Here’s a quick roundup of new giveaways, deals, reads, images and a bit of what I’m loving for the week of Sept 2, 2019. Giveaways: – In case you missed it, I’m giving away two SohoSpark vegan leather journals! – Pensachi is giving away a Platinum Balance pen with lots of ink! – Appelboompennen is giving away the latest Kaweco …
In the world of fountain pens, I feel like there are things that you have always used, things that you know you’ll never use, and things that you’ve never used but are curious about. Something that sits squarely in that last category for me is a journal cover. For some reason I’ve never picked up a cover for any of …
I’ve never been much of a pocket notebook guy. If I’m going out and about and want to bring a pen and notebook, I’ll typically have a bag with me, in which case I’ll just bring a regular-sized notebook. Recently though, I’ve started to appreciate smaller notebooks and have been using them as dedicated sources to write about individual topics. …
I just finished reading The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll and must say that I am feeling inspired and optimistic. I have been using bullet journaling for my daily planning for the past few months and have really been enjoying it. It lets me do something I would normally do (plan my days) while using a fountain pen and …
Here’s a quick roundup of new giveaways, deals, reads, images and a bit of what I’m loving for the week of August 19, 2019. Giveaways: – Hardy Penwrights is giving away a custom pen on Instagram. – Gourmet Pens and Pen Sachi are giving away a Sailor Shikiori Camellia Snow on Instagram Deals All pricing was accurate at the time …
One of my favorite ways to use a fountain pen is to write letters. You may have seen my previous post about heavyweight fountain-pen-friendly envelopes, but that’s only one size of envelope (A6) that fits A5-sized paper. Many writing paper comes in a B5 size, which doesn’t easily fit in an A6 envelope. So, I went out and got some …
For fountain pen users, paper plays an important role in the overall enjoyment of writing. If you’ve read this site for any amount of time, you probably know that I am somewhat obsessed with paper and am always looking for good, fountain pen friendly paper and notebooks. Unfortunately, nice paper can be quite expensive. Fortunately, there is some nice paper …
Here’s a quick roundup of new giveaways, deals, reads, images and a bit of what I’m loving for the week of August 5, 2019. Giveaways: – Monteverde is giving away a set of their new Sweet Life inks on Instagram. – Do you bullet journal? The Bullet Journal Method is giving away some special notebooks to celebrate 6 years. Deals …
As I was sitting down planning out the next few months’ worth of blog posts, it occurred to me that you might want a sneak peek at what’s coming up. I always have so many reviews that I want to write, I have to prioritize them and space them out a bit so you don’t just get 10 paper reviews …
It’s not often that a new type of paper hits the fountain pen scene, but when it does, people take notice. As far as I know, Wild Pages burst onto the radars of fountain pen users at the 2019 Chicago Pen Show. In addition to their sudden appearance, Wild Pages has been tight-lipped about the source of their paper, only …