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Inspired by an abundance of orange love last night amongst the pen-erati, today is all about the love of orange. It all started with a bright orange Magpul phone case, a Sailor Professional Gear fountain pen and a Franklin Christoph 66 Stabilis eyedropper filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu-Gaki ink. Lamy AL-star copperorange fountain pen (special…

April showers bring May flowers. And color too. Hunter Original Wellies in Lavender $158 (via Hunter US) Uni Style Fit 5 Color Multi Pen Body in Metallic Pink $4.25 (via Jet Pens) Uni-ball Signo 0.38 mm Black Ink Light Pink Body (via Jet Pens) Exotic Pencils of Caran d’Ache: Fourth Edition $30 (via Pencils.com) Filofax…

One of my favorite books is William Gibson’s Pattern Recognition. The main character Cayce Pollard has a very distinct style and her clothing is described in the books as CPUs — Cayce Pollard Units. What would her pen-and-paper supplies look like? Simple, clean and logo-free, mostly black, grey and silver, and of course, useful. William…

Spring is finally here in the Midwest and all my thoughts are to bright floral colors, and days laying in the grass plotting out my next adventure. Midori style Traveler’s Notebook in green nubuck leather, available in regular or passport size prices start at $20.57 (via Pebredori on Etsy) RETRAKT in pink anodized aluminum $45…

This weekend is the annual Kansas City Planet Comicon and I’m so excited (yet again). So, this week’s “Fashionable Friday” is geek-centric. Apologies to the liberties I took with the color names. But it did make me think, “Why isn’t anyone doing any geek-themed ink colors?” This is a niche that NEEDS to be filled.…

I just ordered a Tom Bihn Swift tote ($90). Its a bag especially designed for knitters to tote projects. The fabric is smooth so it won’t pill the sweater you’re wearing. There are pockets to store notions and no pesky zipper to snag yarn. The Swift tote comes with a small Yarn Stuff Sack to…