I know this is a little early but with Thanksgiving and the official Black Friday start to holiday shopping just around the corner, I thought it was as good a time as any to talk about how awesome stationery supplies are as stocking stuffers. Whether you are filling a stocking for a pen collector or…
Happy Fountain Pen Day, friends! I hope you are having a chance to play with your pens, get a good deal from any of the many vendors offering special pricing, and all the wonderful things. In honor of Fountain Pen Day, we have a special giveaway! We are giving away (1) one Pilot Custom 74…
Nicole S over on Pen Addict Slack asked me (and other pen community bloggers) to give a shout out for her survey on inks and whether they are wet or dry. Nicole S is a physicist and has tamed up with a rheologist to look at characteristics of ink. Part of this is determining how…
Were you one of the cool kids in elementary school or middle school or even high school who had access to markers that could change color? These markers came with several saturated colors and a marker with no color. But if you wrote with the colorful markers and then used the marker with no color…
The Yuki Cat Collection is absolutely my favorite surface design print that I’ve ever seen from Rickshaw. I love to collect bags and cases for my pens and traveling tools. I ran (not walked) to get the Banzai Bag ($89). Okay, I made a friend RUN for it but still… usually I have a little…
Pen shows are an amazing opportunity to meet up with like-minded pen users, pen friends, and pen vendors. Most attendees visit one or two shows in a year, many times due to the distance that must be traveled to the show venue. But with the newest shows added to the pen show circuit, there are…
One of the presents that Ana brought me from the San Francisco Pen Show was one of the new Esterbrook “Write Your Story” Journals ($39.99 at Esterbrook). This looks like the perfect journal for me so I’m eager to dig in! The Esterbrook “Write Your Story” journals are a collaboration between Esterbrook and lettering artist…
