I cannot believe how quickly four days passed. The Atlanta Pen Show 2016 was four action-packed days of making tons of new friends, seeing old friends, and, of course, looking at all sorts of wallet-emptying pens, inks, paper and other wonderful goodies! To give a quick timeline, we arrived in Atlanta on Thursday afternoon and…
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Live From Atlanta! Pen Addict Episode #200
Saturday, April 16th, 6:00 pm (Doors at 5:30): The Pen Addict Podcast, Episode #200 LIVE Brad and Myke are recording episode #200 of the Pen Addict podcast and I have the honor of sitting third chair beside two of the best guys in the pen community. If you are in Atlanta AND attending the Pens…
Hmmm… Moleskine gets into the Digital Pen Market
Moleskine has introduced its Smart Writing Set, a notebook and digitally-enabled pen that works in combination with an app that syncs with the Moleskine Notes app, Google Drive or Evernote. The notebook is designed with rounded pages to look more like the shape of a tablet. Maybe to visually differeniate it from the regular notebooks?…
Giveaway Winner: Winsor & Newton Watercolor Markers
Big thanks to JetPens for providing a set of 6 colors of the Winsor & Newton Watercolor Markers in a metal storage box for my giveaway this week. Despite some technical difficulties on Saturday there were still a healthy number of entries and an exciting interest in seeing more about watercolor and art supplies here…
Giveaway Winner: Lamy Dark Lilac Safari from Fontoplumo
Thanks so much to Fontoplumo for generously offering the Lamy Safari Dark Lilac Limited Edition fountain pen to one of the lucky readers of The Well-Appointed Desk. All the wonderful spring comments, from blooming cherry blossoms, to pollen-covered cars, were fun to read and made me want to see Spring in every single city and…
Podcast: Pen Addict #197 Secret Society of Enablers
Myke and Brad are joined by Ana Reinert of The Well-Appointed Desk to get ready for the 2016 Atlanta Pen Show! We also get through a huge list of follow up and have fun with our #AskAna segment. Come on over and listen to episode 197 and get excited about the pen show if you’re…
Article: Don’t Write Off The Pen
My darling Dad sent me this article about the pen industry, including a short interview with the owner of Century Pens in downtown Chicago who was an absolute sweetheart to me last year when I went in to shop. It’s a good article about the good, the bad and the luxury in the pen industry.…