Busy bee stationary : April edition

http://busybeestationery.com

Ive been posting about my passion for writing. This is the second month of the Busy bee subscription box. I loved last month's edition. 

About : We run a monthly stationery subscription box for busy bees. We enjoy the feeling of putting pen to paper. We love to journal. We are mad about planners. We like to stay in touch with loved ones "the old-fashioned way". Each month we send our subscribers a curated box of beautiful stationery - the contents are always a surprise! Our boxes typically include 5-10 items. We choose items that inspire creativity and help you with your everyday note-taking, planning, journaling and letter writing. Our boxes are always built around a theme, season, or specific creative project. Receive amazing products from brands like Heidi Swapp, Write Notepads, Gorjuss, Impression Paperie and more.

April's content's 

Content's : 

- Busy bee travelling notebook

- Set of 5 pencil's and sharpener

- Stamp (date and decorative) 

- 3 travel charms 

- 36 stationary card's (travel themed)

- Distress ink (Mermaid lagoon)

- Click pen 

- Travel stickers (4 sheet's) 

- Distress ink (Mermaid lagoon)

Distress ink is the best and has a vast array of colours. This is a mermaid blue with a hint of green, its a small size not suitable for the stamper included which is a shame. This would have been a great ink to use. 

- Stamp (date and decorative)

I love this stamp as i have a very similar one only with the patterns are instead of sayings and no date also. This is really unique and I really like it. However il have to purchase an ink pad to fit the length, not a huge grumble but I would have loved to use it with my other item's. 

- Set of 5 pencil's and sharpener

The pencil's have numerous lovely statements on them, they come with a pretty standard metal sharpener. Very sturdy and I like that I can use when I need supply, not pre-sharpened which is a waste. Writers and artists always need pencils. 

- Busy bee travelling notebook

This is really nicely put together and made well, has plastic dividers so it can be used for anything you need. Lined paper which is thin but good enough quality for list making or jotting notes. I really like this as a pocket handbook. 

- 36 stationary card's (travel themed)

These are my favourite item as they are notecard's, travel themed which can be used for scrapbooking to cardmaking. They have a vintage feel and im so excited to use these as i can just do something different and have mini postcards for birthdays or as gift tags within parcel's. An amazing addition to my set. 

- 3 travel charms 

These charms are brilliant, as I can use them for my planner's or stationary to give a little more bling. I love these are vintage looking and unique to travelling as then can be rotated for when I go anywhere. Also amazingly well made. 

- Click pen 

Cannot see the brand very well but it's a quite thicker then your normal biro size, which is brilliant for writers like me whom struggle. It gives more surface area to grip so not all the pressure is on my main joints, yet distributed evenly. I like this pen and I think it could be what i base future writing tool's on as its comfortable. 

- Travel stickers (4 sheet's) 

These sticker's are fabulous for planner decorators and stationary addicts alike. Multipurpose uses from jazzing up your mail to decorating the weeks your on holiday in your journal. Endless possibilities for these stickers and there is a generous amount. 

Overall April was a fantastic box, well put together around the theme of travel and new beginnings. I liked that it had everything you could need down to a sharpener for your pencil's. It really did feel like a fuller box this month and didnt miss the quality. The products are all quality item's and there isnt an item that stands out. My only one hiccup is probably the size of the Ink for the stamp, its not easy to use and I love the colour of this ink but it looks to be a sample or meant for smaller single stamps. So that would be my only comment for this month, as the stamper is so unique that I want to use it on all my mail I recieve and send. (I have my mail date stamped for important item's) 

So im really excited for next months box and its contents. 

Jealous Sweets review

http://www.thejealouslife.com

Its always hard to find gluten, vegan and vegetarian sweet's. I saw Jealous sweets with the beautiful packaging, plus the care given to produce a quality product. I love chewy sweet's, so wanted to see if the flavour also texture is similar to a competitor. 

About: 

Everyone loves to be given something precious, a thing of beauty to be admired. We’ve created a range of mouth wateringly moreish treats to tantalise your tastebuds, all our Jealous Sweets are beautifully crafted and like jewels they’re irresistible.

- Vegetarian

- Vegan

- Gluten-Free

- No Artificial Colours or Flavours

- No Alcohol

- Yummy

Devour our Jealous Sweets. Others will be envious, even jealous, of those who have experienced the irresistible. Give our Jealous Sweets and they’ll be appreciated far more than boring toiletries, chocolate or flowers but be prepared to be slightly jealous when they won’t share their gift with you. All our Jealous Sweets are 100% vegetarian, gluten free, full of natural fruit juices and free from artificial colours and flavours. There are nine different jewel boxes in our range, all created for those with an eye for something special.

- Sour bean's 

They say - Squintingly sour beans to awaken all the senses. Super when you need to sharpen up your wits.

These bean's (typical size of a jelly bean) have a slight shell on the outside,it is not hardened and easily chewable. I chewed and let the sweet disolve in my mouth, to see the intensity of flavour within my mouth. When chewed the flavour is sour, sharp and disolves with no aftertaste or "sour burn" as i call it. When i had it dissolve and suck on it, definitely without question  it lasted longer and the sour flavour was throughout. I only had around 5-6 bean's as i felt my sweet tooth satisfied with this, im not sure if it is an ingredient that just made it passed or simply its natural. It certainly mean's you can enjoy the packet more then once and not feel like you will demolish the packet. 

- During a family day at my home, I passed out some sour bean's and asked the opinion's. Everyone liked the initial sour hit that comes if you bit or suck the sweet. The ones that chewed were asking for more as they were morish.  They were very impressed they were vegan(they are strict vegan), said it was impossible to find chewy sweets for vegan's or they are costly. All loved the Sour bean's that tried them and felt the packet would last a good few sitting's. 

- Tropical wonder 

They say - Life’s a beach, so liven up dull moments with a cocktail of succulent, tropical goodness.

Now if ever there was a set of sweets that had myself and family near raving about, it was these babies. The texture is a little thicker then a normal jellied sweet, which meant it lasted longer. The taste was unreal, especially on the pineapple shaped sweet, it was juicy, exotic and vibrant with flavour.  When you consider how many sweet's you do get in a pack, it really work's out to good value. Especially if your looking to get more naturally made quality, that will give you everything you need to beat that sweet craving. They are so rich in flavour that you dont feel the need to eat a whole pack in one go, I just had 4 or so and felt quite happy to wrap the rest back up. 

I would happily purchase more from the range as they are great value from a point of flavour quality, texture and amount. It's probably the only packet of sweets ive happily put down, due to being satisfied my sweet craving was met and not because I felt sick etc. So that was a big eye opener as ive never experienced that before. Majorly positive experience as I will often have post sweet guilt, yet these sweet's I feel will give me the sweet craving I need. 

* The view's are also blind tasting, I did with family member's to obtain there unbiased opinion's.