Review: King Jim Tepra RH24 Half Cutter

 Have you ever bought something vaguely useful but turns out to be..well..extremely useful?

I have been organizing my things recently and printing tons of labels on my label maker. And for anyone who uses one, you must know how troublesome it is to peel the labels off the release paper when its so small. 

As it turns out, there is a tool sold specifically for helping with that!

King Jim Tepra RH24 Half Cutter

Here is how it looks like out of the box

As the name suggests, what the cutter does is cut the labels halfway aka only cutting the release paper, making it easier to peel the label off. 

All you need to do is insert the label and "cut" it by snipping it once.

As you can see, the yellow release paper has been cut and its a lot easier to peel it off. 

And yes, that is actually a sticker [flake seal] in the picture. In other words, it totally works for those troublesome flake stickers too.

But since the cutter is designed for thin labels, what about big flake stickers that do not fit in it?

All you have to do is clip the corner!

The clipped corner is all you need to peel the sticker easily!!

Once I unlocked this hidden usage, I found myself using this cutter almost daily!

As a matter of fact, I have deemed it part of my journaling must haves!

What do you think?

Will you try it?

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Kingjim Minis

 

It's another miniature! 

This time I picked up these Kingjim box file. 

How cute are they?!

They each came with instructions for assembly. 

They are the perfect size for cards. 

I tried it with some photocards and some notecards and I think it works so well. 

I bought 2 colours are they look so cute next to each other. 

Easy storage, mini versions, what's not to like! 

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Review: Kingjim Flatty

We all love a good stationery pouch and there are many choices out there.  

The kingjim flatty (yellow pictured above) is one such choice. 

It comes in a variety of sizes, some of which are similar to other products. 

For example, the clear hightide pouch and yellow flatty in the above pouch. 

Both have a closure and multiple internal pockets, but the selling point of the flatty is a stiff backing, which keeps everything inside nice and properly organised. 

The pencase fits a good amount of pens and stationery. 

Whilst the A4 size fits documents and notebooks perfectly. 

They even have a pocket at the back for quick access. 

The flatty is very durable and comes in many great colours. 

I often use it for travel, especially for work documents, which might be difficult to keep in good condition due to luggage moving and overfilled bags. 

The only downside is that it might be a bit heavier than similar pouches but that's a small price to pay for good organisation. 

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King Jim 'KITTA'

Kingjim's Kitta range is the answer to the question; "how do I carry multiple washi tapes with me when I'm out/travelling?" For as long as washi tape has been around, people have been trying to find a way to bring their washi tape collection into their kits.

The Kitta range combines the texture of washi tape in a convenient card sized package. Each seal set is credit card sized, which makes it easy to slip into your notebook pocket or pencil case. 

There are 3 lines, the Kitta Basic, which includes 4 designs of regular width washi tape strips, Kitta Slim, same as before but slimmer and has 8 designs and the Kitta Seal, which consists of marking seals, picture corners and index markers. 

The Basic and Slim are pre cut washi strips, each piece has it's own backing paper. The difference between these and fusen is that fusen is only adhesive on one end whilst the Kitta tape is fully adhesive. A regular ballpoint pen can be used to write on the strips but a marker is recommended. 

The Seal range has a more smooth sticker like texture. Most are semi-opaque which means you can write on the sticker or write on the paper before sticking the seal on your writing. With these, I would recommend using a marker and not a ballpoint pen. The picture corners are strong enough to hold down an instax card but are still reposition-able. 

The best part of the kitta seal however, is that if you don't want to carry the entire pack with you, you can tear off individual sheets of the Basic/Slim tape designs and an entire sheet off the Seal (perforated cut included!)  

I like how each set has a theme which shows in not just the cover but the designs as well. The colours are also pretty and very usable. Kingjim appears to be releasing new designs all the time, so time to collect them all? 

Lastly, if you buy too many of these, which is very possible, I recommend a look at my stationery storage ideas blogpost for how I store them. 

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