Once again, its time for InCoWriMo (pronounced as “Ink-o-rye-mo”), International Correspondence Writing Month. The goal of the project is to write one letter, card, note, or postcard everyday for the entire month of February. Just 28 little bits of correspondence. February is also known as LetterMo, as in A Month of Letters, a project started…
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Clutter & Objects Defined
Following my post about the organizing and de-cluttering book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, my darling friend Diane emailed me a considerably more useful list of potential clutter and object types. First, from the NYT’s Joshua Glenn’s Significant Objects project, there is sorting our non-functional objects into five categories : TOTEMS – are from…
Target Threshold Zip Pouch
This zippered pen and pencil case is another find from Target. It’s from their Threshold line and I found in with the office supplies and binders. The case is made from a heavy-duty canvas with a deep indigo color and casual dot pattern. It has one large zipper pocket for storing tools and then a…
Review: Lanier Classic Elite Fountain Pen
The fine folks over at MassDrop sent me a Lanier Classic Elite fountain pen around Christmas but somehow, the package got lost in the mail. So Lanier had to actually make me a new pen. It arrived last week and I wasn’t entirely sure what I would be getting. When I unwrapped the plain white…
Fashionable Friday: Kendi Everyday
Today’s Fashionable Friday was inspired by the casual-chic style of blogger Kendi Everday and this fab outfit in muted tones of blue, burgundy and bronze. Kaweco Sport Classic fountain pen dark brown, limited availability 17,95 € (via Fontoplumo) Pilot FriXion Ball 4 4-Color Gel Ink Multi Pen – 0.5 mm in Bordeaux $13.50 (via Jet…
Upcycled Soda Box Pencil Boxes
If you’re like me, sometimes you like to send pencils to pals. This tutorial and template to make a pencil box out of an old soda can box (or probably any large paperboard box like cereal, beer case, etc) will help keep those pencils safe in transit and look fab when they arrive. Slight modifications…
13 Things to Do With All Those Blank Notebooks
Over the holiday break I did a lot of tidying up around my home office/studio and one of the things I came across was the supply shop quantities of notebooks I have in my closet. Some I’ve taken out of the cellophane wrapper and tested for a review and then they languish in the cupboard.…