This Old House pulled together a list of ten uses for a pencil when tackling household projects. Have you tried any of these? I also stake houseplants that have started to lean with a pencil. But you suspected that, didn’t you? (shoutout to Skylab Letterpress for the tip)
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My Favorite Pencils: Tombow 8900, Faber-Castell Grip 2001 and Palomino Blackwing 602
Since I’ve been talking about pencils all week, I thought I’d come clean and tell you my favorite pencils. They are, of course, on the higher-end of the pencil spectrum, in other words not cheap and not usually available at your local big box office supply store. But I think they are worth the effort…
General’s Cedar Pointe #333 2HB Pencil Review
I remain a loyal fan of General Pencil Company. They are one of the few remaining American pencil manufacturers and their pencil products support both daily use pencils as well as art-related pencils. The Cedar Pointe #333 is a classic hexagonal incense cedar pencil with no lacquer added so it smells like cedar and is…
Musgrave Pencil Co.
Pencils.com just started stocking pencils from the Musgrave Pencil Co. Musgrave is almost 100 years old and is still manufacturing their pencils out of their factory in Shelbyville, TN. Pencils.com is stocking the test scoring pencil (shown above), an assortment of jumbo pencils for young writers and a red/blue combination pencil. $2.25-$3.50 per dozen. (via…
Pencil Week: DIY Origami Paper-Coverd Pencils
If you, like me, have a whole mess of mismatched B-grade pencils, this tutorial will show you step-by-step, how to cover them up to create a matching set of pencils. Perfect for the jar on your desk or in your kitchen.
Link Love: Pencil Week
In honor of my self-appointed Pencil Week, this week’s Link Love is all pencil related. Gepetto Pencil Sharpener (via Dave’s Mechanical Pencils) Pencil Case (okay, you could pens in it too) (via Rhodia Drive) Pencil Photography by Lisa Cargile (via Pencil Revolution) I Steal Pencils from Ikea Flickr Group (via Pencil Revolution) Favorite Pencil Blogs:…
The Royal We “These Machines Kill Fascists” Pencil Roll
Inside this natural canvas roll is a message to political action or social change. Unroll it and it reveals a hand silkscreen printed message “These Machines Kill Fascists” and ten brand new pencils emblazoned with their own individual message in black foil on a classic yellow-orange pencil: “This machine kills Fascists”. Curious where the expression…