Pipsticks Pro Pack, February 2016!

Guess what?! It's that Pipsticks time of the month again where get to show you lots of sticker goodness!

Being February, you can guess there would be some hearts in this month's pack. I'm so happy with this because I use heart stickers on everything. They are just one of those shapes which you can always find a spot for on a project. I think this pack would be great to decorate some Valentines happy mail with, or to use for journaling throughout the month. 

Can we first of all appreciate the little quote on this months card "Love is mental". My initial thought on this was 'mental' meaning love is much more a mental & emotional connection than it is physical. BUT I then realised it could also mean that love is a complete an utter roller coaster and totally mental, I thought it was such a great little quote either way. I love that they add decoration on this card, even though it's only purpose really is to prevent things from getting bent, it makes it super reusable.

There was a mixture of hearts and generic 'love' themed stickers in this pack. I think I'm going to keep this pack to document the time I spend with Jack next week when we celebrate a belated Valentines Day together, we have lots of mini dates planned so I'm going to take some time after he leaves to document the memories.

Of course I have my favourites in each pack. These were my favourites from this month, I loved the contrast of bold and pastel colours. I think I will get the most use out of these stickers, I've also not seen many of these before! It's nice to use something that you haven't seen anywhere else. I always say the variety of the pack is something I love, the pack really does provide you with stickers from all over the place! In particular the little love heart sweet ones are adorable, and those red roses are such a pretty shade of red!

The ones I tend to take longer to use are the little character ones. I do use character stickers a lot in my Ban.do journal, but obviously there's a time and a place to use them. This means that these sheets of stickers do tend to hang around in my stash for a lot longer. Hearts on the other hand I use on almost every project! 

As always I love receiving these envelopes full of sticker joy each month!

If you would like to subscribe and join the Pipsticks Pro Club then you can do so here.

There's also a Pipsticks Kids Club option if you want to subscribe for your kids.

Prices are very reasonable for a non UK subscription:

Pipsticks Pro Club Classic Pack - $14.95/£10.50 + $3/£2.10 P&P (Per month)

In the Classic pack you get 15+ sheets of stickers, a postcard & a quote card.

Pipsticks Pro Club Petite Pack - $9.95/£7 + $3/£2.10 P&P (Per month)

In the Petite Pack you get 7+ sheets of stickers, and a mini quote card.

You can also get 15% off these prices when you subscribe, if you use the code GREEN15 

(Price conversions are not exact and may change as and when the conversion rate changes, also remember that Pipsticks subscriptions can be cancelled anytime.)

- Daisy X

*Please note, even though this pack was sent to me free of charge, this does not sway my views and opinions. I will always share my honest views on the product and company.

Pipsticks Pro Pack, January 2016!

So this month I've decided to share my Pipsticks Pro Pack on my blog instead of my YouTube channel, purely because I've got a lot of other things planned for my channel over the next few weeks and didn't want to stress myself out too much with fitting everything in!

Also I didn't share a December pack as it got lost in the post unfortunately.

This is the January Pipsticks Pro Pack, and I am very excited to have one of these in my hands again, it feels like it's been ages.

Seeing as the envelope is translucent, I can see some little faces looking back at me. So I was looking forward to getting this pack open! As always I'll leave pricing info and also a discount code at the bottom of this blogpost so if you are interested in subscribing, you can do so and save a bit of money!

This month I noticed the info sheet has changed slightly. It's had a little 'upgrade' and I love it! It's so lovely to have more to read and also some things to do too. There was a recipe on there, along with some photos from Instagram users who had shared a photo of their packs. I really loved reading this info sheet, it's been designed so nicely too, all the information just flows into one another.

The theme of this month's pack is based around chilling out and eating healthy. Hence there being lots of cats and fruit! 

These were the cat stickers that were included. I'm not a massive cat lover myself, but I do love the odd cute cat in my sticker stash. There were a lot of different styles of cat stickers in this month's pack. My two favourites out of them were the pair of ADORABLE stickers at the bottom, I think the artwork is just so cute. Then also the sort of 'doodle' style ones in the middle, I loved the pink, teal and orange, colour combinations on this sheet.

We then move onto the fruit stickers! First of all I have to take a moment to appreciate the smell of the puffy sticker sheet. I'm not sure if there's anyone else out there who loves this smell as much as me, but they smell like beach balls, or like old school dance mats!! The smell was so strong the whole pack smelt like it, my nose was in it's element haha!

(Mum if you are reading this blogpost, I know you love this smell too, and I'll let you have a smell of them when you are feeling better!!) 

The other fruit sticker sheet were these dinky little glittery ones. There's been a few sheets like this in past Pipsticks Pro Packs and they come in sooo handy when you have a little gap to fill.

These are my favourites from this month's pack. Of course the beach ball smelling fruit stickers are in my favourites, and that's pretty obvious why! I also loved these space themed sticker flakes, which have gold foiling, they are just beautiful, and these sock stickers on this sheet are also a favourite. The design is very detailed and I know I'll have to find somewhere special to use them.

I can't recommend Pipsticks enough. I think it's a brilliant idea and also a lot cheaper than any other subscription services.

If you are just starting out planning/journaling and/or want to grow your sticker supplies, this is a great way to do it. You get a massive variety each month, and there's always something in there for everyone.

If you would like to subscribe and join the Pipsticks Pro Club then you can do so here.

There's also a Pipsticks Kids Club option if you want to subscribe for your kids.

Prices are very reasonable for a non UK subscription:

Pipsticks Pro Club Classic Pack - $14.95/£10.50 + $3/£2.10 P&P (Per month)

In the Classic pack you get 15+ sheets of stickers, a postcard & a quote card.

Pipsticks Pro Club Petite Pack - $9.95/£7 + $3/£2.10 P&P (Per month)

In the Petite Pack you get 7+ sheets of stickers, and a mini quote card.

You can also get 15% off these prices when you subscribe, if you use the code GREEN15 

(Price conversions are not exact, also remember that Pipsticks subscriptions can be cancelled anytime.)

I hope you enjoyed seeing what I got this month! I'm off to go sort these into my journaling stash now hehe.

- Daisy X

*Please note, even though this pack was sent to me free of charge, this does not sway my views and opinions. I will always share my honest views on the product and company.

Pipsticks Sticker Subscription!

I love finding new companies/shops that I’ve not heard of before, so when Pipsticks got in touch and asked if I wanted to review one of their Pro Packs, I took a look and decided it would most definitely be something I would like to review! (Stickers, yesyesyesyes!)

Can we just stop and talk about the packaging first please?! So the sticker goodness was all inside a translucent envelope (made out of tracing paper material, with their own design printed on it!), then to help protect it, it was put inside a plastic sleeve. I’ve never seen packaging like this before and I absolutely LOVE it!

So I know what you are thinking, ‘What is Pipsticks? What’s a Pro Pack?’

Well Pipsticks is a sticker subscription service (YES, STICKERS COME RIGHT TO YOUR DOOR, EVERY MONTH!). They offer different packs for different age ranges, their pro pack is aimed at the older sticker lovers. If you have any kids, they also offer a one for younger sticker lovers, so that might be something to look into! (I’m sure it’d prevent them from stealing all yours too)

The lovely people over at Pipsticks source stickers from loads and loads of different designers/brands/suppliers, and put together subscription packs. I did recognise a few from the pack, but that's because I've come across many different stickers in my sticker loving life.

Above is all of the stickers I received in the pack!

Instead of buying a pack of stickers and only liking a few of them, or trying to use them all up on different projects, Pipsticks gives you the opportunity to get a bigger variety, but in smaller quantities. I think it’s a brilliant idea, and for any Smashbookers, Planners, or creative journalers, I personally think it would be perfect because lets face it, when you’ve used a few stickers from one sheet, you want to move onto another sheet and mix it up a bit!

There's a mixture of puffy stickers and flat stickers, you don't know what you will receive, (though the Pipsticks Instagram shares many beautiful photos of their sticker sourcing travels) it's a massive surprise. I know some people aren't a fan of surprise bundles, but honestly with stickers, you can't really go wrong right? Considering there's so many projects you can use them on, you are bound to find a use for them somewhere. If not, then you could always swap with friends or do what I usually do with stickers I haven't used, keep them for swapbot swaps and snailmail!

Also, #stamplove !! I couldn’t not include a photo of these beautiful stamps, because here in the UK we seriously lack in pretty stamps! 

Pro Pack Prices are as followed:

One off monthly payments of:

$15 per month and free P&P to the US, or $3 shipping internationally

(Converts roughly to £9.61 + £1.92 shipping to the UK)

OR 

You can subscribe up front for longer, and save money:

$80 for 6 months and free P&P to the US, or $3 shipping per month internationally

(Converts roughly to £51.27 up front + £1.92 shipping to the UK per month)

There's also an option to subscribe for 12 months, you can find more information on all the subscription options here!

You lucky ducks can also get 15% off any order too! Just use the discount code: GREEN15

There were also a few other little things included in the bundle, a postcard which you can design/doodle on the front, and a really sweet quote card which I absolutely love!

Below is a photo of the full contents of the bundle! 

Overall I think this bundle is definitely worth the money. The variety you get and the work that's gone into the packaging is definitely worth the money! Even though it is a US company, I think the shipping is very reasonable, and it arrived in great condition (I'm always worried about things getting damaged when they have been shipped from overseas). So for your UK folk, this might be a good one for you! Of course any US folk, definitely go for it! Free shipping?! Win win for you guys.

I'm planning to use a lot of them in my creative journaling, as they are the perfect sizes, and the bigger ones would work brilliantly in my smashbooks, so I'm not worried at all about them not getting used!

Again don't forget to use the code GREEN15 for 15% off your order! I hope you guys liked having a nosey at what I received in this awesome little package!

Have a lovely day! - Daisy X

*Please note, even though these products were sent to me free of charge, this does not sway my views and opinions. I will always share my honest views on the product and company.