Category: Accessories

On a recent visit to a Flying Tiger store I came across dragon erasers, pretty cool! And the picture on the front of the box reminded me of the scene when Ron is explaining to Harry that there are wild dragons in Britain.

“But there aren’t wild dragons in Britain?” said Harry.
“Of course there are,” said Ron. “Common Welsh Green and Hebridean Blacks. The Ministry of Magic has a job hushing them up, I can tell you. Our kind have to keep putting spells on Muggles who’ve spotted them, to make them forget.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Needless to say, I bought a couple of them.

The dragon is around 75mm high, mostly blue with brown wings and a green underbelly. So, if you want to add a little dragon to your desktop or know someone who would then this could be the dragon for you.

Disclaimer: TheDragon was purchased with my own funds at retail price. The opinions expressed in this review are my own; and I am not connected with either the retailers or manufacturers in any way.

I first came across Tom’s Studio when reading ‘Holiday Haul 2021 // Year in Review’on Anne’s site, Weirdoforestpens, where I noticed what looked like a small brass bow tie in one of the photographs. I was intrigues and further into the article Anne mentioned it was from Tom’s Studio. Continue reading “Pen Rests From Tom’s Studio” →

As anyone who has followed this site will know I’m a bit of a fan of the Platinum Carbon Desk Pen so when I was browsing on Amazon and found a Platinum desk stand for it, I couldn’t resist. Continue reading “The Carbon Desk Pen Stand That Isn’t” →

This is a first for me as I’ve never written a proper review about a role of washi tape before!

I’ve bought washi tape in the past and have a few roles in a box somewhere but it wasn’t until I saw the Magical Castle washi tape by Kookie & Rookie that I started to take an interest in washi tapes and I bought several roles of Magical Castle.

Then I saw this tape and I thought “this is something special”, and it is. 

The design on the tape is based on the Fairisle scarf Hermione is wearing when she and Harry visit Godric’s Hollow in the Deathly Hallows Part 1. 

Fair Isle designs are traditionally knitted by hand and the designs are quite complex and whilst much of what is now called Fair Isle does not follow the original patterns knitted on the island it is, at the very least, inspired by them. And Kookie & Rookie have done an outstanding job replicating the pattern of the scarf and scaling it down to fit on a roll of tape.

The next questions I faced was how to test the tape; especially as washi tapes can be used for all sorts of things from marking pages, decorative crafts and gift wrapping. 

So, with this in mind, I decided on some very basic tests, cutting and tearing to see what happened. And as you can see it cuts and tears easily without any snagging or fraying and I suspect it would also work well in a tape dispenser. Which is ideal if you are like me you often end up trying to secure wrapping paper by holding it in place with one hand and trying with the other to cut the necessary strip of tape, which never ends well.

On the subject of gifts, I would suggest, as Christmas is literally days away, that you order some rolls of both the Fair Isle tape and the Magical Castle tape as they will make excellent stocking fillers and whilst there is still time to order check out the rest of Kookie & Rookie’s Etsy site and stock up on Harry Potter gifts; either for you or the Harry Potter fan/s in your life.

Disclaimer: All of the washi tapes were purchased with my own funds at retail price. The opinions expressed in this review are my own; and I am not connected with either the retailers or manufacturers in any way.

About a week or so ago I was in my local Muji and I had found nothing new  when, as I was leaving, I looked up and spotted some very neatly stacked boxes. Continue reading “Boxes By Muji” →