October was a busy month for book boxes it appears and Addie definitely had them scrambling for it. Illumicrate featured The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue as their main book rather than making a special edition whcih I appreciate as a decision and really appreciate.If you are curious, you can find the Owlcrate special edition here. But what was in this box?
Lets unbox starting on the bottom right with the leaflet and going clockwise:
- Theme leaflet, I do like the simplicity and style matching the book and items for most of their boxes.
- Journey to the Afterlife room spray, those are really popular in book boxes nowadays and I just wish they were more like the ones that actually get rid of the bad smells because these are nice but not effective enough and fade generally quick.
- Their version of The Invisble Life of Addie LaRue which I really like what they did with it, though my copy came wrong and I still need to chase a replacement.
- A really cool pencil case I am utterly in love with due to artwork.
- A cool acrylic picture thing, I really like the concpet but it isnt exactly the item for me, maybe if one could add their own pictures to the frame or something itd be better for me.
- A double pin which I love for like collars or stuff o the sun and themoon I think? Really like the design.
- Monthly pin for Addie and I like monthly pins so no complaints here from me.
- Two wooden tarot cards which are gorgeous and surprisingly one of the few tarot and woodmark kind of objects I like.
Overall the box was cohesive nad nice and it had good and bad items. Most of the not so good were more due to personal choice and not that I didnt like the item, just I wouldnt use it much. But still good quality and Illumicrate keeps sending strong boxes.
I got just the book only subscription and love the edition Illumicrate did! I saw someone say that you could take the picture out of the acrylic frame and put your own picture in, so maybe there is a way to do that?
Maybe, but in the end I gave it to a friend who liked it more. It is a lovely idea, just not for me, if that makes sense?
Yeah definitely, that makes sense. Sometimes I just know I won’t get use out of an item or it’s not my style.