I am headed to Charm City tomorrow to help the Dromgoole’s at the BWI Pen Show. But I gotta ask, why isn’t the Baltimore Pen Show called The Charm City Pen Show? That just seems like such a fun name for a pen show?!!? Come find me, say hello and bring me your most challenging…
I need to start by saying that my February started off with a lot of enthusiasm and then kind of went off the tracks within two weeks. The trip to LA for the pen show threw my schedule off quite a bit and then I had some personal upsets that left me feeling a little…
Next week is Mardi Gras and while I won’t be attending any events locally, I may purchase a delicious King Cake which is my favorite little luxury to celebrate Mardi Gras. I used to order them directly from a bakery in New Orleans but nowadays, I can pick one up at my local bakery. Might…
Zebra put together a massive 33-piece journaling kit ($19.97, approx. 0.68 per pen with the washi and journal being free) from Costco stores: Standard Mildliners with chisel tip and bullet tips (set of 10) Mildliner Brush markers (set of 5) with flexible brush tip on one end and the bullet tip on the other Clickart…
This week we have a little good news and a little bad news. In the good news catergory, there are some great recaps of the California Pen Show down in “Other Interesting Things”. It seems that a good time was had by all this year and the show was a welcome respite from climate issues…
Following a Pen Addict Twitch stream, the supremely contagious refrain “Ink Pony Club” got stuck in Lisa of Olive Octopus Inks‘s head and lead to her creation of the an actual Ink Pony illustration that she has made available for you to download and print. She has run many types of paper through her trusty…
I have gotten some great feedback from my Sigils: Making Magic with Pens & Ink Workshop class that I taught at the California Pen Show. Several people have contacted me directly to tell me they enjoyed the workshop and Brad at The Pen Addict mentioned his experiences on the Pen Addict podcast this week. I’m…
