I have received several questions and recommendations from our fine readers so I thought I might start an infrequent post series “From our fine readers”. Shall we begin? Mark recommended a recent story from The Smithsonian Magazine on the history of the @ symbol. Great article about one of my favorite little glyphs. Nathalie asked…
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Ink Drop: March 2012
I received my second Ink Drop shipment from Goulet Pens this weekend and it is full of sunny, springy bright colors! Included this month was Schaeffer Skrip Brown, Noodler’s Summer Tanager, Platinum Cyclamen Pink, Private Reserve Foam Green and Diamine Washable Blue. To be honest, I am loving all of the colors and quite enjoy…
Pilot Prera Unveil
Oh, what could be inside this glossy black box? None other than the Pilot Prera fountain pen with F nib and in the most lovely shade of lime green, of course. I’m hoping this will satisfy my lust for a lime green pen and that I won’t feel the need to buy the apple green…
Link Love: All Write, all write!
(Links for images in the collage above are all listed in the links below) Today’s Link Love is all writing instruments! Pencils Links: Turn paper into pencils (via Office Supplies Junkie) Moleskine Highlighter Pencils (via NoteMaker) Gorgeous Vintage Pencils (via Present and Correct) Pen Links: An interview with Michael Gutberlet of Kaweco (via Jet Pens)…
Exacompta Sketchbook Review
On my never-ending quest for the perfect notebook, I decided to give the French-made Exacompta Sketchbook from Exaclair (AKA Clairefontaine, AKA Rhodia) a test drive. This very plain book looks as if it were designed as a refill to go inside one of the Exacompta Club leatherette refillable journal covers as the cover stock is…
Vintage Repro Cahiers Review
Laughing Elephant has created these vintage reproduction French cahiers. Each notebook has the classic look of a vintage composition notebook with cardstock covers with rounded corners. There are eleven different designs in their line of French Notebooks, these are just two of the designs. Inside each book is warm white paper with pale sepia lines.…
Semikolon Tablet and Composition Book Review
My dear friends over at Tag Team Tompkins showered me with notebooks for my birthday so I thought I might share the goodies with you, my fine readers. The first up is the Semikolon brand notebooks. I received a A4 Paper Block tablet and a composition-style, A5 exercise notebook. It seems their focus is on…