I’ve designed a new pen pal log for all of the happy mailers out there. This is a handy way to help you keep a few details all in one place about your pen pals, and as it’s A4, you can keep all of your pen pal logs together in a folder. I’ve kept it …
Let’s have some fun with a stationery swap. We all love stationery, we all love happy mail, so let’s enjoy both this month. If you have yet to join in with any #bringbackpaper activities, whether it be the swaps or readalongs, then this might be the perfect time for you to leap in and have …
Are you thinking of starting to pen pal? Or maybe you did it a few years ago, decades ago even, and want to get back into it? Then you’re going to need an essential pen pal kit. The best thing about this kit is that it is minimal. It’s not expensive, it’s easy to source …
Welcome to this month’s book readalong. As you know, I absolutely love the book readalong, it’s always one of my favourite #BringBackPaper activities. If you’ve yet to join in with one of these readalongs, let me tell you a little more about it and tempt you to join us. The book readalong is an easy …
The move from primary school to secondary school comes with lots of changes and different priorities. One of the things that can easily slide as our kids grow older is their reading time. If your house is anything like ours, the kids seem to stay up with us later and later, or they’re out playing …
Having a pen pal is great, we know this. Making friends all over the world and settling down to read their latest letter with a cuppa is a lovely feeling. As is penning our own letter and then getting a little creative with it. Sometimes, it can be fun to send little extra goodies to …
Welcome to this month’s #bringbackpaper activity, a postcard mailing. The postcard mailing is always a popular one, as it’s so simple to do. Sending out one postcard is easy to do, and I think that’s its appeal with so many of you. Even if you’re having a busy month, popping a postcard out is simple …
Reading has always been one of my favourite things to do in the world. Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of other things I love to do, too, but I guess if someone asked me to name one thing I love, it’d be reading that I’d mention first. It’s the constant. I read when …
Welcome to this month’s book readalong. As you know, I absolutely love the book readalong, it’s always one of my favourite #BringBackPaper activities. If you’ve yet to join in with one of these readalongs, let me tell you a little more about it and tempt you to join us. The book readalong is an easy …
We all need treats from time to time, and treating yourself with paper is surely one of the best ways to treat yourself. Today I want to suggest 5 ways to treat yourself with paper, so that if you need that little boost, reward or relaxation, there’s something here for you. I think my favourite …
Welcome to this month’s Bring Back Paper activity, it’s a lovely book swap. You must know by now that I adore a book swap! Books are the best, so sharing them around always makes me smile. If you haven’t tried this activity before, the idea behind the book swap is really simple and easy for …
When you think of journaling, what do you think of? I ask, because there are so many different ways to journal, and types of journal, that it’s interesting to think about what springs to mind first. Maybe a daily diary style journal? Or a once a day gratitude journal? Or maybe you’ve seen pretty travel …
Welcome to this month’s book readalong. As you know, I absolutely love the book readalong, it’s always one of my favourite #BringBackPaper activities. If you’ve yet to join in with one of these readalongs, let me tell you a little more about it and tempt you to join us. The book readalong is an easy …
I read plenty of different genres, but the one that I come back to most often, and the one that I read when I’m looking for a comfortable, lift my mood type of book, is romance. I’m happy to be a romance reader. I love reading romance, I just love it. Just as I enjoy …
Let’s have some fun with a stationery swap. We all love stationery, we all love happy mail, so let’s enjoy both this month. If you have yet to join in with any #bringbackpaper activities, whether it be the swaps or readalongs, then this might be the perfect time for you to leap in and have …
A really fun way to look back over your holiday and capture memories is by creating a holiday scrapbook or travel journal. Now, I’m in the UK so I do mean holiday, like a vacation, but I can see this being a fun thing to do for ‘the holidays’ too, US style, so a scrapbook …
