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As a blogger,  National Stationery Week may very well be my most favourite week in the year.  It's at this time of year that I get free rein on talking about stationery (not that it's ever stopped me before...) and it's the perfect opportunity for me to recommend my favourite stationery items.  I'll be updating this blog post each evening this week in line with the themes from National Stationery Week (I've included them below so you can join in too if you like) and talking about how and why I love stationery so much. Monday : Pen & Pencil Day Tuesday : Get Crafty Wednesday : World Stationery Day Thursday : Thank You Thursday Friday : Fountain Pen Friday Saturday : Signature Saturday Sunday : Write A Letter Day Pen and Pencil Day Writing implements are always a tough one for me. I mean, I'm a sucker for a nice pen - even one engraved with my name - but the pen has to be heavy and I prefer a thick barrel due to the way in which I hold my p...

Later this year my husband and I are jetting off to Corfu to celebrate our Silver Wedding Anniversary. Yes, I know I don't look old enough... it's very kind of you to say so.   Anyway, over the next few weeks I'm trying to prepare properly for our break by ensuring that I travel light, yet functional, as I have a tendency to over-pack. Summer holiday essentials... what would you add to the list?  [ click to tweet ] I'm loving looking at ideas for beach, day and evening wear and need to make sure I've got a good mix-and-match wardrobe. I've noticed a lot of blue and white on offer for this season.  Styles that I'm loving are longer length shorts, tunic tops and light, floaty summer maxi-dresses  that don't cling in all the wrong places. You can't go wrong with tan shoes so I'll be packing my Roxanne wedges from Hotter Shoes which are so comfy that I could wear them all day but I spotted their matching ' Resort Sandals ...

Recently I wrote my top three tips for starting a bullet journal  and here I'll expand on how I have adapted the bullet journal system to suit my own planning needs. I was bullet journalling before Buzzfeed et al discovered the phenomenon and will continue to do so when everyone has moved onto The Next Best Thing because bullet journaling really helps me to be productive. I've been through the notebook-of-doubt phase and I've used all the washi-tape and stickers and I've come out the other side. Here are my next five tips for making your bullet journal work for you. 5 top tips to help you personalise your bullet journal and keep it simple [ click to tweet ] 1. Find the notebook that suits you This may be a pocket notebook, a  Leuchtturm 1917 or Moleskine , a Filofax or standard notebook with a motivational quote on the front of it. My preference varies as I've had a bullet journal in a travellers notebook system and have found a way to merge m...

Today saw the announcement of the closure of Standard Issue - an online magazine fronted by Sarah Millican, written by women, for women and covering every single topic you can imagine. I've followed from the beginning (I even applied to write for them on a couple of occasions but was turned down) and there have been some stonking articles on there. So to hear that the main focus of the website is being wound down is a surprise and saddening.  Looking at this from a blogger's point of view, I find it incredibly interesting that a project which has so much potential has found it impossible to turn a profit in a world that now needs online content to be fed to it pretty much consistently.   What do I mean by this?  I'll backtrack a little. A couple of weeks ago I read in the Popbitch newsletter that the Mail Online uploaded over 2000 stories to it's pages in one day. ONE. DAY.  This is the most popular news website in the world. And the reason they do it ...

Over the past couple of weeks I've noticed a couple of friends updating their Facebook profile with the 30 Day Music Challenge (cheers for the inspo, Alex and Lizzie ). They've chosen some interesting tracks and I thought it would be a good idea to publish my selection throughout April on here as part of my own personal Soundtrack To My Life for 2017. All the prompts are listed below so feel free to join in if you like - tag me on Facebook , share a link to your blog post(s) or update your choices in the comments section here each day. Come back every day in April to see the next tune that I've picked. Soundtrack To My Life meets the 30 Day Music Challenge [ click to tweet ] ¨¨°º©©º°¨¨ DAY 1 : A song you like with a colour in the title New Order - Blue Monday  : This may be predictable but I never get tired of hearing it. Whilst it's very 80s electro in its sound, it also feels very timeless. DAY 2 : A song you like with a number in th...