WashiGang Journal

There are many benefits to journaling about books we love, read and hope to read! Are you a book lover? We've been thinking about the benefits of journaling about books, including, noticing your own reading patterns and personal interests, gaining a deeper understanding of the books that you read, learning about and recording new words, sayings and topics, making the books that you read more memorable and of course, a way to love books even more!!! 

Read on for the benefits of journaling about books, journaling prompts for book lovers, team WashiGang's reading list and our fave stationery products for book lovers. 

Today we're celebrating National Book Lovers Day! As we're all book lovers in the WashiGang office, we thought we'd celebrate for the whole week! Are you a book lover, too? Have you ever thought about starting a reading journal to keep track of what you've been reading? 

We thought we'd kick off National Book Lovers Day with a guest blog on how to start and write a reading journal, from our favourite WashiGang crew book lover, Library of Kate! Yay!! Library of Kate is the master or reading journals and she has some great tips to get you started.

Happy August!!! 

Have we got some fun plans coming up for you this month!!

This month, it's National Planner Day, National Book Lovers Day, International Cat Day and World Dog Day! What a fun month!!! Stay tuned in our Facebook Group, blog and via our Instagram for some fun #creativechallenge prompts, guest blog posts and goodies! 

Oh my gosh!! We are so excited to share this interview with you all. If you're into doodling, then you would have heard of Doodles by Sarah AKA Sarazorel on Youtube! Sarah is also the author of one of our favourite books in the WashiGang shop, The Art of Doodle Words, by Sarah Alberto. Read on to find out what Sarah's daily routine entails, tips on doodling for beginners and what it's like to have such a big following on YouTube! 

With Christmas in July just around the corner, we thought we'd share a few prompts for creating a fun spread in your Planner or Journal! 

There's something about a winter Christmas that is SO MUCH more fun than a summer Christmas. We're all used to seeing Christmas movies, with snow, fire places roaring, cozy winter activities, baked goods and warm drinks... why not bring a little festive cheer to the Australian winter season, we say!! 

This month we're running a Hygge challenge with our monthly WashiGang planner & journal spread competition #MyWashiGangJulySpread - We are challenging our WashiGang community to schedule in a little Hygge time into their weeks. To help with the planning, we've put together a Hygge bucket list for you to enjoy!

Yay!!! We're so excited for another guest blog post with planner babe, Anges Plans! This blog post fits so perfectly with our Cozy at Home #MyWashiGangJulySpread and Hygge challenge! Take notes, WashiGang crew! 

This month, with the colder weather, we're thinking all about staying Cozy at Home! Have you heard of the word Hygge, before? Hygge is a Danish and Norwegian word for a mood of coziness and comfortable conviviality with feelings of wellness and contentment. Hygge (pronounced hue-guh not hoo-gah) is about finding deeper meaning within ordinary life and establishing a meaningful, mindful connection with the world. Hygge is not about grand gestures, but rather, embracing little luxuries everyday in order to foster a sense of familiarity, comfort and kinship. How lovely. 

We did an interview with one of our favourite new designers, Alison, AKA "A little idiot." We are all so obsessed with Alison's super cute washi tapes, featuring bold and colourful designs, cute characters and fun patterns. We hope you enjoy getting to know the maker behind "A little idiot" washi tapes.