We were able to obtain a beautiful set from Ferris Wheel Press to give away here on the blog today. The set includes the Brush Fountain Pen in “Lord Evergreen” ($160USD MSRP) with a Medium gold plated nib and the Twilight Garden Ink Charger set ($16USD). The pen comes with a converter and a velveteen…
There had been a good deal of speculation over the last few months whether Pelikan would continue its Hub events. Rumors of Pelikan suffering serious financial losses during the pandemic only fueled those rumors. But clearly, despite those rumors, Pelikan is going ahead with their worldwide Pelikan Hub event which has been on hiatus since…
Review by Tina Koyama As a lefty, smearing my writing is a fact of life. As an adult without a critical teacher looking over my shoulder, it doesn’t don’t bother me much. The only time I get annoyed is when I’m working on a graphite drawing, and I see the mess I’m making – both…
Review by Tina Koyama For years, I tried every pocket-sized notebook on the market, hoping to find one with paper that I could use for both writing and sketching with fountain pens, water-soluble colored pencils, brush pens and maybe even watercolors. Frustrated, I even made my own for a while. Eventually, instead of continually being…
You know how to tell is will be fall soon? JetPens posts their Planner Notification Email post. Yep, another cycle of the year has turned. Time to start plotting your new planner set-up. Maybe even start a September-start planner? There are only a few weeks left before kids will start heading back to school and…
On the rare occasions that I had to walk around at the St. Louis Pen Show, I did wander to the opposite corner of the show and see Keith of @randomthinks and his dizzying array of colorful, 3D-printed accessories. He had a rainbow of pen and pencil holders as well as the fabulous ink vial…
Want to get me in my happy place? Mix 68gsm Tomoe River paper with something stellar/space themed and then tell me its a BRAND NEW notebook. We always need a new notebook. What if we start a new project? Or a new job? Or decide to completely redo how we are planning, journaling, etc? We…
