I have been looking for an unusual keyring lately and realised that nice ones are not so easy to find. The first problem is that, unless you go to a shop that cuts keys, there is no logical place to… Read More ›
Aspinal
Pen Cases
Left to right: black 4-pen holder by Ramos purple croc 2-pen holder by Aspinal pink 2-pen holder by Aspinal tan 2-pen holder by Ramos croc 1-pen holder by Ramos I love Ramos leather products. I also have a Ramos business… Read More ›
Designer Collaborations – Yay or Nay?
Hmmm, tough one this…. Not sure why the recent proliferations of designer collaborations (ew what an awful sentence). Broadening the market in tough economic times? Getting a slice of the enormous growth of the high street? Diffusion lines are common…. Read More ›
Final Sales on Organisers
Here is the full range of the Smythson organisers on sale. They had a beautiful deep purple croc one there last night but it was sold by this morning. Filofax Italy has a sale here Filofax UK has a sale here
Organisers and notebooks on the Christmas Sales
Aspinal of London and Smythson are two very high end stationery companies. Their products are of superlative quality but the prices put them out of reach of many people. However, at sale time, with some of the organisers reduced from… Read More ›
My lockable diaries
I have more than these ones but I can’t think of where they are at the moment (the perils of having a book collection that is too large). So I took the ones near at hand and here they are… Read More ›
Reviews coming up shortly
A5 Filofax Belmont which is winging its way to me from the Netherlands. I had been hunting for this model for ages. The leather on these models is wonderful. They do come up now and then on eBay and other… Read More ›
TKMaxx
I have always loved TKMaxx (TJMaxx in the US). Yes they look like a jumble sale and you have to be prepared to spend a lot of time there to find the bargains. Like a charity shop you have to… Read More ›
Winter sales on Smythson, Aspinal, Filofax
Filofax – I have chosen the UK site but if you just add the country suffix (e.g. .de, .fr, .se) you will get to the other Filofax sales Smythson – sale link in top right. Aspinal – up to 70% off Happy Shopping!