I’ve been absolutely riveted by this month’s Uppercase cover — a color wheel made out of yarn using a rug hooking technique. Its colorful and crafty and speaks to me on a geeky, arty level. If you do not already subscribe to Uppercase or its epic Encyclopedia compendiums, its worth every penny. They are inspiring…
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Link Love: A Day Late but Worth the Wait!
Back to our regularly scheduled program, already in progress… Link Love was delayed due to scheduling overlap with a time-shifted recording of The Pen Addict which will air next Wednesday… which reminds me… if you are in the New York or Toronto area and would like to be a part of the last leg of…
Planner Review: Easy Tiger Pocket Planner
When I was wandering through the corporate card shop. Yes, my office actually has a card shop in the building! I stumbled across the new Easy Tiger planners. There are two sizes available — this pocket sized edition (5.5×3″ for $18) as well as a larger desk-sized edition (5×7.5″ for $35). I decided to take…
Kickstarter: The Penwell Traveler – Portable Pen Holder
When Good Made Better stormed onto the scene last year with their Penwell classic designs, they certainly blew the minds of most of the pen community with their design sensibilities and professionalism. Their latest creation, launched today on Kickstarter is likely to be no different. Unlike the original Penwell Classic design, this model, called the…
Plannermania continues!
OMG! There are more and more and more planners out. These are planners I haven’t gotten in my hot little hands but I couldn’t let them be neglected. Are they super cool looking? YES! Are they fountain pen friendly? I don’t know. Still, I had to let you know about them. These might have the…
A Plethora of Japanese Planners
Thanks to a very kind reader, Elise, I found myself in possession of an assortment of very unusual Japanese planners. I had never seen any of these before. Over the last two weeks, I went through all of them to compare the layouts of each and did a series of pen tests to assess the…
Giveaway Winners: Midori Planners 2019
Thanks to everyone who entered our Midori 2019 Planner giveaway, graciously sponsored by Vanness Pen Shop. Picking names in these large multi-prize giveaways can sometimes be a challenge but this time, it worked out pretty seamlessly. All the names that our random number generator picked were people who wanted different planners so I didn’t have…