Word Notebooks Standard Memorandum And Leather Cover Winner

It's fun to start a new year with a clean page, and what's better than the Word Notebooks Standard Memorandum 2015 Notebook and Hellbrand Leather Cover? This Day Journal helps you keep short tidbits of your dailiy activities and tuck them safe and sound into a custom made leather cover. I'm excited to kick someone's 2015 off the right way, and the winner is:

Congrats Daximillian! Get in touch via the Contact Page within a week and I'll get it on the way.

Thanks to JetPens for offering up this great product and thanks to everyone who entered!

Three Questions With Azizah From Gourmet Pens

In the relatively new world of stationery blogging, Azizah from Gourmet Pens is one of the stalwarts of the community. Her reviews are thorough, beautiful, and always entertaining. My thanks to Azizah for taking the time out to answer Three Questions.

1. What role do analog tools such as pens, pencils, and paper play in your day to day life?

Currently, my life revolves around analog tools and I'm really enjoying that. I write three blogs, in addition to recording the "Serious Nibbage" series, and am building up a fourth (scientific) website. It takes a lot of coordinating, planning, and preparing. I have to log my time and make sure I'm posting in the right place, make sure I have drafts ready to go, and there is a lot of research and editing involved. I have a lot of potential ideas, comical quotes and sayings, words and other topics of interest I want to research out, often for a blog post but also out of curiosity, questions I want to ask, things I have to do, things I have to remember… it’s a long list in my head. If I don't write it all down, I'll forget something important, and I hate making lists on my phone. I carry four notebooks with me at all times and a case full of pens and other tidbits I might need. I write everything down, so I have to use analog tools or I wouldn't be able to stay organized!

2. What are your favorite products you are currently using?

My current favorites are a strange variety of things. I have a thing for machined pens, so I keep a Karas Kustoms Render K (aluminum, Pilot Hi-Tec-C 0.4 mm light blue), a Tactile Turn Shaker (copper, Schmidt EasyFlow 9000 blue), and a Karas Kustoms Bolt (hot pink, Schmidt EasyFlow 9000 blue). I also love my Uni-ball Jetstream Alpha Gel Grip pen (black, 0.7 mm blue refill).    The notebooks I obsess over and keep with me constantly are Field Notes in a Mitchell Leather Deluxe Journal Cover, and I don’t care which ones they are. Since I use ballpoints with them, they all work for me, and I like changing it up because I get bored of the same thing after some time. They’re just fun.

Last but not least, there are fountain pens. I’ll do anything for a vintage flex, and the flexier, the better. I love my Waterman 94 with a #5 Waterman wet noodle music nib that is always inked, my Waterman 12 with an extra fine to double broad wet noodle, and my Waterman 52V with a fine to triple broad wet noodle. I’m all about that flex. I also like shiny things, so I keep my Pelikan Souverän M400 White Tortoise (Mottishaw BB Stub) inked (currently with J. Herbin Stormy Grey).

I carry everything in my Kivu, a wonderful leather bag made by Love41, the sister company of Saddleback Leather.

3. What post are you the most proud of on your blog?

A few months ago, I would have had no idea how to answer this. Fortunately,  I wrote a post on music nibs not too long ago – Two Tines, Three Tines: A Symphony of Music Nibs. I spent hours and hours putting it together, doing research, taking pictures, preparing everything – namely by posting reviews of each individual pen prior to putting together the final post, and finally, I published it (nervously, to be honest). I'm actually really excited this was a question. As soon as I saw it, I knew right away this would be my answer. I worked very hard on it and I hope it helps people who read it.

Word Notebooks Standard Memorandum Notebook Plus Leather Cover Giveaway

Ready to get 2015 started with a bang? How about adding the Word Notebooks Standard Memorandum Notebook 2015 plus a beautiful black Hellbrand Leather Cover to your daily arsenal.

This combo is made for each other - literally - so you will have the functionality of an old-school date book wrapped up in a sleek leather case that can take a beating. It’s the perfect setup for those who like to keep it simple.

I have one notebook plus leather cover to give away, courtesy of my good friends at JetPens. Here is how to enter:

1. Leave one comment on this post anytime between now, and Saturday night at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. You are limited to one entry. This contest is open to both international and US residents.

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 Sunday, January 4th. The winner will have one week to email me via the Contact link at the top of the page.

Thanks and good luck!