Following the post this morning about painting with ink, I started thinking of other ways ink could be used. Its very much like watercolor paints so I thought I might share some fun ways to use watercolors that might inspire you to play and experiment with all those bottles of ink and ink samples you’ve…
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Ask The Desk: That’s not a pen!
I received an actual letter from Leah a week or so ago. She asked lots of different questions about pens and tools so I thought I’d include some of my answers here as well as in a letter to her. She asked: What pen/nib did you use for the titles of your 12 Days of…
MINE! Sticky Notes
Need to keep the snack-stealing, pencil-nabbing, cube-dwelling troglodytes from running away with your beloved office supplies or snacks? The KnockKnock MINE! sticky notes might do the trick. They are standard 3×3″ squares with removable adhesive and a place to clearly establish your ownership. $3.99 for a 100-sheet pad. Just in time for Valentine’s Day. I…
Ask The Desk: Letters in Downton Abbey
Hello! There were some beautiful shots of envelopes and letters on last week’s Downton Abbey episode. I can’t find images of them online. Any thoughts on how to find them? LOVE LOVE LOVE YOUR BLOG! Laura Laura, Thanks so much for your letter. I feel like I must have been wrapped up in the story…
Who’s Notebook?
I’ve been obsessively following the hullabaloo around the BBC reveal of the new Peter Capaldi Doctor Who costume and the start of filming of the latest season. While the choice of actors to play the twelfth Doctor and their choice of costume for the “100% Rebel Time Lord” has been hotly debated, that’s not what…
How green is my pencil?
Thanks to Johnny at Pencil Revolution, I am now the owner of a lovely selection of green pencils. Not green as in environmentally sensitive but green as in outside paint colors. They look lovely in combination with all my other green office supplies but what’s most pleasant is that they are pretty good writers too.…
February is InCoWriMo & LetterMo
InCoWriMo, stands for International Correspondence Writing Month, which rhymes with “Ink a Rhino”. The goal is to write one letter, card, note, or postcard everyday for the entire month of February. February is also LetterMo, as in A Month of Letters, a concept started by author Mary Robinette Kowal several years ago but whose…