I’ll let you in on a little secret. When I’m not waxing poetic about office supplies, I’m drooling over yarn, patterns and handmade knitwear. One of my favorite knitwear designers is Jared Flood, AKA Brooklyn Tweed and his patterns and delicious tweed yarns. When his studio space was featured on Design Sponge this week, it…
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Link Love: Pens, Paper and a Beaver Pencil Sharpener
Pens and Pencils: The Pilot Murex Fountain Pen Review (via Pen Addict) TWSBI Diamond Mini Review (via Rhodia Drive) Palomino Blackwing Pencil Review (via Guitar Salon, tip o the hat to @pencilscom on Twitter) Vintage Flex (via Rhodia Drive) Carnival of Pen, Pencil, Paper on Pen Addict this month Mechanical Pencil Lead Comparison (via Economy…
Michael Rogers Dispatches Notebook Review
Michael Roger is a line of notebook products best known for the Decomposition Composition notebooks. While in Chicago, I found this lovely kraft paper covered hardcover blank notebook called Dispatches. The airmail-trimmed belly band caught my eye and the simple look of the book really appealed to me. Its a 5″x8″ (hello, A-5 size-ish!) notebook…
Top 10 Household Uses for a Pencil
This Old House pulled together a list of ten uses for a pencil when tackling household projects. Have you tried any of these? I also stake houseplants that have started to lean with a pencil. But you suspected that, didn’t you? (shoutout to Skylab Letterpress for the tip)
Field Notes Steno Pad Review
Like all good office supply junkies, I’ve been listening to the Pen Addict podcast. There have been several episodes lately that have waxed poetic in regards to the Field Notes pocket memo books. They have become quite collectible. But, truth be told, my favorite Field Notes product so far is the Steno Book. It is…
My Favorite Pencils: Tombow 8900, Faber-Castell Grip 2001 and Palomino Blackwing 602
Since I’ve been talking about pencils all week, I thought I’d come clean and tell you my favorite pencils. They are, of course, on the higher-end of the pencil spectrum, in other words not cheap and not usually available at your local big box office supply store. But I think they are worth the effort…
KC Fun Facts and Winner Announced in the Hallmarket Notebooklet Giveaway
First, I’d like to say thanks to everyone who entered the Hallmarket Notebooklet Giveaway. There were lots of fun facts too. Here’s a smattering of my favorites: Ikea is coming (true. Late 2014) The mayor, Sly James, uses a Pilot Varsity (hmmm… UPDATE:TRUE!) Kansas City has more pencils per capita than any other city in…