Artisans and pen enthusiasts in the international pen community, spearheaded by Jon Tello of HelloTello Studios, have created products to support a charity auction, raffle and shop, the Scripting New Stories Collective (SNS Collective). The project was announced on EU Anti-trafficking Day, and is a project to raise funds for the Alba Safe House &…
I was torn whether to include the ubiquitous “Is handwriting important?” article in this week’s Link Love. This issue has been rehashed and mentioned on this site countless times (1, 2, 3… there were more). Pretty much each Fall, when students head back to school, the topic re-emerges. Each year, more and more students rely…
Somehow, I completely misplaced Wednesday. It happens sometimes. Things get a little chaotic and BOOM! I forget what day it is and when sense returns, I am stunned to realize I misplaced a whole day. I blame it on a rift in time. At least we remembered to put out the trash last night. That…
The trip to Dallas was a whirlwind. The Dallas Pen Show is the only show I attend that is just two days. We set up Friday morning and the show runs until 8pm on Friday, then reopens on Saturday and goes until 5pm. Then we pack up afterwards. So, while there is the advantage of…
I received a couple emails this week with updates to dates for pen shows through the end of the calendar year. Check out our Pen Show Schedule for more details. We have not updated the 2023 schedule yet but will try to get dates nailed down for 2023 in the coming weeks. In other Pen…
As we move into the first official week of September, new planners are being unveiled left and right and its time for us all to get back to work or back to school. Whether you work from home or travel to an office, workshop, warehouse, shop or other locale, you need a place to stow…
Here in the US, this is the last official week of summer. Next Monday is Labor Day, the official start to Fall in most people’s minds. All the kids are back in school now, universities are back in full swing and the evenings have started to have a sweet cool breeze harkening the break in…
