Giveaway: Akashiya Sai Watercolor Brush Pen - 5 Autumn Color Set

Brush pens are certainly not my forte, but I know a lot of readers use and enjoy them, so I thought the least I could do is spread the wealth around to the more artistic among us with this giveaway of the Akashiya Sai Watercolor Brush Pen - 5 Autumn Color Set.  More details from JetPens:

The innovative design of these SAI brush pens from Akashiya is what helped it win the 2007 ISOT Stationery of the Year award in Japan. SAI brushes have the potential to revolutionize painting as we know it, allowing artists to create beautiful artwork from an elegant, non-messy tool. The brushes are a great combination of traditional sumi-e (Asian art) brush quality and modern brush functionality and portability.

This set includes the five Autumn themed colors, which are Vermilion, Yellow, Ultramarine, Purple, and Burnt Umber Brown.

Here are the rules:

1. Leave one comment on this post anytime between now, and Thursday night at 11:59 PM Eastern Time.  You are limited to one entry.  Feel free to link this giveaway on your blog, or share it with anyone you feel is a true pen addict.

2. For this contest, I will pick one winner at random from the comments section of this post.  The comments will be numbered in the order they are received, i.e. the first comment is #1, the second #2, and so on.  The Random Integer Generator at random.org will be used to pick the number of the winner.

3. The contest winner will be posted on Friday, December 5th.  The winner will have one week to email me at the address posted in the right sidebar.

4. I will ship internationally.  I know their are many international readers and fans of The Pen Addict, and I will gladly ship to you at my expense.

Thanks, and good luck!

Notebook Reviews Coming Soon...

I received a slew of goodies from the fine folks at Exaclair Inc., the U.S. distributor of Clairefontaine, Quo Vadis, Rhodia, and more.  I haven't had a chance to give them a full once-over yet, but I hope to do so in the coming weeks.  In the meantime, here are a few pictures of the notebooks I received, with more photos to be found on my Flickr page.

Quo Vadis Habana Notebook

Rhodia Gridded Notepad

Exacompta Space 17 2009 Weekly Planner

Clairefontaine Spiral Bound Notebook

Happy Turkey Day!

I will be over-eating, sleeping, then over-eating again on Thursday, and then heading out of town for a few days first thing Friday morning, so posting is going to be light over this gorge-fest of a holiday we Americans call Thanksgiving.  I may get a post or two uploaded ahead of time, but don't be surprised if there are no reviews until I return next week.  There will not be a links post this weekend either, but I have already come up with a few good ones to share to keep you occupied:

-- Pentamento is a new blog I just found with lots of great content  (Pentamento)

-- I stumbled across the brand new Paper and Pens blog too  (Paper and Pens)

-- Dave reviews the Papermate Write Bros. Mechanical Pencil, and I'm pretty sure he included a self portrait this time  (Dave's Mechanical Pencils)

-- Zebra Jimnie Gel Rollerball review  (Good Pens)

-- Teesha carries a serious amount of pens around in her journal bag  (Teesha'a Blog)

-- An excellent Pentel Slicci drawing  (Roz Wound Up)

-- My Top 10 Customized Moleskines Notebooks  (Moleskinerie)

-- Rita hearts JetPens  (SoulComfot's Corner)

-- Review:  Yellow Ciak Piccolo Journal  (Spiritual Evolution of the Bean)

-- Uni-Ball Signo 0.18mm review  (Wilson Knut's Witticisms)

--  JetPens has a great JetPics page which is used to showcase user pictures, so be sure to bookmark this page (I removed the other links since they go to this page).  Also, be sure to join their Facebook group and Flickr pool to win cool prizes with your pen pics!  Also, don't forget about the JetPens Pentastic Christmas pen drive going on to help out Pens for Kids.

Wow, that was about a weeks worth of links in just a few days.  Have a Happy Thanksgiving!