Review by Tina Koyama When I first saw it, I was immediately thrilled by the rich plum color of the new Plumchester Square Sketchbook – with a yellow-gold elastic and matching ribbon bookmark! I don’t know about you, but I don’t see nearly enough of the purple/gold complement anywhere, much less the stationery world. Let’s…
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Fashionable Friday: La la land
Seems only fitting that this week’s theme be LA-centric with the LA Pen Show being in full swing (pun fully intended) and Lalaland up for 14 Academy Awards and the Oscars are next week. So, the walk of stars are on my mind. I haven’t gotten to see the film La La Land yet but…
Pen Review: Weight of Words Fountain Pen (Fine Nib)
This morning I noticed several other people posting about their YStudio The Weight of Words Brassing Portable Fountain Pens so it must be in the air this week. These somewhat rare little gems from Taiwan seem to be making their way around the world and ending up in the hands of many fountain pen fans.…
Letter Writing Call To Arms!
I have two big news items I wanted to share and they were too important to wait. The first is the new Love Letter America web site. Artists are creating postcards you can download and send to you representatives to tell them the reasons you love your country and the values you want them to…
Link Love: Two Sides of a Lamy 2000
Pens: Visconti Van Gogh Fountain Pen (via Pens! Paper! Pencils!) Pilot Vanishing Point Ballpoint Pen – Gunmetal (via Clicky Post) TiScribe Bolt (via Inkdependence) Nib Novice, Part 8: Platinum Preppy Conversion (via Pens and Junk) Lamy 2000 – when utility and design come together (via The Clumsy Penman’s Inkfusion Site) The Lamy Horror Picture Show…
Pencil Review: All the Blackwing Volumes (thus far)
This has been a post I’ve been planning for a long time. I wanted to compare and test all seven of the Blackwing Editions that have been released thus far against one another. The rub was that I didn’t start my subscription until the second edition, No. 1138. So, thankfully, a kind knitter on Ravelry…
Kickstarter: DUO Everyday Ballpoint Pen and Stylus
One of the most recent Kickstarter projects to cross my path is the DUO Ballpoint Pen and Stylus. It’s a slim aluminum, twist retractable ballpoint pen with a stylus tip on the reverse end. For my tech-savvy friends out there, the stylus is a 6mm Wacom Bamboo Stylus tip and actually works really well on…