Pretty much if you paint something a lovely shade of mint green and sell it in an online stationery store, I’m probably going to buy it. So it was inevitable that I was going to have to have the Craft Design Technology HB Pencil set ($6.50). This set of three hexagonal mint green pencils are…
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Link Love: Pocket Notebooks & Pelikans
Pens: Montblanc M Fountain Pen (via The Pencil Case Blog) Pelikan Stola III (Fountain Pen, Rollerball, and Ballpoint) (via Pen Addict) Sneak Peek: Pelikan M805 Vibrant Blue (via Goulet Pens) TWSBI Eco (via Gentleman Stationer) Ink: Black Calligraphy Inks Comparison Part II: Bombay, Speedball, and Winsor & Newton (via The Postman’s Knock) Franklin-Christoph Franklin Green…
Review: Rhodiarama A5 Blank Webnotebook in Anise
I’ve been coveting the Rhodiarama A5 Webnotebook in anise for several months now. Stephanie at Rhodia Drive sent it over to me back in September after she interviewed me for the site. I’ve kept it wrapped safely in its cellophane for just the right moment to open it. Today was the day that I cracked…
Review: Koh-I-Noor Tri-Tone Colored Pencils
After going off the deep end last year about Magic Pencils, I pretty much bought every variation I could find of the multicolor lead pencils. I’m just fascinated with this sort of pencil. One of the items I purchased was the 24-Color set of Koh-I-Noor Tri-Tone Colored Pencils ($29.47 on Amazon). Each of 23 pencils…
Review: Leuchtturm 1917 Sketchbook
I recently discovered that Leuchtturm1917 makes a sketchbook notebook with 180gsm paper. I am sure this is to compete with Moleskine’s sketchbook line but since many people find Leuchtturm1917 to be superior, I wanted to test their sketchbook out for myself. I purchased the A5 sized hardcover in classic black on Amazon. The sketchbook version…
Friday Faves: Early Spring Inspiration
This week has been super busy so I decided to share five favorite things I found this week. These are not necessarily pen products but may be inspirational or productivity-related. I hope you like this little mini-post as a substitute to Fashionable Friday which will be back next week. Subscribe to awesome illustrator Kathy Weller’s…
Extended Review: Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor 36-color “set”
A couple of months ago, I got the Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor 18-color set and I really liked them so I set about acquiring the remaining 18 colors to have the full 36 color range available. Luckily, JetPens sells individual full pans of the Gansai Tambi Watercolors for $2.50-$3 (depending on the color) so I…