(Ladybugs) Love visual simplicity and organizational simplicity. You prefer to have all your items hidden out-of-sight. You also need fast and easy solutions, like bins and baskets without lids. After taking the clutterbug quiz, I feel like a light bulb went on for me. I also immediately realized that my spouse is a very different clutterbug…
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Link Love: Stay on Target
It seems fitting that during our “What’s Your Planning Style?” week, there are lots of reviews on paper, notebooks and planners. August (which is just around the corner) is the start of back-to-school and the announcements of a lot of planners so it makes sense that this is the week we, of the stationery community,…
What’s Your Planner Style?
August is the start of planner season so we thought we’d spend this week figuring out what planner style best suits you. We’ll be using the Clutterbug organizational categories to help figure out which planner style suits you. If you’re not familiar with Clutterbug and her organizational system is quite an internet sensation. She has a…
Vintage Find: Telescoping Dip Pen
I don’t often share vintage purchases on the blog. Partly, this is because a vintage pen I purchase might be a dud (or a gem) but you, my fine reader, might have the exact opposite experience depending on the quality of the item, where you purchased it and how reputable the seller was. I make…
Link Love: Secret Stamp Messages
Even in these unprecedented times, there are some things that remain constant like scorching heat and humidity in June in the Midwest followed by a rain storm that brings much needed relief. With this milder, warm weather everyone wants to be outside at the pool, by the grill or on the patio with a cold…
Pen Rests: PenQT Pen Rest from Penquisition
I love that people in the pen community keep finding their own unique ways to add to the community. Penquisition created the new PenQT Pen Rests ($4 each plus shipping). the 3D printed pen rest is modeled after the Penquisition logo (nib with question mark) and are available in a dizzying array of colors. These…
Pencil Review: Non-Photo Blue Pencils
Review by Tina Koyama Back in the day, graphic designers and printers used “non-photo blue” pencils. Certain shades of blue that could not be detected by camera film (or copy machines), so rough drawing lines or notations could be left on the art and would not appear in the final form. Modern scanners can see…