VDS Advent Calendar 2025

Hi everyone,
We know you were waiting for it… We are very excited to share with you our VDS Advent Calendar of 2025! Below I will explain the details of each Advent Calendar day.
Please note that you cannot combine advent day offers.

Important: For all VDS Advent days that include email orders and email special additional options, please email us from today (November 27) on with your order and which Advent day / offer you would like to get so that we can have your order ready to be paid on that advent day.
· In the subject line of your email, please include the advent day you would like to order for to make it easier for us administration wise 😉 Thanks a lot! Eg. subject line: ‘Junior 25mm – Advent Calendar day 3’
· Email orders for a certain Advent day MUST be paid on that exact day.

Have a Wonderful Holiday Season! 🎄🎁🧑🏽‍🎄

1 December
The 2 VDS Leathers of the Month are Ruby Suede & Ruby Suede Shimmer! A beautiful deep red with a pink undertone.
🚀 Today we offer Fast Shipping on all Ruby Suede & Ruby Suede Shimmer orders! You can mix and match, so it’s also possible to select only one of these leathers, only for the outside or inside.
Example: you can choose Ruby Suede or Ruby Suede Simmer for the outside and Nubuck Noir for the inside.
Only available for online orders (so no email orders and no email special additions). There is NO extra cost involved for the fast shipping.
⭐️ Fast shipping will be applied to the first 30 planners. Your Ruby Suede & Ruby Suede Shimmer order will be shipped within 4 workdays.
When you reach the check-out page (the step where you fill in your address details) you will see a pop-up that tells you that Fast Shipping is applicable to your order. 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.
👉🏽 Your Ruby Suede fast shipping order will go into production immediately so cancellations or modifications are not possible.
⭐️ The Ruby Suede leathers will be available during the entire month of December.
📆 Fast Shipping for Ruby Suede + Shimmer is available from December 1 at 12.00 CET (midday) until December 2 at 12.00 (midday) OR until extra production capacity is full.

2 December
Free Big Back Pocket with a Custom Made Planner.
👉🏽 You have to select the Big Back Pocket 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 finalized on that day. Please email us about your order beforehand, so we can finalize your order in time. The email order must be paid on this day.
📆 Available from December 2 at 12.00 CET (midday) until December 3 at 12.00 CET (midday).

3 December
🎁 Post a picture of your VDS Planner Xmas setup.
👉🏽 Tag us in the picture @vdsshop and use #vdsxmas. You can enter via instagram and the VDS facebook fan page until December 19.
On December 25 we will post a slideshow of all images (including your ig@ in your image) and announce two winners that will get a VDS Gift Card of € 100,-
📆 You can enter from 3 December until 19 December at 12.00 CET (midday).

4 December
Today you get a 15% discount on Nubuck Leathers for Custom Made Planners. Next to our stock leathers Nubuck Noir, Thuya, Écume, Terre and Myrtille we also have waiting list leathers and ‘leathers of the month’ available today until stock is finished: Nubuck Myrthe, Blush, Ivory, Cyclade, Café.
👉🏽 This discount will be applied automatically and is only applied to the base planner, not on additional options.
⭐️ You can mix and match, so it’s also possible to choose this type of leather only for the outside or the inside of the planner.
💌  Also available for email orders that are finalized on that day. Please email us about your order beforehand, so we can finalize your order in time. The email order must be paid on this day.
📆 This discount is available for orders placed on December 4 at 12.00 CET (midday) until December 5 at 12.00 CET (midday).

5 December
Today you get a 40% discount !!! on all Touch Me (Ready to Ship) Planners and Touch Me (Ready to Ship) Pen Pouches, Credit Card Wallets, and Zipper Wallets via discount code vds40tm.
⭐️ Shipped within 1 workday! You will receive a Fedex email with track&trace when your item is shipped.
📆 This discount code is valid from December 5 at 12.00 CET (midday) until December 6 at 12.00 CET (midday).

6 December
🎁 Win the Ruby Suede & Ruby Suede Shimmer planner in the picture that we post today.
⭐️ How to participate? Include a caption in the comments for the picture that we post today.
👉🏽 Planner details: Junior 20mm Rings, Outside leather: Ruby Suede Shimmer. Inside leather: Ruby Suede. Exterior full height slip pocket on the frontside of the planner with contrast colour Ruby Suede.
A5 Clasp. Stiffener: Bontex. Stitching: Ruby Suede.
📆 You can participate from December 6 at 12.00 CET (midday) until December 7 at 12.00 CET (midday). We will announce the winner on December 8.

7 December
🎁 Receive a FREE Luigi Rafael leather item on orders above € 150,-.
👉🏽 Mention in the order notes which item and colour you want.
📆 Included on orders placed from December 7 at 12.00 CET (midday) until December 8 at 12.00 CET (midday).

8 December
🚀 Today we offer Fast Shipping on all Custom Made Planner orders!
Only available for online orders (so no email orders and no email special additions). There is NO extra cost involved.
⭐️ Fast shipping will be applied to the first 30 planners. Your order will be shipped within 4 workdays.
When you reach the check-out page (the step where you fill in your address details) you will see a pop-up that tells you that Fast Shipping is applicable to your order. 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.
👉🏽 Your fast shipping order will go into production immediately so cancellations or modifications are not possible.
📆 Fast Shipping for Custom Made Planners is available from December 8 at 12.00 CET (midday) until December 9 at 12.00 (midday) OR until extra production capacity is full.

9 December
All Custom Made Codex orders in ALL SIZES will receive a Touch Me (Ready-Made) Codex Standard+Mega for Free.
👉🏽 You can mention in the order notes which colour you want.
💌  Also available for email orders that are finalized on that day. Please email us about your order beforehand, so we can finalize your order in time. The email order must be paid on this day.
📆 Available from December 9 at 12.00 CET (midday) until December 10 at 12.00 CET (midday).

10 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 finalized on that day. Please email us about your order beforehand, so we can finalize your order in time. The email order must be paid on this day.
💡 Please note that if you go for a ‘Nomad’ (TN) Planner, you will have to pay € 20,- / € 25,- (depending on the planner size) to include a clasp, because the base planner is without a clasp. The upgrade to a Chunky, A5, or A4 clasp is free.
📆 Available from December 10 at 12.00 CET (midday) until December 11 at 12.00 CET (midday).

11 December
20% discount on Touch Me & Nappa Stock Leathers for Custom Made Planners. We also have the following waiting list leathers and leathers of the month available:
Touch Me: Rubis, Bleu de France, Cyclamen, Flanelle, Acajou, Rose, Irlande, Moka.
Nappa: Blue, Swedish Blue, Menta, Lemon, Mandarino, Corallo, Blue Glass.
👉🏽 This discount will be applied automatically and is only applied to the base planner, not on additional options.
⭐️ You can mix and match, so it’s also possible to choose this type of leather only for the outside or the inside of the planner.
💌 Also available for email orders that are finalized on this day. Please email us about your order beforehand, so we can finalize your order in time. The email order must be paid on this day.
📆 Available from December 11 at 12.00 CET (midday) until December 12 at 12.00 CET (midday).

12 December
25 Blend pieces available of TM (ready-made) Complete Standard Nomad with A4 clasp in the blend: Ice Croco outside & TM Alezan inside.
👉🏽 Planner details: Inside layout = Gusseted Zipper Layout left + Nomad Layout right.
📆 Available from December 12 at 12.00 CET (midday) until they are sold out.

13 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. A maximum of 10 leather samples can be add per order.
📆 Available from December 13 at 12.00 CET (midday) until December 14 at 12.00 CET (midday).

14 December
🎁 WIN the exact same VDS planner of someone else in the VDS Community.
👉🏽 Post a story of the post in which you saw your dream planner and tag us in it @vdsshop and use #iwantyourvdsplanner
📆 You can enter from December 14 at 12.00 CET (midday) until December 15 at 12.00 CET (midday). We will announce the winner on December 16.

15 December
All Custom Made Ring Planner orders in all sizes will receive a Free Touch Me (Ready-Made) Ring Planner in the size and colour of your choice.
👉🏽 Please mention in the order notes which size and 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. Please mention it in the order notes if you want Gold rings)
💌  Also available for email orders that are finalized on that day. Please email us about your order beforehand, so we can finalize your order in time. The email order must be paid on this day.
📆 Available from December 15 at 12.00 CET (midday) until December 16 at 12.00 CET (midday).

16 December
🎁 Win Petra’s B6 Codex planner in Nubuck Cashmere!
⭐️ How to participate? What is the (nick)name for your planner? Write it in the comments of this post.
👉🏽 Planner details: B6 Slim Codex Planner with A4 Clasp. Outside + Inside leather = Nubuck Cashmere. Stitching = Nubuck Cashmere.
📆 You can participate from December 16 at 12.00 CET (midday) until December 17 at 12.00 CET (midday). We will announce the winner on December 18.

17 December
Free Full Height Slip Pocket on the outside of the planner (+ contrast colour) with a Custom Made Planner.
👉🏽 You have to select the Full Height Slip Pocket on the outside of the planner (+ contrast colour) 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 finalized on that day. Please email us about your order beforehand, so we can finalize your order in time. The email order must be paid on this day.
📆 Available from December 17 at 12.00 CET (midday) until December 18 at 12.00 CET (midday).

18 December
Today you get a 15% discount on JL stock leathers + JL waiting list leathers for Custom Made Planners. The discount will only be applied to the base planner, not to additional options.
💡 This includes All JL stock leathers (also JL Velvet Undyed and JL Velvet Sand). The waiting list leathers / leathers of the month that will be available are JL Porpora, Rosa, Navy, Mousse, Limone, Menta, Cenere, Violet, Cobalto, Velvet Rose, Velvet Teddy.
👉🏽 Normally the JL Leather are 10% more expensive so instead of +10% you will see -5% mentioned for these leathers on our webshop.
⭐️ You can mix and match, so it’s also possible to choose this type of leather only for the outside or the inside of the planner.
💌  Also available for email orders that are finalized on that day. Please email us about your order beforehand, so we can finalize your order in time. The email order must be paid on this day.
📆 This discount is available for orders placed on December 18 at 12.00 CET (midday) until December 19 at 12.00 CET (midday).

19 December
Today you can order a custom made planner in a very special leather: ‘Leopard Print’. It’s Full-grain Calf Leather with a Leopard Print.
⭐️ This is a hair-on print, meaning the pattern is applied directly onto the calf hide while the natural hair remains intact. Because of the beautiful texture and hairiness of the hide, it can only be used on the outside of the planner. Otherwise, the hairs would stand out along the edges. To prevent this, the inside leather is folded around the edges and stitched in place, creating a special, contoured finish to your planner.
👉🏼 There is an extra cost of +50% for this leather (due to the longer production time needed to create the ‘folded seam’ with the inside leather on the outside of the planner). The extra cost is only applied on the base planner, not on additional options.
💡 You cannot order this leather with a Big Back Pocket or an Exterior Slip Pocket or a Pen Case or a Flyleaf or a Zippercase due to the necessity of the ‘folded seam’.
Production time is the same as for all other custom made orders.
💌  Also available for email orders that are finalized on that day. Please email us about your order beforehand, so we can finalize your order in time. The email order must be paid on this day.
Ps. There is no special ‘Leopard’ stitching. You can select any stitching for this leather.
📆 Available from 19 December at 12.00 CET (midday) until 20 December at 12.00 CET (midday).

20 December
🎁 Let a friend WIN the Leopard Print Planner
⭐️ How to participate? In the comments of this post, tag a friend that brings out your wild side. One of the tagged friends will win this planner.
👉🏽 Planner details: Codex B6 for Sterling INK Hardcover + A4 Clap. Outside leather: Leopard Print. Inside leather: Nubuck Myrtille. Stitching: Nubuck Myrtille.
📆 You can participate from December 20 at 12.00 CET (midday) until December 21 at 12.00 CET (midday). We will announce the winner on December 21.

21 December
All Custom Made planners that are ordered today will include the VDS Blind 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. If you feel more comfortable mentioning that you want the free VDS Blind Embossed Logo on your planner you can always include this information in the product or order notes.
Next to that, at the check-out page you will see a pop-up telling you that the VDS Blind Embossed Logo will be included on your planner(s).
  This includes email orders that are finalised on this day as well. Please email us about your order beforehand, so we can finalize your order in time. The email order must be paid on this day.
 The VDS blind embossed logo will be placed on the inside bottom left pocket.
Included on orders placed from December 21 at 12.00 CET (midday) until December 22 at 12.00 CET (midday).

23 December
🎁 WIN a TM Ice Croco planner of your choice + TM Ice Croco Pen Pouch
🎶 How to participate? Let’s create a planner playlist together! Post your favorite planning song in the comments and we will create a VDS Spotify playlist from all the songs that are mentioned. We will select one participant to win the planner + pen pouch.
📆 You can participate on IG and on the FB Fan Page from December 23 at 12.00 CET (midday) until December 24 at 12.00 CET (midday). We will announce the winner on December 24.