First, I’d like to say thanks to everyone who entered the Hallmarket Notebooklet Giveaway. There were lots of fun facts too. Here’s a smattering of my favorites: Ikea is coming (true. Late 2014) The mayor, Sly James, uses a Pilot Varsity (hmmm… UPDATE:TRUE!) Kansas City has more pencils per capita than any other city in…
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Hallmarket Notebooklet Review
Back in September, Hallmark Cards Inc. hosted its third annual Hallmarket. It is a chance for all the artists and staff at the company to sell their personal creations, from paintings and prints to jewelry, clothing, accessories, home furnishings and toys. It is a dizzying array of products and if you are in or near…
Winner: Holiday Gift Guide Gift Certificate
Thanks to everyone who left comments and wish lists for The Pen Addict Gift Guide Rebuttal and thanks to Brad and Myke for not being too annoyed with me. It appears that the TWSBI Minis and Pilot Hi-Tec C Coletos are very popular items this year. Rhodia pads are also popular as are Field Notes…
The Pen Addict Gift Guide Rebuttal (with respect and jest)
I am a huge fan of Brad Dowdy and his Pen Addict blog and podcast but I’m going to have to provide some alternatives to his podcast gift guide. I was actually speaking out loud as the podcast was playing with my suggestions so I figured I needed to put them down for everyone else.…
TUL New Pens Giveaway Winner
Thanks to everyone who entered the TUL new pens giveaway. Without delay, the winner is: Congrats, Jessica Ann! Jessica Ann, I’m hoping you’ll compare the TUL pens to your Pentel Hybrid Technica and report back. Let us know what you think and I’ll be sure to share your comments here on the blog. Thanks so…
TUL New Pen Review
The fine folks at OfficeMax sent me a selection of their new and improved TUL pens last week. The set included the TUL rollerball, ballpoint, gel pen and marker pen. Prices start at $5.99 per 4-pack of gel pens up to $17.99 for a dozen of the ballpoints. Aesthetically, the TUL brand pens are quite…
All the Votes are in!
We’ve tallied up all the votes for the favorite writing tool and the results surprised me a little bit. Fountain pens won by a landslide with 62 votes. Gel pens were the next closest with a mere 13 votes followed by the faithful pencil with ten votes. rollerballs got nine votes and ballpoints and felt…