If you are interested in fountain pens, you may already know about Fountain Pen Network. If not, FPN is a chat forum and shop-and-swap for all sorts of fountain pens. The forums are hugely helpful in learning about different vintage and modern fountain pens and inks. Some of the posts I found helpful today were:…
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Link Love: Weekend Edition
I have been collecting more and more great links from other bloggers so I thought I’d double-up this week to get caught up. Miscellany Better Penmanship, Less Pain: An article about playwright Jon Robin Baitz’s love for Kaweco fountain pens (via NY Times) Customized Wax Seal Stamps from Old School Seals Definitve Guide to Eaiting…
Link Love: Links
This week, I thought I’d share some of the other bloggers who do their own version of Link Love. Goldspot Pens is hosting the April Carnival of Pens and Paper Ink Links is The Pen Addict’s weekly round-up Friday Link Share is where Rhodia Drive collects their favorites each week March Miscellany from A Penchant…
Letterpress Action Clips
I cannot believe I stumbled onto these. This is a clear case of “small world” syndrome. A couple years ago, my husband printed these fabulous letterpress disks but I had no idea what they were for. Well, lo and behold, I stumbled upon them on Papercookie as Letterpress Action Clips for your office. They were…
Limited Edition Kaweco Eyedropper 1910
Normally, I don’t get all googly about fountain pens that cost over $100 but, of course, there is always an exception to the rule and leave it to Kaweco to tap all my damn buttons at once. JetPens are currently offering limited edition Kaweco 1910 Guilloch Eyedropper pen. I’ve already waxed poetic about the…
Field Notes: America the Beautiful Edition
The newest edition of the Field Notes Colors series is called “America The Beautiful” and features three different 4-color, big dot, slightly misregistered covers. Each cover was named: “Spacious Skies”, “Amber Waves” and “Mountain Majesty” respectively. Inside is white Finch paper with loose-leaf blue lines which are classic nostalgia for me. I didn’t do any…
Finding a Google Reader Substitute
After whining and moaning and crying a little, I went ahead and tried just about every Google Reader substitute I could find. While there is no perfect solution yet that bridges across mobile and web options that all syncs together, I have found my temporary workaround. I do most of my RSS reading on my…