Bookish Buys: Pretty Prints by Mei Lee

Bookish Buys are back! I haven't done one of these posts in awhile because, well, I don't know if you've noticed but I haven't been blogging much. Life and stuff, you know. But I'm getting into the swing of things once again which is very exciting (for me, at least), and I have some gorgeous products to share from Mei Lee a.k.a. Rocketrictic a.k.a. This Journal is Really Heartfelt. She does some really beautiful watercolour designs featuring quotes from the likes of F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Green, Neil Gaiman and The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. Here are some of my faves...

LBD tee

LBD tote

LBD case

Woolf card

Kafka card

Fitzgerald print

Angelou print

Niequist print

Gaiman tote

Green tote

Green skin

Green card

Bukowski print

Green cushion

Green tote

Green case

Bookish Buys: Just My Type

I love typewriters. They look cool. They sound cool. They feel cool. Unfortunately, their price is generally very uncool. These days they're classified as "vintage" which is code for "old and mega exxy". I'd love to own one (or ten) some day, but for now I'll have to make do with typewriter-inspired products. Coz they're pretty cool too...

Tote

T-shirt

Cufflinks

Necklace

Notecard set

Kindle case

Brooch

Necklace

Ring

Mug

Print

Poster

Earrings

Necklace

Journal

Bookish Buys: Out Of Print Clothing

I'm kind of in love with all of the products at Out of Print. They use iconic book covers to make really cool tees and stationery. PLUS for every product purchased, they donate a book to a community in need through their partnership with Books for Africa. Amazing! These are some of my fave items (a.k.a. WANTS!):

Pride and Prejudice journal

The Great Gatsby fleece

Jane Eyre tee

Animal Farm tote

Moby Dick journal

Literary coasters

Ebook covers (not available yet)

Bookish Buys: Popular Penguins Love

I was so excited when Penguin brought out their vintage-style Popular Penguins collection - and even more so when I discovered the designs plastered all over homewares and stationery. I already have one of the mugs (Pride and Prejudice, of course), but I love the rest of the range, too - especially the flasks, notebooks and pencils. I've been tossing up whether to buy the board game for awhile, but have so far restrained myself because a) It's kinda exxy; and b) I don't know that I'd find anybody willing to play with me. Oh well, I'll just have to satisfy myself with the stationery for now. BTW, the entire range is available at Until.

Bookish Buys: I'm a Stationery Nerd

Confession: I'm slightly addicted to stationery. But I use it every day, so I figure it's a relatively healthy habit.

Notebooks are a particular favourite of mine, and at the moment I'm in love with these vintage/French/Austen-inspired moleskin journals from Mulberry Muse. I nabbed myself the Emma notebook as well as "Keep Calm and Drink Tea". So sweet!

 

I also adore these upcycled Golden Book notebooks from This Handmade Life. I had a bajillion Golden Books when I was little (my book obsession started early!), so these get bonus points for nostalgia. My fave is The Saggy Baggy Elephant!

Bouncing Ball Creations has a cute range of pens and pencils, wrapped in assorted book pages. I'm tossing up between Peter Pan pens and pencils wrapped in definitions of my favourite words. I guess I could always use both...