I love that I could find a quote by punk icon Henry Rollins for this week. It’s perfectly “night before Halloween” as well so if you’re planning to go to a haunted house, watch a horror film or play ghost in the graveyard, may you make it to tomorrow. But in all seriousness, what helps…
While at the On the Paper Trail LIVE event I saw the Chanomegumi collection from Pilot including pens and wraps themed around tea. I saw the Light Green and it was like a siren song from across the ballroom for me. It’s lighter and more citrusy than the original Metro Pop in Green. Must. Have.…
I try to keep my introductions to Link Love pen or at least pen-adjacent but this week, I need to address the Meta-sized elephant in the room. There is a lot of panic (myself included) swirling around about Meta’s change in policies especially for anyone with a business account (that would be me) and the…
Kobe Hummingbird ($35 for 50ml bottle) is a collaboration between Vanness Pen Shop and Nagasawa Kobe inks. The color was inspired by the Arkansas hummingbird plumage and came about when Lisa Vanness was speaking with the team at Nagasawa Kobe and discovered that hummingbirds do not exist in Japan. So to share the love of…
Initially, I was thinking that “for the new year…” I’d add a post each week with a quote or bit of inspiration but I realized, why should I wait? Can I not launch a new idea or project on any day? Can we not wake up on a new day with a new commitment to…
I’m still in recovery mode from the On The Paper Trail LIVE event this week. I spent the last two days just trying to get on top of my to-do lists, rest a little bit and give those kitties all the love they missed while we were away. I guess I just don’t bounce back…
This weekend I vended at the new On the Paper Trail LIVE event in Nashville, TN. The event opened on Friday afternoon and continued through Sunday afternoon. I dragged my sweet husband Bob along with me to be the face of the table while I taught some workshops and, you know… shopped a little! The…
