This week I’m working on a fun new chicken for The City Girl Farm, so it’s time for another ink + yarn palette. This yarn is mostly natural (white) with hints of tons of other colors. There’s a bright carrot orange, a pretty pea green, an orangey-red, and an aqua to name just a few.…
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It’s not easy being green.
Ana and I were chatting last night and we’ve noticed something about a lot of the limited edition, 2023 pens. Let me add a few photos… Did I miss the green for 2023 memo? There are a few interesting finds that aren’t green. For instance the Limited Edition Carousel from Ferris Wheel Press ($90 via…
A New Zealand Adventure
Greetings! I’m currently coming to you from the Sydney airport where I’m in a confusing state of the future and the international dateline muck! I’ve spent the last almost two weeks adventuring in New Zealand! (And I do mean adventuring: fjords, and runs and paragliding oh my!) I did take my trusty journal (Review here)…
A Valentine
Dear Well- Appointed Desk Readers: Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope you’re able to have a little fun today, even if it’s a dreary February day where you are. I just wanted to thank you for reading along with us at “the desk.” We love writing and reviewing products and getting to share our love of…
Show Recap: 2022 San Francisco Pen Show
You may have already seen a few San Francisco Pen Show recaps, wrap-ups, posts, or photos. So many people have covered the show from many different angles, but I wanted to show San Francisco from a slightly different viewpoint. I’ve been working with the Dromgooles at shows this summer, setting up a rack with only…
Did you miss me?
Apologies for one more non-stationery recap, but hopefully I’ll make up for it with gorgeous pictures. I got back about 1am last night (this morning?) from a 12-day trip to Norway. It was in a single word: amazing. I don’t think I’ve ever been to a more beautiful country. Every day we were surrounded by…
Analog Tools: Spinning wheels and the Tour de France
If’ I’m being really honest, my first love is not fountain pens and stationery; it’s knitting and yarn. But since many of us love analog tools, today I thought I’d share what I’m up to. Every year there’s this little bike race in France over the summer. And many years ago (early to mid 2000s),…