The first step into getting prepared for 2016 was to set-up my new Hobonichi Techo A6 with the blue-green cover ($47). The color combo is absolutely PERFECT! Lime green loveliness inside with my second favorite color, turquoise, exterior. I had a decorative plastic protective sleeve I purchased a few years earlier from 1101.com that I added…
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Art of The Day: Sinuous Pencil Scarf
I love it when my worlds collide. Nothing makes them collide with quite so much glee as anything related to pencils and knitting. So the Sinuous Pencil Scarf knitting pattern has made it quickly to the top of my knitting queue. The pattern is available for $3.99 via Ravelry. I believe it would be a…
Link Love: Wrapping it up for 2015
Posts of the Week: Fountain Pen & Ink Favorites 2015 (via Gourmet Pens) My Favorite Products Of 2015 (via Pen Addict) 2016 Pen and Ink Resolutions (via Alt. Haven) 2015: the pen year in review (via Leigh Reyes) 16 Resolutions for 2016 (via Quirky Girl Likes Vintage) Pens: Karas Kustoms Copper Fountain K (via Clicky…
End-of-Year Sales
There are far too many end-of-year sales for me to list them all here but if there’s something you’ve had your eye on for sometime, now might be a good time to double-check and see if there’s a discount, price reduction, coupon or free shipping offer available. Lots of our favorite pen shops are doing year…
Looking Back and Moving Forward
I say this every year but I love the start of the New Year. Its a chance for new beginnings, opening that brand-new planner, journal or notebook and starting on a new path, or course-correcting the one you set last year. I hope that 2016 will be a year of great adventures and great joys for everyone,…
New Products for 2016
There are lots of new products hitting the market for 2016 and some are already available for pre-order so I thought I’d include a few here if you wanted to squirrel away some of your holiday funds for a few of these. The limited edition Lamy AL-Star color for 2016 is called Charged Green and is…
Kickstarter: Leftybooks
How can I not support a Kickstarter project that is attempting to create a product to make writing easier and more comfortable for left-handed writers? I couldn’t. So I put my money where my mouth (or in this case my keyboard is) and backed the Leftybooks project which is a notebook designed to help left-handed…