The days are perfect in Kansas City right now. Chilly mornings and evenings, and glorious 50’s and 60’s during the day. But those freezing mornings do make me want a cup of hot cocoa, which goes perfectly with this week’s knitting! While I found plenty of rich chocolate browns in my ink swatches, I don’t…
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A new stationery store: May Day Paper & Post
A little over a month ago Kansas City welcomed a new stationery store, May Day Paper and Post! While we do have a pen store and the ubiquitous Paper Source, this is an indie stationery store, one that I’m delighted to support. May Day bills itself as a place for all things snail mail. This…
Yarn + Ink: This IS a spring chicken.
This week I looked at the palette I was knitting with and knew it would make a fun set of ink swatches. My regrets are that I don’t have the perfect butter yellow, or that light almost pea green. But I muddled through and selected: Robert Oster Green Olive J. Herbin Vert Olive PenBBS #219…
Yarn & Ink: Delightfully Springy
This week I’m working on a fun new chicken for The City Girl Farm, so it’s time for another ink + yarn palette. This yarn is mostly natural (white) with hints of tons of other colors. There’s a bright carrot orange, a pretty pea green, an orangey-red, and an aqua to name just a few.…
It’s not easy being green.
Ana and I were chatting last night and we’ve noticed something about a lot of the limited edition, 2023 pens. Let me add a few photos… Did I miss the green for 2023 memo? There are a few interesting finds that aren’t green. For instance the Limited Edition Carousel from Ferris Wheel Press ($90 via…
A New Zealand Adventure
Greetings! I’m currently coming to you from the Sydney airport where I’m in a confusing state of the future and the international dateline muck! I’ve spent the last almost two weeks adventuring in New Zealand! (And I do mean adventuring: fjords, and runs and paragliding oh my!) I did take my trusty journal (Review here)…
A Valentine
Dear Well- Appointed Desk Readers: Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope you’re able to have a little fun today, even if it’s a dreary February day where you are. I just wanted to thank you for reading along with us at “the desk.” We love writing and reviewing products and getting to share our love of…