July 2012
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Shutter Island
Create a desk oasis fit for Hemingway utilizing old shutters given a new life. The shutters can hide a pinboard when not in use which would be great for a workspace in a high traffic area.
(via Edison Avenue)
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Link Love: Secruity Week Follow-Up
If you’ve been reading the blog for awhile, you’ll know that my house was broken into last October. Hoping to learn from my own mistakes and keep you, my fine readers, from making the same mistakes, I hosted a Safety Week. Well, clearly, I didn’t go far enough because on Friday, we were broken into again. This time, they only took the TV and the Wii but this is one more brush...
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Postal Service Joins Celebration to Honor Lady... →
LBJ stamps!!!!
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LOST: One giveaway winner!
If you have recently won a giveaway on The Well-Appointed Desk and have not received your prize (you know who you are), please email me with you shipping address at chair (at) wellappointeddesk.com (please remove the brackets and drop in that funky “a”). We seem to be having trouble connecting.
My email address is also under the “About” tab here on the blog. Thanks so...
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Pentel Hybrid Technica 0.5
While out and about I stumbled across the Pentel Hybrid Technica 0.5 in black. Its a simple black gel pen in a clear hexagonal plastic case with a color coordinating silicone grip area. In other words, visually, its a very unassuming pen.
On paper though, the pen rolls smoothly and leaves a dark solid line that looks almost like a liquid ink. Its even, dark line did inspire me to want to doodle...
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Geo Cutout Desk Accessories
These white enameled desk accessories are both functional and affordable. And pretty darned handsome. The pencil cup is $6 and the desk organizer sells for $18. (via Urban Outfitters)
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Copic Drawing Pen Review
The Copic Drawing Pen FO2 (0.2mm) is an interesting little tool. It is filled with waterproof india ink, though when tested I would say the ink is more water-resistant than waterproof, and is largely marketed as a tool for comic drawing or illustration. The pen is not refillable nor is there an ink window to be able to see how much ink you have left. But its basically a $5 fountain pen filled...
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Markings Journal Review
Last week I picked up the Markings Blank Journal (10”x7.5”) from Target for a whopping $9.99. It boasts a black ribbon bookmark (sealed at the edge so it doesn’t fray, thankyouveddymuch), an accordion pocket in the back is a coordinating lemon yellow to match the front end papers and lightly lined, heavyweight paper stock printed with flowers in the corner. It has 252 pages...
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Ink Drop Reveal for July 2012
In preparation for the Olympics, Goulet Pens put together an Ink Drop sampler featuring the colors of the Olympic rings. Bright vivid colors from Pilot Iroshizuku, Noodler’s, Diamine, J. Herbin and de Atramentis are a nice festive flair for the Olympics. I particularly like the de Atramentis Gold which is not metallic but a good yellow ochre color.
I tested these colors with my vintage...
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My favorite tools: Letter Opener
While there are lots of elegant, distinguished letter openers in the world, but the trusty advertising letter opener made of plastic with a concealed blade is my favorite. I have two. This one came from an envelope company and I keep it at my desk. The other is a vintage opener that looks the same with advertising on it for a Florida Days Inn which I keep in my traveling pencil pouch. Do you use...
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Nylon Tip Pen Showdown
Brad over at Pen Addict is always waxing enthusiastic about the Pigma Micron pens and I am always going on ad nauseum about the Marvy Le Pen so I decided it was high time these two pens went head-to-head. And to be fair, I threw a few other nylon tipped pens into the mix.
The big players in this category, that I could find, are:
Copic Multiliner
Pigma Micron
Marvy Le Pen
Sharpie Pen
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Perfume for Book Lovers
Paper Passion is a fragrance created by Geza Schoen, Gerhard Steidl, with Wallpaper* magazine designed to mimic and capture the scent of a freshly printed book. Designed to be a unisex scent, its the perfect gift for any booklover.
$98 US for a bottle
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Faber-Castell PITT Artist Brush Pen
I have had this pen floating around in my collection for awhile. I’m always attracted to the Faber-Castell pens because they often have such wonderful colors available. On this trip, I decided to grab this deep blue gray color called Indianthrene Blue in the brush tip version. The brush tip is a shaped felt tip which looks a brush which gives a nice variety of line variation....
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Dandy Wallpaper
Need a new look for your computer desktop? Try Dandy Lion for a great collection of wallpapers. All free.
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Best Apps
Lifehacker has rounded up the best FREE Mac apps and a great collection of iPad apps (not all those are free). Don’t forget the recent round-ups they did on iPhone apps and Linux apps, Windows apps and Android apps. Pretty much just bookmark Lifehacker. You’ll thank me for it.
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Link Love: The Slightly-Off-Topic Edition
[caption id=”attachment_18669646310” align=”alignnone” width=”550”] Photograph: Eamonn McCabe via The Guardian[/caption]
Platinum 3776 Extra Fine Nib (Ink Nouveau)
Monteverde Invincia Stealth 1.1mm nib (via FP Geeks Forum)
A Visit to the General Pencil Company Factory (via How To Sharpen Pencils)
Writers’ Rooms (via The Guardian)
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If money were no issue...
If money were no issue, both my closet and my office would be decked out in the finest from Kate Spade. I particular like Barrow Street laptop bag (with grosgrain bow and 14K gold hardware $338), the Rainspot iPad case ($50) and the On the Dot iPhone cover (silicone in Kelly green $35).
If money was no issue, what would you add to your office?
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Winners Announced for the We Are What We Do...
I’m happy to announce the two winners of the We Are What We Do notebook and bookmark giveaway.
For our first winner, drum roll, please…..
Alisia!
And our second winner is….
Bridgett!
Bridgett requested the large notebook and Alisia was not particular so I’ll be sending her the smaller notebook and bookmarks so everyone is happy. Thanks to everyone for entering our...
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How to Write a Post-Interview Thank You Note
Having a “well-appointed desk” goes beyond just having the right pen or paper at hand. I believe that it is also about having the right mindset and this includes a bit of office etiquette and professional strategies.
A great example of that is knowing how to make a good impression and that starts when you interview for a job. Take the time to write a thank you note.
I’ve seen...
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Capital Examination of the Declaration of...
I realize this particular article might have been more timely last week, I hadn’t realized until I had time to read it fully that it dealt specifically with the liberal use of capital letters in the Declaration of Independence, specifically the flourished “original” document with the signatures at the bottom including John Hancock’s enormous flourish.
In the end, the...
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Tree Stump Post-It Notes
Write a few notes in the rings of this tree-themed post-it note paper that sits atop a plastic tree stump. Oh how I wish I could get paper refills for it! $7.70 from Jet Pens.
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Push pins for giants
Push pins for giants, a photo by dM.nyc™ on Flickr.
This image could also be called “lawn art for office supply junkies”. Now my question is where can I get my own!
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Uni-Ball Jetstream F*Series Multi-Pen
As I have previously mentioned, after swearing that all ballpoint pens were the vilest of all writing tools and eating crow when introduced to the Uniball Jetstream 0.5 in Ash Green, I decided to test drive one of the Jetstream Multipens. This model is considered part of the F*Series (F for feminine but I think F* looks like a swear word and there is nothing about this pen that is all that...
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We Are What We Do (and sometimes even what we give...
The fine folks at We Are What We Do sent me some of their products to sample. They are a non-profit company whose goal is to fund school and community projects. They sent me a medium-sized Action Notebook, a large-sized Action Notebook, an Action Diary for the 2011/12 Academic Year (almost too late but nice to see the size, format and design) and a set of Action Bookmarks.
The Action Diary is...
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Halfway Through (almost)
My lovely friend Diane from Tag Team Tompkins opened her Moleskine to share what it looks like to be halfway through for her. She uses a large Moleskine hardcover with lined pages. She uses an assortment of tools from office supply gel pens to artist’s brush pens and was keen to tell me that she did not mind when she got ink showthrough on the opposite side of the page. “It’s...
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