Shop Blog — Clear Stamps

As part of my mini series on Planner Stamps* I’m taking inspiration from yet more PlannerFest chats and have put together a bit of a guide to how to choose the best sort of stamp for what you might need.  One of the best things about using planners is how you can adjust your set-up to fit what you need.  But in someways that’s also it’s downfall - you need to give yourself the structure and sometimes that can be really time consuming and daunting.  A massive benefit of stamping in planners is that you can you add structure -...

It’s not that I want to be wishing away the last term of the school year or anything.  But…. I did think now would be a good time to start talking about gifts for the teaching staff that have been looking after our little treasures this academic year.   Teachers gifts, which of course cover teaching assistants and support staff too, are a tricky balance to strike.  With quite a few teachers being involved in each year it can easily get quite pricey, and chances are you don’t want anything too big but you do want it to be thoughtful too...

Turning new habits into established habits can be hard. REALLY hard.  There are always some habits that come more easily than others, and there are hundreds of books, articles and videos giving advice and suggesting methods to help get them to stick.  But it’s amazing how complicated some of them can make it seem too!  I’m far from an expert on habits but it’s something I’ve been reading in to recently.  A few things have really resonated with me and I thought they were worth sharing, mainly because they’re pretty practical.  I’m all for understanding the theory behind different methods,...

The weekend of the 1st-2nd October is going to be BUSY! I’m over the moon that I’m going to be participating in both the online Super Seconds Festival and at Made up North in Newcastle, which will be my first in-person event in quite a while. Having never done the Super Seconds Festival before I thought I’d give you a bit of an intro and let you know what it’s all about and what I’ll have on offer.  The Super Seconds Festival is a great opportunity to buy seconds, samples or experimental pieces at bargain prices from Indie businesses from...

You may have spotted that one of the new sets of clear stamps includes a Chronodex.  I think it’s a really fantastic tool but it certainly divides people into two camps - those who have heard of it and those who haven’t.  It may look a little daunting at first but actually the idea is quite simple and it’s also more versatile than you might expect.  But first, a quick bit of background.  The Chronodex was originally designed by Patrick Ng who was looking for a tool to help him plan his time and day in a more visual way...