Lost Crates is a monthly stationery subscription service. As with Rad and Hungry, you sign up, pay a monthly fee, and get a box of surprise goodies every month. But while Rad and Hungry offers a selection from a different country each month, Lost Crates aims to give each subscriber a personalized, “curated” selection. When … Continue reading Review & Giveaway: Lost Crates
Curt Roper has lived out a fantasy many of us have: he designed his perfect fountain pen friendly notebook, and manufactured it so he could not only have a lifetime supply, but sell it to others too! Let’s take a look at the sample Hitlist notebook he sent me: I like the design– the cover … Continue reading Review: Hitlist Notebook
At the Guardian website, Steven Poole takes a look at a Leuchtturm notebook: The most bruited feature of the Leuchtturm, meanwhile, one to which a circular sticker on the cellophane packaging is devoted, is that the paper is “ink proof”. They are not claiming that the mere addition of ink to the pages causes all … Continue reading Leuchtturm Review at Guardian.co.uk
This week’s addict displays a very tidy shelf of notebooks on his Flickr page: That turquoise pen is a nice bonus too! See original image at Journals, Moleskines, Notebooks on Flickr – Photo Sharing!.
Here’s a writer who is an enthusiastic advocate for using a pocket notebook, in his case, a Paperblanks. What I’m advocating is having a small notebook (and a mini-pen — those things don’t break when you sit on them, and can fit in a front jeans pocket) ready with you so you can be ready … Continue reading Howard Andrew Jones’ Writing Tools
Don’t you love the cover of this book? How could that not make a notebook fan want to read it! It certainly sucked me in, and the publisher was kind enough to send me a review copy. (Which actually has a slightly different cover, with a much cooler old-school fountain pen instead of the purple … Continue reading Book Review: Writers and Their Notebooks
Here we are with another Carnival of Pen, Pencil & Paper. It’s an interesting selection this month– I think the notebook people need to step it up a bit as far more of our submissions tend to be about pens! But there’s a great variety of pen articles that made for interesting reading, so I’m … Continue reading Carnival of Pen, Pencil & Paper #18
Journal Addict posts about testing a few different pens on Moleskine paper. Which ones did she like the best? Pilot G2 – 0.7 and Uniball Signo 207, 0.7 – my favourites, and perfect for me. I don’t know if I like one of them better. I guess I will find out after more use. But … Continue reading Moleskine Monday: Which Pen to Use?
Not long ago, I traveled to Istanbul for a vacation. I was of course excited to see what kinds of notebooks I might find there! The only Turkish brand of notebooks I’d ever heard of was Arwey, but oddly enough, I didn’t spot a single Arwey notebook on my trip. I did see some other … Continue reading Notebooks in Istanbul
The Quiver is a new product made to add handy pen storage to your Moleskine or similarly sized notebook: They come in black or brown leather, sized to fit large or pocket Moleskines. They should also work with Ecosystem or Piccadilly or other hardcover notebooks of the same size, or even a bit larger. Since … Continue reading Win a Quiver Pen Holder!