The last couple days have left my Instagram feed in awash in photos from the Stationery Show in New York. This annual event is THE place where all our favorite stationery and card companies unveil their latest goods and buyers from shops, big and small, place orders for the coming year. I thought I’d share…
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Link Love: No Pithy Title Edition
Pens & Ink: Parker 45 Signet (via My Antique Pens) Lamy Pico Review (via The Pen Addict) Esterbrook #9314-F (via Fountain Pen Quest) Turquoise Ink Suggestions (via Inkophile) The Feel of Nib on Paper (via The Practical Gentleman) You know you’re a pen person when… (via Leigh Reyes Rohrer & Klingner Salix (via Fountain Pen…
Video: Peek Inside Choice Stationery Shops
Peek inside some stationery shops like Present + Correct in the UK. (via Monocle, tip o’ the hat to Letter Writers Alliance)
Fontoplumo Coupon Code for Well-Appointed Desk Readers
Frank at Fontoplumo was so impressed with the enthusiasm Desk readers had about the new Kaweco Skyline Mint fountain pen. He wanted to thank everyone for checking out his site and say thanks for all the orders. So, he’s offering a special discount code for Well-Appointed Desk readers. If you enter the code WAD2014 you…
New Hammerpress Letterpress Cards
Kansas City Letterpress-ati, Hammerpress, have recently updated their web site and added a lot of new products. Their letterpress cards are gorgeous and if you can’t make it to Kansas City to shop locally, ordering online is the next best thing. Prices on cards are $4-$5.50 per folded card, and are blessedly blank inside and…
Spectrum Artists Show Off Their Tools (AGAIN)
Once again, I attended the Spectrum Fantastic Art Live event here in KC this weekend. Its a convention of fantasy and science fiction artists working in comics, fiction, storyboarding, sculpture and more. There are Q&A sessions and artists doing live demos of painting, sculpting and digital techniques. Its an amazing show with A-list artists from…
Review: Dixon Tri-Conderoga Pencil
I’ve always been a fan of the classic Ticonderoga pencils from Dixon. Where the Ticonderoga is a classic hexagonal wood-cased pencil, the Tri-Conderoga is a triangular pencil. The Tri-Conderoga has a rubberized coating with a matte black finish. What most surprised me is that the Tri-Conderoga is wider in diameter than the regular Ticonderoga or…