The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

 Hello Loves!  It's that time of the year, when Planner Girlies have their planners for next year alll lined up. I was confused for the longest time and then I saw The Ink Bucket and their launch and seeing that the planners were soooo much slimmer and more compact, I decided to go right back to it. I, for one, am super happy that they decided to do away with the extra pages and the journal elements of the planner. I almost never used these extra bits and I do like my Planner to be just that, A PLANNER.  So back to an old favourite I went.  In case you didn't know, I have used The Ink Bucket Planners for a few years before this.  In 2019, 2021 and 2022.  2024 will be fourth time using the planner.  I picked this gorgeous version, I love that they do a few styles and there is so much room for choice.  I love the colours and the bold florals.  The navy blue just sings and looks really mature and grown-up.  I love it.  The mint green ...

Hello!  Today I want to share some of these pastel delights with you. I am a big fan of using slim washi tapes in my journal and my planner. They are perfect to spruce up plain pages and decorate my Bujo as well.  We got all of these floral washi tapes from Ali Express and gosh even their packaging is so freaking pretty!  I just love the whimsy floral illustrations!  So darling!  🌾🌸🌾🌸🌾🌸 Ah flowers!  I couldn't love you anymore if I tried!   I just love how vibrant these are.  A page in my journal dedicated to a happy haul.  All of the tapes in action! 

If you follow me on Instagram, then it will be no secret to you that I love all things floral! Secretly, or not-so-secretly, I am a floral-print loving old British lady! I thought I will share these beautiful vintage floral ephemera that I ordered from From Katrin With Love a month or so ago. She has the most amazing collection of vintage ephemera and her floral and nature-themed paper kits are to die for! Seriously! Plus, she offers free shipping. Here's what we ordered: We ordered four sets of floral paper kits. Each of them have paper cuttings from various sources, stamps, larger paper pieces, cards and such little bits and bobs.  Here's a closer look at Sets 1 and 2.. Look at those pretty flowers and stamps.. Here's another look at them! Love, love!  Another closer look. I, especially, love the floral stamps!  Sigh! Aren't they beautiful!  If you are into flowers or just use ephemera and vintage papers in your...

Hello!  Hope this Saturday is treating you well.  My Saturday is off to a good start.  A night of sleeping well and a morning full of rain and drizzle.  :)  Today I want to share a little haul of stamp inks I recently acquired.  I already have quite a few stamp inks in various forms, like distress inks and regular ones like pigments.  I did a haul of Tim Holtz Distress Ink on the blog in December.  My sister and I love stamping. It is such an easy way to add some art and colour to your planner/journal pages.  I will soon do a stamps and inks post on the blog.  For now on to the new inks we have.  Even though we have a lot of coloured inks, we were running low on a basic black ink. The one we had was quite old and was nearly dry.  We got 2 of these Pigment Stamp Pads and they are so incredibly pigmented. The olive is such a pretty colour and the black is a wonderful deep and dark black....

Hello!!!  I want to share some beautiful new bookmarks that have come into my life.  And there are cats involved!!! Squealllll!!! I fell in love with these cats the moment I saw them and I am so glad to have them in my life!!  Plus these make my reading even better.  I love having cute bookmarks on hand.  They make my bookish heart very happy!  Here are all of them! How cute are they!! A cat drinking coffee and reading a book!! Seriously?! This cat is me! I am this cat!  A sleepy kitty! So cute!  A cat with a squirrel friend! So cute! (I think I have used the word 'cute' one too many times in this post!)  A book and a lamp! This reminds my sister of her hostel days in college!  Another group shot! :) Love these bookmarks! The best part is that they don't ruin the page at all!  I got these from Ali Express . And the maker of these darling bookmarks is Potterin...

Hello, hello! Today I will be sharing with you a quick unboxing and some glimpses at my sister's Olive Edition Traveler's Notebook! My sister ordered her Olive Edition Traveler's Company Notebook from Tabiyo Shop . Tabiyo Shop is based in Malaysia and they are excellent and shipping things quickly and, as you can see, packaging things beautifully as well! You feel like you are getting a present in the mail! Plus, they ship out the package with a tracking number, so you can track your precious goodies right up to your doorstep. So, here is what was inside that beautiful brown paper package- an Olive TN! It comes with the Olive Edition leather TN (obviously!), a dust bag to store the TN, extra elastics and a blank notebook insert. This is pretty much the standard package of what you get when you buy any Traveler's Notebook from the Traveler's Company (used to be known as Midori).  Here is what the TN looks like.. It does look brown-ish in...

Hello, hello! We've been receiving the gorgeous Planner Society Kit for a few months now and so, I thought I will do a quick unboxing and review of their oh-so-pretty December kit. We received this kit in early January and somehow this post is going up super late! Oops! Without any further ado, let's dive in, shall we?! Here's the envelope in which the kit goodies are packed into! This envelope is then put inside a box, so everything is safe from being jostled around!  Here are the papers for the month. All winter florals with a touch of red (for Christmas).. What I like about the Planner Society Kit is that they have a very non-festive December kit.. I don't mind the reindeer and holly motifs but sometimes it is just good to have stuff that you can use even after the festive season is over!  More papers! Both sides of the papers are printed, so these were on the flipside.  This month's kit came with a pencil case.....