Mongol Watercolor Pencils

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This is the most useful product box I’ve seen in awhile. I’m floored at the amount of thought and ingenuity that went into making the packaging useable and functional for these old pencil sets. The snap closure with leatherette band keeps the pencils from escaping inside a bag or desk drawer.

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Not to mention that I was tickled to find an old set of watercolor pencils in such good shape.

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The box also folds open to act as a stand to see the pencils and keep them within reach.

I’d be willing to pay an extra couple of dollars for manufacturers to improve product packaging to this level of usability and functionality. Tin boxes that can be reused, paperboard that can double as a stand like this, anything but cheap vacuform or cellophane!

Che-Wei Wang and Taylor Levy of CW&T love the Pilot Hi-Tec C pens almost as much as I do but they went the extra step and drew up plans and prototypes for stainless steel housing and sleeve. The sleeve doubles as a ruler with metric and imperial measurements on it. Right now, the team has received lots of funding through the Kickstarter program so let’s hope that this amazing unit will be available soon! (via Pen Type-A Kickstarter)

Found on a recent thrift outing, these two unused pocket notebooks. Stitch bound and filled with lightly lined paper. One had written on the over a name and the word “Private” in pencil. I tried to photograph it clearly but it was as hard to read as it is in person.

The Dymo Tapewriter 1054

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This vintage Dymo was found at the White Cloud Flea Market, still in the box!

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Made of heavy industrial beige metal it is a behemoth of a Dymo.

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Despite its weight and size, it is one of the easiest Dymos I’ve ever used. The clamp action is smooth and even and it presses the letters with very little effort. I am floored at what a fabulously functional artifact this is. If you ever spy one at a yard sale, I recommend you grab it!

Still available is the Dymo 1011 which is a heavy duty “professional” tapewriter marketing to outdoor and forestry usage. It seems that these large heavyweight Dymos can use Aluminum Non-Adhesive and Stainless Steel Metal Embossing Tapes. I am definitely going to try out some of the metal tapes and see if they work in my older industrial tapewriters.

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new email addresses

Well, due to faulty poll software and mixed interest, the votes for my new email address were fairly lukewarm. I did have several people tell me via email, voice and comment that they were amused with chair@… and there were several votes for both girltuesday@… (a play off of my frequently used, homage-to-Jasper-Fforde, internet nom de plume, Tuesday Next) as well as headhoncho@…. , just because its silly.

So….

I’ve decided to use them all. Feel free to email me with comments, questions or suggestions!