Papergang Box No. 18

          Box no. 18 from Papergang is really pretty and useful. The designer for this box is Gemma Correll. The box has 5 items and the main color is red. 

          From the moment I unwrapped the package I was very excited about the items in the box. They were things that I use a lot for my work and my research. The first thing that I looked at was a pack of three pens.  Not just any pens but really cute ones LOL.

          Of course you can’t have pens without having something to use them with so there was post-it notes and an A-5 notepad. Also very cute...and red!

          There was also a set of stickers, which I am totally in love with! It has bunnies and cats and books...just a few of my favorite things.

Finally, there is a beautiful Greeting Card.

I think this is my favorite of all the Papergang boxes I’ve gotten.

Papergang Box No. 17

          This is perhaps the first time that a Papergang box left me thinking...uh? It is not that the quality of the goods was bad or even that they put in things that I wouldn't use it was just...meh. So without further ado let me get into the box.

          As usual the cover of the box is beautiful and there is the paper origami project on the back. As usual Aramex had covered it with a sticker and I can't put it together.

          So when I unwrapped the package in the middle of the box I kept thinking hmmmm...I wonder why it feels weird.

          So basically, there is one large pencil case (12.95 pounds), 1 washi tape (2.50 pounds), 1 pencil (50 pence), 1 greeting card (2.50 pounds), and one Riso printed calendar all designed by OHH DEER.

          As you can see there is nothing wrong with the items and they are all of good quality I just..I didn't like the design of the pencil case, and I felt like it and the pencil were sort of out of place with the rest of the items that all go together design wise. But that is just my opinion.

Papergang Box no. 16

          Papergang is becoming a staple of my planning notebook. I use the calendars they send out with each month's box as my monthly view and I love how hardy it is. I just stick it on to the page and refer to it all month. But I'm moving too far ahead.

So this is the design on the outer covering of the box and as usual it is very pretty and indicative of the design on the inside.

I was very sad to see that Aramex had stuck a sticker on top of the origami for this box, which was a fox. I really wanted to work on that but getting the sticker off the box without ruining the paper underneath proved impossible.

So, even though as usual the Kuwaiti customs had opened the outer box they didn't open the tissue paper and my stuff was nice and neatly settled in its place... as it should be.

Papergang this month has partnered with Tree aid and every 4 Papergang boxes sold one tree will be planted. So I am happy that my purchase is helping to plant trees across African drylands. Now let us get into the stuff in the box.

This brass ruler is pretty well made and quite substantial. I was thinking that I needed to get a small ruler for my planner and this saved me the time to go looking for one that I liked. It's retail price is 9.95 pounds.

Next up is a greeting card which says Happy Birthday. It was designed by Susan Castillo and was printed in the UK. I love the design! The retail price is 2.50 pounds.

This is a freebie. The calendar was designed by Susan Castillo and was printed in the UK. This is what I love using as my monthly view in my planner.

Finally, this beautiful linen notebook also designed by Susan Castillo. It is an A5 size, which is my preferred size for all my notebooks and its retail price is 12.95 pounds. What I love most about it is that it is not dated so I can use it anytime. And since starting next month I've decided to separate my planner from my diary this is going to come in handy.

Total cost of the box: 25.40 pounds.

Total paid: 11.90 pounds.

So basically, the box contents are over twice what I paid for it. Good value for good quality and very useful stuff.

Papergang Box

The Papergang box this month proudly supports Bumblebee Conservation Trust.

At the back of every Papergang box there is an origami project, so this month I decided to try it out.

I fussy cut the bumblebee and then put it together.

I had a lot of fun doing it and also a moment of losing myself in a small project that didn't need too much thought or planning. Now let us get into the box itself.

I was kind of surprised to find the box intact and not really opened. I'm guessing that because it was Ramadan no one wanted to really work 😏

So the first things that I noticed were the pencil and the postcards. They were both designed by Amy Lesko and the postcards were printed in the UK. The pencil costs 0.50 pence while the postcards were 2.25 pounds. There was also a Riso printed calendar designed by Amy Lesko and it is an extra in the box.

The final item in the box is an A5 felt Notebook with 3 inserts designed by Amy Lesko and it costs 12.95 pounds.

The box costs around 12 pounds so the cost of the items in the box exceed the amount I paid for it. Anyone who knows me knows I love notebooks and so this box is a big hit with me.

Papergang May 2017 Box

          I wasn't sure what I would get in this box; I had seen a few unboxings, which was what made me go try it out on CrateJoy. The box was just beautiful on the outside. 

          I saved the box to be recycled for some art project. The products were beautifully wrapped in some baby blue tissue paper, nice and snug.

          After I unwrapped the blue tissue paper the first things I saw were some stickers and what looked like a planner. There was also a welcome note and on the back of that was information on what is included in the box. 

          I loved that they included the price of each item so you know what the net worth of the box is. I think unless the item is handmade all boxes should do that. The sticker sheet was very cute, and it was an extra because I just could not find it on the information card. I'm going to use the heck out of the stickers because they are actually things that I would put in my journal.

          Next up are the greeting cards. There are two of them; one says Happy Birthday and the other says Thank You, designed by OHH DEER and AMY LESKO, they were printed in the UK and costs 5 pounds which is about 6.44 dollars.

          The weekly planner has the same cover as the outside of the box, which I thought was crazy cute. The planner itself is not dated, which I like, and it was designed by OHH DEER. It was printed in the UK and costs 9.95 pounds which is around 12.82 dollars.

          The curator of the box also included a Riso printed Calendar for the month of June. This is great for people like me who like to have a month at a glance page in their journals. I love all the adorable pictures that are on it. 

          Finally, there was an A5 notepad designed by AMY LESKO which retails for 5.95 pounds (7.67 dollars) and a pencil designed by OHH DEER which retails for 50 pence (64 cents). I love me some notepads and pencils!

         So the total cost of the subscription is 9.95 pounds (12.82 dollars) and if you add shipping it is 11.90 pounds (15.33 dollars). The total cost of the items in the box is around 21.40 pounds (27.58 dollars) and I'm not counting the items that had no price like the stickers and the paper calendar. So this is good bang for my buck, and it is items I know I'm going to use.

          One more thing, on the back of the box there is a drawing for an origami that you can do by yourself if you are so inclined, this month it is a rose.