When Jesi came through town a couple weeks ago, she showed off her stash of King Jim Kitta washi tape strips and the lovely 24-pack file she stored them in. I immediately decided I need to invest in some of these delightful sets and a file as well. Rather than buying the large 24-pack file…
This week has been full of stationery melancholy following a stream of news from around the community. First, CW Pencils held a sidewalk sale over the weekend as a final farewell to their brick and mortar days. The website is still up so if there was ever a pencil you wanted, now is the time…
Of course, people who love analog tools would find a way to use analog channels to tell their stories. In the past, I’ve mentioned Plumbago and the Pen Post but today, I have two more pencil zines that landed in my inbox this week. Johnny Gamber of Pencil Revolution has taken his love of pencils…
Review by Tina Koyama A few years back, Pebble Stationery came out with the Australian company’s first limited Glacier Edition pocket-size notebook. Its latest limited edition has the same icy theme: The Antartica Edition (two notebooks for US $12.99). I was surprised to see yet another chilly design, but no less delighted. Containing Tomoe River…
Since returning from Indianapolis last week, I have been filling in at the college where I taught last year. I did this substitute teaching ON TOP OF working my day job. The class meets twice a week from 6-9pm. Yes, design classes meet for THREE HOURS and are still meeting largely on Zoom. As an…
I did an epic pen cleaning a couple weeks ago. While pen cleaning can be cathartic its also a time consuming ritual. As I cleaned an embarrassing number of pens that were inked, dried out or in some state in between, I started noticing my tendency to have multiples of the same pen. I asked…
Laura usually does the Yarn + Ink posts but my rationale for doing one today it two-fold. First, this yarn, as many have told me is SO ME. I mean… c’mon! Lime green with fuchsia contrasting yarn for the heels and toes (This self-striping yarn is from Lollipop Yarn and is/was called “Sweet & Sour”…
