I was serious last week when I said I bought the Kipling 100 Pens Case. I found it on sale at the Kipling USA website in the dragonfly pattern but they offer new patterns every season as well as an assortment of solids. The 100 Pens Case retail for about $49 but can be found…
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Review: Cognitive Surplus Notebooks
Several weeks ago, I stumbled across the Cognitive Surplus notebooks which feature grid paper on the left hand page and lined paper on the right. It sparked a lot of interest so the folks at Cognitive Surplus were kind enough to send me a couple books to try out. I received the Languages & Alphabets…
Getting Creative with Online Classes
I recently mentioned my desire to take some art classes and spend more time being creative this summer. In my hunt for the right classes for me, I found a lot of great online resources for learning new creative skills (and even some technical skills!). I thought I’d share some of the resources in case…
Fashionable Friday: National Donut Day
In honor of National Donut Day, I’ve decided that the most important fashion is what coffee will go best with your donut selection. So today, find a nice place to sit and enjoy your coffee and donut, then pull out your notebook or planner and your favorite writing tools and plot your sugar-high, over-caffeinated world…
Wahl-Eversharp Skyliner 50 Fountain Pen Set in Menthol
While I was in Atlanta, I finally got to see the new Wahl-Eversharp fountain pens up close and personal. The whole line is such a great homage to the original pen designs. There are a lot of different variations available of the Skyline design but all the details are right. My biggest dilemma was deciding…
Link Love: Sketch, Plan and Bag Dump
Pens: Franklin-Christoph: Eyedropper Mania! (via Gentleman Stationer) Waterman Carene Black Sea Fountain Pen (via Unroyal Warrant) Kuretake Zig Cartoonist Mangaka Outline Pen 003 (via Pen Addict) The Nakaya elastic nib FAQ (via Leigh Reyes) Ink: Noodler’s Nikita (via Inkdependence) J. Herbin Vert Pre (via Peninkcillin) Color Redundancy Or Too Much Of A Good Thing (via…
Pigment Pen Comparison (AKA Archival, Waterproof, Felt Tip Pens)
Felt tip (aka, fiber tip, pigment pens, archival pens, etc) are some of my favorite writing and drawing tools. A couple years ago I did a Showdown of some of the pens I had in my collection but I thought it was time to take another look at these inexpensive and endlessly usable pens. This…