National Stationery Week Winners!!!

I have finally got around to choosing all the last winners for Day 3 to Day 7, I am announcing them below.

I have only posted out Day 2's parcel so far as I am waiting to get paid, I will be posting out all the prizes next Friday! As long as I hear back from everyone of course!!!

The winners are:

Day 3 - Kirsty Sherrod

Day 4 - Alice Emerald

Day 5 - Angela Leung

Day 6 - Adam Blaine 

Day 7 - Gillian Watson

The names were all drawn at random last night by my mother.

All winners please email me at imysworldnsw@gmail.com 

Thank you

Day 2 - CultPens WINNER!!!

I am here to announce the winner of Day 2 of National Stationery Week!!!

There were so many entries for this day!! But unfortunately only one prize to give out!!!

The winner for today is:

PREET ATHWAL

Please could you email imysworldnsw@gmail.com!!

Thank you

The third prize winner will be announced shortly!!!

Filofax Doodle Compact Review and Winners

A while ago I received two Doodle's to review, one to keep for myself and one to giveaway. As the one they gave me to keep didn't have the full inserts in they sent me another one!!! I felt so lucky, but it made me think, do I really need two Doodles, let alone one as I don't use Filofax sized rings, and the answer was NO.

I really love Filofaxes, there is nothing I hate about them, I love them to pieces!!!

But I decided my readers deserved to win them, therefore I decided I would give them all away.

Here is the Doodle in all its original packaging

It has a lovely pale blue grid pattern which is where you create your design, oh I wish I owned enough pens, this would be designed like crazy! But I don't (insert sad face)

When you open it you are greeted with no pockets but a new flyleaf.

No pockets isn't the worst thing to happen to the world, but still its not the best, well for me anyway, one thing you can do is you could buy some of those stick on business pockets and other pockets that Midori sell to stick inside.

I love the little logo

Its very cute!

Then there are blue and green tabbed dividers!

Past the dividers there are not many varieties of inserts, I was confused at first why there was no diary inside, but I read the description to find there was no diary! But that isn't the worst thing!

It is full of coloured note paper, to do sheets and address sheets.

Ignor my crappy nail

A today marker, but there is no diary? That bit confuses me a little??

As there is no pen loop instead they have made this amazing plastic wallet which has a pocket on the front and on the side a pen holder, very useful  I saw on Philofaxy a while back that Filofax are thinking of launching these as a product line!!! It is GENIUS!

In the pocket is a little sample piece of the material (I cut a tiny sliver off to test a few pens) and the spirograph!

I suck, I need more practice, but I love spirographing!!!!

I didn't test a ball point pen but the Sharpies worked amazing!!! If you have a huge range of Sharpies you could do AMAZING things with this!

I used my fine pink sharpie on a spare plastic broken wallet I have in my draw... its an amazing idea as you can customize these too!!! 

Worked so much better on plastic!! 

Overall the Doodle is AMAZING!!!!

The Compact costs £22 

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On to the winners:

My mother drew these for me!

The answers to the questions are:

Question 1: Which Filofax from the new range do you like best? Mine is the Original and the Aqua Malden 

Question 2: Who saved the Filofax Company in the 1940s Blitz in London, and how? Grace Scurr - She wrote the customers information in her Filofax!!! 

Bonus - Design an idea for the cover of the doodle and take a photo to attach to your entry - optional!

THE WINNERS ARE

Judith Lang

Anna Hawthorne

Nathalie Knopp

Please email me on imysworldnsw@gmail.com and we shall sort out your prizes to be posted to you!! 

Tuesday's prize will be anounced soon!!!! 

UPDATE - Do not give up on me!

This will form a list of bullet points:

1. I have not forgotten about my blog at all, I have just been so busy, I try to get around to doing it but my computer at home will not load up any photos so it is impossible to blog at home and I can only blog at lunch time at work but I have been very busy at work and not enough spare time to do it!

2. The first winner of my competition will be announced on Friday 10 May 2013! Please bear with me this competition is taking a lot longer to organise after than I expected!

3. I just went on Paperlovestory's blog and she has the most amazing post about lists, I have been thinking I need to use my Mulberry a bit more with lists and more planning than I do, she has been a bit left alone in the past two weeks, but one thing I have not done in months is LIST MAKING and her BLOG POST has really made me want to start again!

4. My Week in my Mulberry:

Week 16

Week 17

Week 18 

I really hated how Week 18 looked, I really did not like my attempt at colour coordination! It put me off using it! It has been a tough few weeks!

5. I saw some very pretty flowers at a place called The Pottager Garder, it has a table tennis table under a beautiful flowery plant. Lots of other ball games and a lovely cafe, which had tasty soup!

6. I just placed an order at Artbox and I am so excited, I have had a bad few weeks and the weather has been wet and needed something to perk me up a bit! Very excited.

7. I have two Reviews to do this week and next week from two different companies, one being Filofax and the other being Parragon Life Canvas, which is a beautiful new range of stationery which is just as exciting as Hallmarks new stationery ranges!

8. I will be trying to do some posts on my Mulberry, reviews and explaining some things, I have a list I need to do just have not had the time.

9. Do you have any requests?

10. Finally, Hope you are all ok!!! See you soon!!!

Hallmark Tea and Roses Collection Review

A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to be contacted by Hallmark who are starting to bring out new lines of Stationery! I was so excited and they asked for my address and said the box would be with me shortly!

I never expected to receive a whole BOX it had 8 different items in total! I was so surprised and thought how generous it was for them to give me so much, which is why I decided to add a few items to my National Stationery Week give away which is now closed!

Here is the write up they sent me about it and the picture before I write my thoughts and show it all to you!

Tea & Roses

The lively colours in this range give a modern twist to a quintessentially classic design. Certain to brighten up any desk, these products are perfect for keeping in touch with loved ones and long lost friends. This set is inspired by a collection of vintage prints and patterns mixed with fresh contemporary elements.

With its delightful floral prints, the collection consists of an A6, an A4 and an A5 Notebook, a Mini Memo Pad, a Sticky Note Set, a Pencil Case, a Memo Block and an Event Planner. A Matching Coin Purse, Mug and Photo Frame are also available. Shortlisted as part of the stationery category in the Gift of the Year Awards 2013, the events planner and social diary is the ideal gift for all those organised, but stylish, social butterflies.

As you can see it comes with LOTS of Stationery! I didn't get all the bits but I got an awful lot of it! 

So on to what I got! 

I received:

• A4 Notebook
• A5 Notebook 
• A6 Notebook 
• Memo Block
• Sticky Notes Set
• Pencil Case
• Purse
• Event Planner

I thought was so much and I was so shocked to receive it all, I couldn't carry it all home and had to do it in two lots! Half of it I am giving away, the other half I am using.

The memo block is adorable it has a rose design on all sides, the paper is so nice to write on, it is very smooth and white and I have really enjoyed using it! I have it on my desk in my office and it just brightens it up, it's nice to have such a cheerful flower on my desk! I don't like it when other staff members try to steal my sheets though, I am very protective over my memo block!

Pencil Case - This retails for £5.00 which I feel is very reasonable, and it is just such a beautiful pattern again, I am so glad I chose the Tea and Roses collection to review! It came at the perfect time as well, my pencil case I carry in my bag was getting a bit rough and in need of replacement, which means my work desk is quite coordinated now! 

The coin purse is a beautiful, I would say, duck egg? with a bird cage pattern, and even though it is not as bright as the other items it just goes so well! I am giving this away as part of the competition. It is just a simple zip coin purse, it would be so perfect for taking to the beach. 

The A4 notebook as well as all the other sizes have the same quality of paper which is absolutely lovely! I love the way they have designed the page between the hard cover and the notepaper, it is just such a beautiful contrast! Here are the other two, you can see that with the A5 I have done a little test to show that my Coleto does not show through, the paper is so nice to write on, I am keeping the A5 and giving the other two away. P.s. The A5 is £5.00

The next item is one of my favorites! 

The social events diary, in this you can write down birthdays, in a month to view calendar style (not set to a certain year, just has the numbers), write addresses, Christmas Card lists and presents, and has a very pretty notes section at the back. 

You can tell they have put a lot of thought in to it as there is a beautiful pattern on each page it all isn't the same it is just amazing! I loved looking through it!!! I just love the backgrounds they have used for the different titles, it is just so beautiful!!

I am giving this away as part of my competition! 

Finally...

The really cute stick notes, I love these so much, I will be keeping these (you can never have too many). I have tested them and they are good quality and are very sticky, they are not like some you get that just fall off, I thought the glue was good enough to keep them on until you need them, but they also wouldn't leave behind any residue! They are beautiful!

Overall I really like the collection, and I would look in to getting some other bits from the other collections when they come out! They should all be coming out around now, I have put the link to what I found above in the Tea and Roses title so click on it! 

Sorry I haven't put all the prices I couldn't find them all!

I was not paid to write this even thought I was given the items, it is all my honest opinion!

Now I must go and mark all the entries and start planning the competition!!!! 

Day 7 - National Stationery Week - Surprise!

PLEASE READ THE RULES

Today is the last day of National Stationery Week, read the bottom to find out where to send your entries!!!

The prize today will be a surprise, the person who wins it will only know when they receive it!!! I want the person who wins it to do an opening parcel video or blog post for my blog! If that is ok?

I will just ask the questions then I will give you where to send your entries!

Sorry for the short post but it is a long story!

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Questions: (Answers to all these are on my blog)

Question 1: What festival did I go to in 2010? & who did I see?

Question 2: What was my third blog post about? and who also owned that item?

Bonus Question: What was on my wish list?

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Please send all entries to:

imysworldnsw@gmail.com 

and comment below to say you have sent the email (It is a new email address don't want anyone missing out!

You have until Wednesday to get your entries in!!! GOOD LUCK!!!!

Day 6 - National Stationery Week - Hallmark

PLEASE READ THE RULES

Welcome to Day 6 of National Stationery Week!

If you are in the uk you are probably reading Hallmark and thinking... what is that about??

They have started to make STATIONERY!!! ~Really exciting I know!

But they sent me a large selection of stuff to review, I got a huge box full, I will be doing the review NEXT WEEK!

But I wanted to give some of it away!

Here are the prizes:

This is all part of the Tea and Roses collection, which is AMAZING!!! I have so much to show you next week but you will have to wait until then for that!

For now, I would like to ask you some questions:

Questions:

Question 1: What date was Imysworld first Youtube Video and title?

Question 2: Which video has Imysworld done that has the MOST VIEWS?

Bonus Question: What do I wear on my head a lot in my videos?

Day 5 - National Stationery Week - Staples

Welcome to Day 5 of National Stationery Week!!!!

Don't forget to read the rules!

Today the company I am giving something away from is Staples!

I am sorry but I do not have a picture of the prizes!!!! But it will include a whole host of Martha Steward Stationery!!! YAY!!!!

I love Staples and I am lucky to have one local to me but I am so upset that Martha Steward will no longer be selling her stationery!

I am sorry this is so short but here are the questions:

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Questions: (UK STORE)

Question 1: What is the customer services number?

Question 2: How many days credit can you have?

Bonus Question: What is the code for a raspberry A5 Filofax?

Day 4 - National Stationery Week - Paperchase

First of all let me apologise for the slow posts and the fact that there is less and less in the last few days posts, I have a lot going on in the past two weeks and am just struggling to motivate myself to do posts at the moment, I am going to Try and do Day 5 - Day 6 and Day 7 as videos. Wish me luck .

Before you read day 4 please read the rules! CLICK HERE

Today's prize is to win a Paperchase selection!!! I do not have a photo of the prizes unfortunately but you will win Post its, stickers, washi tape etc... But this will just make it more exciting for you, for when you win it!

I wanted to include Paperchase as I have many fond memories of going in there and spending ridiculous amounts on Stationery, last time I went to buy these prizes my total came to £30!!!

Never will beat my Bristol experience of £45!!!!

I know this has only been short, and I really am sorry for that but here are the questions for todays competition!!!! I will try and do tomorrows via Youtube, but it will be a hard day so you may not get it until Saturday!

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Questions:

Question 1: How many years has Paperchase been going roughly?

Question 2: How long do you have to get a refund?

Bonus Question: What country (outside UK) beginning with an L does Paperchase post to?

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Catch up on National Stationery Week Posts:

Day 1 - Filofax

Day 2 - Cultpens

Day 3 - Artbox 

Day 3 - National Stationery Week - Artbox

Today for National Stationery Week I am going to cover  which is a company I love a lot!

Before we get in to the magical land which is  land I must remind you of the Terms for entering the competition, CLICK HERE NOW!!!!

Now we have that out the way, I originally found Artbox many years ago, I think I went in it with my mum in London once, and never really bought anything just liked everything I saw, but I recently started to buy stationery off there, it is all so reasonably priced and AMAZING

If you like Artbox I have a special Code below for National Stationery Week, it runs until 28 April 2013.

10% off!  Code: 2F2N9N

Click on this banner below for when you do your purchase as I will get something for it!

The prize for Artbox is my favorite thing EVER, notepads, I love to buy their notepads, I must own 9 or 10 now! Mainly in A6 for my Mulberry but I also have a load of small ones for little lists too! I bought all the prizes online last month, and they put in the usual badge and I thought it would be perfect to go with my giveaway!

The prize for Artbox is below:

Questions:

Question 1: What shop did Artbox open a concession in and what year?

Question 2: What does the charity Artbox support do?

Bonus Question: What is the style number for Ricecracker the plush?

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Notice: Fridays post will be on Saturday with Saturdays post. Personal reasons, I just want my blog empty on Friday. Please do not be upset it will still be published on Saturday, I am just giving you early warning!

Day 2 - National Stationery Week - Cult Pens

Welcome to the second day of National Stationery Week, and competition NUMBER 2 bought to you from one of my most favorite website on the planet! CULT PENS

Click on the National Stationery Week banner on the side in order to see all the National Stationery Week posts so far and anything you have not read yet! To read the instructions for entry into this competition PLEASE CLICK HERE - That is the most important part for entry! It has all you need to know and any questions about entry should be asked there!

I am so excited about this giveaway because I am giving away my favorite pen, (not the one I am using obviously) which I bought and some inserts which were donated by Cult Pens, which was absolutely amazing of them!

Here is the prize

 

Up for grabs is:

Pilot Coleto Clear Barrel which holds 4 inserts
2 black 0.4mm refill
1 red 0.4mm refill
1 blue 0.4mm  refill
1 green 0.4mm refill
8 OHTO Smile Slide Clips

The reason I decided to pick their website is because of the following simple points:

• BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER
• Amazing range, easy to find!
• Cheap prices
• Super fast delivery!
• Always welcome question and answer super fast! 

They really just are one of the most amazing companies I have bought from yet, I don't even know how I came across them, but I have been using them for ages now! It has to be over a year, it has to?! I have made an order with them once a month, if not more since I found their site! I find it so addictive.

The prizes I chose were because I use the Coleto every day and I love it to pieces, it writes amazingly, and it is cheap to run! I chose the smile clips because they make me happy and I want to share a little happiness into your lives too!

I really honestly thing that Cult Pens just has the business idea right as they are so efficient and friendly, I have never had a bad thing to say about them, when I have had an issue with a refill for a pen they replace it instantly or any queries they answer so fast! I don't think I could ever put in to words how amazing their service is, hence why I have decided to feature them in my National Stationery Week giveaway as I HAD to share them with you all, I know I share them with you all the time but I had to share with you more!

Here is a video I made about them recently! Yes I am mad, but you all know that!

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The Questions are: (you can find all the answers on the website)

Question 1: What is the monthly newsletter called?

Question 2: Find the Coleto Video on their site, what colour inserts are in the pen?

Bonus: On the Smile Clips page, what colours are clipped onto the grid paper?

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Write these answers with the others and then send them all in on the Sunday when I announce the special email address, any queries let me know!

Day 1 - National Stationery Week - Filofax

Welcome to Day 1 of National Stationery Week, today the company that we will be talking about and having a prize from is Filofax... YAY

Before I tell you about the prize and why I love the company please READ THE RULES < click there 

The prize is one of three Doodle Filofaxes, in Personal Size! Two come with full sets of inserts, and the final comes with just a diary! But it is still customisable! 

I fell in love with Filofaxes many years ago, I have used them the majority of my life and ring bound systems are what works for me best. 

There is just something you get from writing everything on paper, and then being able to remove a page or move it to a different section that just makes me excited! 

The first grown up Filofax I bought when I was an adult in 2010, it was a Slimline Adelphi in Scarlet, I bought all the inserts and I felt really bad buying it as it came to £50 in total, I was really worried I had spent too much (now knowing that it is nothing), I then on my 20th birthday decided to get the A5 Cuban Zip, which is just after I started to make videos.

Before all that I owned a few different Filofaxes, I had bought them all in WHSmiths and at Carboot Sales with pocket money and Fun Faxes from book shops.

But in 2010 I had my first experience of doing a video for Filofax, They put a post up about how they are looking for a few people to have a Filofax Domino to review and then do a video on, it was the Christmas Gift, and it was to have the Gourmet Gift Card with it, I think this was towards the end of 2010 (not 100%). For a while I appeared on the Filofax website, my little face as a video, then they replaced me for Plannerisms, this was before I knew about her, at the time I felt a little jealous, I enjoyed my little bit of fame, even if it was only on a page that not many people would look at.

As time went on Filofax were very good to me, I got to do a few competitions and give away some AMAZING Filfoaxes, it has all been so good and I have enjoyed it to much!

I have enjoyed the fact that people have won Filofaxes that have been part of competitions  and that some of them had never used a Filofax, and because of me, I got them addicted to Filofaxes. It is amazing to of had such an effect!

Filofaxes are just the perfect thing to use when you need a diary!

Here are some of my old videos when I first got in to Filofaxes properly!

Some Classic Imysworld videos there! I hope you enjoyed them all!

Enough of my rambling! Now on to the prizes and the questions:

I have 3 Doodle Filofaxes in Personal size to give away!

Two with full sets of inserts and one with a Diary in, to enter this part of the give away answer the following questions. The bonus is just for fun you do not have to do it, but I would love to see some ideas! 

Questions:

Question 1: Which Filofax from the new range do you like best?

Question 2: Who saved the Filofax Company in the 1940s Blitz in London, and how? 

Bonus - Design an idea for the cover of the doodle and take a photo to attach to your entry

Now write down your answers somewhere safe ready to email them in on Sunday, the email address will be revealed on Sunday!

If you have any questions just ask!!! 

National Stationery Week Competition Entry Information

Welcome everyone to the first post for the National Stationery Week Competition, where I will have a competition each day and then at the end of the week you will be able to send in your answers and I will give out some amazing prizes, I just have a few things I need you all to read first before you can enter!

I want to make it all simple and clear before the week starts! 

First of all, all the questions will appear on my blog and they will either be, two part questions, or two questions with a bonus question/activity, the bonus is up to you and it just means that in case of a draw, there will have two separate draws just to make the prize winner have earned it a bit more.

Please do not all rush and send in your answers each day, as it will just be far too confusing!

The amount and type of prizes will be stated on each day, one day during the week there will be more than one prize, so there will be more than one winner on that day, but that is a secret until National Stationery Week.

Each question will involve you going on to the site of the featured brand that day to find the answers. It will not be an easy contest where you can just say add me!

You do have to follow my blog as part of the terms to enter this competition!

When you send in your answers I need you to try and use a set format so I am able to announce the winners as soon as possible!

The format is as follows:

Name:

Location:

Answers:

Monday

Question 1:
Question 2:
Bonus:

Tuesday

Question 1:
Question 2:
Bonus:

Wednesday

Question 1:
Question 2:
Bonus:

Thursday

Question 1:
Question 2:
Bonus:

Friday

Question 1:
Question 2:
Bonus:

Saturday

Question 1:
Question 2:
Bonus:

Sunday

Question 1:
Question 2:
Bonus:

You do not need to answer every question, just answer the ones you are interested in winning and then the others you will not be included in. Please try and keep it to the format above!

This competition will be open worldwide so that means anyone in the whole world can enter. PLEASE NOTE – THIS IS OPEN WORLDWIDE!

The competition will close on 30 April 2013 at 11:59pm GMT!

All of the blog posts in this week are my own honest opinion. Even though the companies have donated some of the prizes, the majority have been bought with my own money. I have put a lot of time and effort in to setting this competition up for you all as a huge thank you for helping me get my Mulberry! I have also tried to get all my favourite bits of stationery to share with you!

On Sunday 28 April 2013 at the end of the post for that day of National Stationery Week will be the email address I need you to send all the answers to!

Please send them all in one email and to the address below.

Any wrong answers will not be entered.

I will post the answers on my blog no later than 10 May 2013 depending on how many entries I get, I will try and post them as soon as possible.

If you have any questions at all please ask now!

You have 6 days until National Stationery Week, GOOD LUCK!!!!

Update

Hello All

I have not blogged because I have been off at Hospital and such, only check up etc.. but it just means I am away from the computer!

Also I have been trying to plan the competitions fully for National Stationery Week! I want them to be perfect and amazing!

I have received my Mulberry back, here is a video of the unboxing:

I will be back with you tomorrow with some more information, I will be posting the Rules for the competition next week, along with all the details you need about entering as I want it all as clear as possible before the competition.

Talk soon

Cult Pens/Filofax/Artbox Haul - Stationery

Disclaimer: From the haul below, some items have been given to me, but this is due to the fact I will be giving them away in a competition! The competitions will be from 22 April until 28 April which is National Stationery Week. Please don't hate me because I have said I got this given to me and didn't have to pay for it. I put in a lot of time and effort to make this a place for you to find out about magical stationery and do not deserve hate because I have been given something free to test, if you do not like it get off my page. This is just a disclaimer to stop people complaining. You will be getting something back from this, and I will give you all as much help as possible! 7 people will be getting prizes! Hope you have a nice day!

Today I have had three parcels arrive it is very exciting!

This post will have 28 photos in it, so be warned it may be a long loading post, I have not done this to annoy anyone, I just want to show you what I have got and what you will be winning in the future.

First of all from Filofax

I have been given 2 Compact Doodle organisers, one to review and one to give away as part of National Stationery Week!!!

There will be a few blog posts on these in detail!

From Artbox

There is quite a bit from Artbox due to the fact I wanted to order 3 more A6 notepads for my Mulberry as I have used a lot more pages then I expected.

The Artbox Prize

Cult Pens

And the Cult Pens Prize will be

This prize has been helped out by Cult Pens they gave me some extra inserts and some extra smile clips!!

Thank you so much Cult Pens and Filofax!!!!