Happy Cinco de Mayo and Revenge of the Fifth! To celebrate our favorite holiday, May the Fourth Be With You, we are hosting a week long sale in the shop. It’s a once a year event — we are offering 20% off all merchandise and this offer is available in our Big Cartel and Etsy…
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Stationery Overview: LA Paper Lover Snail Mail Kits
La Paper Lover is an Etsy shop that produces a line of Snail Mail Kits as well as a variety of other paper products. The Snail Mail Kits all feature foil stamping and/or screenprinting for vibrant looks. There are three designs available: Pansies, Air Mail and Telegram. Each style comes in a variety of color…
Link Love: Come for the Pens, Stay for The (Bodega) Cats
You come here for the pen and ink reviews but I know you want to see the bodega cats. It’s okay. I’m here for you. These kitties are super cute. Seriously, this week has been crazy and this Link Love is paper crazy. I am kitty crazy. Stay crazy, pen people. Love you all! Pens:…
Ink Overview: Coloverse The Standard Model
All of us at The Desk keep trying to outdo ourselves with our ink reviews. Last week, Jesi posted a full overview of all the new Colorverse Series 7 inks. This week, I’m kicking it all off with an overview of the Colorverse Standard Model ($200 for seventeen-15ml bottles). This set, based on The Standard…
Link Love: Neil Himself Loves Stationery
We are featuring an Instagram pic from @neilhimself (aka Neil Gaiman). If this image comes up as an empty box, you owe it to yourself to go over to Instagram right this second and follow him. 1. Because he writes delightful books full of wonder and 2. because he occasionally waxes poetic about pens. I’ll…
Product Overview: Shibui Leather Stationery Cases
Shibui recently contacted me about reviewing a few of their leather stationery cases. The company was started by a husband and wife team in 2017 as a result of their own enthusiasm for fountain pens and journaling. They struggled to find the perfect leather pen case — something simple yet functional that would age well…
Notebook Review: Lamy Notebook (Notizbuch) A5
The Lamy Notebook (Notizbuch in German) A5 (€13.97, the color I got for review does not appear to be available at present but other color options are available) is a hardcover notebook with a brushed silver cover and features a contrasting elastic closure, built-in elastic pen loop, and interior back pocket (with gusset) and two…