For the most part, stationery and office supplies are not super expensive and perfect for gift-giving. Unfortunately, non-paper geeks have no idea what do buy for the paper-and-pen geek. Here are a few things I think would love to find under the tree this Christmas: 1. I love high-quality fountain pen inks. Both J. Herbin and Noodler’s make great inks and have lots…
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Link Love: Notebooks, Scanners and Places to Go
Notebooks: Iconic Essay Book v.2 Review (via Vertical Paper) Monologue Jotter A5 (via No Pen Intended) Morning Glory Passion Notebook (via Unroyal Warrant) Apica CD Notebook CD15 (semi-B5) (via Ed Jelley) Word. Bandana Books (via Pencil Revolution) Ideal Notebook Size for In-Flight Tray? (via Rhodia Drive) Places to Visit: A Tour of Karas Kustoms and…
Disc World
The Circa system. Its been around for awhile and I’ve even made a foray into the “disc world” myself in the past but the Circa system had sort of fallen off my radar as of late so I thought I’d reconsider it. If you’ve not familiar with it, its a series of plastic discs and…
NPR talks to Daly’s Pen Shop
As we all know here, “The reports of my (pen) death have been greatly exaggerated.” However, NPR decided to report on the demise of the pen market. The story featured Milwaukee’s Daly’s Pen Shop, in business since 1924. The story isn’t as gloom-and-doom as I thought it would be though it did startle some folks in the…
My Own Little Ink Drop
Over the last few months, kind friends and readers of the blog have offered to send me ink samples which I have gleefully accepted. But I have been so busy I haven’t had time to test them or share them. So I thought I’d at least share these colors and hopefully be able to do…
Winner: Jet Pens Giveaway
Congratulations to Beth! The winner of the $25 electronic Gift Certificate from Jet Pens. Looks like you’ll be able to try out all those pocket notebooks yourself! Thanks to everyone else who reads the blog and entered the giveaway.
Video: Staplers and Glass Pen
My husband stumbled across this video of staplers found in Japan by this colorful Brit from The Grand Illusions web site, a site that sells toys, illusions and other novelty items. I dug through his videos in search of other tidbits that might be interesting to readers and also found his glass pen demo. He…