Category: miscellaneous

SPONSOR: Spotlight Stationery

16 April 2016 By ian

Many thanks to Spotlight Stationery for once again sponsoring Pens! Paper! Pencils! this month. Spotlight Stationery are a UK-based company that will send you a subscription box every month (or every two months if you prefer). With every box they make a donation to National Star, a charity working with young people with disabilities and […]

SPONSOR: Pocket Notebooks

2 April 2016 By ian

Thank you very much to Pocket Notebooks for sponsoring Pens! Paper! Pencils! again this month. They have an excellent range of notebooks available, many of which aren’t easily found anywhere else in the UK. On top of that, they have monthly subscriptions of varying sizes. They’ve also really gone all-in on the wonderful Hobonichi Techo. […]

Johanna Basford Lost Ocean Colouring Book Review

31 March 2016 By ian

I bought this book to try out colouring pens and pencils in and I’ll say this upfront: colouring in is not my thing. The drawings are someone else’s creation and I would prefer to create something of my own. Also, I find colouring in to be not at all relaxing. I do not like going […]

Giveaway at the Fountain Pens UK Facebook Group

23 March 2016 By ian

The Fountain Pens UK Facebook group has grown into a really friendly and fun little community over the few months since it started. The discussion has a UK-focus but of course a fountain pen can write in any language in any part of the world and so much of the talk will be of interest […]

SPONSOR: Spotlight Stationery

6 March 2016 By ian

Many thanks to Spotlight Stationery for once again sponsoring Pens! Paper! Pencils! this month. Spotlight Stationery are a UK-based company that will send you a subscription box every month (or every two months if you prefer). With every box they make a donation to National Star, a charity working with young people with disabilities and […]