I love vintage staplers. They are good looking and often still work after all these years. Some of my favorite vintage staplers take the difficult-to-find TOT staples. Well, I took a chance and got a packet of Max No. 10 staples in green (of course) and lo and behold they fit and work perfectly in…
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Review: Rhodia No. 18 Uni-Blank Pad
I’ve finally been wooed into trying the Rhodia pads for pen and ink reviews. I chose the Rhodia Pad No. 18 ($14.50) with the black cover. The large size (8.25″ x 11.75″) gives me plenty of real estate. The pages tear from the top with a smooth microperf and the cover folds neatly out of…
Office Supply Whimsy
While surfing around ModCloth looking for stationery, I found some other goodies for the office and for the office supply geek. First, there is the cookie-inspired USB cup warmer. I’ve been grumbling about my coffee or tea cooling off and I have one open USB port left on my office computer. Solution? At $14.99, it…
Notecards for All
In the last week of InCoWriMo and A Month of Letters, I am seriously starting to deplete my stash of writing paper and notecards. While I love florals and pretty cards, I have a lot of male correspondents and prefer to send cards they might find appealing. I think Chronicle Books is great at providing…
Ask The Desk: Notebook Questions
Sandy asks: Can you please explain what is meant by “volant” and “cahier” in regards to noyebook types? Especially volant, I do not get why a notebook is called by these two names. What am I looking for when I want one of these? Cahier and Volant are terms Moleskine uses to describe two of…
Pencil Print
5-color pencil question mark screenprint, £40 by Jportch. Edition limited to 25. (via Jportch)
Field Notes for Memory Keeping
While traveling, I used a Field Notes to keep my thoughts, names of places, restaurants and people, as well as pasting in receipts, business cards and various paper ephemera. I stamped the date and the name of the event on the front of the the Field Notes before I left. I added the squashed penny…