News dropped this week that CW Pencils would be closing up shop for good by the end of 2021. Caroline Weaver and her devoted team of pencil enthusiasts have been an inspiration to the stationery community. Caroline launched a beloved stationery subscription service, published an amazing book on the history of the pencil and appeared…
I am loving the alliteration of this week’s title but it could have easily been “Nakaya, Newton and Nolty” or “Unions and Ugly Cats” (but are there really ugly cats?). What other alliterations could I have used? Pens: Zebra Sarasa R Gel Pen Review (via The Pen Addict) The PINEIDER Metropolis (via FOUNTAIN PEN INK…
People often tease me that “back-to-school” season is my favorite holiday and I fully own this. So much so that when I get emails about the Sept. 1 launch of Hobonichi’s 2022 line-up, I get the same giddiness that we got as kids when the Sears Christmas Catalog would arrive and we would start dog-earing…
Friends of the blog… okay, lots of friends of the blog… are headed to the SF Pen Show this weekend. We wanted to remind you that there are classes and workshop all weekend. We’d like to particularly point out, our pal Julia is teaching a class on Sunday but there has been some confusion about…
This week, there are a couple posts about British-specific products, thoughts on the recent DC Supershow Pen Show and quite a few digit-focused posts — “5 Ways”, “15 Journaling…”, “41 Questions…” and more. If you divide 15 Journaling Tips by 5 Ways to Sharpen a Pencil and add 41 Questions… what do you get? I…
Maybe you all are more “in the loop” than I am, but this week was the first time I had seen the acronym “PKM”. If you, like me, have never heard this term before it stands for “Personal Knowledge Management”. I saw it in reference to a new app called Obsidian (link below in Other…
This week marks the departure of Susan Pigott from The Pen Addict as she forges ahead in a new life challenge. I was amused when reading her post that many of her favorite reviews and posts over the years were also products I have also loved reviewing. While Susan may be leaving The Pen Addict…
