Inside Bee's Sketchbook

Ever the slave to stationery and other thrilling goods, I found myself putting this gorgeous raspberry coloured leather sketchbook into my basket and not even feeling guilty about it. My various ideas and extensive lists had previously been scatter brained onto various bits of paper and hidden in the depths of various notepads. On my latest trip to Paperchase, I thought it was about time to put that right! I've got a lot of ideas to fill this beauty with and I hope that it'll get me more organised and allow me to blog more frequently around my studies. Studies, which ironically, I've ditched to complete this blog post. Naughty! Just because I purchased a 'sketchbook' it doesn't mean I fancy myself as an artist; my Grandma is an amazingly talented artist and, unfortunately, I didn't get that trait - I got her unbelievable clumsiness and capability to full over everything and anything. Damn you genetics! For those that may be wondering, the sketchbook and heart paper tape are both from Paperchase. 


*This post isn't sponsored. Sadly, I have to feed my own stationery addiction. Paperchase, help a brother out! LOLJK.

The first page of my book is for pretty little things I find that I think help to shape me as a person and scream elements of my personality/things I'm passionate about. All of the lovely things you see above (minus the tape) were gifted to me by the amazing Zoe. She's sent me some awesome things over time and she never fails to cheer me up because of it. All of my biggest passions are incorporated in this page (minus Kettle chips and other foods) - my love of music, femininity, reading/writing, travelling and floral print! Floral print is synonymous with Viva too so it's nice to have a little homage to her on my opening page.  I definitely need to add finishing touches to further explore other passions of mine such as, the Grint, everything HP, cats, owls and personal snaps. As I go along, I'm going to build upon this page - adding various ticket stubs and sentimental items until I'm completely happy with it. For now, I'm loving its, somewhat bare, organised chaos. 

I added a little title page to my book because, well, I bloody love them. I was always the kid at school that got mega excited about starting new topics because it meant I could wack out another title page design. (It's a wonder I survived secondary school!). I just wanted something simplistic because, as expressed, I'm not exactly an artist. I settled for a sort of wild rose garden motif and intertwined a few important dates between the vines to symbolise my nearest and dearest. Let me hear a big 'awwwww'. 

This third page is a bit text heavy! I decided to transfer my 'H is for Happy' list into this sketchbook - peppering pages with it along the way so as not to overdose on happiness. I cannot preach enough just how useful I've found this list. It regularly restores my faith in humanity and makes me realise that when the things closest to me don't seem that great, there's a world around me that I've grown to love. Please excuse my thumb in the photograph; I was showing my sister how to use her nail art pen but completely forgot I have no varnish remover in the flat. Oops. I hope you've liked being able to delve into my 'ideas' book, as sparce as it is right now. I'll be back imminently to show you various things that I've picked up from the high street recently (if the sky actually decides to give off any decent light!). I'm off to throw out some of my disgustingly old clothes (that got dyed black in the wash - boo) before settling down for a night of films, stir fry and such like. Have a lovely rest of your weekend!

P.S I keep getting the error code 'bX-h3bujr' whenever I click on 'Template Designer'. If anyone could help me work out what to do or have any advice as to get hold of Blogger about it, then please leave a comment! The forums are shit and a waste of time.

Received some bad news the other day. 

Rest in peace Robbie;

Man's best friend.