I live in the middle of the country so I seldom see the sea. To make up for this, I spend July in my “mermaid month”. I seek out art, films, books, colors and anything else that feels like ocean breezes, sand dunes and salty hair. Patrons received printables for this month filled with this…
The Trip We are back from the St. Louis Pen Show and we had a great time. I taught sooo many classes, Bob met so many people at the table and we ate soooo much good food. We got to spend time with friends and make lots of new ones too. While the St. Louis…
When I placed my order with Cult Pens UK a few weeks ago, I threw in a few other exclusive items just because. One of those was the Grey Skies No More ink which is part of the exclusive Diamine x Cult Pens Summer Fountain Pen Ink (30ml bottle). The series included eight colors total…
Here we go again! I’m setting off for St. Louis today with my my patient, kind husband who is spending his weekend standing on his feet, eating vegan food (he’s not a vegan, I am) and driving back and forth down I-70 (the sorriest strip of highway in America). What a good sport! We will…
There’s a bunch of travel reports from folks visiting favorite shops around the world, mid-year reflections and lots of creative ideas this week. I think my interest in more collage-y, art journaling projects is that these can be created with things I already have — reuse and repurpose — in a time that making something…
Wow! I have gotten so many new things in the shop this week and restocked a bunch of favorites. Kitta Portable Decorative Tape Booklets First, we are now stocking the Kitta Portable sticker/washi booklets. Some designs are on traditional washi paper, others on clear PET, craft paper and even some on fluorescent paper! Each Kitta…
This week we have a lot of posts about technology — the kind of tech that analog people might be interested in like a university professor making students type papers on typewriters so they can’t use AI, a flip phone from Commodore (as in 64) and 40 rage-inducing problems in tech which made me laugh…
