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…
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Product Review: SmudgeGuard 1-Finger Glove
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…
Notebook Review: Uglybooks
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…
Link Love: New Planner Season is Coming
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…
Product Review: RandomThinks Ink Vial Holders
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…
Notebook Review: Odyssey Notebooks (Tomoe River 68gsm)
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…
Link Love: Papery Day
Today is a very papery day. At least for me and this edition of Link Love. But I think that’s okay. I love paper and notebooks. If I didn’t, this job would be considerably less enjoyable than it is. I love when people find new paper products or revisit an old favorite. I love knowing…