Misfill, Giant Pencil Shavings Edition

Giant Pencil Shavings

Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:

— Artist makes lampshades with giant pencil sharpener shavings (Boing Boing)

— The Semikolon Grand Voyage notebook; a brief review. (Fountain pen blog)

— Review: Talens Art Creations Sketchbooks (Comfortable Shoes Studio)

— Guide to Notebook Systems, Part III: Traveler's Notebook and the "Modular" Approach (The Gentleman Stationer)

— Review: Gravitas Sentry Big Dropper & Delrin Fountain Pen (The Pencilcase Blog)

— Ink Review #1906: Vinta Sea Star (Mountain of Ink)

— Pen Review: Pilot Juice Up 0.4 Classic Glossy Set (6-color set) (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— Note to Self: Over-organizing Is a Great Way to Procrastinate (Analog Office)

— Kokuyo to Sell Entire Pentel Stake to Plus (JIJI PRESS)

— Kokuyo Auxiliary Hardcover Notebook Review 4K (Blake's Broadcast)

— Ink Review: #716: Rohrer & Klingner SketchInk Jules (Fountain Pen Pharmacist)

— How Bullet Journaling Keeps Me Centered (The Everygirl)

— You won't believe the price of Audio-Technica's new headphones, but you'll want them (TechRadar)

— Diamine Monboddo’s Hat on Midori MD (Inkcredible Colours)

— Fall-ing for five inked pens (puns are cool) (mnmlscholar)

— Inside Vegan Leather Brand CRAFSTO’s New Tokyo Store & Studio (Spoon & Tamago)

— A 500-Page Book Explores the Japanese Folkloric Tradition of the Supernatural ‘Yōkai’ Entities (Colossal)

— Zoe Liu on developing her weird but cute style and the benefits of taking art education slowly (Creative Boom)

— Lamy Charged Green (dapprman)

— Has streaming made it harder to discover new music? (The Guardian)

— Otto Hutt Design 08 Fountain Pen Review (SBREBrown)

— The Feminist Revival of Embroidery (Hyperallergic)

— lamy studio (a fleeting ripple)

Want to catch the rest, plus extra articles, reviews, commentary, discounts, and more? Try out a Pen Addict Membership for only $5 per month!

Posted on October 2, 2022 by Brad Dowdy and filed under Misfill.

The Pen Addict Raffle for St. Jude Wrap Up

Thanks to you, we raised $33,600 for the kids of St. Jude during the month of September through The Pen Addict Raffle for St. Jude. The participation in this fundraiser continues to amaze me, and myself and the Relay FM team cannot thank you enough for being part of this!

All of the raffle prize winners have been selected and emailed as of Friday night, and coordination of prizes is underway. I want to give a special shout-out to all of the makers, vendors, and retailers who provided goods to help us raise funds this year. Please check them out the next time you are shopping for stationery:

— Tesori Fountain Pens

— Toyooka Craft

— Enigma Blanks

— Penquisition

— River City Pens

— Amarillo Stationery

— Bungubox

— Blank Slate Paper Co.

— Kanilea Pen Co.

— Plotter

— Abidel Acosta Art

— Inkdependence

See you all next year!

Posted on October 2, 2022 by Brad Dowdy and filed under St. Jude.