I was given these wonderful paper clips as a gift. Rainbow colours and numbers from 0-9. They look great all together in the packet but what could I use them for?
I thought I'd pop on a quick blog entry on a small but cute Christmas present I got this year. On Good Friday posting an Easter bunny may have been more appropriate, however this is a pig. A pigg...
Here we have a large dot grid notebook from the Leuchtturm1917 family of notebooks. I usually use lined notebooks for work and yet I do love a grid. However a dot grid was a new idea for...
http://bearsbar.blogspot.com/2012/03/leuchtturm-large-dot-grid-notebook.html
This years main diary is a pocket size Leuchtturm1917. I won it thanks to the wonderful folk at The Paperie. It's the traditional black colour although Leuchtturm have a wonderful range of colour...
http://bearsbar.blogspot.com/2012/03/leuchtturm1917-week-per-page-diary.html
It's been about ten years since I painted anything in watercolour. I feel like I've just been too busy for it. It is a wonderful pastime where you can totally lose yourself in the paint for a whi...
http://bearsbar.blogspot.com/2011/11/return-to-watercolour.html
This was a present from a friend, although in fairness I had waved it under her nose in the shop and repeated 'I'd like this for Christmas please' several times. I figure subtlety is overrated ...
http://bearsbar.blogspot.com/2011/06/marks-original-notebook-calendar.html
I picked these up from the journal shop. Paper clips shaped like mopeds. Every desk needs them. They are ridiculously expensive at £5.50 for 30 but do come in a cute Orange dispenser. You can al...
I bought this notebook in TK Maxx as it was £5 and I was slightly intrigued by this Moleskinalike. Quite by surprise it has turned out to be one of my favourite notebooks so far. It is the s...
http://bearsbar.blogspot.com/2011/06/sicura-large-journal.html
Okay it's taken me a few days but here are the small things I saw on Tuesday that I liked I had to step over this little snail on my way to the station and then walked back to take a photo. I ...
http://bearsbar.blogspot.com/2010/08/small-things-27-july-2010.html
It struck me as a bit of a coincidence that @derwentpencils has been tweeting about pencil shavings today. Not only did they link to this unusual piece of jewellery http://www.thisnext.com/item/...
http://bearsbar.blogspot.com/2010/07/small-thingspencil-shavings.html
At Christmas i was lucky enough to get two stationery themed presents. A travel Journal and Travel clippigs file, both made by K Two Products. I now know the items came from my friends (Twitt...
http://bearsbar.blogspot.com/2010/04/travel-journal-by-k-two-products.html
I thought I would share one of my uses for a notebook for a change rather than a simple review of the notebook. Many uses are work related and it's not always possible to put those on a blog bu...
http://bearsbar.blogspot.com/2010/04/tracking-weight-with-field-notes.html
I decided to buy one of these notebooks while on Twitter. Papernation , the Bristol based stationery store and tweeterpal had linked to these new notebooks. I immediately loved the look o...
http://bearsbar.blogspot.com/2010/02/notebook-have-look-teneues-coolnotes.html
Thanks to a link from Twitter pal diysara I came across this site: Daisy Yellow . It is a site full of creations and creative ideas. One of the regular blog entries sets monthly creative chal...
http://bearsbar.blogspot.com/2010/02/january-creative-challenges.html
I feel I cant let Groundhog Day go by without comment. Mainly because the film of the same name is one of my favourites. Odd perhaps to watch a film about reliving the same day over and over ...
Just before Christmas I received this Quo Vadis IB traveler from Karen at Exaclair (thank you once again-what does the IB stand for?). In 2009 I used a Moleskine Pocket Monthly and was ple...
http://bearsbar.blogspot.com/2010/01/review-quo-vadis-ib-traveler.html
Sweets are what Britain does best. Without a doubt. One of the presents I was given at the New Year's table (yes we get presents!) this year was a box of mint Poppets (not expensive present...
Today's sketch is simply a word. Flickr. Well actually it's not really a word is it? There's a vowel missing at best. Anyway, this is drawn with pencil then Berol Fine Felt tip pens. ...
http://bearsbar.blogspot.com/2010/01/please-dont-sue-me.html
Back on the 24th November I gave my first impressions of the Quo Vadis Habana notebook kindly given to me by Karen at Exaclair. At the time I said it seemed to good to write in and it has contin...
http://bearsbar.blogspot.com/2010/01/quo-vadis-habana-journal.html
Thank you to everyone who took the time to come by and leave a quote. I didnt even have to invent people to make comments! This was much harder than just picking a number at random but more i...
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I bought a couple of new pens today so that I can go sketch mad.... The Uni Pin 0.5 Fine Line in black which has water and fade proof pigment ink. A very stylish drawing pen. I then...
So far I've been quite focussed on stationery but I keep saying to myself that this year I shall be more creative, return to watercolour painting do more photography. I improved a bit last y...
http://bearsbar.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-year-new-creations.html
I was recently inspired by the blog Drawing with a Squirrel to pop a bit of a sketch on my No13 Rhodia stapled notepad. Now clearly I'm not that great at drawing so incase you can't work it ou...
http://bearsbar.blogspot.com/2010/01/rhodia-stapled-notepad-pimped.html
Well I've decided to try doing my first giveaway. I guess that there is a high chance of winning seeing as not many folk will read this but that is a positive for you guys! The giveaway is ...
http://bearsbar.blogspot.com/2009/12/field-notes-giveaway.html
Now that I have time for breath I'd just like to wish everyone a happy holiday season and all the best for the coming year. In terms of my blog work really did get in the way and I became...
http://bearsbar.blogspot.com/2009/12/merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year.html