I’m headed off to Dallas for the pen show tomorrow. If you’re attending the show, please come by the Dromgoole’s corner in the main ballroom and say hi. I’d love to see you! In Link Love news, its a very arty week and art markers get some serious love. USPS provides shipping guidelines for the…
I am slowly starting to feel better after a long bout of bronchitis and FluA (me and just about everyone else who went to the SF Pen Show. As I slowly come back to the world, get more energy and see my ever-growing to-do list, I agree with Rachel’s post that, right now, in our…
As an asthmatic, when I catch a cold, it turns into full-fledged bronchitis. I have all the meds on-hand from my doctor since I’ve been through this for decades but the recovery time is long and slow. I have to let my body recover and, as anyone who runs a small business can tell you,…
I’m in the last-dash packing stage getting ready to fly out for the SF Pen Show. I’m excited to spend time with my West Coast Pen Friends and see how crazy the SF show will be this year. If you’re coming to the show, be prepared for the crowds. Deep breaths, pack snacks and water…
With every week that I do Link Love, I see and feel transitions in the types of posts I find. Lately, I’ve seen a shift towards the paper part of our hobby. As the vessel for our thoughts, ideas, plans and memories, paper can often be the most important part of the stationery hobby. Whether…
Often when I work for Dromgoole’s at a pen show, I will have several people ask for the same ink. Inevitably, an influencer or two will have posted about a particular ink. Sometimes its a video or a TikTok but when I was setting up Link Love, I found out why I had dozens of…
This week is the end of the Yoseka Stationery Fest in Brooklyn and, for many of us, counting down the hours and days until the two largest pen shows in the US — the DC Supershow and the SF Pen Show. As we prepare for the upcoming shows, check out our special “Pen Show Prep”…
