Today is the third anniversary of The Well-Appointed Desk. In that time, I’ve posted over 1800 times, reviewed dozens of pens, notebooks and other office supplies, given away lots of goodies and made tons of new friends. I am amazed that I find new things to talk about every day! To celebrate, I am going…
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Field Notes Night Sky Edition
Whenever the folks over at Coudal announce a new edition of the Colors series, the frenzy to get a set (or four) begins. I am lucky enough to have a subscription so as soon as the emails go out announcing the latest series, I know at least two sets of the books are winging their…
June Ink Drop Reveal?
This month, Goulet Pens decided to trip up the Ink Drop subscribers with a “What’s in a Name?” theme. In other words, they send unlabelled vials and its our chance to guess the colors. If you guess correctly and enter your guess into the contest on Ink Nouveau, you could win a bottle of the…
Link Love: Book It, Dan-o
Pens, Pencils and Inks Monteverde Invincia Deluxe Nighthawk (F nib) (via From the Pen Cup) Papermate InkJoy Quatro Review (The Clicky Post) Pencil Quiver (via My Pen Needs Ink) Retro 51 Tornado Snapper Pen Review (The Clicky Post) Noodlers Inks with a Dip Pen (via JustDaveyB) Notebooks Kapdaa Offcuts Notebook Review (via Notebook Stories) Questions…
DIY Vintage Book Tablet Covers
My BFF Rebecca (AKA Squirrel Junkie) is a genius. She made tablet covers from old hardback book covers. She walks you through all the steps needed to create your own vintage book cover for your favorite digital device. Vintage style, modern tools. Brilliant!
Ink Inventory
While testing out my new Quo Vadis Habana notebook with bright white paper, I decided to do swab tests of every single bottle of ink I currently own. To be fair, most of my ink was a recent acquisition thanks to Julie at Pens Paper Inks…Whatever. I won her giveaway for a mystery box of…