Sorry for the abrupt ending to the video as my camera battery died. Products used: Bespoke Lifestyle Sticky Notes - Available here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheBespokeLife?ref=shop_sugg Cloth & Paper Sticky Notes Planner Pages from Printable Pineapple on Easy Studio Calico Stickers The Planner Society Ephemera Willowfilds Paper clip Webster's Pages Planner All products were purchased by me.
As some of you may know, we launched an online subscription box for our page flags last year around this time. We had done a significant amount of work on everything from choosing paper weight and adhesive strength to designs and logos.
Everything was coming together to plan, so we chose a launch date, and then our technical plan fell apart. Instead of quickly changing our launch date, we pushed forward, jumping through hoops, changing our web provider and our e-commerce platform, moving content that had taken months to develop over in one long, long night, but in the process, losing some of the site aesthetics and usability we had worked long and hard on creating.
But we launched on time with relief and plans for site refinement along the way. We were a little surprised when the Account Manager left our manufacturer suddenly just after the launch in the middle of planning for the next month’s release, and we should have been more concerned. Soon after, our emails with the 3rd month’s designs were ignored. We did receive our order for month 2, but we received no responses from the factory as we got closer to the month 3 production deadline. Now it appears that they’ve gone out of business.
We were left with a choice, quickly find a manufacturer to fill orders without thoroughly vetting the product quality, which had taken months before, or stop the subscription box after only two months. We decided on the latter.
That was November of last year. Since then, we’ve moved all the products we created into an Etsy store, we’ve worked on the website, and we’ve begun the hunt for a new supplier who can support the high quality we want for our product. We’ve also taken what we’ve learned and thought long and hard about our business model.
And we decided to make some changes. When we reopen, we may still have our in-house page flags, but we aren’t going to do a subscription box any longer.
Stay tuned, and we’ll drop some hints along the way. As for now, we'll keep some things in the Etsy store and show you our plans as we develop them. And we have no launch date. This time we feel like we’ll know when we are ready, and we’ll plan for a launch then.
We hope you enjoy the process with us.
Products used:
Cocoa Daisy Stickers
Studio Calico Sticky Note
Studio Calico Scrapbook Paper
Color palette inspiration from Design-seeds.com
It's hard to believe that I filmed this video back in February when it was cold outside, and I couldn't wear enough layers. We will be hitting the high 90s in the desert this week, but thankfully, it's still cooling down at night.
This pink Kate Spade Planner is gorgeous, but to be honest, I don't get enough use out of it. I need the space of an A5 and generally feel cramped in a personal-size planner. I think I also struggle with proportion when I'm decorating in a personal size; although lately I've subscribed to the more is more method of decorating as you can see in this Instagram post.
I'm using our Fall light Bespoke Page Flags in this spread. I truly am so happy with the way they stick to the page and don't curl up like a lot of other decorative page flags and with the way you can write on them. If you've tried them, please leave a comment below to let me know what's your favorite thing about them.
It should come as no surprise to anyone who has known me for any length of time that I have been obsessed with office supplies, stationery, and planners for years. If you didn't know, this post from back in 2014 should have alerted you to my hoarding abilities. Little did I know at the time that there is a whole on-line community devoted to planning and journaling and sharing inspiration and decorating tips for planner lovers like me. If you made it here, you are probably one of the passionate, like me, who want to know where every page flag, washi tape or sticker came from.
There are some amazingly talented people out there, and the planning and journaling community is full of wonderful and kind people who love to engage with each other and share information and our common love of all things planner related. I remember when I first realized that the page flags from the Target One Spot were highly coveted items, and the first time someone sent me an sku or offered to pick up something for me if they found an extra set. I truly do believe the planning community is unique in how much it brings people together and shines a light on their camaraderie and goodness. It doesn't matter where we live, we love to inspire and be inspired by others.
Planning isn't just about making it to an appointment on time; it's about feeling in control, setting goals, feeling like you can do just a little bit more than you thought you could do. I never imagined we would have an online store; it was always just a dream. But now we are open and sharing our version of specialty page flags with you all. We want them to be unique just like we are all unique. We'd like you feel inspired by them when using them in your planning spreads or when you need to jot down a note in your bujo. In the upcoming months, we hope to continue to build our product line, giving you options to add on to your subscription every month. We'd love to see how you use them, so please share your pictures with #bespokepageflags, and we hope that you smile a little every time one catches your eye.
There are some amazingly talented people out there, and the planning and journaling community is full of wonderful and kind people who love to engage with each other and share information and our common love of all things planner related. I remember when I first realized that the page flags from the Target One Spot were highly coveted items, and the first time someone sent me an sku or offered to pick up something for me if they found an extra set. I truly do believe the planning community is unique in how much it brings people together and shines a light on their camaraderie and goodness. It doesn't matter where we live, we love to inspire and be inspired by others.
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