Fountain Pen Day is coming up on Friday this week and while I believe that everyday is Fountain Pen Day, this annual public celebration is a great way to increase the knowledge and love for fountain pens. Oh, and get some extra special deals from your favorite vendors. In honor of Fountain Pen Day, both…
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Link Love: Magic Brushes
Sometimes, the tools we use unlock the magic within us. It could be the kind of strokes they put on the paper, or sometimes its the color of the the ink or how it feels in our hand but this is the magic we are often looking for when we venture out into the world…
Link Love: The Sad News Edition
This week has been full of stationery melancholy following a stream of news from around the community. First, CW Pencils held a sidewalk sale over the weekend as a final farewell to their brick and mortar days. The website is still up so if there was ever a pencil you wanted, now is the time…
Link Love: Beyond Tired
Since returning from Indianapolis last week, I have been filling in at the college where I taught last year. I did this substitute teaching ON TOP OF working my day job. The class meets twice a week from 6-9pm. Yes, design classes meet for THREE HOURS and are still meeting largely on Zoom. As an…
Link Love: Wha-tober?
Normally, I am planning my Inktober projects at the first scents of PSLs wafting from the local Starbucks (which started in August this year) and starting plans for NaKniSweMo and reminding folks about NaNoWriMo which both start in November. However, between the Chicago Pen Show that happened last week and the wedding of one of…
Link Love: AMA with AOC
Stationery squad, assemble! In an organized and pleasing fashion! 🤗✒️✒️✒️ https://t.co/La4PHpIJIG — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 21, 2021 Thanks to reader @prettypreciouspumpkin for tipping us off to the AMA (ask me anything) with AOC (US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez). She showed off her three favorite pens and as a fellow lefty, we couldn’t agree more with…
Link Love: Squirrels in my ink
I can’t tell you how tickled I was when I saw the story about the young girl who rescued the baby squirrels after Hurricane Ida (below in “Other Interesting Things). It had to be the thing that brought me the most delight this week. That, and the re-broadcast of an episode of Every Little Thing…