August Sponsor Spotlight

Sponsor support is very important to me here at The Pen Addict. My sidebar advertisers put their faith in me to deliver good value for them month in and month out, and I want to shine the light on the best of the best for you. If you are shopping for pens, paper, inks, and more, please check out these great companies and see what they have to offer. Some recent highlights:

JetPens has a huge array of new art supplies for school this fall, including 24 colors of the Prismacolor Col-Erase Colored Pencil and 80 (!) colors of the Kuretake Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pen.

Goldspot launched the beautiful Montegrappa Fortuna Mosaic Collection which features artistic styles from Barcelona, Rome, and Marrakech. Oh by the way, Goldspot still has a few Omas floating around. Just saying.

Anderson Pens received their first shipment of Robert Oster Ink from Australia. The 40+ colors are wet, bright, and well-behaved - in other words, perfect for slinging ink around. And don't forget to use thier Ink Comparison Tool to find your perfect shade.

Posted on August 30, 2016 .

Field Notes Pony Express Leather Pouch Giveaway

Is there a better way to get things cranked back up after a pen show than a giveaway? The Field Notes Pony Express Leather Pouch is a tank of a product with thick leather, strong stitching, and a snap to keep your notebooks in place. On top of that, I am including a three-pack of the recent L.L. Bean Flagship Field Notes to load out your pouch right.

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 US and international 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, September 4th. The winner will have one week to email me via the Contact link at the top of the page.

Good luck!

Posted on August 30, 2016 and filed under Giveaways.

Thank You San Francisco!

Amazing town, amazing people, amazing show - what a trip! I'll have more on the podcast Wednesday and I'll see about getting the blog back on schedule tomorrow.

I did make two new friends while I was there...

Posted on August 29, 2016 and filed under Pen Shows.