I purchased a flat lead mechanical pencil several years ago at a big box office supply store that I used to practice my lettering. Unfortunately, it was not stocked for long so supply of the lead was very limited. I bought several of the pencils and a bunch of the lead refills for friends but…
In my yearly round-up, I thought I might pick my favorite pens, inks and other stationery items for the year. There are so many amazing things this year, it was really hard to narrow it down. I can’t thank Tina and Laura enough for coming on board and making this blog even better this year!…
Thanks to everyone who entered the Hobonichi x3 Giveaway. I feel like these books are headed off to good homes. Hopefully, there will be more awesome giveaways, reviews and eye candy in 2018, so stay tuned! The winners, selected by our random number generator, are: Lydia, Marie and Elise, I don’t know what you do…
I have a thing for pencils, particularly red/blue pencils, but you knew that already, didn’t you? So, in my never ending hunt for red/blue pencils, I occasionally come across red marking pencils. These are also extremely useful. For most people, these are correction pencils or grading pencils. For me, these are sketching pencils so my…
Year End Round-Ups, Favorites & Top Posts: End of the Year List of Writing Gear (via Karas Kustoms Blog) My top 12 Fountain Pen Inks of 2017 and Project Review (via Fountain Pen Inks and Bleach) Top 4 Favourite Pens 2017 (via Alt.Haven) I’ve Waited Too Long for a Gift Guide, So Here’s Some Stuff…
I got whipped up in the frenzy of the launch of the 2018 Hobonichi Techo products this year so I bought one of everything before they sold out without knowing for sure which one I would actually use. FOMO is a terrible thing. Then the Jibun Techo was released a couple weeks later and I…
First, a Merry Christmas to all! And then, a big thank you to our anonymous donor for the Jibun Techo for this giveaway. The pen community really is full of the nicest, most generous people I have ever met. And finally, a great big congratulations to our winner: I hope that the Jibun Techo 3-in-1…
