We pause our regularly scheduled Inkmas to announce a very special giveaway. A kind reader has an extra Hobonichi Techo (classic A6-sized, Monday Start for 2026) that she doesn’t need and asked that I give it to a reader. For full details on this planner, check out the full description on 1101. If you missed…
It’s that time of year — it’s Inkmas time again! We take this time each year to celebrate our love for ink and hopefully catch up on all some of the ink reviews we’ve put off all year. We’ll be doing quick reviews, comparisons and collection overviews — or whatever strikes our fancy. From now until…
12 Pen Person Questions List I’ve wanted to answer OliveOctopus’ #12PenPersonQuestions but haven’t had the time until now! As a newish contributor to The Well-Appointed Desk, I thought this could be the get-to-know Thien-Kim post. 1. If you consider the different ways you can engage with pens and stationery—as a user, a collector, a hobbyist,…
Share your love for stationery this holiday! To celebrate you and our wonderful stationery community, we are offering a special discount for Black Friday. All orders over $25 qualify for a 10% discount in our shop all day Friday, 11/28/25 (12:01AM-12:00 Central time). Use the coupon code BLKFRI25 to take advantage of this special offer.…
I was talking and thinking about my personal hang up with the words “grateful” and “gratitude”. I feel that that have been overused and become something that feels almost performative. But I believe in the concept of being grateful. I want to take time out of my day and my life to remember the good…
Fountain Pen Day is a huge celebration of the pen and stationery community and this year is no different. Not only do we want to offer you great deals but we also want to remind you to shop at all the other small businesses participating in the 2025 Fountain Pen Day events, sales and deals.…
First, Happy Halloween!!! May your day be filled with pumpkins, costumes and all the thrills and chills you can handle. I’m a fan of cute spooky, not scary spooky so I’m more Hello Kitty in a ghost costume than horror films. But I will be eating my weight in candy and drinking as much pumpkin…
