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5 Washi Tape Wall Calendars for Getting Organised

Remember when masking tape was only available in varying shades of beige? Well thankfully we live in colourful times, which means our walls can get a hefty colour injection with washi tape, which comes in a rainbow of shades and patterns - hurrah!

Made from a traditional ‘washi' rice paper in Japan, one of the key benefits of decorating walls with washi tape is that it’s easy to remove and reposition. Of course, you’re going to want to test a small area on the wall first just to double check that everything’s cool before you go to town with the tape. Smooth, painted walls tend to work best as they provide the ideal surface for the light masking tape adhesive to stick to.

Combining two of our favourite things, washi tapes and planners, can only lead to good things. I’ve found some amazing washi tape wall calendars peppered throughout the web, which make great inspiration if you’re looking to add some colour to your workspace. As well as brightening up your whiteboards and walls, the great thing about these washi tape wall calendars is that you can customise the look and colour to your own tastes.

The creative use of sticky notes in various colours and sizes is really clever and something that you definitely have a lot of fun playing around with. These washi tape wall calendars also remind me that at some point I need to get round to sharing my washi tape kanban board - it's all about visualising that workflow ;)

1 / This pink, orange and yellow neon washi tape calendar is so cute. The mixed sizing of the numbers is really creative too. That's one bright workspace. (via britandco )

2 / Things don't get much more colourful than masté's giant washi tape calendar. The mix of colours, patterns and sticky notes makes it super eye-catching. Each month, all you'd need to do is change up the large washi tape number on the left - genius. ( via the masté blog )

3 / Now this is a rainy day project that won't break the bank. Great for adding a splash of colour to those walls, all you need for this fantastic wall calendar is a good stash of washi tapes and sticky notes. ( via modishandmain )

4 / Jazz up that plain whiteboard with tape! This simple and colourful design is a great way to make the most of a plain dry erase board. ( via Jennifer Snyder )

5 / Another colourful washi tape whiteboard diy, which makes a great editorial calendar for a blogging team. Also, how cute are those stripes and neon pens? ( via camillestyles )

If you're after some washi tapes for a project - check out our amazing selection from MT Masking Tape and Masté right here in the shop.

All new MT Masking Tape pastel washi tapes are here.

About a fortnight ago, MT Masking Tape previewed their new line of Spring Summer washi tapes for 2016. All lined up like a candy coloured rainbow, the pastel tapes were an instant delight and we couldn’t wait for them to arrive.

Clockwise from top left : pastel yellow, pastel orange, pastel red, pastel pink, pastel purple, pastel blue, pastel powder blue, pastel mint, pastel green

All the new tapes are currently sitting pretty in the washi tape collection. There are 12 new pastel shades ranging from lemon yellows and powder blues to fresh greens and mints.

As with all mt masking tape, the tapes are made in Japan from a traditional ‘washi’ rice paper that’s easy to tear by hand and write on with a ballpoint pen.

Just the thing to add a fresh pop of pastel colour to your notebook or planner pages, these cute pastel washi tapes are just the thing for inspiring your creative side.

Along with the pastel washi tapes mt have also released a new line of deco tapes that are covered in patterns of tiny hearts. Cute, right?

You can check out all our mt masking tape washi tapes here in the shop.

DIY Washi Tape Christmas Gift Tags

My favourite kind of diy project is simple, quick and easy. It’s also useful when you don’t need too many supplies or you actually have them in your craft stash ready to go.

Being constantly surrounded by shiny gold and silver tapes, these diy washi tape Christmas gift tags were always on the cards. This is a great little diy that’s fun to make and helps you work your way through that endless washi tape mountain that you’ve accumulated.

Of course, the tapes can be swapped out for different colour schemes. Red and gold is great for a traditional look, blue and silver is super pretty, black and gold always looks luxe.

DIY Christmas Washi Tape Gift Wrap

When you’ve reached the end of the roll of gift wrap or you fancy making your Christmas presents a little more unique, then washi tape gift wrap is just the thing.

Perfect for jazzing up plain printer paper and kraft paper, it’s also a fun way to use up your washi tape stash.

I’ve gone for metallics, but reds and greens, blues and mint colours would also look really cute too.

• washi tapes
• plain paper / kraft paper
• scissors

1. Wrap up your gifts
2. Cover in washi tape. Cute patterns can be made from shapes like triangles and squares or you can simply go for stripes or cover the whole thing entirely. Have fun ;)

Washi tapes used in this post:

mt dot gold, mt plain gold, mt stripe gold, mt deco monochrome set, mt stripe mint, mt wakamidori green, mt baby blue

DIY Christmas Washi Tape Envelope Liners

Envelope liners are the cutest. There’s something really sweet about the unexpected pop of colour when you open up a card.

They’re also a super easy way to add a handmade element to your Christmas greetings without needing lots of supplies and taking up too much time.

As winter is around the corner, I couldn’t help but have some fun with the Christmas washi series from masté. These envelope liners would work with lots of different colour combos and patterns and they’re a great way to use up your washi tape stash.

Supplies:

• washi tapes (I've used masté's winter walk, snow star, knit and snowman tapes)
• envelopes
• white paper
• pencil
• ruler
• scissors
• double-sided tape or glue

How To:

• Take one of your envelopes and open it up. Trace the envelope shape and trim it so that the width is slightly smaller than your envelopes. Essentially, you’re trying to leave enough room for the liner to not cover the glue portion when you attach it to your envelopes. Thesweetestoccasion has a great tutorial that shows this process in more detail.
• Trace around your template and cut it out with scissors or a craft knife.
• Take your favourite washi tape and cover one side completely. Trim the excess tape or if you’re lazy like me, just fold it around the back.
• Slide the liner inside an envelope and attach with some double-sided tape.

The tapes above that are used for this diy are from masté's winter washi tape series.

MT Masking Tape's AW15 collection is here and it's washi tape heaven.

MT Masking Tape have just dropped their latest designs for AW15 and as expected, they’re all completely lovely. As the original designer and inventor of washi tape as we know it, Kamoi Kakoshi’s MT Masking Tape line of washi tapes utilises high quality materials, vibrant colour ways and unique designs.

MT seem to have been inspired by geometric designs for their latest mt deco tape series. Triangles, circles and squares are all front and centre as mt goes crazy for colour and simple shapes with their new sankaku, shimasankaku and maru sankaku designs.

In green and red, MT’s line pattern designs have more loops than the Library of Birmingham. Pool blue and orange take cute pebble shapes and pepper them across washi tape for an instantly sweet design that would be brilliant for baby and spring-themed crafting.

Other favourites from the series are the gleaming gold and silver kirakira tapes, that are decorated with brightly coloured starbursts. Bonus…they’re just in time for the Christmas gift wrapping marathon.

Along with plethora of new deco patterns, mt masking tape have also refreshed their mt ex series of washi tape designs. Whoever came up with the idea of fusing spirograph with washi tape is a genius.

You can check out the full mt masking tape collection including these amazing new aw15 designs right here.

How to use washi tape in your notebook

Aside from crafting, scrapbooking and generally giving everything you own a colourful makeover, washi tape is also pretty handy for brightening up your notes.

When it comes to studying and revision, staring at a full page of text can be rather daunting. That's why masking tape is perfect for breaking up blocks of text into colour coded sections. This way, you can highlight key points and make important info a little easier to pinpoint and digest.

Try using washi tape in your notes for:

• highlighting and underlining
• dividing up sections
• bullet points and shapes
• labelling
• bold headings
• generally making your notes look awesome

Of course, standard sized 15mm mt tapes are also brilliant for making page tags. Here though, I wanted to show off how cool the less common 3mm tapes are.

About a year ago, mt masking tape expanded their line of thin washi tapes into a collection of five 3mm duos. As it’s the solid colour set, I’ve used the neons (set C). However, you could definitely use the patterned tapes for sectioning and borders too.

At the top of the page I’ve used a Uni Posca white pen on mt matte black washi tape for the label. The white pen paired with the black tape is perfect for getting that bold chalkboard look.

Excuse my messy writing and you’ll be able to spot that the mt slim 3mm neon tapes scattered throughout the page where they divide up sections and underline headings.

As we are using washi tape, mt’s 6mm tapes make for a cute decorative touch to further break up the text and make the whole thing look a lot less boring. Hooray for washi tape!

Washi tapes used in this post are all from mt masking tape.