If you know me, or if you’ve seen posts like this one in the past, then you’ll know I’m partial to a bit of stationery. Actually, partial is probably understating it. Stick me in Paperchase for an hour and I’m happy as a pig in muck. So, imagine my excitement when I realised there’s an actual national day dedicated to stationery! To celebrate National Stationery Day on 25th April, I’m going to share some lovely stationery products with you, and I’m also giving away a luxury notebook – read on to find out more!
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My National Stationery Day Faves!
Planners
I do love a planner! I’m sure a person only really needs one, but if I spot another one I like, I have to have it! I’m a bit rubbish at using them, if I’m honest, but they’re so pretty! I like these from Old English Company as they’re simple and undated. I think the more complicated the planner, the less likely I am to use it! If you would like to win one, Old English are holding a competition, which you can enter here.
One of my favourite blogging planners is this one from Stationery Geek (love that name, it’s totally me!). The Blogger’s Bible has everything you need to plan out your blog, posts and social media month by month – and even includes stickers! Yay!
And another planner I do actually use, especially when I’m out and about and have a few minutes to write is the Ultimate Blog Planner from Dot Creates. It has enough room for 12 months worth of posts and is undated, which I love. I pop mine in my handbag and get it out when I’m at soft play with Tink and I’m suddenly hit with post inspiration!
Notebooks
I think I must have eleventy billion notebooks. They’re in my handbag, in my laptop bag, all over the house, next to my bed… You never know when you’re going to be struck with inspiration, or need to jot something crucial down, so you can never have too many notebooks! Plus, I love an inspirational quote, so whenever I’m in a shop like The Works* or The Range*, I’ll have a quick look to see if they have any new ones in.
If you’re after a more special notebook, take a look at these, from The Gifted Notebook…
The Castelli notebook is a notebook of serious quality! It comes with its own pencil, packaged luxuriously in a tissue-lined sleeved box and comes in a range of gorgeous designs!
If you’d like to win one, I have one Honeycomb Gold Notebook, worth £13.95 to give away! Just enter via the Gleam widget below.
Cards
One area of stationery that I love is cards. I used to design, make and sell my own, BK (Before Kids), when I had the time and the space for my papercrafting stash. Nowadays I have to buy them, but there are some really gorgeous cards out there, for every occasion you could think of. These from Hallmark are very cute!
Of course, if you do want to make your own cards, there is an absolute tonne of inspiration at The Range*, where you can stock up on all the papercrafting stash! Making cards is a great activity to do with the kids too, and doesn’t have to be expensive if you don’t want it to be!
Other Stationery Products
Other cool stationery products I’ve seen recently include:
Magnetic Notes and Boards that cling to almost any surface!
This cute art caddy/ desk tidy from A Place For Everything (loads of organisational ideas here!) and also this cool Lego pencil case for the kids!
These glitter markers* from The Range, which caught my eye!
I hope you’ve enjoyed my little National Stationery Day celebration guide to just a tiny amount of the delicious stationery that’s out there at the moment? Don’t forget to enter my giveaway to win the luxury Castelli notebook! I’m off to the shops to stock up!
Disclosure: I was gifted products, including the Castelli notebook giveaway prize in return for featuring in this post.
Kelly is a mother of two – her son H and daughter Tink. H is home educated, Tink is autistic. Kelly is a self-employed Virtual Assistant… Life is busy!
I would use this everyday for my to do lists .
I would use it day to day for my todos, childrens reminders and recipes
I would use it for To Do and shopping lists.
My thoughts.
My lists of work to do to help me keep organised
I use different notebooks for the different types of projects I am working on, so I have one for sewing, one for DIY, one for gardening, etc. I really need another notebook to track what is going on with other projects that don’t fit into any of the other clear categories.
What a lovely notebook I would use it to write out my recipes, thanks.
I would give it to my daughter – she is always writing things down!
I would use it as an attitude of Gratitude Journal. Recording five things each day that I am grateful for. Such as acts of kindness, good manners,consideration, good service, sunny day, smile, etc, etc.
I would write many things in it, including all my lists, shopping lists, clean out day lists for the animals, birthday lists etc. It would also be a good chance to write down calories for the day so I could keep track easier.
We are in the process of renovating our house so i would use it to keep notes on all the things that need to be done.
I’d use it as a gratitude journal and write in it everyday
I make it into a bullet journal and fill it with inspirational quotes
i keep a diary so it would be my exciting days eventS!!
preparing for uni so this would help so mush as can forget when family and work life are mixed in aswell
I’d use it as a bullet journal – appointments, shopping lists etc.
to write my shopping lists to list my out goings and incomings and make notes to remind me
My appointments
reminders
do to lists and shopping lists
Would use for my shopping lists or addresses
To do lists
I just love all things stationary based XX
I would write down some of my crazy dreams
This would be fantastic for my job, I visit lots of different sites and constantly need to make lots of notes! This notebook is practical but looks stylish too 🙂
A list of things to do each and everyday!
At the moment i am doing a mindfulness course and we have to keep a diary so this would be fab for that thanks for the chance 🙂
Plantings – I would use it toe record how my seedlings are doing
Reminders and shopping lists
To do lists
I would love to win so that I could write even more to do lists
I would write my to do lists in it.
I would write reminders and lists to help my terrible memory.
I am going through the menopause at the moment and it has gave me brain fog, so I have to write everything down otherwise I forget it, I have different notebooks for different things
Lists!!
To do lists
I have to write practically everything down! I have MS and with that have brain fog. I forget even the smallest things, so I make sure I always have a notebook with me, and get everything written down, or it will be lost forever!!
I’d use the notebook as my weight loss journal! To meal plan, keep a food diary & track my weigh-ins each week!
I’d probably write lots of lists!
love this for my Granddaughter
I would use it as a meal planner
love a good notebook, always making lists and plans, can never have enough
Gratitude journal, the anti-depressants aren’t working but there is quite a bit of evidence that thinking about the things you are grateful for can help
This is such a beautiful notebook and ideal to use as a garden planner for my allotment and cut flowers that i grow.
this would make me more organised
I would write about my adventures with my amazing family
I would use mine for notes and sketches of card making ideas
I would make it a gardening journal, where I would write notes on everything I do in the garden
my daughter would love this shes studying at the moment and notebooks are a must
I would give it my daughter just because I love her so much