Review by Tina Koyama (and Ana Reinert, with art from Hannah Carey and Cory Say) Here at the Desk, we love brush pens, and we also have a penchant for white ink. Imagine our excitement when a white brush pen appeared on the market! By way of explaining the product’s unusual name, JetPens describes the…
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Giveaway Winner: Floor 9 Daily Notebook
Thanks to everyone who entered the Floor 9 Daily Notebook giveaway. And now, for our lucky winner: Maybe Enzo’s bed is a loft bed and his desk is below it? Let’s hope so. Happy writing, Enzo. I hope you don’t get writer’s cramp under there.
Eye Candy: Moo Kate Moross Notebook Set
Moo has once again released a special edition of their notebooks. This time, they teamed up with artist Kate Moross and created a 3-notebook set in a slipcase ($24.99) that is available starting today. The slipcase has the same texture and sturdy build as the slipcase that my original hardcover notebook came in. Its matte…
Link Love: Ink is Where it’s All Happening!
This week, the ink is where it’s at! Oh, there’s still lots of other interesting things to read but between Macchiato Man’s overview of the Sailor 100 inks and Mountain of Ink reviewing the much revered Parker Penman Sapphire, the Ink category is this week’s hot ticket. Oh, and in honor of Chinese New Year,…
Notebook Review: Clairefontaine A6 Graf’book
The Clairefontaine Graf’Book is a simple, blank notebook with black card stock cover and an exposed thread binding. The Graf’Book is made up of 100 pages of 100gsm bright white paper. I got the A6 size but the Graf’Book is also available in A4 and A5 size with portrait or landscape binding options. The exposed…
Notebook Review: Floor 9 Cloth Cover Daily Notebooks
Floor 9 is a home decor and gifts line from a certain company that might sign my paychecks (full transparency here) and I found these lovely, cloth-covered journals (similar notebooks can be found here) recently. Both notebooks feature two ribbon bookmarks and the internal pages have different left- and right-hand page designs. On the lefthand…
Eye Candy: Hippocampus Zine
The folks at Paper Seahorse sent over their zine Hippocampus ($10) for me to check out and its quite a treat. It’s full of paper-related pieces printed on thick, high-quality paper. Inside, are lovely enclosures like an origami pencil, a quote card, and stickers. There’s even a tutorial or two and a piece by Michael Sull.…