Once again, I’m delayed in completing my Fashionable Friday. I don’t know how Fridays get away from me, they just do. But it gave me time to pitch my initial idea on the pyre and come up with what I think is a much more timely idea: Suffrage Saturday. Following the Primary Elections here in…
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Rock Your Handwriting Challenge
In an effort to use both pen and paper supplies this month AND get into a regular habit of writing and drawing, I started participating in the Rock Your Handwriting Challenge started by BohoBerry and her compatriots. This is the second month of the challenge and many people I know are doing both this month’s…
Books for the Desk Set: Sketching & Painting
For this month’s Books for the Desk Set, I decided to focus on books about drawing, sketching and painting. All the books included are books I own this time so they are “Desk-approved” recommendations, if you’re looking for inspiration to draw, sketch or paint. Drawing and Painting Beautiful Faces: A Mixed-Media Portrait Workshop by Jane…
Link Love: Friends, Romans & Italics
Pens: Sakura Gelly Roll: A Comprehensive Guide (via JetPens Blog) Which Calligraphy Writing Utensil is Best for You? – Part I and Part II (via The Postman’s Knock) Namisu Nova Comet Grey Fountain Pen (via Ed Jelley) Platignum Studio (via Alt. Haven) Rotring Isograph (via Pen Addict) Video: Bexley Equipoise (via Pen Habit) TWSBI Vac…
Building a Better Penxo
I have had my Penxo 2.0mm Leadholder in green since sometime in October when the Kickstarter orders shipped but I’ve been sitting on it. The color is beautiful and the pencil itself is beautiful – even the packaging was lovely – but I was a little disappointed. The pencil shipped with free lead which was…
Review: Van Gogh 12-Color Travel Watercolor Set
Upon request, I decided to come clean about one of my other obsessions: travel watercolor sets. I’ve been compiling sets for about a year, not including super budget (sub-$20) sets, and have included the picture above as proof of my collection addiction. I just love watching the colors bead off a brush onto paper. And…
Article: Don’t Write Off The Pen
My darling Dad sent me this article about the pen industry, including a short interview with the owner of Century Pens in downtown Chicago who was an absolute sweetheart to me last year when I went in to shop. It’s a good article about the good, the bad and the luxury in the pen industry.…