Just 25 miles west of Kansas City is the college town of Lawrence, Kansas. On the main drag of Massachusetts Street are all sorts of restaurants, bars, and shops. We drive over a couple times a year to visit. There’s a great ramen shop, guitar shop, yarn shop and there’s always new shops popping up.…
Shop Updates: If you’ve been waiting to purchase a Col-o-ring, the wait is over! The shop is not only stocked with Col-o-ring books but we are adding other products back to the inventory as well including some choice stationery goodies like the Star Chart note cards. These cards are a joint-venture from Skylab Letterpress and…
I plan to do reviews of many of the products I purchased at the local eye candy, shop-of-wonders, Maker Goods, but I thought I’d tantalize you with a photo first. Proprietor and woman-of-many-talents, Felicia Koloc hand marbelled the fabric and then beautifully stitched the pencil case pictured above. She also makes them in leather but…
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…
Karas Kustoms is a small pen manufacturer that started life as a custom machine shop. When machinist Bill Karas teamed up with designer Dan Bishop, a relationship developed that eventually led to the creation of their very first pen – the iconic Render K. The success of the Render K spurred the creation of several…
Fontoplumo has been a loyal supporter of The Well-Appointed Desk and is often my first source of news about new European pen products from Lamy, Kaweco, Caran D’ache, Delta and more. Fontoplumo offers great customer service and quick delivery all over the world. AND Fontoplumo has extended the discount code for Well-Appointed Desk readers. All…
Portland-based, Hand Eye Supply has created the site Desk Inspired to feature short interviews and photos of workspaces of some very interesting creative folks. The articles feature the tools and methods they use in order to be creative each day. The photography is gorgeous and many of their favorite work tools are available for purchase…
