Cloth and Paper - March 2018

          I'm really enjoying the paper edition of the Cloth and Paper boxes so far, the pen box was really hit and miss for me and I did cancel that part of the subscription so I think this is going to be the last box with pens in it. 

          The box was really full this time and I liked the way they had a proper box for the pens. Since I brought up the pens I'm going to start there. The box had 5 pens, one refill and one box of ink cartridges.

          This is an Olika fountain pen, and it came with a cartridge inside the pen body plus two inside the package of the pen. It also has refilled cartridges included in a separate package. So all in all it came with 8 ink cartridges which should last me quite a while.

          The first pen you see in the picture is the Cloth and Paper pen. It comes with black ink. Next is the Zig Lettering Pen (the peach one) and its refill pen. The ink for the refill is blue.  The white one is Le Pen Drawing which is a technical drawing pen. It has black pigmented ink, it works like a micron does. And finally, the pink pen is the Baoke Signature pen. You can see a pen test for each of the pens below.

          Next up I'm going to check out the paper part of the subscription, and there is a lot to look at there. Much of it (as usual) has to do with journaling. The first item I wanted to look at was the Habit Tracker. Each sticky note tracks 8 habits for one week.

          The next item, is 2 packets of stickers, and each packet has 3 sheets of stickers. The stickers are for "To Do", "Meeting", "Appointment"...and so on. You can't really see the stickers very well in this picture because they are in gold.

          The box also included two greeting cards, one says "I adore you" and one says "Thank You" in French, and a packet of 14 post cards with the words "Comme çi Comme ça" on them.

          I can never have too many paper clips, especially because I journal a lot and these help me find different places in my journal. I especially love it when they don't look like the normal paper clips. And these paper clips certainly look cute and different.

          The next two (and final) items in the box have to do with daily planning. One of the packets is a notepad of daily planning that includes prompts for a to do list, notes and quote of the day. The other just says to do on the top. They are a little to small for my A5 but the paper is sturdy and I'll add them to it anyway. They look really pretty.

          I always find something really useful in the boxes from Cloth and Paper and this box is no exception. I can't wait for more from this company.

Spotlight Stationery

          The theme for this box is Bright! The purchase price of this starionery box includes a donation to From Me To You, a charity which encourages people to write letters to cancer patients. 

          A collaboration between Craig from DarkStar and Spotlight Stationery resulted in these beautiful  handmade pocket notebooks, the last ones he will make. 

          I love post its, and the ones from SemiKolon are the best. 

   Every box from Spotlight Stationery contains pens and this one is no exception. I openned the box in front of my friend and she took them all!!!

          A pair of clips from Rapesco are also included in this box. 

          Finally, four post cards with beautiful drawings in a personalized envelope.

Owlcrate - March 2018

          My box from OwlCrate really came to me banged up that I was so worried for the items inside. Luckily the people at OwlCrate really know how to pack the items so that they are not harmed. The theme for this box was "Across the Galaxy".

          This was an exclusive candle from Wick & Fable. They sent out two different seats and the one that I got was Kady Grant from The Illuminae Files. I didn't even have to open the candle lid to smell the scent of the candle it was all over the box the moment I opened it. It smells like heaven.

       

          Next up is something really cute from FUNKO. They are pint-sized heroes and there were three different ones sent out; I got my personal favorite Baby Groot! It is totally going to go sit next to its brothers and sisters lol.

          As someone who reads everyday, and sometimes reads a few books at a time, it is never a waste of space to give me a bookmark and this beautiful one from Lexy Olivia is just what I like to see in a book subscription box. It is a watercolor bookmark with a quote from Star Wars.

          I was very confused when I got this out of the box. At first before taking it out of the package I thought it might be a pillow or a blanket but then when I opened it I was like huh?? Then I went to check the card that had the spoilers. This is an exclusive infinity scarf made by OwlCrate. The print on it is very beautiful and the material is so soft and stretchy! I can't wait to wear it.

          What can I say about this beautiful mug? I drink tons of coffee a day and this mug is just an enabler for me to drink me. It is inspired by the Lunar Chronicles and designed by Sasha Natasha. It is a ceramic mug so it is dishwasher and microwave safe.

          Finally this beautiful (and signed!) book. It came with a letter from the author along with a character poster. The edges of the book are a beautiful color purple. From Goodreads:"Seventeen-year-old Ana is a scoundrel by nurture and an outlaw by nature. Found as a child drifting through space with a sentient android called D09, Ana was saved by a fearsome space captain and the grizzled crew she now calls family. But D09—one of the last remaining illegal Metals—has been glitching, and Ana will stop at nothing to find a way to fix him.

Ana’s desperate effort to save D09 leads her on a quest to steal the coordinates to a lost ship that could offer all the answers. But at the last moment, a spoiled Ironblood boy beats Ana to her prize. He has his own reasons for taking the coordinates, and he doesn’t care what he’ll sacrifice to keep them.

When everything goes wrong, she and the Ironblood end up as fugitives on the run. Now their entire kingdom is after them—and the coordinates—and not everyone wants them captured alive.

What they find in a lost corner of the universe will change all their lives—and unearth dangerous secrets. But when a darkness from Ana’s past returns, she must face an impossible choice: does she protect a kingdom that wants her dead or save the Metal boy she loves?"

This book is the first in the series.

The Zakka Kit - March 2018

          I love the Zakka Kit because I know that there is always going to be something special and delicate in the box. This box is no different. 

          The theme for this box is the Cherry Blossem. The theme itself gives off vibes of shades of delicate and as we shall see there are some delicate things in the box. 

          The Washi Tape comes in three different spring designs with Cherry Blossoms. The tape is by Shinzo Katoh and Seal Do. 

          Light Pink Midliner Highlighter by Zebra. Now that is a pen that I wanted to try out and finally had the chance to do so now. 

          I love when the Zakka Kit includes stamps because they are usually unique and cute. This box is no different. The Zakka Kit is a Sakura stamp by Kodomo No Kao. 

          The Neko Box Sakura Art print is just goergious! The print is of a Cherry Blossom scene. 

           I always look forward to the papers included in the Zakka Kit. The designs included on the paper (2 pink Sakura papers) are very delicate and simple, which makes the paper beautiful. 

          No Zakka Kit is complete without stickers and the Sakura Stickers by Pinup Japan are beautiful pink and metallic gold. 

          Finally, a Blue Sakura and Bird letter set. It is decorated by Cherry Blossoms and birds. The set is by Frontia.

          So much goodness in the box, so much goodness!

Nocturnal Reader’s Box- March 2018

          This box of Nocturnal Reader’s Box has two interesting books, a mug, a bag, and a print.

Ana Godis with the Ice cream man.

The bag...

Stickers and a bookmark...

The Mug...

And finally the books.

THE FURRY is our classic book. It is also book one of THE FURRY series. From Goodreads: "Gillian Bellaver’s family is one of the wealthiest in the world. Robin Sandza’s father Peter is a government assassin. The two teenagers seem to have nothing in common. Yet they are spiritual twins, possessing a horrifying psychic energy that threatens humanity. While dangerous and fanatical men vie for the secrets of their awesome power, Peter Sandza, using all the ruthless skills of his trade, makes a final desperate effort to save them. Exploring with extraordinary skill the myths and legends deeply rooted in the subconscious mind, this novel builds, scene by shocking scene, to a night of chilling horror that surpasses anything you’ve ever experienced . . . First published in 1976 and made into a successful movie written by the author and directed by Brian De Palma in 1978, The Fury is one of the all-time classics of the horror genre."

THE GONE WORLD is a mix of science fiction and thriller. From Goodreads: "Inception meets True Detective in this science-fiction thriller of spellbinding tension and staggering scope. The Gone World follows a special agent into a savage murder case with grave implications for the fate of mankind.

Shannon Moss is part of a clandestine division within the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. In Western Pennsylvania, 1997, she is assigned to solve the murder of a Navy SEAL's family--and to locate his teenage daughter, who has disappeared. Though she can't share the information with conventional law enforcement, Moss discovers that the missing SEAL was an astronaut aboard the spaceship U.S.S. Libra--a ship assumed lost to the darkest currents of Deep Time. Moss knows first-hand the mental trauma of time-travel and believes the SEAL's experience with the future has triggered this violence.

Determined to find the missing girl and driven by a troubling connection from her own past, Moss travels ahead in time to explore possible versions of the future, seeking evidence or insight that will crack the present-day case. To her horror, the future reveals that it's not only the fate of a family that hinges on her work, for what she witnesses rising over time's horizon and hurtling toward the present is the Terminus: the terrifying and cataclysmic end of humanity itself.

Luminous and unsettling, The Gone World bristles with world-shattering ideas yet remains at its heart an intensely human story."