Oh, yes. Its that time of year. Black Friday deals and sales. It’s time to take advantage of the best deals from all your favorite pen shops. And it’s time to send links to your friends and loved ones and tell them “buy me this!” for the holidays too. I thought I’d help you out…
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Hot Off The Press: I Got Sh*t To Do Notepads
After an impassioned conversation with my husband about how I wanted a really good notepad to put into my planner that went something like this: “I need a really good notepad… you know with a tear-off glue edge to make lists?” “For what?” “Because I … well, I got shit to do!” “That’s what it…
Kickstarter: Baron Fig Squire Pen
After successfully launching their Confidant notebooks, Baron Fig has decided to tackle the pen market now too. Today, they launched their first entry into the pen market, The Squire. The simple design, aluminum pen is available in two finishes: silver and charcoal to match their signature notebooks. The Squire features a twist mechanism to reveal…
Winner: Kaweco Brass Sport Giveaway
Thanks so much to Fontoplumo for sponsoring our Fountain Pen Day giveaway. The Kaweco Brass Sport is a much coveted pen and many congrats to our winner: Congrats, Linda! I will be contacting you via email to make arrangements for shipping and thanks to everyone who participated in Fountain Pen Day. Let’s keep the celebration…
Hobonichi Techo 2016
I’m so excited to let you know that JetPens is stocking Hobonichi Techo planners for 2016 in the A6 size. And they are currently in stock! I got the fabulous blue-green canvas cover with the 2016 planner ($47 for the combo). There are four other color options for cover options available from JetPens: black, navy,…
Fountain Pen Day Giveaway: Kaweco Brass Sport from Fontoplumo
In honor of the third annual Fountain Pen Day which is Friday, Nov. 6, Fonotoplumo has kindly offered one Kaweco Brass Sport to giveaway to one lucky reader of The Well-Appointed Desk. There are lots of other special deals, giveaways and other festivities to show off our collective fountain pen pride all over the internet…
On A Personal Note: Pain Threshold
Over the past several months, I’ve developed what I’ve come to discover are cluster headaches. At first, I thought it was just weird migraines. But I could not bounce back from them and the frequency was starting to rival re-runs of The Simpsons. I knew something wasn’t right. So I’ve been trying a lot of…