30% off is still going so you can continue to order any Christmas or Winter themed items using code: xmasinjuly on both Etsy (some items also have free shipping) and my direct site.

BUT this weekend I also have another offer for you! If you buy any Christmas or Winter themed Brimbles Box we will send you another one in with your order for FREE. Now that is pretty good right? Please make sure you read the 'small print' below as the two offers cannot be used together.

Shop the collections here: https://www.mrsbrimbles.co.uk/product-category/seasonal/christmas-winter/ or here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/mrsbrimbles?section_id=15679526

So Ho Ho Ho and Happy stocking up ready for your December Daily projects and crafts!

Small Print:

No minimum order quantity - order as much or as little as you like. If you are wishing to make use of the 30% off please make sure you use the coupon code (xmasinjuly) at time of purchase as the discount cannot be given after the transaction has been made. The 30% off offer excludes items already in the sale section and our printed inserts however the printables are included. This coupon expires 23:59 on 31st July 2019. The 30% off coupon cannot be used with any other coupon code or offer so if you would like to take advantage of the free box too you will need to make two seperate purchases. With the free box offer there is no need to enter a code. Any orders of Christmas or Winter themed boxes placed between Friday 26th and 23:59 on Sunday 28th July 2019 will automatically be sent a free box in with their order. The box will be chosen by us at random and a choice of which box you will receive will be made by us. You will not receive a duplicate though. Available internationally.

Shipping

Please note items purchased during this sale may not be shipped at our usual 3-5 business days. Please allow a little extra time for your order to be processed and shipped in case this sale is super popular. Our usual shipping policy if you need it is here: https://www.mrsbrimbles.co.uk/about/refund-shipping-policy/

Alice in Plannerland

Hello, Planner Friends! I hope that you're all doing amazingly well! I'm here with some planner inspiration using the Mrs Brimbles Alice in Plannerland sticker kit. I fell in love with this kit as soon as I saw it - I have something of an Alice in Wonderland obsession (mostly of derivative works from the original classic) and anything Alice themed is always a huge hit with me. Fun fact: I even had an Alice in Wonderland themed classroom last year when I was teaching Year 1 students! So, suffice to say, this is a favourite kit and layout. To watch the process, click on the video below to see how this Alice in Plannerland layout came together!

 



It was a lovely opportunity to go back to doing some hand-lettering - which is a hobby/passion of mine that every now and then I come back to. (And every time I come back to it I wonder why I stopped doing it for so long!) The awesome thing about the Alice aesthetic, is that it allows for imperfection, odd and slightly-mismatched letters, which takes a lot of the pressure off!

 

So that is the final layout - I'm thrilled with how it turned out. I love all of the blue tones that came out (it makes me feel calm!). If you're looking for more planner layout inspiration, you can check out my 2019 Planner Layout playlist for the rest of this year's layouts, including many Mrs Brimbles kit layouts! If you have any questions, let me know, otherwise, I hope you follow your own White Rabbit into a wonderful adventure this week! Have a fabulous day! Stef

April Daily Photo Challenge

April is fast approaching again, can you believe it! Last year Mrs Brimbles the Company turned 5 and as part of the celebrations I did a photo challenge. Well I am just about clinging on a year later and I thought it would be fun to do another photo challenge

REMEMBER as with all of my daily photo challenges I have designed the prompts to be interpreted in a way that suits you, loosely based on the things that I love: Planners (and planner decoration), Stationery, Journals, Art and books. You interpret them however you like but most importantly have fun with it. They are just prompts to help you. Take them literally if you like or be imaginative. Use them as photo prompts or use them as journalling prompts or memory keeping prompts Please make sure that if you are taking part and sharing in the Mrs Brimbles Facebook Group 'The Happy Place' that the photos are ON TOPIC (planners, journals, stationery etc)

It's totally for fun so just share a photo every day if you can or share more on some days than others. It's supposed to be a fun activity I don't want you stressing about it OK. You don't have to enter to win the prize, you can just play along with the prompts for fun, entirely up to you, the more the merrier! 

If you want to play along for fun then start posting your photos from 1st April. Remember to use the hashtag: #mrsbrimblesaprildaily so that we can find your photos. You can post anywhere on social media but if you want to be in with a chance of winning the prize it needs to be on instagram, or in the Mrs Brimbles Happy Place group on Facebook (or both of course). If you are playing along with this in order win the prize please do make sure that you read all guidelines on how to enter and the rules below oh and if you want to be in with winning the prize you will need to register on the giveaway widget below too! 

What is the prize? £25 store credit for www.mrsbrimbles.co.uk/shop

Feel free to save this graphic and share it on your social media feeds or print it at pop it into your planner. 

THE RULES
I know, so boring that there needs to be rules but there does so that everyone is clear on what they need to do and to keep it fair to everyone participating!

• You must post all 30 photos on instagram or in the facebook group using the hashtag mrsbrimblesaprildaily you can also use mrsbrimblesaprildaily2019 if you would like to as well

• You need to be following me on instagram: @mrsbrimbles please do not tag me in your photos as I will get lots of notifications. I will see your photos on the hashtag - I will be following!

• The prompts are just that, prompts, interpret them as you will, or if you are stuck for inspiration just post a photo anyway! If it is easier you can do a different prompt on that day as long as by the end of the challenge you have done all 30. Do two on one day if you need to, don't worry about missing days as long as you post all 30 by the end. Have a break, come back again. You just need to post 30 photos in the time frame given.

• You have until 7am GMT on 5th MAY 2019 to register for the giveaway on the widget below AND to complete the photo challenge on instagram.

• If you haven't registered on the widget you won't be elligible to win the prize so you will just be doing the challenge for fun which is totally fine with me if it is with you.You can register at any time from now but photo posting on instagram and in the Facebook group starts on 1st April 2019.

• You DO NOT have to post everyday but you do have to post all 30 photos by 7am GMT on 5th MAY 2019. You DO NOT have to post in numerical order, you can post any prompt on any day and any number of photos on any day.

• Once the competition has closed a winner will be drawn by random using the giveaway widget, and emailed. I will ask you to confirm / prove that you have posted all 30 photos in the time frame 1st April - 5th May 2019, if not another winner will be chosen. The winners name will appear on the giveaway widget once closed.

• The winner will be announced in the Facebook group and you will need to email me: mail@mrsbrimbles.co.uk to claim your store voucher. 

• Your email address will be added to my newsletter database - I will not sell this to anyone else nor will I constantly be spamming you and you can unsubscribe at any time! 

• Open internationally

• You must be over eighteen years of age or have parental / guardian permission.

• The prizes stated above are the only prize(s) - no cash alternative.

• One winner will be chosen at random. Winner(s) will be announced on this page on the rafflecopter widget after the closing date.

• If the winner(s) do not respond to my email within 48 hours a new winner(s) will be chosen

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Planning March

Hello, Planner Friends! In my ever-ongoing quest to use my planner supplies, I stumbled back across the stickers I had left in from the Unicorn Sky bundle. It seemed perfect to use them alongside the very beautiful watercolour/unicorn washi tape that came in the Brimbles Washi Tape box - because I've been waiting to use it on a project since I unpacked it back in December.

I really loved putting together this layout, because it reminded me of my older layouts, back when I first started putting together planner layouts. I used to do a LOT of layering - of washi tapes, scrapbooking papers and stickers - and this really felt like going back to things that I loved. Sometimes, the really straight lines of washi tape just don't work for me - the whimsical nature of the unicorns in this sticker kit really felt like they need something less harsh, which resulted in me tearing my washi strips down the centre to create a less 'perfect' edge, which is an effect I really like.

 

 

I have to confess, that I don't keep up-to-date on what's considered 'popular' in the planning world. I like to plan how I like to plan - it works for me, and that's the point of having a planner: it has to work for you. I'm okay with something that's 'not perfect' because it's mine and let's be honest, it's realistic. I also like to use what I have even it's a few years old or different to what everyone else is using because it's different. Don't be afraid to embrace your own personal planning style. It's so important to do what's right for you! I hope that you're inspired to go out and use your supplies and create amazing layouts that are uniquely you! 

 Happy planning!