It’s been a minute.
I stumbled across some gorgeous stationery bits that thrilled my minimalist planner heart and wanted to share in case anyone else loves that particular aesthetic.
They are from the online store Cloth & Paper.
I’ve settled into a hybrid bullet journal/planner system that works for me and the bits I ordered work well with it.
I shared the planner I am using (and still very much loving) which I ordered off of Amazon. The cover is faux leather and cleans up like a dream. It has held up so well and still looks brand new. I bought the inserts from Michaels and while I like the design and the tabs, I think I’ll ditch the pre-printed weekly pages and design my own. Or get dot grid paper and use that. I have a paper punch that lines up with the rings in the planner so I can make any type of page I like.
So what did I get from Cloth & Paper? I bough a set of minimal shapes stickers. If you bullet journal you can use them in place of drawing squares and circles. The set comes with dots, squares, hexagons, triangles and strips. They are translucent. I bought the color Cotton which is a pale greyish pink. They look more pink in the photo but are a little ashier in real life.
I also bought some transparent page flags. The color is also called Cotton but they are a brighter, truer pink. I wish the minimal shapes were actually this color.
I bought some transparent sticky notes in two sizes. I think this thrills me the most. No more neon sticky notes! One complaint I have about them is the sticky part sometimes leaves a bit of residue on the note below it. It rubs off easily but is annoying. Another thing to note about them (and the minimal shapes) is they are a bit like writing on vellum and ink can smear, depending on the type of pen you use. My beloved Pentel EngerGel needle point smears like mad. I have a Faber-Castell Pitt Artist pen that doesn’t smear at all. I may look into getting some finer point versions to see if they might replace (GASP!) the Pentels.
And finally, I bought a white fountain pen. I fully admit I bought it for prop purposes. I can’t get it to work. I don’t think it’s the pen, I think it is me. I can never get fountain pens to work. I put in the ink cartridge and nothing happens. No ink will come out. I don’t know if you are supposed to condition fountain pens or what. I may have to do some research.
My order arrived quickly and was beautifully packaged. Granted it was a bit extravagant for office supplies but I’m enjoying it all.
