Welcome to the January 5, 2010 edition of Carnival of Pen, Pencil and Paper. My name is Cynthia, and I am also the host for this months blog carnival. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this month’s selection of posts from a variety of blogs from those who love pens, pencils and paper.
Journaling & Art Journaling
NotebookStories gives us a sneak preview of Lynda Barry’s beautiful art journaling book “What It Is” in her post My Favorite “Notebook Book:” Lynda Barry’s “What It Is”. Be sure to visit her blog for this and more notebook topics at NotebookStories.
Betsy from Wild Thyme Creative explores different mediums in the Exacompta Sketchbook in her article Behind the pages {Exacompta: The next journal}.
Mari L. McCarthy presents 5 Steps to Start Journaling for the Health of It™ posted at Journal Therapy Cures.
Heather presents The Other Journal posted at A Penchant for Paper.
User’s Collection
Seth Baker presents In Defense of Handwriting (plus tips!) | Happenchance posted at Happenchance, saying, “I grew sick of having lousy handwriting and decided to do something about it.”
Margana presents Pen, Paper and Ink Finds for 2009 posted at An Inkophile’s Blog Check it out to see her favorite items for 2009!
Laurie presents Ghost of Planners Past #1: Desperation posted at Plannerisms, saying, “This is a story about two people using Quo Vadis Textagenda planners in very different circumstances: a university student and a Peace Corps volunteer. The story revolves around my relationship with my sister and our shared love of planners. Others who love planners and good paper will identify with my craving for my planner of choice!”
Pens, Inks & Writing Tools
Okami0731 presents Featured Pen – Mabie Todd Swan SM 205/86 posted at Whatever. Check out her blog for more information on this beauty.
Woodworker presents Iroshizuku fountain pen ink by Pilot posted at Inkyjournal – reviews of fountain pens, notebooks, moleskine and ink, saying, “This ink was my discovery for the year 2009!”
Dowdyism presents Top 10 Pen Reviews of 2009 posted at The Pen Addict, saying, “2009 was a great year for pens. Here are the reviews that Pen Addict readers viewed the most over the past year.”
Sam presents Review: USUS Pi ballpoint posted at Future; Nostalgic, saying, “A stylish ballpoint with wonderfully clean lines and an interesting toggle switch mechanism.”
Stephen Smith presents Pen, Pencil and Paper posted at …words.
Office Supply Geek shares an unconventional method to remove an air bubble from his pen refill in How to Fix Your Pen – The Ink Bubble Resolved. Find out how he did it at the Office Supply Geek blog.
Julie presents Sheaffer’s WASP Addipoint Fountain Pen posted at Peaceable Writer, saying, “”WASP stood for “Walter A. Sheaffer Pen” and was the name of the company producing the pens. Thus, not all WASP pens are Addipoints.””
That concludes this edition. Big thanks to the Carnival ringmaster, Notebook Stories. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of pen, pencil and paper using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
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Outstanding! 😉
Thanks, glad you like it!
Cynthia
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Thanks for a great deal of wonderful links 🙂 Happy New Year
Hi Dolly,
You are welcome! I was happy to do it. There are a lot of great posts there.
Cynthia
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Awesome! I love all the pics and the wonderful, wonderful links. Thanks for hosting this Carnival. 😀
Wonderful! What a lovely host you are. Love seeing all the wild things people do with their journals.
Thank you, Julie! I am glad you liked it.
Cynthia
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Great job Cynthia – thanks for hosting!
You are quite welcome! With such great posts to feature, it was a real pleasure.
Cynthia
Thanks for including my blog but also for the NotebookStories post about “What It Is” that I had missed. Can’t wait to get my hands on such an inspirational book.
You are welcome. I enjoyed reading your post. You gave me lots of good ideas for things to try out. I am especially interested in the Pentel Pocket Brush Pen.
Let me know how you like the book.
Cynthia
Cynthia, a wonderful carnival! Fun, interesting posts with lovely photos to match. Thanks for hosting that.
Lito
Hi Lito,
I am glad to hear you enjoyed it! Stay tuned for next month’s Carnival for more interesting posts!
Cynthia
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