tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818509282600773342011-11-25T22:31:56.075-06:00A blog about pens, paper, journals, notebooks, and general office / school supplies!Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18079849469421457787noreply@blogger.comBlogger361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381850928260077334.post-61161799384330042722011-11-20T17:43:00.007-06:002011-11-20T18:26:20.815-06:00

Due to the anonymous comment on my last entry, I was directed towards The Hach to help me fuel my MMMG planner addiction. Before I talk about the planners, let me comment on The Hach. I have no affiliation with them and I paid for my products so I feel no reason to say anything one way or another about them. That being said, this was an excellent company to buy from. My items shipped quickly

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I love planners. I have made my own planners, made planners for other people, printed out free printable pages, used Moleskine's, Quo Vadis, generic Mead academic planners, assignment books, the uncalendar....I've been around the planner block. But like with most things, I want to try something new and travel to far off planner lands. I started my journey with these two planners from

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It is coming up on my favorite time of year, school supply season! I have already started browsing the displays cropping up at the mass market stores, but I also love college bookstores. I decided to beat the rush of students and visited a nearby college bookstore yesterday. I came came across this Dialogue Notebook by PaperLuxe and the Pentel Rolling Writer pen. This book has a soft flexible

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Tomorrow is my first day at my new (old) job. Needless to say I have continued to fantasize about how I am going to supply my new office and have been dying to make the rounds to every office supply store and website known to man. Unfortunately, a rowdy going away party and homework limited my shopping time this weekend.Because I was short on time, I decided to visit Wal-Mart to get my pen fix!

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I have not posted in a very long time, I just got busy and my work was stressful. For awhile I didn't do much in the way of collecting pens and notebooks. My once monthly jet pen orders had even fallen by the wayside for a few months.Recently I have restarted ordering from www.jetpens.com at least 1x per month and bought a subscription to http://www.radandhungry.com. I am also starting a

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The Seventh Carnival of Pen, Pencil and Paper Welcome to the February 9, 2010 edition of carnival of pen, pencil and paper. My name is Melinda and I happy to be the host this month!I would have made this entry "prettier" and added more pictures or at least something I had written, but started a new job last week, and I am tired! Apparently ordering tons of new office supplies for my

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So I bought some new things over the past couple of months. I have had a chance to use all of them and I will give some brief opinions, there is a lot to cover!At the top are several Zebra Sarasa Push Clip Gel .4 gel pens. I feel like they write a little more reliably than the non push clip Zebras. If you have been disappointed in the past, give Zebra another shot with these.The Copic

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Just a reminder, the Carnival of Pen, Pencil and Paper needs your submissions! The carnival homepage is at http://www.notebookstories.com/carnival-of-pen-and-paper/ if you want more info and you can find the submission page is at http://blogcarnival.com/bc/submit_7671.html!Submit your entries by 5pm on February 7th, as the next Carnival will be posted on February 9th!

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As I have mentioned in a previous post, I have been journaling for a long time. How I have journaled has changed through the years. I used to want to fill up a book completely before moving on to the next one. I went through a phase where I used large, blank cover journals and modge podged my own covers because I was tired of all the cheap ones with lame covers being sold at the bookstores. I

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Kasi! Comment number one!Email me and I'll get your package sent!

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I know I do. I have an abundance of daily frustrations and issues, not to mention a strange fear of escalators. Which is a real problem during the holiday shopping season... But now I have something that will help me get over my escalator craziness...I was excited to be contacted by KnockKnock to review the My Dysfunctions journal. This journal says it all on the cover. The first few pages

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And the winner is...George at http://mysupplyroom.blogspot.com/Be on the lookout for my next review and an awesome giveaway!!!

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Have you remembered to comment on the previous post to potentially win the right handed, Pelikano Junior fountain pen? If not, now is the time because comments close on Friday!As soon as I announce the winner of the pen giveaway I have another I have a great product to review from KnockKnock and it will also feature a really awesome giveaway that will be a great gift for yourself or someone else

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Being an unemployed slacker has a few perks. The main perk is simply not having to go to work and dealing with stupid people. But the "shop whenever I want" perk is a close second! I was at Hobby Lobby today for no other reason then to look at pens. And I found three interesting things.The first pen is a .25 Slicci. They were being sold in black, red and green. I didn't have one in the

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Well for the last several weeks I have been continuing to create my own planner. I have tried some new layouts and kept changing things up. Here are the results. You can click on the pictures to see an extra large version.9-28 to 10-410-5 to 10-11I am not a huge fan of this layout, I probably won't use it again.10-12 to 10-18I really liked the lettering on this page, but I wish it would have

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I was exploring a new mall when I came across these three Rhodia notebooks! I thought each one was unique so I had to pick them up. The only Rhodia notebook I have had in the past was a quad rule legal pad type. I rarely come across them in stores, but I check them out online quite a bit.The orange legal pad has yellow paper, which I have not seen before, except on the Rhodia website. The

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In my never ending quest to find more planner page layouts for my awesome homemade planner, I stumbled across a pen related organizer at DIY Planner. I figured my fellow pen aficionados may be able to make use of this or have it spark your imagination. This Pen and Ink Inventory is a great idea for keeping track of all your pen, pencil, highlighter and marker purchases. I wish I would have

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In the past I have flirted with making my own planner. In fact, last fall a co-worker and I devoted many hours to creating the perfect planner that we would have printed and bound. We managed to waste quite a few hours on it before we both just settled on the Uncalendar I previously reviewed. In August, I had purchased a Quo Vadis planner and used it for a bit, but I stumbled across a group

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You only have until tonight at 11:59pm to leave a comment on the PREVIOUS post to win the giveaway.Also check out the great giveaway over at the pen addict! http://www.penaddict.com/2009/08/giveaway-lots-and-lots-of-pentel-pens.html

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I was really excited when Nathan from www.pen-sleeve.com contacted me about reviewing the pen-sleeve! The pen-sleeve comes in three colors: white, black and red. The pens that come with the product are standard ball point pens that are just fine for everyday use. The best part is that the pen-sleeve will work with any pen that has a clip so many types of pens will be compatible with the product

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Something kind of crazy that I have been very interested in over the past few years is what kind of school and office supplies to people use in other countries? What does a high school student in India use versus a one in Russia? Are there different sized binders, notebooks and systems of organization? I know what we use in America: mead 5 star notebooks, yellow pencils and bic pens-general

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I noticed most of my pen reviews have been of Pilot. I thought I would review another line of pens that I love. I have several Uniball Signo DX 0.38 pens. This one happens to be in Bordeaux Black, which is basically maroon. I must say I am a sucker for any pen with two colors in their name, so in this pen I also have the green/black, brown/black and emerald. I have the blue/black in my

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I have been off the pen scene for awhile! Spring went by so quickly and now summer is half over. It is amazing how busy one can get when moving across the state, leaving a job, setting up a new home and recovering from a hard drive crash. I did manage to keep up on some of the new items at jetpens.com but instead of my two orders a month, I only managed to make one in June. I think I have

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The Pilot Chose pens intrigued me the moment I saw them on jetpens.com. The aesthetics of the barrel and overly large cap were pleasing. Jetpens has pictures of what I mean by this and not just the "myspace emo angle" version I posted above. I ordered these three colors on separate orders. You can see the ink samples below.This was written on the slightly creamy colored paper of the Piccadilly

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I have a few new things to share with this everyone! The first being the Pilot Plumix. I read a review of this pen at Unposted and I ran right out to Target to buy it! I'll be honest, I hate it.Things I hate about this pen:1. The color of the ink. The blue is a weird washed out color on plain white paper, but a nicer color of blue when it is on the cream Piccadilly paper. But I don't like it

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So, my absence is partially explained by this post! We are moving in a month and a half to a town across the state. It is a big scary move where I have to give up an 8.5 year job and friends in exchange for my husband to be an engineer. This is where the silver lining is, his salary will continue to finance my pen habit. So the move is bittersweet. We have been out of town for several days

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Check out the awesome give away over at Office Supply Geek! It looks like there is some nice stuff over there so go leave a comment! Maybe I should do a giveaway?

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I have had this Hi-Tec-C multipen for a few months. It is a pink pen body, which is still mostly see through. I originally bought the brown, violet and blue black inks. Recently I added in the clear blue, cherry pink, and apricot orange.I just did a quick writing sample in a Myndology notebook so you can get a sense of the colors. The brown, blue black and violet inks are fine and what one

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This past fall I had a calendar/planner crisis. I run into trouble with planners because I have to keep my daily schedule in Outlook. My boss requires it and my coworkers need to be able to see my calendar. I don't want to keep a paper and Outlook calendar because of the inevitable discrepancies that will appear. Planners that have appointment times in them are pointless for me.I do like to

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The answer to this question is: A LOT! I thought I would take a pic of what I carry in my purse. These photos exclude my pens in a rubbermaid container in my office, in my desk at work, and in my desk at home.Most of these pens are from jetpens, but a few have been purchased at a pen store in the mall or at department stores. The pencil bag is something I picked up at the local university

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Hey if you haven't done so already, go and leave a comment at www.penaddict.com as there is a giveaway for some great Pilot FriXion Color-Pencil-Like Erasable Gel Ink Pens. Plus the blog is filled with wonderful pen info!

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First order of business--if you click on the picture you can see the whole thing, Blogger keeps cropping it. I am sure it user error, but until I figure out what I am screwing up, click the pics for a better photo.I purchased the 10 pack of Sharpie Accent Highlighters. I picked this up from Wal-Mart and I assume they can be found at any mass market department store. To assume I did not need

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I've been journaling since 1992. I began during the summer between my 7th or 8th grade year. I remember that I had a diary even before that, but it was the kind little girls have, with a lock and keepsake box. Someone read it and that was the end of that diary. I think I threw it away or it is in my mom's basement. Either way, it isn't included in my collection. In junior high, I also changed my

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I will be using a plain medium sized Piccadilly notebook for all my pen reviews. I bought it for super cheap at borders and I think it should do just fine for these pen practice runs. In general I find the Piccadilly pages to be rather thin. Maybe it is just because it is brand new, but it doesn't lay open flat.My first review is of the Pilot Hi-Tec-C. 0.3 Color: Venet.I am still working on

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Like a lot of pen and paper addicts, I have far too many items. My addiction has gotten to the point several times where the stored pens and paper products have outgrown their containers. When this happens I take everything to work and I give stuff away. Obviously there are a few favorite items that I never part with, but I have contributed many items to the communal office reserves. Why

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Welcome to School Supply Dance! I am excited to start doing a pen and paper blog as I am an addict! I have a lot to learn about the whole blogging thing but as long as I can have my future readers put up with me, I have tons of great pens from www.jetpens.com to review. I also have a serious paper habit, whether journals, mead 5 star or memo pads, so I feel like I have a lot to say on the paper

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