Hoo, boy! When I decide to go down the path I pretty much take the WHOLE ROAD. In the case of the Sakura Gelly Roll pens, I got the whole kit-and-caboodle! That’s right, I got the Sakura Gelly Roll 64-Color Set Box ($80). I mean, really? How was I supposed to pick just a handful?…
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Link Love: All The Hobonichi Love
It’s a week full of Hobonichi love. Whether you are using it as a planner or as a daily journal, it seems like the Hobonichi is THE book of the year. And there are a few more round-ups to finish out 2015 too. Pens: Vintage Parker 61 Jet Flighter Fountain Pen (via Clicky Post) Gama…
Reconsidering Moleskine
I’m fully prepared for backlash and vitriol from this post, but, over the years, Moleskine continues to be the measure used — for better or worse — for all other notebooks. First and foremost, Moleskine notebooks are available in a multitude of sizes, configurations and form factors. The overall aesthetics are streamlined and understated. While…
Review: Koi Watercolor Brush Pens 12-Color Set
I was introduced to the Sakura Koi Coloring Brush Pens 12-color set ($27) by way of Lisa Condon’s blog, Today Is Going To Be To Be Awesome. She had a post on her sidebar about her favorite tools to use for drawing and illustration and one of her recommended pens for sketchbook use were the…
Monday 1/11 is World Sketchnote Day!
Mike Rohde and his Sketchnote Army has had a profound effect on many of you, myself included, and I’m excited to celebrate World Sketchnote Day on Monday, January 11. That’s right, let’s spend the day sketch noting everything! Your breakfast! That boring meeting! The guy on the bus! The five things on the top of…
Fashionable Friday: Wintry Blue “It” Bag
Please forgive me… This week’s Fashionable Friday is so self-serving. I treated myself to a very special Christmas gift this year: a new fancy-pants Kate Spade Newbury Lane Loden handbag in blue hydrangea. It was in her secret sale so I got it WAY on sale. And Santa kindly wrapped it up and put it…
Review: Sun-Star Kadomarun Round Corner Punch
Over the holidays I had added a couple of budget-y priced, portable corner rounders to my Amazon cart. When they arrived I was sorely disappointed. They left nicks in the paper and didn’t have anything to catch the little paper flecks so I was leaving a trail all over my office, the coffee shop and…