Strangely, for a fan of all things paper-and-pen/cil, I’ve been thinking a lot about my digital tools recently. I’ve been fiddling with which music player is best for me, what task manager can get me off the panic precipice as well as all the other digital tools I need to stay organized and productive like…
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Link Love: Pen-demonium
This week is full of pen reviews, particular fountain pens which is so fitting since tomorrow is Fountain Pen Day. So if you don’t have a fountain pen yet, check out all these reviews and maybe you’ll find your new favorite. Pens: Lamy Vista Rollerball pen (via Pens! Paper! Pencils!) Twsbi 580 AL Fountain Pen…
Review: Productive Luddite Notebooks Part 2
This is part two of the Productive Luddite notebook reviews. If you didn’t get a chance to read Part One, check it out. The first up is the Blog Paper notebook ($14.95). Its another soft cover book with 108 pages between the 7×10″ glossy black covers. (I completely forgot to photograph the cover so I’m…
Ink Review: J. Herbin Poussière de Lune
If you’d told me five years ago that I would like purple inks, I would have scoffed. The older, wiser me nods agreeably. “Indeed, there are some purple inks I do quite like.” J. Herbin’s Poussière de Lune (Moon Dust Purple) is one such purple. This is another ink I purchased in the little…
Fountain Pen Day: Nov. 7
Fountain Pen Day is Friday, November 7th 2014. The first Friday in November is a day to celebrate, promote and share the love of fountain pens with the world. Celebrate in your own way by writing with your fountain pens. If you don’t own one, November 7th is the perfect day to go out and…
Faber-Castell Neon Pink Pencil Set
The last time I was in my local pen shop, The Pen Place, I saw this box set of Faber-Castell Grip pens in neon pink sitting on a high shelf. I made the clerks pull the box down for me and I insisted on taking them home. The box set included three neon pink triangular-shaped…
Fashionable Friday: It Was a Dark & Stormy Desk
I had such fun finding spooky, Halloween-y office goodies: from H.P. Lovecraf-tian Octo-mugs to owl paper clips, your desk can be full of things that will remind you you never know what might go bump in the night. Maybe these will inspire you to write your first ghost story? (Sources listed below in no particular…