I arrived home this past Sunday night after a whirlwind 12 days away. I’m still a bit jet-lagged, but I have wonderful photos and memories to look back at. And my travel journal. I won’t say I was super artistic this time, but adding some stickers and washi tape to my supplies did make my…
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Link Love: PNW! Here we go again!
Friday, I land in Portland to help the Dromgoole’s at their tables at the Pacific Northwest Pen Show. Its my second year attending this show but its being held at a new location so it will be a new-ish experience for me. The show is technically only two days — Saturday and Sunday — with…
Monteverde Shimmers! Dromgoole’s Exclusive Ink
Releasing at the Pacific Northwest Pen Show, Dromgoole’s in unveiling two new shimmer inks. These inks are exclusively created for Dromgoole’s by Monteverde. Ice Queen and Ice Dragon are the same shade of deep blue-teal but Ice Queen features silver shimmer and Ice Dragon features gold shimmer. These inks end up looking like slightly different…
Paper Review: Iroful A5 Notebook (75gsm)
“Iroful” means “colorful,” — an amalgamation of the English word “color” for the Japanese word “iro” which also means color. The intention of the name is to convey the paper’s ability to show color cleanly and crisply. The Iroful Notebook ($9.75) is a standard A5 soft cover, 75gsm Japanese paper, made by Sakae Technical Paper,…
Tool Review: Dominant Industry Rubber Stamps
While I was in Houston a few weeks ago, I picked up a couple Dominant Industry rubber stamps from Dromgoole’s. Both rubber stamps were sealed in Dominant Industry’s kraft boxes so I needed to get them to see what was inside the boxes. Conjurer’s Recipes Rubber Stamp: The first was the Dominant Industry x Dohwa…
Ink Review: Kobe Ink Felissimo Chocolate Museum Strawberry Chocolate
Kobe Ink Fellisimo Chocolate Museum Strawberry Chocolate ($33 for a 50ml bottle) was a bottle of ink I picked up at the California Pen Show in February with Valentine’s Day in my heart. I mean who doesn’t love chocolate covered strawberries? So I grabbed this ink which was created in combination with the Fellisimo Museum…
Link Love: Long Weekend Ahead
Here in the US, this weekend is Fourth of July weekend when folks go to the beach, the lake, the pool or if you’re me, you pop open a cold drink and stick your feet in the kiddie pool in the backyard. How ever you choose to celebrate the joys of summer, I hope you…