Do you ever find a book (or two or three) that you just don’t get into? Do you DNF (did not finish) it or do you slog through it? Do you feel like you’ve lost your reading mojo? That’s been me for the past month or so. No book mojo. Every book I picked up…
Rubato Pen Studio is a one-woman pen maker who I have met at both the California and SF Pen Show. I am totally enamored with the designs she creates and the experimentation she is employing in her pen development. She comes from a calligraphy background and is definitely an artist (she drew the adorable cat…
Thanks so much for everyone who entered our latest giveaway. Our winner for the SF Pen Show Swag Kit is: Elizabeth, I have reached out to you via email. Everyone else, keep posted, we have more giveaways on the way!
Review by Tina Koyama For the past couple of years, my favorite everyday-carry sketchbooks have been colorful Uglybooks (my review at the Desk is here. Uglybooks now also offers perfect-bound editions; see my personal blog for a review of those). I’ve experimented with various media, and one of the best is acrylic paint markers. You…
It has started to cool here in Kansas City. Our mornings have a slight chill in the air and the evenings are cool which means on September 1, I made my first pot of pumpkin spice coffee. I started making spice tea in the evenings and I started knitting a new wooly sweater. I sest…
I’ve got a goodie pack to giveaway today. From the SF Pen Show, I was able to collect a few truly unique items. First, a very limited Inky Dreams (my original pattern design) Rickshaw single pen sleeve lanyard along with a Rickshaw exclusive SF Pen Show sticker. Also included in the giveaway is a kit…
For September, I decided to make my journal theme for the month, Academia or Bibliophilia (or something to that effect) where I could focus my design elements and colors around a dark academia or back-to-school-sort-of vibe. I added some natural elements like more sunflowers (carried over from last month) and mushrooms as well as map…
