(Sarah Read is an author, editor, yarn artist, and pen/paper/ink addict. You can find more about her at her website and on Twitter. And check out her latest book, Out of Water, now available where books are sold!)
My calendar and to-do lists are always in need of a little brightening. Midori makes some of my favorite stationery products, so I thought these lovely Film Sticky Notes Mini Stars might do the trick. And they do! They're the perfect way to add fun pops of color to your pages without adding any bulk. They are, however, a bit tricky to use.
The microscopically fine paper that these notes are printed on makes them weightless and bulk-free, so you can use them abundantly without doubling the thickness of your planner. Their thinness also makes them transparent, so you don't need to worry about them covering up useful lines or information. In fact, they work great to highlight important text or dates. In addition to being able to put them over text and still see it, you can also write on top of them in pen or pencil, like a traditional sticky note (as long as your message is very small). The whole card of 150 notes fits easily inside the cover of a notebook, so you can access them anytime. In this pack, there are fifteen notes each of ten different colors.
Almost the entire back of the note is sticky, so they stay in place well, though they can also be cleanly removed. They can also be applied to various surfaces, like glass and plastic. They're a great hybrid between a sticky note and a sticker.
The only downside to these is that they're so thin that it's a little tricky to just peel off one at a time. Only the top prong on the star is not sticky, so that's the best place to try, But it takes a fair bit of fiddling and squinting to separate just one note. A few times I've gotten two or even three. So you can't really grab one quickly--you've got to be pretty intentional about it. But once you get the hang of it, they're really delightful.
(JetPens provided this product at no charge to The Pen Addict for review purposes.)
