[Pen/Pencil Review] The Bic Cristal Classic Bold 1.6mm Ballpoint Pen
I know I’ve complained loudly about pen manufactures (BIC and Papermate, I’m looking at you) defaulting to larger and larger ballpoint sizes. I’ve been quite vocal about my love of fine points. But to be fair, I hadn’t actually used one of the “new” 1.6mm “Bold” points. I needed to give them a try. So […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The Iwako Elephant Novelty Eraser from JetPens.com
I love when JetPens.com has a sample giveaway for reviewers. I sign up every single time (and not just because I like being sent stuff for free–though BONUS!) because I always seem to get something I would never, ever buy on my own and either find what I get amusing (the pink gel pen) or […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] A Rerun and An Apology – The Rotring Rapid Pro
I apologize for doing another rerun. It’s been a crazy/weird Monday. I’ve had some brain burps from being out of town this weekend for our 5th Wedding Anniversary – then I discovered a scheduling snafu that has me all discombobulated. AND there’s really unstable weather playing tetherball with my head… all that adds up to […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The BIC Biro Fine Point Easy Glide in Blue Ink
Seriously, I wish the BIC Biro Easy Glide fine point (or any BIC fine point) ball point pens were available in the US. They would be one of my every day, always have one on me, pens. I’m constantly frustrated that BIC and Papermate and other manufacturers have arbitrarily decided the default pen point is […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] Murder by Fred – the Post Convention Rerun
I mentioned I’d be doing a couple of reruns this month. This one was from July 2011… — I’ve seen the Fred line of products in catalogs before but haven’t ever gotten around to ordering any of them – no matter how cool. Fortunately for me, a brand new Sam Moon opened up in my […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The Platinum Preppy Fountain Pen — Rerun
Because I’m hitting conventions hard this month (SoonerCon is over, ApolloCon Looms), I’m going to rerun a couple of early pen reviews – yes, the ones from way before I came up with a system. Also… a challenge has been thrown by author, Lou Antonelli, to find The BIC BRIO fine point (orange/yellow) barrel GREEN […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The BIC Triumph 530RT
This week’s pen is the BIC Triumph 730 RT. I picked this up at Office Depot in the clearance bins. The package came in a 3 pack, either all black or black/red/blue. I chose the multi-color pack. BIC apparently believes in this pen, it’s been given its own webpage. The BIC Triumph 730 RT packaging […]
[Spotlight Post] Shanna Swendson and the Enchanted Series
This week’s spotlight is on Shanna Swendson, a fellow Dallas/Fort Worth author, FenCon Staff Member, and fangirl. If it weren’t for Shanna and our friends, Todd and Sam, I would have never discovered Phineas and Ferb (it’s all their fault). Though I’ve mentioned her work before in blog posts, it’s been quite a while, and […]
[Pen/Pencil Reveiw] Memorial Day Holiday Rerun – The Lamy Studio
I wrote this back in 2010 – before I knew really what I was dong with the reviews and really go them started. I meant to have this up quite a while ago, but I’ve had plugin issues today. Me and com Most people who know me, know me for two things: my love of […]
The Sakura Sumo Grip II 0.5 mm Mechanical Pencil
This week’s review is the Sakura Sumo Grip II 0.5mm mechanical pencil. It is the companion to the Sumo Grip II Gel Pen I wrote up last week. This one is the match, with the blue clip and the accents. I also bought this one at Asel Art Supply. The Sumo Grip II pencil –just […]