The days are perfect in Kansas City right now. Chilly mornings and evenings, and glorious 50’s and 60’s during the day. But those freezing mornings do make me want a cup of hot cocoa, which goes perfectly with this week’s knitting! While I found plenty of rich chocolate browns in my ink swatches, I don’t…
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Inky Hands: Private Reserve Ink Zero, Luxury Professional Hand Ink Remover
The Tuesday confessional is now open and I hope y’all will gather round and listen. I was the kid who never wanted to play in the dirt, or get in the sandbox, or finger paint because I didn’t like to get dirty. While I’ve relaxed a bit over the years, I still don’t love it.…
Trick or Treat: Sailor North America decreasing prices on select collections.
Not a trick, maybe a treat? I spied this post a week ago on @sailor.pen.northamerica: Ana and I mulled this over and came up with many possible reasons for the announcement: The success of the “don’t miss the boat” sale in the last few months? An increase in “grey market” sales where folks are ordering…
Paper Review: Musubi Pocket Folio Notebook
This week I was delighted to dig into reviewing a somewhat new product: Musubi’s Spica Bond Pocket Folio Notebooks (SGD20 for a set of 3, approx. $14-15). These are another one of the goodies that Ana brought back from the SF Pen Show for me to try. I’ve always been a fan of Musubi. The…
Home Sweet Money Pit
Today’s regular review has been pre-empted by a plumbing emergency that started on Sunday afternoon and still isn’t resolved. However, in the immortal words of Tim Gunn, “Make it work.” While I tossed and turned in my hotel bed on Sunday night, I realized that the answer to the question “When was the last time…
Ink Review: Colorverse Golden Gate Bridge
Guest post by Julia van der Wyk Colorverse “Golden Gate Bridge” is the “Show ink” for SF pen show 2023. I was excited to see how Colorverse would interpret such an iconic color, which can be hard to pin down. Is it orange? Red? Red-orange? As a Bay Area native, I learned early that the…
Notebook Review: Esterbrook “Write Your Story” Journal
One of the presents that Ana brought me from the San Francisco Pen Show was one of the new Esterbrook “Write Your Story” Journals ($39.99 at Esterbrook). This looks like the perfect journal for me so I’m eager to dig in! The Esterbrook “Write Your Story” journals are a collaboration between Esterbrook and lettering artist…