I spent the better part of the last week trying different tools on the new Moleskine Art Plus Sketch Album (large, 72 pages, $13.95) as well as comparing it to the standard Moleskine paper and the “Sketchbook” paper. The reason I spent so much time with it is that it is the first big push…
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Ask The Desk: Tea Cup Pen Caddy
Lynda sent an email asking where she might find the Tea Cup Caddy featured on the blog back in January 2012. I tried to email Lynda back directly but the email address must have been mistyped so I’m posting the reply here. The tea cup caddy was sold through Black + Blum and is listed…
Ink Review: Noodler’s Bad Green Gator
I was so excited to get a bottle of Noodler’s Bad Green Gater ($12.50 for a 3 oz. bottle). A bulletproof green? This should be a win-win for me. But I have to confess that I was severely underwhelmed by this ink. Yes, it is waterproof. Yes, it is green. But the color is very…
You Are Listening to Erasable, Aren’t You?
I just wanted to check that you had heard about the new Erasable podcast? It is hosted by Andy of Woodclinched, Johnny from Pencil Revolution and Tim from Writing Arsenal (formerly The Daily Carry). Sunday, March 30th is Pencil Day and there will be a special episode broadcast so you’ve got time to listen to…
Giveaways Round-Up
Lots of great stuff being given away this week. I found a few great chances to try a new product or two and rounded them up here. Pen Chalet is giving away two e-gift cards on their site. There are multiple ways to enter to win either a $50 gift card or a $25 gift…
Cursive: Is it really that important?
NPR recently did a report about the value of cursive in child’s brain development. By their best calculations, all fine motor skill activities are valuable to brain development, be it printing, cursive or keyboarding. But the best option is for kids to be doing all sorts of fine motor activities. This story, however, does not…
Ask The Desk: Stamp Pads and Federal Supply Service Notebooks
Zack was curious: Re: Federal Supply Service Notebook I was wondering if you have ever seen one of those books in a golden color? I have one ins the green but would love to have a few golden colored ones. It appears that like Henry Ford might have said, “You can have any color…