Today, Jesi and her daughter will arrive in Kansas City on their way to Saint Louis for the Saint Louis Pen Show. They will stay here for the night and go with Laura and I to our local pen club. Needless to say Laura and I are ridiculously excited to have three-quarters of the Desk…
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Review: Galen Leather Writing Box
Review by Jessica Coles A writing box. Is it something I need? Working from home has some amazing benefits. One of those is the ability to work on my laptop outside during the amazing weather, especially with a glass of iced tea. The convenience of the laptop allows me to lean back, prop up my…
Preview/Review: Karas Pen Co. Reaktor Galaxie Pens
Karas Pen Co. has been quietly working away in their secret hideaway in the desert to create a new line of pens they are calling Reaktor. The series is doing some particular unique things in the machined pens field. First, they are aiming to sell these pens starting at $40 for the Galaxie ($45 for…
Eye Candy: Heidi Swapp Memorydex Card Tray
I’ve been on the lookout for alternative options for Rolodex rotary card files for the Col-o-dex cards ($15) because I know that they are hard to come by, expensive and large. I stumbled across the Heidi Swapp Memorydex Desktop Card Tray box which is considerably smaller and considerably less expensive (just $9.54 Prime at the moment).…
Ink Review: Colorverse Voyager I 2018 LE Set
The Colorverse 2018 Voyager I set ($50, see below for a special bonus offer) is the first limited edition set released by Colorverse and it was highly sought after and greatly anticipated. The set includes four of their now-recognizable small 15ml bottles in a beautiful packaged box with all the accoutrements that Colorverse has become…
Link Love: Nick Stewart Blue Black & Pineapple Cake
This week there’s a new Retro 51 from Anderson Pens, Nick Stewart (Mr. Fountain Pen Inks & Bleach) introduces his own inks and I added a new category, Off-Topic, where I included a DIY for making an awesome pineapple cake from Think.Make.Share. designed by Kelsey at the Mothership. It’s super cute and very clever and…
Upcoming Events: Maker Faire KC & Saint Louis Pen Show
Maker Faire KC If you are local to Kansas City, the Maker Faire is fast approaching. Its the weekend of June 23 and 24th at Union Station and we will once again be participating under the Skylab Letterpress banner. We will be inside in the main hall again this year. If you are interested in…