The BigiDesign Ti Arto Pen is touted as the most refill friendly pen and when it was announced on Kickstarter last year, I was all in from the moment they said go. As the queen of refill hacking, the idea of having a pen capable of accepting 200+ refills without having to do any manipulation,…
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Review: Marvy LePlume II Brush Markers
Guest review by Tina Koyama Before I got heavily into colored pencils, watercolor brush pens were my coloring medium of choice. It’s hard to resist the huge range of intense, saturated colors many of them come in. Tombow Dual-Brush Pens were my gateway drug, and I managed to acquire quite a few of the line’s…
Giveaway Winner: Write Your Own Adventure Planner 2017
Congratulations to the winner in the Write Your Own Adventure Giveaway. Our random number generator picked: Jenn Dee! Good luck on all your adventures, Jenn, great and small. A wedding in Korea sounds like it will be a blast. And Korean stationery stores will be on your itinerary too, right? I hope everyone gets a…
Fashionable Friday: Happy Hygge
With the cold, (and in my case) snowy days and long, dark nights of winter officially settling in, the Danish concept of Hygge (pronounced “HOO-gah, like a football cheer in a Scandinavian accent” according to the NYTimes) seems a fitting, if slightly odd, topic for Fashionable Friday. However, the concept of Hygge is all about coziness and…
Book Review: Stationery Fever
Stationery Fever: From Paper Clips to Pencils and Everything in Between by John Z. Komurki is a large book reminiscent of a text book in size and format filled with articles about pencils, erasers, pens, notebooks and assorted office and stationery supplies. It is filled with beautiful photography of items, some provided by artful stationery…
Link Love: Resolutions & Round-Ups
For the stationery, pen and ink community, the end of the year means new planners, prepping for February’s InCoWriMo/LetterMo and of course, our own version of round-ups, resolutions and Top 5/10/whatever lists. They are all accounted for here this week, so pour yourself a hot cup of your favorite beverage and enjoy. Looking Forward &…
Giveaway: Write Your Own Adventure Planner 2017
Several months ago I decided to back the Kickstarter campaign for the Emma Kate Co. Write Your Own Adventure Planner for 2017 but couldn’t decide if I wanted the grey or pink version so like the planner junkie than I am, I ordered both of them. And customs and international post being what they are, the…