It’s weeks like these, when the stationery community fills my inbox with joy, fun and new discoveries, that I realize how amazing this community is and how important it is to my emotional well-being. From cheap French supermarket pens to lots of blue inks to Kottke.org using his comment section as a job search option,…
If you missed the opportunity to order a Hobonichi in the Fall or your current planner set-up is not quite what you hoped it would be, have you considered purchasing an April Start Hobonichi? According to JetPens: “The April Start Hobonichi Techo was originally made for Japanese students, who start school in April.” While you…
The Primrosia Fauna Dual-Tip Markers (Set of 60 for $33.99) is one of those pen sets that kept showing up in my “recommended for you” list on Amazon so I decided to take a chance on them to find out if they are gems or garbage. Simply based on the fact that the set comes…
First, I’d like to shoutout congratulations to Brad and Myke at Pen Addict podcast for 600 episodes in the proverbial can. Its a feat for any podcast to have managed to continue for 10 years but for it to be a podcast about PENS?!?! Pretty amazing. Congrats and thanks for making the pen community a…
Inspired by last week’s color-coordination of my pens, I decided to pro-actively set-up supplies for my journal for February. I am embracing the Valentine’s Day vibe with an all-red-and-pink palette with pink floral washi and flower stickers as well as color matching my pens and inks. I picked out two inks for the month: Monteverde…
Having watched lots of planner set-up videos recently, I am seeing a lot planner and journal supplies that were purchased on Amazon. A lot of these products are from brands I’ve never heard of before so I got curious. I tend to purchase name-brand writing tools from smaller, online retailers like JetPens and Vanness Pen…
Last week, Frank from Fontoplumo launched a new website, ineedapenstore.com. His goal was to create a centralized location to help people who might be looking for nice pen shops around the world. The site will also list manufacturers. As the site is just getting started, a lot of shops and info still needs to be…
