Mommy Lhey February 2017 Little Bits Box Unboxing | Review
Reported by Maria del Pinto
For those who love adding cute and colorful paper accents to their planners and traveler's notebooks, the Mommy Lhey Designs "Little Bits Box" is a fun way to do it. I love planner supplies, but with my work and school schedule I don't seem have time to go to very many stationary and planner shows. I have some favorite designers that I keep an eye out for, but otherwise I just don't have time to do much searching for new products. When I heard that Mommy Lhey had a created a monthly subscription box which started in January, I jumped up and ordered it. I have purchased the "Little Bits Boxes" in the past when they were sold individually, however they sell out fast and I missed out on quite a few of them. Lhey Ralston is one of my favorite designers. She designs these adorable whimsical box sets that just make me smile every time I look or use bits and pieces from a "Little Bits" box.
The Mommylhey "Little Bits" Box works a little differently than some of the other subscription boxes that are available. You pay for the box a month in advance. So since I joined in January 2017, my first box was the February 2017 box, which I just got two weeks ago. She pays close attention to the items she includes in each box, and if something does not come up to her standards, the box may be delayed a little so she can get it resolved. Each monthly stationary subscription box includes a card from Mommy Lhey that has all the items in the box listed. For those who are visual people like me, I am going to list what came in the Little Bits planner supply box and add a picture of each item. The theme for the February 2017 Box is "Fresh Picked" and it contains a variety of stationary items. She personally designs the papers for each box and makes them two sided so you can choose which side you like best. Below are the items that were included in the February Fresh Picked Stationery box.
There's three sheets of colorful patterned papers (with front and back designs on them) with the sweet "fresh picked" theme.
The package of six journaling cards are very colorful and still small enough for me to use in my hobonichi planners. These were in the same color family as the die cuts.
The Mommy Lhey die cuts are really well done and made of a thicker card stock than most.
The box also contained a package of enamel dots, which is probably the only thing I was not excited about. I tend to not use them because they add too much dimension to my planner pages.
There was also this great package of watermelon slice sticky notes!
The box also contained a package that held eight Sticker Sheets which is one of the largest amounts of stickers that I found a monthly subscription box to have without paying an extra fee for more stickers. Most boxes have two to four pages of sticker sheets. Below is a sampling of the stickers that came in the box:
This month, Mommy Lhey included a cute 2"x3" stamp set that is the perfect size to use in my various planners ( an A5 Planner, Personal Planner, and some Hobonichi planners). I am so glad that she used the fruits for tiny accent stamps and had a little girl eating a watermelon for the larger stamp. I don't think I would have had much use for a large fruit stamp. Since the stamp set is so small, these stamps also worked well in my micro traveler's notebook. If you use them in a Hobonichi, just be careful what ink you use, though. Some inks really show through on the Tomoe River paper.
She always includes a planner clip and charm in each box. For the February 2017 Little Bits box, she has included a cute little girl planner paper clip and an adorable cactus planner charm.
I've looked a long time for one stencil that works in both my A5 planner and my Hobonichi Weeks Planner. I really like this stencil because it is small enough to fit in my Hobonichi Weeks box and it has a great assortment of useful designs like squares, flags, arrows, circles, checkmarks and more. She manages to fit quite a bit of shapes into a small stencil. You can see that there is some slight excess plastic on the arrow cut out, so I just cut it with scissors and smoothed it out with a nail file so that it would work perfectly.
There's also a pom pom pen and a "MyPrima Glue Pen" by Prima Marketing. I love this glue pen. It fits right into my pencil bag and I can easily carry it around with me. It also works very well at adhering my paper items. My daughter loved the pom pom pen because it had a fun plaid design on it.
Of course, it would not be planner supply box if she did not include a roll of washi tape. This month's washi tape has a strawberry theme.
I feel this monthly subscription box gives me a lot of value of the monthly fee of $24.99 (plus shipping). I really enjoy all of Lhey Ralston's designs and look forward each month to her new releases. You can see more of Lhey Ralston's design on her instagram page @mommylhey or her Facebook page.
[Note: this is an unsponsored post. I am a paid Mommy Lhey subscriber.]