Hi everyone! Below I will explain the details of each Advent Calendar day.
Have a Wonderful Holiday Season! 🎄🎁🧑🏽‍🎄

1 December:
Post a picture of your VDS Planner with a Xmas background. Tag us in the picture @vdsshop and use #vdsxmas. You can enter until December 24 at 12.00 CET. On December 25 we will post a slideshow of all images (including your @ in your image) and announce two winners that will get a VDS Gift Card of € 100,-
· You can enter from 1 December until 24 December at 12.00 CET.

 

2 December:
Today you can order a custom made planner in a very special leather: Rainbow Noël! There is no extra cost for this leather and production time is the same as for all other custom made orders (currently 4 weeks). Only available for online orders, so no specials via email.
When we reach the maximum number of planners available in this leather I will take the leather offline. It will not be available again at a later point because it is a seasonal leather that is not normally in stock. Ps. There is no ‘Rainbow Noël’ stitching. You can select any of the other stitchings for this leather.
· Available from 2 December at 12.00 CET until 3 December at 12.00 CET.

 

3 December:
Today you get a 30% discount on all Touch Me (Ready to Ship) Planners and Touch Me (Ready to Ship) Pen Pouches via discount code vds30tm
· This discount code is valid from December 3 at 12.00 CET until December 4 at 12.00 CET.

 

4 December:
Fast Shipping on ALL custom made planners in ALL stock leathers. Only available for online orders (so no email orders and no email special additions). There is NO extra cost involved.
Planners 1 – 10 –> Next Day Shipping
Planners 11 – 20 –> 2-Day Shipping
Planners 21 – 30 –> 3-Day Shipping
When you reach the check-out page you will see a pop-up that tells you which of these 3 Fast Shipping Options you are getting. When we reach the final amount of 30 planners you will see a pop-up at the check-out page telling you that the fast shipping options are full.
· Fast Shipping is available from December 4 at 12.00 CET until December 5 at 12.00 OR until extra production capacity is full.

 

5 December:
Win a planner –> Special Nomad in JL Brown with matching stitching and a chunky clasp.
How to enter? How much character does your VDS JL Planner have? Post a picture or story of your VDS Planner in any JL Leather that shows the marks, spots, patina etc that it has acquired over time. Tag us @vdsshop and use #vdsjlplanner. We will pick one of the posts to get this new baby sibling JL planner.
· You can enter from December 5 at 12.00 CET until December 6 at 12.00 CET. We will announce the winner on December 6.

 

6 December:
All orders above € 150,- will get a FREE ‘Bagusbag by Petra’ brown wallet (worth € 89,-).
· The Bagusbag Brown Wallet will automatically be included for all orders above €150,- placed from December 6 at 12.00 CET until December 7 at 12.00 CET.

 

7 December:
Win a planner –> Codex Standard Mega in Nubuck Écume with matching stitching, including an A4 clasp, big back pocket, and 4 elastics in the spine (making it a Nodex).
How to enter: This planner is a Nodex, a hybrid model for slide-in notebooks as well as traveler’s notebooks inserted into the elastics. Share in the comments what else you use your planner for, for example as a baby diary, sports progress, greatest ideas of all time, ….
· You can enter from December 7 at 12.00 CET until December 8 at 12.00 CET. We will announce the winner on December 8.

 

8 December:
Order up to 10 FREE leather samples (no real ostrich) and only pay for shipping. Just go to the VDS Samples page to select your choice of samples. You can of course include other items as well together with the samples in the same order.
· Available from December 8 at 12.00 CET until December 9 at 12.00 CET.

 

9 December:
All Custom Made planners that are ordered today will include the VDS Embossed Logo (free of charge).
You don’t have to select embossing as an additional option or do anything extra, it will automatically be included on your planner. This includes email orders that are finalised on this day as well.
The VDS embossed logo will be placed on the inside bottom left pocket.
· Included on orders placed from December 9 at 12.00 CET until December 10 at 12.00 CET.

 

10 December:
Fast Shipping on ALL custom made planners in ALL stock leathers. Only available for online orders (so no email orders and no email special additions). There is NO extra cost involved.
Planners 1 – 10 –> Next Day Shipping
Planners 11 – 20 –> 2-Day Shipping
Planners 21 – 30 –> 3-Day Shipping
When you reach the check-out page you will see a pop-up that tells you which of these 3 Fast Shipping Options you are getting. When we reach the final amount of 30 planners you will see a pop-up at the check-out page telling you that the fast shipping options are full.
· Fast Shipping is available from December 10 at 12.00 CET (midday) until December 11 at 12.00 CET (midday) OR until extra production capacity is full.

 

11 December:
Free Chunky or A4 Clasp with a Custom Made Planner.
You have to select the clasp you want (Chunky or A4) at the additional options section of your planner. You will see there that this item is available for FREE when you add it to your order. Also available for email orders that are finalised on this day.
· Available from December 11 at 12.00 CET until December 12 at 12.00 CET.

 

12 December:
Win your exact same VDS planner for a friend! Post a picture of your VDS Planner and tag us @vdsshop and include #vdsplannerfriends. You can join until December 19 (included). We will pick a winner on December 20 that will receive the exact same planner as the one you posted.
· You can enter from December 12 at 12.00 CET until December 19 at 00.00 CET. The winner will be announced on December 20.

 

13 December:
Free Nomad Layout with a Custom Made Planner.
You have to select the Nomad Layout at the additional options section of your planner. You will see there that this item is available for FREE when you add it to your order. Also available for email orders that are finalised on this day.
· Available from December 13 at 12.00 CET until December 14 at 12.00 CET.

 

14 December:
Win the planner that Petra is holding on the picture of December 1. It’s a Touch Me Standard in Alezan. You can pick your choice of rings for it.
How to enter? Write in the comments below what your New Year’s Planner resolution is.
· You can enter from December 14 at 12.00 CET until December 15 at 12.00 CET. We will announce the winner on December 15.

 

15 December:
Today you get a 15% discount on JL stock Leathers for Custom Made Planners and Bags. Normally the JL Leather are 10% more expensive so instead of +10% you will see -5% mentioned for these leathers on our webshop.
Also available for email orders that are finalised on that day.
· This discount is available for orders placed on December 15 at 12.00 CET until December 16 at 12.00 CET.

 

16 December:
Win a Custom Made Bag!
How to enter? Post a post or story of the custom made choices that you would like to get for your VDS Bag (take a screenshot of the filled in bags customizer on our webshop as shown in the picture of this post). Tag us @vdsshop and use #vdsleatherbag.
· You can enter from December 16 at 12.00 CET until December 20 at 12.00 CET. We will pick a winner on December 20 that will win the bag shown in their post.

 

17 December:
Win a Facetime talk with Petra. You can ask anything, she will show you the atelier, meet the team etc.
How to enter? As you will see in the bloopervideo that is posted on this day, Petra always needs a few takes to get the video right. There is one English word that Petra can never get right in one take, which word is that? Listen carefully…
· You can enter from December 17 at 12.00 CET until December 18 at 12.00 CET. We will pick a winner among the correct answers on December 18. The Facetime talk will take place on December 19 at a time chosen together with the winner.

 

18 December:
All orders above € 350,- will get a FREE ‘Bagusbag by Petra’ Grey Shopper (worth €199,-) or Big Shopper (worth €229,-). Mention in your order notes which Bag you want: Grey Shopper or Big Shopper.
· The Bagusbag Bags will be included for all orders above €300,- placed from December 18 at 12.00 CET until December 19 at 12.00 CET.

 

19 December:
Win a planner –> VDS Collector’s item: Senior in Fine Grey Croco + Brown Nappa.
How to enter? Answer 3 questions about VDS (questions will be posted on that day) in the comments. The first one that has the correct 3 answers will win this planner.

 

20 December:
20% discount on all Touch Me Stock Leathers (so no waiting list leathers) on Custom Made Planners and Bags. This discount will be applied automatically. Also available for email orders that are finalised on this day.
· Available from December 20 at 12.00 CET until December 21 at 12.00 CET.

 

21 December:
All Custom Made Ring Planner orders (except Mini an B6) will receive a Touch Me Planner in the same size. You can mention in the order notes which colour and (silver) ring size you want. (If you want Gold rings you will have to pay the extra charge to make them Gold. In that case we will email you about it.)
· Available from December 21 at 12.00 CET until December 22 at 12.00 CET.

 

22 December:
Win a planner –> Custom Made A5, inside leather = TM Mauve + matching stitching. Post in the comments below what outside leather and stitching you want with it.
· You can enter from December 22 at 12.00 CET until December 23 at 12.00 CET. We will announce the winner on December 23.

 

23 December:
Free Squared Corners with a Custom Made Planner.
You have to select Squared Corners at the additional options section of your planner. You will see there that this item is available for FREE when you add it to your order. Also available for email orders that are finalised on this day.
· Available from December 23 at 12.00 CET until December 24 at 12.00 CET.

 

24 December:
Win a Real Ostrich Full Quill Burnt Pink Junior size planner.
· Everyone that placed an order with us from 1 – 23 December will go into a raffle and Petra will randomly pick one order that will win this planner. We will present this raffle to you with a video.

 

That’s it! We wish you all a Very Merry Xmas and a Wonderful New Year! 🎄🎁🧑🏽‍🎄
Thank you for your support and enthusiasm.
The VDS Team