stationery sorting

I spend my weekend sorting my stationery. I bought some plastic storage containers few weeks ago, so this is how it went. On the left, is a bin for washi tapes, deco rush and embossing tapes (dymo). On the right, is the one for stamps thingy.. rubber stamps, clear polymer stamps, stamp pads, and inks. Not shown here, are bins for daily stationery (pens, pencils, erasers, scissors, colourings, etc.), paper  based (notepads, loose leafs, sticky notes, stickers) and lunch box related (lunch box, sections, portable cutlery, etc.). Gosh.. those are lots of things there. I mean, A LOT !! I think I need to stop for a while. Let say, no spend for August? Let's see...

washi now or later

《screen shot website panmomo

Baru juga berapa hari muncul, tau2 udah pada abis aja gitu, washi tapes yang bagus2 di panmomo? Gosh.. Perhaps I should be quicker to get those things. Musti cepet bertindak, beli sekarang atau risikonya nggak kebagian.

Emang sih, kemaren udah beli juga sebagian.. tapi belum semua yang lucu2 juga. Huuwwaaa... ya udahlahyaaaa.. mungkin belum beruntung. Lagian, belum semuanya dipake kaaaan? Masih banyak yang belum di-review juga.. hihihi...

Hiks.. 

polkadot washi tape

I am clearing my desk in my office and I just realized that I have these polkadot washi tapes. Most of them are generic washi, so I'm not so fancy to discuss about their quality or some sort. Bought them through Panmomo site, reasonable price.. 

However, the one laid down (the green one) is the Scotch 3M. The Scotch washi tapes are available in major bookstores such as Gramedia and Toko Gunung Agung.

what is washi?

​A small talk with my friend Rita about labels on my previous post, went long in to washi tape. So I thought I should post about washi tape on this blog. (English translation is after the Bahasa Indonesia)

Washi tape adalah selotip / isolasi bercorak. Sebutan "washi" sebenarnya merujuk pada material atau bahan selotip tersebut yang terbuat dari kertas tipis khas Jepang. Lama2, semua isolasi / selotip yang bercorak disebut washi tape juga.

Selain -tentunya- sebagai perekat / selotip, washi tape dapat berfungsi untuk menutup coretan atau tulisan yang salah di buku catatan harian (diary). Penggunaan untuk diary ini umumnya untuk filofax dan hobonichi Selain itu, fungsi washi tape adalah untuk dekorasi. Artikel di buzzfeed tentang washi tape untuk dekorasi ini bisa untuk ide. Contohnya, bagian belakang henpon yg polos bisa ditempel washi sehingga ada coraknya. Pensil atau bolpen yang polos, atau warnanya jelek, bisa dililit pakai washi jadi ada corak ceria.

Di Jakarta, washi tape bisa ditemukan di beberapa toko pernak pernik unik seperti Scoop atau toko khusus craft / kerajinan tangan / scrap book dll. Di toko buku besar seperti Gramedia dan Gunung Agung, juga ada washi tape Expressions dari Scotch 3M (seperti pada gambar di blogpost ini). Sementara washi mt masking tape dari Jepang dijual di gudily Cilandak Timur, Jakarta.​

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Washi tape is decorative tape which can be used to decorate (almost) anything you have. The word washi is actually refering to a special (thin but strong) Japanese paper. However, these days, many decorative tape are addressed as washi tape as well. You can paste it in your diary, to cover hideous color of your mobile phone, or you can use it just to accentuate your laptop or the border of your desk. There's an article in buzzfeed about how to use washi tape for decoration. The use for diary is common among hobonichi and filofax user. 

In Jakarta, washi tape can be found in special shop for craft and hobby such as Scoop. In major bookstore like Gramedia and Gunung Agung, washi tape Expressions from Scotch 3M (like pictured above) are mostly found. However, washi mt masking tape from Japan is sold in gudily, Cilandak Timur, Jakarta.

Bento&Co.

My main reason to order from Bento&Co was the Kaoiro stamp. Kaoiro is a rolling stamp for face expression we use for texting. For example (-_-") or (>_<) and many possibilities we can make from different combination. Actually, we can also find the stamp on the official gung website.. but Bento&Co offers free shipping for order more than 50 USD. So I take this chance to buy some other stuff ;)

Apart from Kaoiro stamp, I also bought mini washi tapes (in lot of four), deco rush (in set of three), a yellow onigiri box and Totoro utensil set (chopsticks and spoon). All of them finally exceed 50 USD.. so the shipping cost was free.

The shipment was quick. It was just a couple of weeks to arrive safely in my place. Really can't wait to try the stamp. I'll review and share about it later when I have time. \(^_^)/

washi scoop

A week before aïd, I hardly ever stepped my feet at the mall. Just fed up with the crowd who shop for things, while I just watching cos I had no money. But it was payday few days later. And going to a mall seems so dangerous. I really can't resist the temptation of colourful washi tapes. So, these are some washi I bought in Scoop Citra Gran Cibubur.

Beside those decoration tapes, I also bought a couple of empty plastic bottles (buy one - get one free) for 10k and a cute plastic card case for 9k. All of them (including 9 washi) cost me 179k.. Fair enough.. that means about 17k for each washi in average.

I'm not a huge fan of washi tapes --well, not yet, I guess. So I think these tapes are quite good and reasonably priced. Those kinda tapes I saw online -and mostly sold via instagram- were beyond my budget. So these tapes on Scoop is definetely the best option for me.