When I spotted these Bic Intensity Marker Pens in a set of seven colors at my local big box office supply store, I couldn’t resist trying them out. Its not often that I spy something in the big box store that I can’t resist. I could tell form the moment I picked up the blister…
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Fashionable Friday: Embrace the Pink
This week I was inspired by my new ‘do and some of my favorite designers at Fall Fashion Week, like Kate Spade, Banana Republic and Chanel. That is to say that PINK is the color of the week. From fabulous fuchsia office accessories from Poppin, to the Simplified Planner pink is my IT color. It…
From The Archives: Papermate Flair
After attending Mike Rohde’s Sketchnotes Workshop, I rekindled my love for the PaperMate Flair. When we arrived for the workshop, each student was given a notebook and a PaperMate Flair. I hadn’t looked at or used one of these pens in a decade at least. The PaperMate Flair is a simple, medium felt tip pen…
Link Love: Notebooks Abound!
Pens: Kaweco AL Sport (via The Finer Point) Lamy Accent fountain pen (via United Inkdom) Faber-Castell Ambition OpArt Aqua Fountain Pen (via Gourmet Pens) TWSBI 580AL Fountain Pen (via Ed Jelley) Edison Collier Fountain Pen (via Pencilcase Blog) Why Your TWSBI Eco Won’t Break (via Dave Rea) Designing the Popper Nine Lives (via Retro 51)…
Review: Sharpie Gel Highlighters
In my recent wanderings in the local big box office supply store, I came across the Sharpie Gel Highlighters. I’d been meaning to try these out for some time so I grabbed a three-pack with one each of yellow, orange and pink highlighter. The Sharpie Gel highlighters have an unusual oval shaped barrel that is…
22 Planner Alternatives to a Filofax
There are a lot more options for planning than Filofax or other ring-bound planners. And the reality is that each one of us has unique needs when it comes to staying on top of everything. We have work projects, appointments, personal to-do’s, family activities, long-term goals, and many other things in our lives that we…
Link Love: Quo Vadis Planning Addendum
I’ve got a whole lot of Quo Vadis love going on right now. So much so that it felt like it deserved its very own shout-out. If you are not familiar with Quo Vadis, they are a division of the Clairefontaine/Rhodia/Quo Vadis paper dynasty specializing in agendas and planners and, of course, the delicious Quo…