At this point, it would be safe to assume that I am indeed a dark chocolate fiend. Today's simple tea time dessert is a toaster "Belgian" waffle with melted dark chocolate. Another perfect paring with cream black tea.
The chocolate is the Ghiradeli 72% Dark choocolate bar. I like to use about two squares. One for each waffle. I break up the squares by hand into pieces, small enough to fit within each square of the waffles.
I can't stress enough, the importance of taking time for yourself. Self-care, whatever that may look like to you. For me, it's enjoying a bit of late afternoon or evening tea with a savoury snack or dessert or both. Today, it was a great pre-cursor to going through my JetPens haul.
One could call it a mini-haul, but at $37, it doesn't feel quite mini. I miss the days of the JetPens $25 free shipping, but as a frequent customer and huge fan of the site, I have to say that I support their growth. If that means a ten dollar price increase for free shipping, I'm willing to pay it.
And that's one thing I can say with certainty. It's that I absolutely love Jet Pens. Every single item I've purchased from them have always been of the best quality. Always packaged and shipped neatly. The little JetPens comic is also a cute added bonus that I always save and paste in my journals.
This most recent haul shipped very quickly, In less than a couple business days. I ordered them on a Friday and received them on Monday! An unexpected and happy surprise, as I wasn't expecting them to arrive as quickly as they did. And of course, everything was packaged perfectly.
I got what one could call a "cute little haul." An array of stamps, stamp pads and pens.
Let's start with the pens. I had seen so many craft and journaling Youtubers use these Sakura Micron Pigma ESDK Japan Version (dark blue body with gold metal clip). I highly recommend...nay, strongly suggest that you ALWAYS purchase the Japanese versions of pens, if there is an option. Trust me on this one.
I love the way these write, I took a chance on the fine one and am very happy with its performance. Interestingly, the 04 is thicker than the 005, which is different than the original Sakura Pigma Micron 05 0.45mm (as pictured) So far, I love the ESDK version the best and I believe it is newer.
What I know as the "original" Pigma Micron has existed as long as I can remember. The first time I ever came across one in real life was when I was around six years old in my artist aunt's bedroom. After that discovery, getting a chance to write and draw with it, my life was changed forever. Props to my aunt for being chill me messing with her art supplies. Don't do that, kids. Anyways, back to the point. If I'm saying these newer versions are better after all these years of a classic favourite, they better good and they are.
The white pen is a Uni-ball Signo 1.0mm. Purchased in anticipation of using it in the new black page, dot grid bullet journal on the way (transit in the post). More on that in a later post. It seems to look best once you overwrite on it a couple times. A couple layers to achieve full opacity. Still seems great for an all black page, novelty journal. Stay tuned for a future post on that.
The teardrop stamp pads are VersaMagic in the shades Turquoise Gem, Aspen Mist and Midnight Black.
The C.Ching roller stamp is a has dates and a separate section with cute phrases and symbols. A handy tool for dating journal entries and labeling various things.
The clear BGM stamp will come in useful for decorative and practical purposes. Love a good two in one multi purpose item. One of the two uses being a a very useful checklist and the other a square frame with a section for labeling and dates. The decorative washi tape esque prints will be cute as a little embellishment bits stamped on edges or corners of calendars and such.
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