review: daycraft animal pals x aberdeen movie collab notebooks

One of my guilty pleasures is watching a Hong Kong movie in bed with snacks (Brazil nuts are my current favourite). In the past, movies were quite conservative and rarely broached more controversial (for want of a better word) subjects but recently, films and TV series seem to have adopted a more Western attitude towards intimate scenes/issues and the like.

Anyway, the notebooks shown above are to promote a film that will be released on the 8th of May and its English title is Aberdeen. The Chinese symbols for the film literally translates to 'little Hong Kong' which is the Chinese name for Aberdeen - a real place in Hong Kong. You can read more about the film here or you can watch the trailer here (it has English subtitles).

So what do a whale and a chameleon have to do with a film about a family living in Hong Kong? Well, they are two characters (if I can call them that) within the film. These notebooks are by Daycraft and they have helpfully constructed a page to explain the concept behind these notebooks. The notebooks are approximately A6 in size.

 

Each notebook comes with a set of three postcards that help promote the film.

Inside, you are greeted with the signature Daycraft cream paper (100gsm!) and they also have an illustration, either relating to a chameleon or whale, depending on which notebook you opt for.

There is also a ribbon page marker within these notebooks but I forgot to take a picture of them. The whale one has a pale blue one and the chameleon one has an emerald green one.

At the back, there is a pocket where you can slip in receipts or any other bits you want to keep safe.

The lovely design at the front continues at the back, where you can see the name of the film printed in both English and Traditional Chinese.

Overall, I really love these notebooks. They are cute and different to the normal plain notebooks I use. In terms of quality, the covers are very thick but still easily manipulated. They are well designed notebooks and the varying textures felt on the cover gives it that extra oomph. You can kind of the see the textures in the pictures above - the whale teeth are textured (not so obvious) and the stitching adds to that too.

If you'd like to see more, do visit the Daycraft site. Even if you don't, they have other Animal Pals notebooks on offer and I can definitely see them making great gifts or stocking fillers (bit early for that, I know but this is a blog about being organised!).

Thank you, Shadow from Daycraft, for sending me these notebooks to review :)

NB: Although I received these products as review samples, I have reviewed them just as I would have if I had paid for them.

my week #106

This week is the only break I will get before my summer holiday starts at the beginning of July. However, my diary pages are more filled than ever. Each day is filled with a mammoth to-do list and also plans to meet people or do things. 

The highlight of my week was definitely on Thursday night when I saw McBusted at the O2 in London. For those who don't know, McBusted is the sum of two bands called McFly and Busted and I have been fans of both bands ever since they burst onto the music scene. No one was more excited than myself and my sister when we heard they would be going on tour so when we got tickets back in November, April the 24th seemed a long time away!

Anyway, it was amazing and I would definitely call it the best night of my life so far. All of my teenage dreams came true in one night and I wish the night could have lasted forever.

How has your week been?

back to my Smythson!

I looked at my blog archive and found that the last time I was in my Smythson was back in 'my week #73'. Whilst I enjoyed my time in my compact orange Metropol, it just didn't compare to the feel (and smell!) of leather but also, the quality of my Smythson.

I'm still in the process of tweaking its set-up so once that is done, I will do an updated post of how it has been organised. In the meantime, here is a picture of what you'll be greeted with if you open up my binder:

Page flags, ready to highlight pages in textbooks and my notes that need attention; dot stickers to colour code certain events and heart stickers just because.

my week #105

I now have a week off from the craziness but it will be a week where I am rushing all over the place and seeing friends who I've not seen in a while.

Last week, I was due to go out for dinner twice but one of the dinners was postponed until after the week's break. Luckily, I had written this dinner on a sticky tab so I can just peel it off this week and transfer it to the new date it has been booked for. Other than that, it has been a busy week (again) - especially as we lose the Friday due to it being a bank holiday. I took advantage of the four day week by (finally) watching Frozen - I might be 23 years of age but I still enjoy a good Disney movie!

This bank holiday weekend is one where I will be sorting out my notes, catching up on anything I might have missed and catching up on sleep!

How has your week been? Do you have anything interesting planned for the week ahead?