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While exploring the NoteMaker web site, I stumbled across this gem, the Kaweco cartridge dispenser. Maybe I’m uninformed but I was unaware that such a thing existed and now I must have one! What a perfect way to store extra ink cartridges for your beloved Kaweco (well, mine is beloved)!
$9.89US from NoteMaker. Don’t forget to enter the code WELLAPPDESK at checkout to get a 10% discount.
Vintage Office Supply Overdose
My husband’s friend was kind enough to pass along an enormous collection of vintage office supplies from her father and grandfather’s collection.
The Denver Post pencil, the fountain pen, ruler and letter opener belonged to her grandfather, Carl P. Stangel, who was an architect in Omaha, NE. Many of the other pieces came from her father who was a bookkeeper near Salina, KS.
This was such a massive haul, I’m going to have to save a few of the other pieces for a future post. Stay tuned!
From the design team, Suck UK comes this rainbow of graphite pencils sprouting out of a giant gray cloud eraser. $15
(via UrbanOutfitters)
Organize your desk, Ikea-style
This sleek little desk organizer almost makes me want to trek out to an Ikea. The Kvissle Desk Organizer $5.99.
(via IKEA)
A recent thrift score was this box of unused Ko-Rec-Type, typewriter printing error correction paper. The concept behind this material was to back space over to your mistype, insert this white paper into the typewriter, retype the mistyped characters, thereby “deleting” the original letters as the Ko-Rec-Type has white film that would cover your mistake.
Each sheet has little perforated segments of correction paper that can be used or removed as needed and each sheet is wrapped in a glossy sleeve with the same rad graphics on it that appear on the cover of the box. On the back of the wrap are the instructions for use. Crazy!
As a designer, one of the most common bits of detritus on my desk are little squares of color known as Pantone chips. There is one or two in the dish under my monitor, a couple more in a desk drawer, a few more tacked to a 3x5 and so on. But for every one chip that is actually used for a project, there are three or four others that get pulled out of the book for comparison or consideration. The key here is that Pantone color books are VERY expensive so no one ever throws away an unused chip. So, what do we do with all those leftovers?
Enter Slip. It is a heavy-duty plastic sleeve with little slots to hold unused chips in a truly usable way. Being a little OCD, I organized my chips into the Slip sleeves by color but they can be filled by project, in numerical order or all hurdy-gurdy if you prefer. But you can see each chip so you can easily find a chip that may have been pulled out of the book before tearing a new chip. Genius!
Park you important papers, inspiration or photos in this giant tabletop rustic metal paper clip. $19
(Found in the At West End catalog. Snaps to Jennifer for showing it to me. And the No Evil Owls — totally non-desk related, but I want them just the same.)
Lefty Pencil Sharpener
As a left-hander, I’ve always been intrigued by the idea of owning a left-handed pencil sharpener. Over the years, there’s only ever been “the other kind” available so I made do. But thanks to the fine folks at Pencil Things, I was able to purchase my first lefty sharpener. For you right-handers out there, I bet you didn’t know that when a left-hander uses a pencil sharpener, we have to twist the pencil towards us, which is not always a smooth motion and can result in broken or unevenly sharpened pencils. Imagine my surprise and delight to discover that the Lefty Sharpener let me twist “out” for the first time in my life. So much easier motion. I didn’t know what I was missing.
A smoothly sharpened pencil with the Lefty Sharpener. $8.25.
The Everyday Carry (EDC)
The everyday carry (EDC) is a topic frequently discussed among pen and pencil afficiandos. We all have little gems and jewels that we love to have and keep but we are often asked, “But which ones do you use everyday?” Stationery Traffic recently answered this question by showing the contents of his Maxpedition EDC Pocket Organizer filled with his daily tools.
This is my EDC photo from December. The contents have not changed dramatically, maybe the color of the LePens and I’ve got two Kawecos now instead of the Lamy.
What is your favorite EDC?
(via Stationery Traffic)
My Everyday Carry (EDC)
Here are all the tools I carry around with me on a daily basis.
My kit includes an SD card, KUM pencil sharpener, glue stick, Kaweco Sport XF fountain pen, bone folder, Tombo Mono Adhesive, vintage Days Inn letter opener,
Lamy Al-Star F fountain pen, Sanford NoBlot Ink Pencil 705, Palomino Blackwing 602 pencil with point protector, Pilot envelope pen, vintage binder clip, couple rolls of MT washi tape, KUM pencut scissors, Zebra Color Flight 05 mechanical pencil, Marvy LePens (in olive green, brown, gray, teal and black),
Uni Style Fit 5 multi-pen, assortment of small rubber stamps (including one from Happy Doodle Land), small stamp pad and Creatacolor Monolith pebble eraser.
Everything tucks into the Letter Writers Alliance zipper pouch. Yes, it all fits.
(Buttons on the outside from Alyson at Felt & Wire and Hallmark Cards)
(Shout out to Donovan of 16 Sparrows and LWA for the inspiration to do this. I was amused how similar our kits were.)
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