Field Notes: Endpaper Edition Oh, Coudal and Partners, you are two-for-two with me this year. First, a space edition to end all space editions and now a marbled End Papers edition that warms my frustrated librarian heart? Using the format from the Dime Store edition with book-like bound edge, lined pages, and heavier paper, End…
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Pelikan Hubs: This Friday!
We have details for the Kansas City and Nashville Pelikan Hub Events! Kansas City: The Kansas City event will be held at 6:30pm on Friday night (Sept. 21) at Crown Center just outside The Pen Place. There are 37 registered attendees but anyone is welcome to come. Registered attendees will receive the goodies from Pelikan…
Shop Update: Booze Alert and More
It took a bit of time to get it all uploaded and updated but I wanted to share our new products that we shared at the San Francisco Pen Show. First, we launched three new notecards ($3 each) from vintage advertising cuts that were on loan to us from John Hinkle. John collects vintage ink bottles…
Come See Us at the SF Pen Show!
If you’ve been following our Instagram feed, you may have seen our special Col-o-ring edition that we created for the San Francisco Pen Show. The books will only be available in San Francisco and once they sell out, we will not reprint these covers. If you’re interested in this edition, be sure to grab one…
In memory: Jim Rouse
When I started collecting fountain pens and attending pen shows, people told me it would be the community that would keep me coming back to the hobby and the events again and again. I’ve met many people online through the hobby that have changed my life in their own way but what has been the…
Upcoming Events: Maker Faire KC & Saint Louis Pen Show
Maker Faire KC If you are local to Kansas City, the Maker Faire is fast approaching. Its the weekend of June 23 and 24th at Union Station and we will once again be participating under the Skylab Letterpress banner. We will be inside in the main hall again this year. If you are interested in…
In Memory of Kate Spade
The Well-Appointed Desk is hurtling towards its eighth year of blogging (officially, June 17th is the anniversary) and, in that time, I have mentioned Kate Spade 45 times. Clearly, she has been an influence on my life and this blog. Whether a product became the focus of a Fashionable Friday, or the backdrop for a…