If you love vintage typewriters, you’ll enjoy this tour of Pieritz in Oak Park which is filled with wonderful old machines. The tour is led by vintage aficionado Bradley Paul during a recent Letter Writers Alliance Letter Writing Social.
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Mini Letterpress Notebooks
Heather Smith Jones has created a collection of pocket-sized Stockman notebooks letterpress printed with array of vintage farming images. There are four different designs and contain 40 pages. Each book is a petite 2 5/8″ x 4 1/4″ — perfect for pocket or purse. $5 each.
Link Love: Inks, RETRAKT and general pen love
The BIG NEWS: If you are interested in the Karas Kustoms RETRAKT project on Kickstarter, check out the Karas Kustoms blog , Clicky Post and From the Pen Cup or my short write-up and goofy video. Brad over at Pen Addict tries a vintage Esterbrook LJ with 9284 stub nib. Johnny at Pencil Revolution reviews…
A Ladies EDC
Men have the advantage of having pockets in just about every garment they wear. Their trousers have pockets; be they jeans, chinos or cargo shorts (extra capacity!). Their shirts have pockets, and sometimes even their t-shirts have pockets. But we ladies face the challenge of where to put our phone, cash, cards and keys. Most…
Floral Bomb Winner Announced!
The last of the seven giveaway is here at last. Lots of lovely flowers here this time of year inspired this grouping. The winning number: Congratulations, Suzanne! I’ll be contacting you via email to make arrangements. And thanks to everyone who entered the drawings this past week. I hope everyone had fun!
Kickstarter: RETRAKT
Karas Kustoms has launched their latest Kickstarter project, the RETRAKT. It is a retractable pen, hand-machined from metal that takes standard Pilot G2 refills. Like their earlier projects the Render K and the Bolt, the RETRAKT is an incredibly crafted piece. The folks at Karas Kustoms sent me the amazing brass edition of the RETRAKT.…
Review: Staedtler Ink Refill Cartridges
It had never occurred to me to look for interesting ink cartridges at the local office supply store. Until now… I happened to glance across the aisle at my nearest Office Depot to discover that they stock various pen refills (lots of Parker-style refills, FYI) and noticed all the way at the bottom of the…