Special Edition Box Review: Shoujo Sweetie Mark Mail by Creative Chaotics

Good morning kitkats! I know it’s been over a week, and it’s not techinically Monday but oh well. Today is another Merch “Monday” all about a Mark & Wine Glass Mail special by one of my favorite Bookmark makers, CreativeChaotics.

~*~*~*~ Overview ~*~*~*~

Creative Chaotics is a Bookmark and custom wineglass shop on Etsy run by Heather. CC has well made, laminated paper bookmarks, hand-painted wine glasses and magnetic bookmarks. All three range in all sorts of themes from animes to disney to our beloved books. The bookmarks are well made and ship quickly. The wine glasses come in options of with or without stems, an option of glitter, as well as other customizations. She also has a range of ship wine glasses.

~*~*~*~ Shoujo Sweeties ~*~*~*~

On December 7th, Heather of CreativeChaotics announced the theme for the February Mark Mail on Instagram in celebration of her birthday. Preorders opened up on Christmas Day until a few days before they shipped in early February. Bookmarks were themed around Shoujo animes like Ouran High Host Club, Fruits Baskets, Sailor Moon, Ancient Magus Bride, Wotakoi , Vampire Knight. CC’s Mark mail also comes with an option of including a hand-painted glass of a custom of your choice.

~*~*~*~ Unboxing ~*~*~*~

The Shoujo Sweeties Box included:

• An Ouran High School Host Club bookmark by BookmarkingbyVal
• A Custom hand-painted wine glass by Creative Chaotics (I chose Tohru from Fruits Basket)
• A Currently Living in Shoujo Manga art print by Creative Chaotics
• 2 Magnetic Bookmarks (not seen) about Ouran High School Host Club and Fruits Basket
• 11 laminated Shoujo bookmarks by Creative Chaotics including but not limited to:
  • Tuxedo Mask Anibae bookmark
  • Kyoru Ship Bookmark
  • 3 Quote bookmarks for various animes

~*~*~*~ The Verdict ~*~*~*~

This mark mail was absolutely amazing! The wine glass is well made and arrived well protected for shipping. All of the bookmarks are perfect and fit in well with the rest of my hoard of Creative Chaotics bookmarks (if you want an idea of how many I have, just look at the Otaku Thursday header picture, and that’s just the anime themed bookmarks).

~*~*~*~ Future Boxes ~*~*~*~

Creative Chaotics currently has the next two Themes announced and available for pre-order in her Etsy. You can use the code KINGS10 for 10% off any order.

March Mail – Diabolically Disney Just Marks / With Wine Glass (Closes Feb 28th)

April Mail – A Pirate’s Life for Me Just Marks / With Wine Glass

Otaku Thursday

Good Morning Kitkats, and welcome to the newest feature on BooksofKings Blog. Otaku Thursday will feature mainly manga and anime reviews and anything else that strikes my fancy in the realm of my Otaku Heart like Cosplay or Convention highlights. So let’s get started!

~*~*~*~ Otaku Thursday Week 1 ~*~*~*~

First off, let’s define where i am on the “otaku” scale. Urban Dictionary defines Otaku as ” sometimes used to mean hardcore anime fan. Originally comes from the Japanese word otaku meaning house. If your a otaku it means you have no social life, love life, ect “. I would NOT measure myself at this level. I am quite a fan of anime and manga but i do have a life and I have no desire to talk/live like those i see in my manga. However I am beginning to add Cosplay , at conventions only, into my repertoire.

Now, let’s get to know the Otaku behind BooksofKings. I have been somewhat into anime and manga since i was a child when i first discovered Sailor Moon and Naruto. Back then, I did not know what “anime” was as a term. I just knew that the cartoons I watched were Naruto when i could remember, Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon and Sailor Moon. It wasn’t until much later that i found out these all were under the classification of Anime and were created in Japan.

It wasn’t until Junior high that i discovered Spirited Away, by both movie and manga novelization, and Fruits Basket, again both anime and manga. I LOVED Fruits Basket and it is still at the top of my all time favorites. In High School I found friends who had similar interests but my involvement dwindled as I was busy with many other things in life. But then i hit college and began to get back into Anime and thorugh that rediscovered a desire to read Manga again. And now i am slowly building up my collection as i discover animes and mangas that i enjoy.

~*~*~*~ Top Mangs/Animes I recommend ~*~*~*~

Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya

A family with an ancient curse…

And the girl who will change their lives forever…

Tohru Honda was an orphan with no place to go until the mysterious Sohma family offered her a place to call home. Now her ordinary high school life is turned upside down as she’s introduced to the Sohma’s world of magical curses and family secrets.

Fairy Tail by Hiro Mashima

THE WICKED SIDE OF WIZARDRY

Celestial wizard Lucy wants to join the Fairy Tail, a club for the most powerful wizards. But instead, her ambitions land her in the clutches of a gang of unsavory pirates led by a devious magician. Her only hope is Natsu, a strange boy she happens to meet on her travels. Natsu’s not your typical hero, he gets motion sickness, eats like a pig, and his best friend is a talking cat. With friends like this, is Lucy better off with her enemies?

The Ancient Magus Bride by Kore Yamazaki

Enter the Magician’s Apprentice

Her name is Chise Hatori, a penniless orphan troubled by visions. Sold as a slave to an inhuman mage, she is about to begin a strange new life, filled with magic, fairies, and other beings of a fantastical nature

My Hero Academia by Kohei Horikoshi

What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called “Quirks” at age four? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? The Hero Academy of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless?

Middle school student Izuku Midoriya wants to be a hero more than anything, but he hasn’t got an ounce of power in him. With no chance of ever getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes, his life is looking more and more like a dead end. Then an encounter with All Might, the greatest hero of them all, gives him a chance to change his destiny… 

Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi

Usagi Tsukino is a normal girl until she meets up with Luna, a talking cat, who tells her that she is Sailor Moon. As Sailor Moon, Usagi must fight evils and enforce justice, in the name of the Moon and the mysterious Moon Princess. She meets other girls destined to be Sailor Senshi (Sailor Scouts), and together, they fight the forces of evil! 

~*~*~*~ Until next time, Kitkats ~*~*~*~