Last minute correction, I didn’t match the comments to the email addresses for one winner. Luckily, she caught my mistake and everything is A-OK! Sorry for the confusion! What are the odds that the random number generator would pick 3 winners all requesting different sized Endless Pen Companion cases on the first try?!?!? Today, the…
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Giveaway Winner: Pelikan Hub Goodie Bag
Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway. As always, I wish I had enough for everyone. But alas, I can only pick one. The random number generator says Lea: Congratulations Lea! I hope you’ll enjoy it!
Top Ten Notebooks
This Top Ten list has been updated in Sept. 2023 and divided into a couple categories now to better differentiate between types of options. There are hundreds of notebooks on the market and everyone has a preference on size and format but when people are just dipping their toe into the world of higher end…
Pelikan Hub Recap and GIVEAWAY
Last Friday, September 22, Ana and I attended the Pelikan Hub here in Kansas City. If you’re not familiar with Pelikan Hubs, where have you been? Just kidding. The Pelikan Hubs are held in September and are basically a fun pen party “hosted” by Pelikan. Pelikan sends boxes of goodies out to different cities (each…
Shop News: Pen and Ink De-stash (and new products!)
Over the last week or so, I’ve been slowly updating the shop. First, I have added more pen clean out and ink destashing. Patrons get advanced notice when I do stationery cupboard clean outs so if you join the Patreon, you too can get first dibs when I clear out my ever-expanding pen, paper and…
Show Recap: Orlando Pen Show
Do people write posts analyzing second year pen shows? 2022 was the first year for the Orlando Pen Show and I have seen plenty of posts looking at the event – did it live up to the hype? Did it have any new events or features? But I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a…
Pen Show Recap: SF Pen Show
(My cat Apple makes sure there’s plenty of room for stowaways in R2’s secret compartment.) This recap from the SF Pen Show is really going to be a photo dump. There was SOOOOOO much to see and do: a whole wall of nib grinders in one hallway, an engraver from Waldmann doing on site engraving,…