Do you know what can happen with a pile of yellow writing tools and some plain, white paper like this? Fill a cloudy day with sunshine by “sunshine bombing” your town like Andrea of Hula Seventy and her daughter Ava did. The pen is mightier than even the clouds. (via Hula Seventy)
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Travel Week: Flying With Fountain Pens (and other options)
One of the last, but in my opinion most important, issues to cover for traveling is how to travel with fountain pens. I’ve had lots of people warn me about it so I thought I’d find some research and share it here. The biggest myth around flying with pens, fountain or otherwise is that they…
Travel Week: Packing the Travel Desk
For long trips, one of them most important but often last-packed items is the travel desk. Since I am going to be on the move, going from meeting-to-meeting, event-to-event and hotel-to-hotel, I need to come prepared with a good assortment of writing tools and paper, all tucked into an easy-to-use carrying case or bag. So,…
Link Love
With all the furious packing and trip-planning, its been a bit of a “slow news week” here at The Well-Appointed Desk. Here’s this week’s link love. Enjoy! When pencil sharpening becomes a how-to book (via Woodclinched) Eudora Welty’s desk (via Oprah, thanks to Missive Maven) The importance of journaling (via Modern Vintage Man) A Review…
Travel Week: Packing Tips
With just a few days left before I leave on my 3-week adventure, I needed all the packing advice I could find. So, here’s a series of links filled with packing advice: Packing light (via EF College Break) 10 tips for Traveling Well, Air Travel (via Delightfully Tacky) Taking the Problems Out of Packing (via…
Pack This!
When it comes to travel, I do better with a list I can use to check off each item when its packed into my bag. Especially things that I tend to double- and triple-check like flight itinerary, passport and gadgets. The Pack This! checklist notepad is a great way to keep track of what’s been…
Travel Week: Luggage Tags
No travel bag is complete without the right luggage tag. A good luggage tag will help you identify your bag in the mass of black roller bags and also provide a sturdy place to put your contact information in case your bag goes to Tokyo while you go to Taipei. (Luggage tags featured above are:…