Postcard Fun/Joy

These postcards made my day today. Imagine my joy when I got these from our mailbox this morning? Thank you, Pirjo and Long.The first postcard is a Kaj Stenvall reproduction of a 1993 piece titled, "Whose Move?". I've received a lot of postcards from Finland since I started Postcrossing, but I never did get the chance to receive any of these must-have cards. This is my first Kaj Stenvall, I hope to get more. *Wink.*This second card is from Taiwan,...

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GPW #1: Pilot G2s

Here's Gel Pen(s) of the Week (GPW) #1: My set of 0.7 Pilot G-2s.This it it. This is where GPW starts. I mentioned in one of my earlier posts that I will do a GPW project. GPW, or gel pen(s) of the week is a project I thought of while cleaning out my pen boxes. I realized that even if I want to, I cannot fully shift to full fountain pen use due to the following reasons: (a) I got a lot of non-FP pens; (b) i need a GP or a ballpoint to fill out forms,...

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It's Alive.

It's alive. (Insert roar/monstrous laugh here.)Oh yes, it is. My Frankenthein (photo above) has finally made it to me. Created by our dearest friend Tom Overfield, Frankenthein, or Thein as I love to call him, is a frankenpen. Um, okay, don't freak out. It's not as bad as it sounds. It's actually very simple. For pen collectors and enthusiasts, a frankenpen, or a franky, is a pen that has been created from parts of different pens. These parts may...

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And Now... Meet Mary Ann

And now, meet Mary Ann. Stunning, isn’t she?Mary Ann belongs to Retro 51's Scriptmaster II series, and she's the third in my stash of white fountain pens. I got her from her previous owner last April but only got to ink her early this month. She's made of solid bars of cellulose acetate, and her articulated clip and rings are coated with platinum. Whoa. Retro 51's logo on the cap's ring. She is 5.5 inches long of flawless beauty, 5 inches uncapped,...

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My Weekend Hoard of (Gel) Pens and A Pencil

I took a much needed respite from blogging recently as I focused on more pressing matters, such as work and health. As I finish those important tasks, I’m happy to be back. With pens. This is my growing stash of gel pens. For a bigger photo, click here.The three-day weekend last weekend has brought me to what else, NBS. I went there to get some (more) notebooks (again), but this time of the month is not a good time to visit NBS, or any bookstore/school...

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And Here's From Bleubug

Lately, I haven't had the time to write anything about pens, notebooks, or toys. Been busy with the Brief, and with something else. But on a rainy, gloomy, sad Tuesday morning, our Mailroom guy gave this to me, and boy, did it brighten the whole world for me. *Wink.*This postcard, like the one that Missive Maven sent to me, is not from Postcrossing, but from a dear friend from the 'other side of the hemisphere.' Tom, or TAO to most of us at FPN-P,...

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