While at the D.C. Pen Show, my good friend John Martinson gave me a beautiful tin box of vintage pencils. It was a Wallace Motif box with nine unsharpened No. 2 pencils and three Eagle Mikado No. 3 pencils. I’ve never seen Wallace pencils before but the company was in Saint Louis so they were…
I plan to do reviews of many of the products I purchased at the local eye candy, shop-of-wonders, Maker Goods, but I thought I’d tantalize you with a photo first. Proprietor and woman-of-many-talents, Felicia Koloc hand marbelled the fabric and then beautifully stitched the pencil case pictured above. She also makes them in leather but…
Do you have your Erasable podcast sticker proudly displayed? I do.Thanks to Andy for sending me a couple before they sold out. If you want one, put in a request, I’m sure they’ll do a reprint soon. I guess it’s about time that I made some Well-Appointed Desk stickers. Would anyone be interested?
My husband drove down to Bentonville, AR to visit the Crystal Bridges Museum and meet up with his parents. The museum focuses on American art and was founded by ALice Walton, daughter of Sam Walton, founder of the Wal-Mart empire. The museum is actually pretty amazing. It sits on 120 acres with lots of nature…
Show your pen or pencil pride with the new collection from Tattly. Each tool comes in a set of 2 for $5 and there are six designs to choose from: pencil, pencil/sharpener, round paint brush, flat brush, pen or craft knife. (via Tattly)
While in Chicago, I acquired this wonderful Pencil Cluster charm from Fossil ($28). Its exceedingly detailed and I had the clerk put it on the Dainty Charm Starter Bracelet ($48) in silver. I hope I can find a pen or envelope charm to go with it.
(via Jeremy Booth)
