(Grace Townley’s tiny workspace. Photo by Jennifer Hack/Ink) In this week’s issue of the free weekly, Ink, there was a photo story of local KC workspaces. I love it when other people collect stories for me! There are more real workspaces to view in the article but these were my favorites.
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Coming Soon: New Postal-themed Rubber Stamps
Just wanted to let you know that I’ve got new stamp designs coming to the shop in the next week or so. The designs are postally-themed like the ones shown here plus a couple other new designs. These are all original designs based on the looks of vintage air mail envelopes and postage. Some will…
Link Love: Instagram Love
Acquired any new pens or office ephemera this week? Put your Instagram username in the comments so I can see your fresh goodies! And if you want to follow me, see the link in the sidebar.
The Napper’s Desk
Ever napped under your desk, or even just considered napping under your desk? Then you’ll appreciate this desk designed by Studio NL with a bulit-in nap cubby underneath it. When you’re productive, the nap pad creates the back wall of the desk. Swivel it down and fold open the end to have space for a…
Vintage Sheaffer Nib Chart Ad
While out antiquing this weekend, I found this ad for Sheaffer’s 14K gold nibs that included a range of all the nib widths that were available in 1950 when this ad was published. Quite a variety was available and I’m curious what exactly a “Flexible coarse” and a “Coarse” nib were. Any ideas?
Quote: Traveling Heart
If you use WordPress, you may have noticed the quotes that appear along the margin when you publish a post. The quote I received today was quite fitting as I plan to spend the afternoon replying to an enormous pile of letters. To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving…
Instagram Loves Office Supplies
I have been following lots of office supply geeks and letter writers, artists and designers and I just thought I’d share some of my favorite Instagram photos from the last few weeks. Clockwise from top right: Uppercase’s Crafting Supplies, Pencil drawing of Sug-ums by Eabaddeley, Caran D’ache candy colored mechanical pencils found at Greer Chicago…