Review by Tina Koyama While urban sketching, I occasionally have need for an opaque white pen with a tip fine enough to make small highlights or write the lettering on a street sign. I’ve tried quite a few white pens, and many are either not opaque enough or not fine enough. Lately I’ve been using…
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News: Left Hander’s Day
Sunday is Left Hander’s Day I always forget to make a big deal about Left Hander’s Day because is lands solidly in between the DC Pen Show and the SF Pen Show, back-to-school season, fall TV preview issues of EW and 100º heat. So, lefties raise your ink and graphite smudged hands with pride! JetPens…
Fashionable Friday: Sunday Edition: I Pink You’ll Love This
I started working on Father’s Day at work so I’m fully engrossed in all things leather and camping and plaid and manly so I thought for sure that would inspire this week’s Fashionable Friday. But no. I went the opposite way completely. We set our clocks forward last week so its brighter longer, the days…
Ask The Desk: Manager’s Planner & Road Tripping Young Artist
Brandon asks: Long time reader and I wanted your opinion on something. I am a full time student and I am about to start a job as a manager. Unfortunately, my organizational skills are nonexistent! Do you have a suggestion on a planner that can help me get on track?. Brandon, I conferred with our…
Notebook Review: Field Notes “Dime Novel” Edition
Review by Tina Koyama Field Notes Brand’s latest quarterly edition is out: Dime Novel. The notebook itself is a delightful surprise in many ways, but before I get to that, I’ll mention the theme. An homage to the cheap paperback novel of the mid-19th century, Dime Novel was inspired by both the genre’s form and…
Desk News & Beyond
Shop Updates: If you’ve been waiting to purchase a Col-o-ring, the wait is over! The shop is not only stocked with Col-o-ring books but we are adding other products back to the inventory as well including some choice stationery goodies like the Star Chart note cards. These cards are a joint-venture from Skylab Letterpress and…
Link Love: Aurora Duo Carts & Pencil Lady Panic! Better have a G&T.
Post of the Week: Confessions of a Pencil Lady: Fear of Failure (via C.W. Pencil Enterprise Blog) Pens: Aurora Duo Cart Fountain Pen (via Pen Addict) Vintage nibs in modern pens (via Leigh Reyes: My Life as a Verb) Introducing the Special Edition Pelikan M200 Smoky Quartz Pen (via Pen Chalet Blog) Introducing my Guide…
