Next week is Mardi Gras and while I won’t be attending any events locally, I may purchase a delicious King Cake which is my favorite little luxury to celebrate Mardi Gras. I used to order them directly from a bakery in New Orleans but nowadays, I can pick one up at my local bakery. Might…
Zebra put together a massive 33-piece journaling kit ($19.97, approx. 0.68 per pen with the washi and journal being free) from Costco stores: Standard Mildliners with chisel tip and bullet tips (set of 10) Mildliner Brush markers (set of 5) with flexible brush tip on one end and the bullet tip on the other Clickart…
This week we have a little good news and a little bad news. In the good news catergory, there are some great recaps of the California Pen Show down in “Other Interesting Things”. It seems that a good time was had by all this year and the show was a welcome respite from climate issues…
Following a Pen Addict Twitch stream, the supremely contagious refrain “Ink Pony Club” got stuck in Lisa of Olive Octopus Inks‘s head and lead to her creation of the an actual Ink Pony illustration that she has made available for you to download and print. She has run many types of paper through her trusty…
I have gotten some great feedback from my Sigils: Making Magic with Pens & Ink Workshop class that I taught at the California Pen Show. Several people have contacted me directly to tell me they enjoyed the workshop and Brad at The Pen Addict mentioned his experiences on the Pen Addict podcast this week. I’m…
Its next level cold here in the Midwest. And I brought back a lovely case of the sniffles from LA. Today is a good day to build a blanket fort, drink tea and just play in my notebooks but alas, duty calls! Hope you are staying warm and saving a little time to make yourself…
Another California Pen Show is in the books. I flew out last Thursday on a very bumpy ride. I taught classes on Friday and Saturday and flew home on Sunday. I don’t normally leave a show on Sunday but airline ticket prices were much less expensive to fly out on Sunday then to wait until…
