Hi team! 💜 The sub box is releasing to new subscribers at 9am CT on September 4th 🥳 If you wanted to grab yourself this one, head over to bit.ly/AOxJC 😊 The sub box page will be listed in the top right on desktop, or in the left-hand drop down menu on mobile 👌 For non-sub box purchases at A&O though, remember you can use JashiiCorrin10 at checkout for 10% off if you wanna 💸 We love savings! Note: until it's fully released at 9am CT on Sep 4th, the listing will read as "sold out" on the website, so don't worry that you've missed it if that time hasn't passed yet! 💪
I use the metal bookmarks as magnets on my fridge. I just glue/use the tape on the decorative part and that allows for notes, market lists, etc. to be placed nicely on the fridge. Those are lovely ones to add to my collection. All the items are rather clever and gorgeous.
When I saw the final journal my jaw dropped. It is truly the prettiest book I've seen in my life! The small ones are gorgeous and LOVE the kraft paper. Great box.
THAT KEY!!!! 😍😍😍😍 Omg, that is beautiful!!!! So in love with it! Not to mention the whole vibe. Very dark, fairy tale..... Alice in Wonderland or Beauty and The Beast style.
@@JashiiCorrin I already have a dark academia theme for my desk in my room. I got a bunch of light up bottles from last year's Target Dollar Spot Halloween selection and the letter opener will fit right in!
A&O do an incredible job of coordinating papers and colors each season. I was a sub member for a year, but don’t do enough journaling (although I do it every day!!) to use up all that was in the box… so I have to use up the ones I have. Gorgeous items…
I love the tiny red notebook and the key. Those are my favorites, however, I think I'm going to give the two mini notebooks to my 2 youngest sons, one of which loves chess and the other loves red & black. I'm excited for this box, I have so many creative ideas to start rolling with!
I loved all the items! I wasn’t convinced by the color palette at first for dark academia but I think it all came together nicely when every item was revealed.
This box is absolutely gorgeous, the mix of colours and the floral and chess desgines are lovely, that last notebook with the flowers is just something that makes me think of my nan, she would adore that, I have got to say, I have always been a bit scared of gel pens, I never use them but maybe that is because I haven't found a decent gel pen yet, so will definetly have to look into the ones you use. Thank you so much for your videos, and your discord. It has been such a lovely wholesome space to feel creative and refreshed. (Definetly don't have shopping carts filled with journal supplies ready for pay day)
My darkly academic inner child lovvves the idea of a secret key knife, flicking it sharply to cast aside the scabbard and reveal my blade in times of danger and strife 😂
🇬🇧 Lovely items! I've been a Stationery freak my whole life & can't resist buying large, medium, small & mini books but I do use them. I'm a compulsive Wordsmith & I've note books for Quotes I like, others for miscellaneous info I find interesting as I devour knowledge. I number my pages & Create an index of what it contains at the back or front of the book. I used some for sketches or little paintings, pressed flowers, leaves, zen designs, doodles, sometimes cinema ticket stubs, concert stubs, wine labels, bits of fabric, wool, the list is endless. About 40 years ago I inadvertently began collecting Keys. Id pick them up at Car Boot sales, charity shops, markets, old used furniture shops usually carry boxes of varying old keys from old wardrobes, drawers, music boxes. I had so many, often very decorative or antique looking, varying metals etc. I ended mounting them in box type frames, with different keys next to each other but with a theme connecting them. Closing the glass lid of the box, keys well secured within, I hang them on my walls around my house & art studio. They look amazing & each one tells a story. Here in Britain we have a bargain type chain store called The Works. They sell stationery, art supplies, books, wooden boxes & tiny drawers which are plain wood & you can decorate in any style you like & they are really pretty cheap. I go there every month & sweep up everything! I come out laden with big carrier bags full of treasures & rarely spend over £45! Amazing value. I don't know how much your boxes cost but as I use every item I buy to some purpose & not just as collectors items or display ( At least until I've transformed the items in decoration etc) My little studio is jam packed with incredible things awaiting my attention & I spend whole weekends immersed in creating! I'm in 7th Heaven. I'm sure The Works is online, & to list their stock would take me days & I'd still not cover half of what they sell! I just bought 12 inch high sets of drawers with the cutest handles, 4 or 5 drawers, plain wood & each cost just £3.50 or £4.50 for the 5 drawer chest! Thank you for your lovely video! I take care when opening boxes too! Peace & Harmony 🇬🇧🙋🏻♀️
If their Halloween box would coordinate but not duplicate with this I might be in serious trouble! Love these colors!! Can’t wait to try to use the collage papers. I haven’t worked with collage before & really love the layering look on others’ journals.
That's a lovely box of goodies. I have been watching advent calendar overpriced stationery tat unboxings (for a Christmas present); ths was pleasure to watch and such amazing quality items. I'm rethinking........thank you for posting
Thank you, Jess! I can't pick a fav - I love them all! This will only be my second A&O sub box as I came late to the party. Absolutely LOVED the first one (June 2024) and I am already drooling over this one lol!!
3:42 Whoa, I literally have that purple notebook with the white accents on the top tape in my bookcase. Like, the exact same detailing and color and everything. What a coincidence!!
This looks so fun! You should do a themed video using this entire set! It would be cool, but this is only a suggestion. I'm doing my first-ever bujo for the rest of this year, and I have had ur videos playing in the bg for inspiration and advice. I haven't gone for perfection, but I am so happy with my journal and I use it daily without pressure. Thank you for your amazing work!
I want the key/letter opener!!!!!! The mini library is cute as hell, so that would be fun. But the key is the thing I want! If anyone gets the sub box, and doesn't want theirs, I'm more than happy to have it😂😂!!
Oh wow, that A5 notebook! ❤ The collage paper, too, gives me too good to use vibes, what a dilemma! I would hang some on the wall in my desk area / library.
STUNNING!!!!! This box is AMAZING, as soon as I saw this I ordered mine and less than 48 hours later it's already on it's way. ❤. I can't wait to get it in my grubby little hands. It may have set me right off on a dark academia obsession. 😂
Thanks for your walk through of everything - I was trying to decide if I wanted a sub box vs just order and being able to review to help determine was super helpful. So the sub boxes will be my holiday present this year...but he said I did have to wait for the December box so it was holiday timed (*wah*).
Got my box last night and I loved the gel pens and the washi. The A5 notebook has such a Victorian/Gothic still life vibe, it'll go into the rotation to get used as my daily notebook (I use about two A5s per year ;) ) the little pocket sizes will line right up with the two from last fall - I use them as quote journals. And I think I'm going to use the stickers for my October reading journal cover pages and stats/reflections pages.
I'm delaying my outing tomorrow to order this when it's available! OMG those notebooks! And the stickers are perfect for a theme I already had in mind.
Well I guess I have to get this one 😅 This feels like the moody continuation of last year's September sub box and I love it! I also love the pocket library most, those journals are so cute and I'm a sucker for notebooks that have this old book kind of design. Living in Germany will also let me use that letter opener very frequently - bills and stuff often still come via post 😂
Thank you for the entertaining unboxing! I immediately ordered it. I have thought about it over & over since seeing your previous unboxings, but was either too skittish to spend the money, or too late to grab it. I’m excited to receive it! (Think I will open the letter opener first, to assist with the rest of the unboxing, so thanks for ‘taking one for the team’ there! 😁) ❤
Either the pocket notebooks or the metal tab bookmarks are my favorites. This one will be a hard decision for if I want to get it because I really do not need more notebooks.
I love the dark academia theme! (Although I do agree that some items are more clutter than functionality) I actually appreciate that there are chess themes to it, it’s not something I see often in journaling sets
🤣I just laughed.😆🤣 When you were talking about using the letter opener to open boxes. Great minds think alike. I hope that gave you a good laugh. Christina 🦝
I would be interested to see what other people use those pocket notebooks for. The one I have from the last sub box I use to keep a list, but I would love more ideas if you have them!
All beautiful but I am ready for some more B5 notebook love. I have so many A5 notebooks and not enough serious D&D games for all of them. Love the letter opener! I was thinking of getting another one.
We did technically have a B5 in the last sub box 😛 Though A5 is often the most commonly found in the boxes, yeah (now I wanna run a stats check, haha) Glad you like the letter opener! It was a cool inclusion 👏
I gasped a couple times.. the letter opener and the floral notebook. No idea what I'm going to do with any of them though 😂 I did have to laugh when you were showing the key.."and then BAM!" Haha
The letter opener is absolutely amazing! That would be the perfect gift for someone who appreciates old school and has everything, i.e., my father (an impossible person to buy gifts for, he would love this…so would my sister, so would I!) I also thought that the books washi tape was lovely, and would love if they offered it in a variety of colorways in the future! Kraft paper notebook is a lot of fun. I did pass on this one as the colorways and style in general is not for me, everything is beautifully done. (The box in June was all of my dreams come true and I love every single part of it, so I appreciate that A&O gives the ‘sneak peek’ so you can pass if that quarter isn’t something you’d truly love! Plus, new planner season, and budget gone, so everyone who loves this, I’m glad someone will get the one I passed on, and enjoy it! A&O is really upping their subscription box game for sure.)
I agree, love that we get a "vibe check" before the box releases so people can decide if it's going to be for them, and I really liked the June one too! 💜
Curious to see how the gel pens do with smear tests. I will definitely be cutting up the envelope of the sticker sheets to use the flowers in my journal. Also the one backward book on the sticker sheet might be a deal breaker for that one sticker lol. So excited to get the box!!
Well I had almost talked myself out of it until I saw that key 🙃 Also the A5 notebook! Glad I didn't miss the new subscriber release! (Though my wallet is less glad...)
I cancelled my sub after the Dec 2023 box - mostly for financial reasons but I had reached a point that I just couldn't justify more journals. The way I GASPED at this box and immediately set myself an alarm so I could sub for this box the SECOND I could. I couldn't get home in time and pulled over into a parking lot 5 minutes before the alarm. I have never done anything like that before. The only item I don't particularly care about is the letter opener, only because I have a heavy brass vintage one I already use - but I think you're right and that it will make a nice decorative piece for my bookshelf.
I really like the video i do like all these products i would be a happy person if i was able to get to use all these items.thank you for the video..😃💙📖🖊
I love the key letter opener 😊 .. I really like the little A6 notebooks, but I am disappointed in the kraft paper 😢 .. I'm not a fan of it! I really like the scrap paper, but they're almost too pretty to tear up 😅 .. My imagination is on overload now trying to figure out what to use each notebook for. Happy journaling, everyone!! ❤😊
My box just showed up so I am opening it with you! I love the letter opener and will probably give it to my locksmith husband. The A5 journal cover is not really my vibe but it is beautiful, my mini chonk library journals were both printed or cut slightly wonky. 😭 I know that will drive me crazy if I am making any boxes. I like the stickers and will probably scan them in so I can make more. I loved the theme and colors but only a few of the items.
Good opportunity to pass on the other items in the buy/sell/trade groups if you wanted to (slash could be bothered, that’s always a big consideration on my part 😂) Good way to save up in the stationery fund, haha 💜 Sorry to hear about your chonk journals 😭
I ordered the same box, and now I'm so excited to get it. Thank you for doing the unboxing. Do you still play chess? It's one of the main reasons why I wanted that subscription box! Hugs and happy journaling!
OMG…I need this box! I love gel pens, but like you I tend to hate the skipping. I love the Papermate InkJoy like you and found that the refills fit the Erin Condren themed gel pens. I don’t use washi tapes very often, but those are gorgeous. Love the chess pieces and purple is my favorite color. I love the collage notebook, but don’t know how to use them. I’m not very artistic like that even though I used to scrapbook. Those bookmarks are a must for my planner. That letter opener key is amazingly cool and gorgeous. They thought of you with the letter opener for the box openings you tend to have every video (no offense intended)😅. Those notebooks are my jam. Looks like a complete book series that would look amazing on a bookshelf. Getting one of those would make it hard for me to not archive if I use them as a bullet journal. I normally don’t archive my planners, but I can see me keeping those forever ❤ That floral notebook gives me "Beauty and the Beast" vibes. Not a huge gold foiling fan, but that fits the theme so well.
I'm still in that state of "these are too pretty to use" with the pocket notebooks, but I'm hoping to turn them into something special one day. Previously I had a pocket size notebook as a self care journal though 💜
Do you have any of those wooden stir sticks for coffee or popsicle sticks (not sure what you call them in NZ - in the UK they are ice lollies)? They might be less risky for opening your smaller boxes. Thanks for the video. It always takes close to four weeks to get it here in Canada, and I am not a patient woman 😂.
Ooo that's a good idea! I don't have any myself, but certainly a good point. I'm thinking the letter opener from the box will come in handy for future packages 👌
I paused my boxes bc I just don’t need 2 notebooks per quarter, but I am so glad this dark academia didn’t translate to MORE black notebooks! Maybe some people love them, but it’s such a chore for me to use and I feel like they end up using black notebooks at least once a year.
I'm actually a little disappointed. I really liked the theme and the initial sneak peak. But the full reveal just isn't doing it for me. I don't like metal bookmarks, the letter opener, while cool, is basically just clutter for my shelves that I wouldn't have bought on my own and I really dislike the full cover notebook design. I'm having to remind myself that just cuz I don't like the newly revealed items doesn't mean I don't like the box at all 😅
This is absolutely gorgeous even though I never played chess and I wouldn't know what to do with tiny journals but they make me want to use them as a diary..the bigger notebook is my favorite
Hi team! 💜 The sub box is releasing to new subscribers at 9am CT on September 4th 🥳 If you wanted to grab yourself this one, head over to bit.ly/AOxJC 😊 The sub box page will be listed in the top right on desktop, or in the left-hand drop down menu on mobile 👌 For non-sub box purchases at A&O though, remember you can use JashiiCorrin10 at checkout for 10% off if you wanna 💸 We love savings!
Note: until it's fully released at 9am CT on Sep 4th, the listing will read as "sold out" on the website, so don't worry that you've missed it if that time hasn't passed yet! 💪
When I tell you I have been stocking the website since the 1st... Thank you for the new subs date!!!! ❤❤❤❤
I just got my sub box on today’s release! ❤
So when is the deadline to get this? Do I have to get it by the 4th, or do I have until the next sub box releases?
@@indigoatelier5775 It's available now! 🙂
@@truthandvirtue yeah, but I don't get paid for two weeks... Can I wait a bit, or is now the deadline?
I love the key letter opener. I would tie a silk ribbon on it and hang it on a door knob.
Oh that'd be cute! 💜
I use the metal bookmarks as magnets on my fridge. I just glue/use the tape on the decorative part and that allows for notes, market lists, etc. to be placed nicely on the fridge. Those are lovely ones to add to my collection. All the items are rather clever and gorgeous.
Oh cool use! I’ll have to see if these ones are magnetic 👀
@@JashiiCorrinYou have to MAKE them magnetic, with magnetic tape!
Awesome idea! 🥳
When I saw the final journal my jaw dropped. It is truly the prettiest book I've seen in my life!
The small ones are gorgeous and LOVE the kraft paper. Great box.
Maybe we need a penpal club to use our letter openers (and various other stationery supplies we are all hoarding) 😆😆
100% to use up the hoarded supplies, hahaha 😂💜
LOVE this idea!
This is actually a good idea!
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i gasped so loud at the notebook :O
Haha hopefully a good gasp? 😝💜
@@JashiiCorrin the best one 😁😁😁
So did i!
THAT KEY!!!! 😍😍😍😍 Omg, that is beautiful!!!! So in love with it! Not to mention the whole vibe. Very dark, fairy tale..... Alice in Wonderland or Beauty and The Beast style.
I’ve been watching and watching and watching for this. You do the best spoilers ever. Thanks, Jess.
Most welcome! 😄 Glad you enjoy the reveal videos! 💜
Agreed!
The letter opener alone was worth the box this month. So glad I didn’t skip this one! A&O been knocking it out lately, very impressed with all items.
Nice 💪 Glad you like that one! I've got mine displayed on my shelf now 😈
@@JashiiCorrin I have the perfect spot for it…pretty sure my cat won’t be able to reach it…she likes to bite metal. She’s a bad girl.
Right? The letter opener has a very steampunk feel to it. ❤ I will take pleasure opening my junk mail from now on.
@@JashiiCorrin I already have a dark academia theme for my desk in my room. I got a bunch of light up bottles from last year's Target Dollar Spot Halloween selection and the letter opener will fit right in!
A&O do an incredible job of coordinating papers and colors each season. I was a sub member for a year, but don’t do enough journaling (although I do it every day!!) to use up all that was in the box… so I have to use up the ones I have. Gorgeous items…
I love the tiny red notebook and the key. Those are my favorites, however, I think I'm going to give the two mini notebooks to my 2 youngest sons, one of which loves chess and the other loves red & black. I'm excited for this box, I have so many creative ideas to start rolling with!
Oh awesome! Glad it's sparking ideas for you 😄
Jess, could you do a monthly spread with these items? I’d love to see how you incorporate the collage paper and washi tape.
In theory could 🤔 Though I'm currently in the throws of setting up 100+ ideas for reading journal layouts which is taking a hot minute 😝💜
@@JashiiCorrin ooh. These would look great in a reading spread… 🤔
I loved all the items! I wasn’t convinced by the color palette at first for dark academia but I think it all came together nicely when every item was revealed.
Um...the letter opener is...EVERYTHING!🤩😍🤩
It's pretty dang cool 😝💜
This box is absolutely gorgeous, the mix of colours and the floral and chess desgines are lovely, that last notebook with the flowers is just something that makes me think of my nan, she would adore that, I have got to say, I have always been a bit scared of gel pens, I never use them but maybe that is because I haven't found a decent gel pen yet, so will definetly have to look into the ones you use. Thank you so much for your videos, and your discord. It has been such a lovely wholesome space to feel creative and refreshed. (Definetly don't have shopping carts filled with journal supplies ready for pay day)
I love that letter opener and love how the notebooks match the washi tape 🩷
My darkly academic inner child lovvves the idea of a secret key knife, flicking it sharply to cast aside the scabbard and reveal my blade in times of danger and strife 😂
omg yes!! I want one so badly!
These are so pretty!
🇬🇧 Lovely items!
I've been a Stationery freak my whole life & can't resist buying large, medium, small & mini books but I do use them.
I'm a compulsive Wordsmith & I've note books for Quotes I like, others for miscellaneous info I find interesting as I devour knowledge.
I number my pages
& Create an index of what it contains at the back or front of the book.
I used some for sketches or little paintings, pressed flowers, leaves, zen designs, doodles, sometimes cinema ticket stubs, concert stubs, wine labels, bits of fabric, wool, the list is endless.
About 40 years ago I inadvertently began collecting Keys.
Id pick them up at Car Boot sales, charity shops, markets, old used furniture shops usually carry boxes of varying old keys from old wardrobes, drawers, music boxes.
I had so many, often very decorative or antique looking, varying metals etc.
I ended mounting them in box type frames, with different keys next to each other but with a theme connecting them.
Closing the glass lid of the box, keys well secured within, I hang them on my walls around my house & art studio.
They look amazing & each one tells a story.
Here in Britain we have a bargain type chain store called
The Works.
They sell stationery, art supplies, books, wooden boxes & tiny drawers which are plain wood & you can decorate in any style you like & they are really pretty cheap.
I go there every month & sweep up everything!
I come out laden with big carrier bags full of treasures & rarely spend over £45! Amazing value.
I don't know how much your boxes cost but as I use every item I buy to some purpose & not just as collectors items or display
( At least until I've transformed the items in decoration etc)
My little studio is jam packed with incredible things awaiting my attention & I spend whole weekends immersed in creating!
I'm in 7th Heaven.
I'm sure The Works is online, & to list their stock would take me days & I'd still not cover half of what they sell!
I just bought 12 inch high sets of drawers with the cutest handles, 4 or 5 drawers, plain wood & each cost just
£3.50 or £4.50 for the 5 drawer chest!
Thank you for your lovely video! I take care when opening boxes too!
Peace & Harmony
🇬🇧🙋🏻♀️
If their Halloween box would coordinate but not duplicate with this I might be in serious trouble! Love these colors!! Can’t wait to try to use the collage papers. I haven’t worked with collage before & really love the layering look on others’ journals.
i think they flubbed the stickers. they’re GORGEOUS. but with duplicate sheets, i’m left wishing they’d mirrored one.
That's a lovely box of goodies. I have been watching advent calendar overpriced stationery tat unboxings (for a Christmas present); ths was pleasure to watch and such amazing quality items. I'm rethinking........thank you for posting
Most welcome! 💜 Glad you liked it!
Because of you and Mark Your Pages, I am an Archer and Olive aficionado. Thanks!
Haha awesome! 💜 Most welcome 😊
This one looks AMAZING 😍 I am so in love with all of it, but the A5 and the letter opener and breathtaking! ❤🎉
Aww yay! Glad you like the look of it 😄💜
I didn’t know this was a thing! Absolutely Gorgeous!
Happy to introduce it to you 😄💜
Thank you, Jess! I can't pick a fav - I love them all! This will only be my second A&O sub box as I came late to the party. Absolutely LOVED the first one (June 2024) and I am already drooling over this one lol!!
Those are the most beautiful notebooks ive ever seen!!
I love the washi tapes just love love love them
3:42 Whoa, I literally have that purple notebook with the white accents on the top tape in my bookcase. Like, the exact same detailing and color and everything. What a coincidence!!
This looks so fun! You should do a themed video using this entire set! It would be cool, but this is only a suggestion. I'm doing my first-ever bujo for the rest of this year, and I have had ur videos playing in the bg for inspiration and advice. I haven't gone for perfection, but I am so happy with my journal and I use it daily without pressure. Thank you for your amazing work!
I want the key/letter opener!!!!!! The mini library is cute as hell, so that would be fun. But the key is the thing I want! If anyone gets the sub box, and doesn't want theirs, I'm more than happy to have it😂😂!!
Keep an eye on the buy-sell-trade groups as people’s boxes get delivered 👌💜
Oh wow, that A5 notebook! ❤ The collage paper, too, gives me too good to use vibes, what a dilemma! I would hang some on the wall in my desk area / library.
STUNNING!!!!! This box is AMAZING, as soon as I saw this I ordered mine and less than 48 hours later it's already on it's way. ❤. I can't wait to get it in my grubby little hands. It may have set me right off on a dark academia obsession. 😂
Haha awesome! 💜 Hope it arrives promptly for you 🤞
ooooh those autumn shades are stunning! 🥰
I can't WAIT for the box! I'm not sure what I'm even the most excited for but I did gasp at the letter opener and the A5 notebook. They're GORGEOUS!!!
This will be my very first A & O box. Thank you for sharing this. I love all the things!!! I can't wait to get my box in the mail.
Hope it arrives promptly! 🤞💜
@@JashiiCorrin me too.... Excitement is too much lol
The colours of those gel pens are stunning! I have a bunch of highlighters that match
I also thought of a Shank when I saw the letter opener! 😂
Glad I'm not alone in that, haha 😂
OMG, gorgeous! And my favorite item is the letter opener!
Thanks for your walk through of everything - I was trying to decide if I wanted a sub box vs just order and being able to review to help determine was super helpful. So the sub boxes will be my holiday present this year...but he said I did have to wait for the December box so it was holiday timed (*wah*).
Got my box last night and I loved the gel pens and the washi. The A5 notebook has such a Victorian/Gothic still life vibe, it'll go into the rotation to get used as my daily notebook (I use about two A5s per year ;) ) the little pocket sizes will line right up with the two from last fall - I use them as quote journals. And I think I'm going to use the stickers for my October reading journal cover pages and stats/reflections pages.
That key had me. And then you opened the A5 notebook..... Love this collection!
Glad you like it! 💜😄
Just fell in love with the letter opener… such an odd object, but there was just something about it! Also loving the chunky little notebooks!
Those chunky notebooks are my favourite 💜 The letter opener is cool too, yeah! 💪
Lovely 2 little books with 192 pages and super bookmark and the spine design.
Loved the brown book and the pens.
Those mini books as so flipping cute 👏💜
This is the most exciting unboxing I have seen. The little pocket books and the sticker sheets~love. Would love to be able to afford this box.
Glad you're excited it about it! 😄 Spoilers, but watch out for some box giveaways come the weekend 👀
@@JashiiCorrin thanks for the heads up, I’ll be ready for the weekend
I literally gasped when you showed the notebooks lmao. They look fantastic!!
I'm delaying my outing tomorrow to order this when it's available! OMG those notebooks! And the stickers are perfect for a theme I already had in mind.
Haha I totally feel you on tweaking plans to hit releases 😂💜
Well I guess I have to get this one 😅 This feels like the moody continuation of last year's September sub box and I love it! I also love the pocket library most, those journals are so cute and I'm a sucker for notebooks that have this old book kind of design. Living in Germany will also let me use that letter opener very frequently - bills and stuff often still come via post 😂
Thank you for the entertaining unboxing! I immediately ordered it. I have thought about it over & over since seeing your previous unboxings, but was either too skittish to spend the money, or too late to grab it. I’m excited to receive it! (Think I will open the letter opener first, to assist with the rest of the unboxing, so thanks for ‘taking one for the team’ there! 😁) ❤
Haha 😂 most welcome! Opening that letter opener first would have been such a helpful move 😝
My gosh, this set is so beautiful...
Glad you like it 😄💜
That A5 is going to be on full display on my bookshelf, probably with the letter opener 😍 SO PRETTY
Certainly a cover you'd want to show off, yeah! 💜
I dont usualy like letter openers but that key one is cool
Either the pocket notebooks or the metal tab bookmarks are my favorites. This one will be a hard decision for if I want to get it because I really do not need more notebooks.
I feel you on that 😂 This arrived the day after I'd just done my notebook count and oooof 👀
I love the dark academia theme! (Although I do agree that some items are more clutter than functionality) I actually appreciate that there are chess themes to it, it’s not something I see often in journaling sets
I think the Washi tape and the A5 notebook will be beautiful together!
How fun it would be to win! Thank you so much for this opportunity!!
6:29 I think it's called a glass cloche. 😊
Haha yeah I managed to figure that out like 3 days later 😂 One of these days I'll commit that to memory properly 💜 Thanks!
Or a bell jar!
The gel pen colors are beautifully Autumn! 🍂 (which is all the fall colors we get in Florida 😂 We have to color our own! 😋)
Those washis are so gorgeous!!!
My worrrrrdddd - everything in here is GORGEOUS! 😍; here for A&O going dark.
Heck yeah 💪 More 👏 dark 👏 themes 👏💜
🤣I just laughed.😆🤣 When you were talking about using the letter opener to open boxes. Great minds think alike. I hope that gave you a good laugh. Christina 🦝
Was very much a "why didn't I open this first!?" moment 😂💜
@@JashiiCorrin And good job at not giving it away 12 days ago. When I suggested you needed a letter opener to open boxes. 🦝
The notebook is really what I gave always imagined as a dream❤
Glad you like it! 😄💜
The regular sized notebook TOOK MY BREATH AWAY!!
Glad you liked it! 😄💜
This set is gorgeous! Thanks for the video.
Most welcome! 💜
Stunning collection.
I just ordered I HAD to after seeing it I’m so excited 😊
Glad you’re excited! 🥳
I would be interested to see what other people use those pocket notebooks for. The one I have from the last sub box I use to keep a list, but I would love more ideas if you have them!
All beautiful but I am ready for some more B5 notebook love. I have so many A5 notebooks and not enough serious D&D games for all of them.
Love the letter opener! I was thinking of getting another one.
We did technically have a B5 in the last sub box 😛 Though A5 is often the most commonly found in the boxes, yeah (now I wanna run a stats check, haha)
Glad you like the letter opener! It was a cool inclusion 👏
Literally laughed out loud when you mentioned that the letter opener could be a weapon. 😂😂😂
A blunt weapon, but still a weapon! 😝💜
This reveal was super gorgeous. I knew dark academia would be amazing, but this is holy Hannah. ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥💯
Glad it speaks to you! 💜
I gasped a couple times.. the letter opener and the floral notebook. No idea what I'm going to do with any of them though 😂
I did have to laugh when you were showing the key.."and then BAM!" Haha
Haha always handy to have a safety device in reach, yeah? 😝💜
@@JashiiCorrin for sure.. my weapon of choice has long been a letter opener, now I can disguise it as a key 😂
The bookmarks look like they could be useful as tabs in a document folder or similar!
For sure 👏 I liked the little icons on them 😄💜
The letter opener is absolutely amazing! That would be the perfect gift for someone who appreciates old school and has everything, i.e., my father (an impossible person to buy gifts for, he would love this…so would my sister, so would I!) I also thought that the books washi tape was lovely, and would love if they offered it in a variety of colorways in the future! Kraft paper notebook is a lot of fun. I did pass on this one as the colorways and style in general is not for me, everything is beautifully done. (The box in June was all of my dreams come true and I love every single part of it, so I appreciate that A&O gives the ‘sneak peek’ so you can pass if that quarter isn’t something you’d truly love! Plus, new planner season, and budget gone, so everyone who loves this, I’m glad someone will get the one I passed on, and enjoy it! A&O is really upping their subscription box game for sure.)
I agree, love that we get a "vibe check" before the box releases so people can decide if it's going to be for them, and I really liked the June one too! 💜
So lovely!
When you mentioned the "white paper" and what you thought, I was: yup, that could have easily happened to me 😂
Haha glad I'm not alone in that 😂💜
I like all of the books but that last one!😍✨
Haha glad that one spoke to you! 💪💜
I put this quarter on pause and am bummed. Loved the letter opener and journals.
It’s still available if you want it! 💜
Curious to see how the gel pens do with smear tests. I will definitely be cutting up the envelope of the sticker sheets to use the flowers in my journal. Also the one backward book on the sticker sheet might be a deal breaker for that one sticker lol. So excited to get the box!!
I had to go back and look at the sticker sheet again because I was like 👀!? Haha might need to do some sticker surgery on that one 😂
Well I had almost talked myself out of it until I saw that key 🙃 Also the A5 notebook! Glad I didn't miss the new subscriber release! (Though my wallet is less glad...)
The wallet woes are very relatable 😂💜
I cancelled my sub after the Dec 2023 box - mostly for financial reasons but I had reached a point that I just couldn't justify more journals. The way I GASPED at this box and immediately set myself an alarm so I could sub for this box the SECOND I could. I couldn't get home in time and pulled over into a parking lot 5 minutes before the alarm. I have never done anything like that before.
The only item I don't particularly care about is the letter opener, only because I have a heavy brass vintage one I already use - but I think you're right and that it will make a nice decorative piece for my bookshelf.
Cannot wait for my box to arrive!!!!
Glad you're excited for it! 💜
😂😂😂 I did the same thing with the collage paper! “Just blank ??? Oh … otherside. 😮”
I don't think I can enter to win this but I loves it. And Im already a member. Love ya!
Most excited for the pocket notebooks!
They're so dang cute! 💜
I really like the video i do like all these products i would be a happy person if i was able to get to use all these items.thank you for the video..😃💙📖🖊
The notebook wow so pretty!
Glad you like it! 💜😄
I love the key letter opener 😊 .. I really like the little A6 notebooks, but I am disappointed in the kraft paper 😢 .. I'm not a fan of it! I really like the scrap paper, but they're almost too pretty to tear up 😅 .. My imagination is on overload now trying to figure out what to use each notebook for. Happy journaling, everyone!! ❤😊
The items are so beautiful
Glad you like them! 💪💜
My box just showed up so I am opening it with you! I love the letter opener and will probably give it to my locksmith husband. The A5 journal cover is not really my vibe but it is beautiful, my mini chonk library journals were both printed or cut slightly wonky. 😭 I know that will drive me crazy if I am making any boxes. I like the stickers and will probably scan them in so I can make more. I loved the theme and colors but only a few of the items.
Good opportunity to pass on the other items in the buy/sell/trade groups if you wanted to (slash could be bothered, that’s always a big consideration on my part 😂)
Good way to save up in the stationery fund, haha 💜
Sorry to hear about your chonk journals 😭
@@JashiiCorrin Yeah, the "could I be bothered?" part is strong in me! 😂
I ordered the same box, and now I'm so excited to get it. Thank you for doing the unboxing. Do you still play chess? It's one of the main reasons why I wanted that subscription box! Hugs and happy journaling!
That green note book is giving demon slayer vibes, especially the spine of that note book😊
Thanks for sharing. I like to see what is coming. I’m really looking forward to my package.
Glad you're looking forward to it! 😄💜
woah... I am new to Archer & Olive, can subscription items be purchased individually? I am enamored with that key letter opener!
OMG…I need this box! I love gel pens, but like you I tend to hate the skipping. I love the Papermate InkJoy like you and found that the refills fit the Erin Condren themed gel pens. I don’t use washi tapes very often, but those are gorgeous. Love the chess pieces and purple is my favorite color. I love the collage notebook, but don’t know how to use them. I’m not very artistic like that even though I used to scrapbook. Those bookmarks are a must for my planner. That letter opener key is amazingly cool and gorgeous. They thought of you with the letter opener for the box openings you tend to have every video (no offense intended)😅. Those notebooks are my jam. Looks like a complete book series that would look amazing on a bookshelf. Getting one of those would make it hard for me to not archive if I use them as a bullet journal. I normally don’t archive my planners, but I can see me keeping those forever ❤ That floral notebook gives me "Beauty and the Beast" vibes. Not a huge gold foiling fan, but that fits the theme so well.
They certainly had people like me in mind with that letter opener 😂 Glad you like the box! 💪
Jess, what do you use the pocket notebooks for? I think I'm most excited for the gel pens and the letter opener.
I'm still in that state of "these are too pretty to use" with the pocket notebooks, but I'm hoping to turn them into something special one day. Previously I had a pocket size notebook as a self care journal though 💜
Beautiful Washi tapes!
Do you have any of those wooden stir sticks for coffee or popsicle sticks (not sure what you call them in NZ - in the UK they are ice lollies)? They might be less risky for opening your smaller boxes. Thanks for the video. It always takes close to four weeks to get it here in Canada, and I am not a patient woman 😂.
Ooo that's a good idea! I don't have any myself, but certainly a good point. I'm thinking the letter opener from the box will come in handy for future packages 👌
I paused my boxes bc I just don’t need 2 notebooks per quarter, but I am so glad this dark academia didn’t translate to MORE black notebooks! Maybe some people love them, but it’s such a chore for me to use and I feel like they end up using black notebooks at least once a year.
I'm actually a little disappointed. I really liked the theme and the initial sneak peak. But the full reveal just isn't doing it for me. I don't like metal bookmarks, the letter opener, while cool, is basically just clutter for my shelves that I wouldn't have bought on my own and I really dislike the full cover notebook design. I'm having to remind myself that just cuz I don't like the newly revealed items doesn't mean I don't like the box at all 😅
Fair enough 👏 It's tough when our interest in the items is varied 💜 Glad you at least liked the items in the sneaks though!
Same
This is absolutely gorgeous even though I never played chess and I wouldn't know what to do with tiny journals but they make me want to use them as a diary..the bigger notebook is my favorite
I have been trying to get a journal from them but they’re always sold out lol 😅