There have been lots of rumors floating around about the Sailor Studio Ink collection and I have all the details for you. First, if you don’t know what I’m talking about, Sailor released the Studio Ink collection several years ago with 100 unique ink colors in 20ml bottles. Some of these inks were wildly popular…
Last week, I saw this in the Substack newsletter published by Greta Johnsen. In the spirit of abundance and also fatigue, I have a question for you this week: what can you take off your plate? Are you doing something you “have” to do that you could actually let go of? Does the idea of…
Inspired by a post on Inky Imaginings, I decided to accept the challenge and pick the 10 fountain pens I’d keep. I’m glad I didn’t have to include non-fountain pens in this list. This was a fun adventure and it was interesting to see that, for the most part, I picked similar pens from the…
The Trip We are back from the St. Louis Pen Show and we had a great time. I taught sooo many classes, Bob met so many people at the table and we ate soooo much good food. We got to spend time with friends and make lots of new ones too. While the St. Louis…
Here we go again! I’m setting off for St. Louis today with my my patient, kind husband who is spending his weekend standing on his feet, eating vegan food (he’s not a vegan, I am) and driving back and forth down I-70 (the sorriest strip of highway in America). What a good sport! We will…
Wow! I have gotten so many new things in the shop this week and restocked a bunch of favorites. Kitta Portable Decorative Tape Booklets First, we are now stocking the Kitta Portable sticker/washi booklets. Some designs are on traditional washi paper, others on clear PET, craft paper and even some on fluorescent paper! Each Kitta…
Just wanted to let you all know we continue to regularly add events, new dates and any updates to our Pen Show Schedule. Most recently, we have added two new Stationery-related events: the Northwest Stationery Fest (NWSF, which looks like Not Safe For Work to me because I keep inverting the letters) and a new…
