Jennifer asks: I am completely ignorant in regards to gel pens. But my daughter (who is in 6th grade) is only asking for 3 things for Christmas and one of them is gel pens. Since she is not asking for much I wanted to get her some really great ones, but I quickly got overwhelmed.…
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Giveaway Winner: Pilot Metropolitan Retro Pop from Goulet Pens
Thanks so much to everyone who entered the Pilot Metropolitan Retro Pop Giveaway generously hosted by Goulet Pens this week. And thanks for entertaining me with all your color memories and suggestions for future Retro Pop colors. Maybe Pilot will stumble across these posts and hear our requests! Most entertaining lime green color comparisons were:…
Fashionable Friday: Pantone Colors of the Year 2016: Rose Quartz & Serenity
For 2016, Pantone has decided that two colors will be the colors of the year: Rose Quartz and Serenity, a soft peachy pink and a cornflower blue. Here’s a quote from the official site about why they feel these colors will best represent 2016: For the first time Pantone introduces two shades, Rose Quartz and…
Pen Review: Pilot Multi Ball
I found the Pilot Multi Ball pen in a subscription kit I received this week. Its not a pen I’d ever seen before but it turns out to be one I could easily pick up at JetPens for $1.65. Its a fine tipped rollerball and what I didn’t realize until after I wrote my review…
Link Love: Retro Pop Love
Pens: Pilot Metropolitan Pop Review and Giveaway (via Pen and Journal Passions) Pilot Metropolitan Retro Pop (via Pen Addict) Video: Aurora Optima Auroloide (via The Pen Habit) Montblanc M Fountain Pen (via Gourmet Pens) Omas Ogiva Cocktail Fountain Pen – Stub (via Gourmet Pens) Conklin Stylograph mosaic fountain pen (via A Fool With a Pen)…
Pen Review: Sakura Ballsign Neon & Pastel Sets
I tend to get afflicted with pen obsessions and my current passion is all things Sakura Ballsign. Poor pens with the stupid names but good grief are they fabulous to write with! At first, I thought Ballsign the shape was a little odd — sort of an elongated teardrop shape that was a little bulbous…
Pen Review: Pilot Metropolitan Retro Pop
I can’t believer how long Pilot waited to release the brightly colored line of their Metropolitan pens known as Retro Pop. The Retro Pop line offers six fabulous colors of the brushed aluminum bodies: red, orange, lime green, turquoise, purple and grey. And the pens are available as both fountain pens and rollerballs. I had…