Post of the week: The Pens and Pencils I Actually Use (via That One Pen) Lots of love this week for the Uni-Ball Signo Pens: Uni-ball Signo 307 (via That One Pen) Uni-ball Signo UM-151 0.38 mm – Green Black (via Johnny Anypen) Uni-ball Signo Limited Edition Hello Kitty (in Orange, of course) (via Pen…
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April is National Letter Writing Month
Has your letter writing slacked off since the big push in February during InCoWriMo and A Month of Letters? Are you ready to get re-invograted and reply to that stack of letters sitting in your in box? Well, let April be your inspiration since its National Letter Writing Month. And ther are lots of things…
Review: Pilot Frixion “Color-Pencil-Like” Pen Set
Pilot has made so many different variations of the Frixion line of erasable pens. Its a little bit confusing. There are highlighters, needlepoint “Point”, gel pens, markers and the “Color-Pencil-Like” pens. For you, my fine readers, I was willing to try these Frixion markers with the very weird description. I purchased the 6-color assortment pack…
Winner: Brush Pen Giveaway
Thanks to everyone who entered the Brush Pen OCD assortment giveaway. And thanks to Jet Pens for providing the pens. Onwards, to the winner: Sarah, I’ll be contacting you by email to make arrangements to send you your brush pen sampler kit. Congrats and thanks to all!
Peek: Calepino No. 2 Papier Quadrille Pocket Notebook
I recently swapped one of my lined Calepino notebooks with @inkpairing in exchange for a grid paper edition to be able to see what the difference is. While the lined version of the Calepino Pocket Notebook features a red printed, kraft cover and red lines for writing, the grid version has a green printed, kraft…
Fisher Space Pen Hack
Sometimes the aesthetic of a specific pen is not mirrored with the refill it contains. Case in point, the Fisher Space Pen. I love the simple good looks of the bullet pen but I have no need for a thick ballpoint that can write at zero Gs. I like fine, fine, fine gel pen refills.…
Fashionable Friday: CPUs
One of my favorite books is William Gibson’s Pattern Recognition. The main character Cayce Pollard has a very distinct style and her clothing is described in the books as CPUs — Cayce Pollard Units. What would her pen-and-paper supplies look like? Simple, clean and logo-free, mostly black, grey and silver, and of course, useful. William…