Oct
26
(Image by John Althouse Cohen)
I covet the things in the photo: the coffee, the notebook, the cafe table on the Parisian pavement. Ah, the things I could write there…
Oct
25
Spiralling
Filed Under Notebooks, Spiral pads
(Image by allyrose18)
These books look much-loved. I’ve got spiral books I’ve had since the first days at uni, earnestly scribbled notes, underlined titles, highlighted definitions.
I keep them out of sheer sentimentality, but they’ve been with me for a long time, those old friends.
Oct
24
Freshly sharpened
Filed Under Pencils
(Image by sergis blog)
Their points are so new and fresh, they are like eager puppies, dying to prove what they can do.
Oct
23
Love in a note
Filed Under Pencils, Random stationery, Writing, paper
(image by Linds 
)
I like everything about this photo: the colours, the texture of the paper, the hand-writing. It’s black-and-white, but it’s heart-warming.
Oct
20
Atsugari-san stationery set
Filed Under Random stationery
This set is by San-x, and it’s adorable.
(Image by beketchai)
Wikipedia informs me that the main character is “a spirit who hates the cold and loves hot dumplings. He’s a faerie who is found at places where the temperature is over 30 degrees Celsius - like tea, hot food and such. He is also called “Hot Head”. He operates in groups, and perspires 10 buckets of sweat per day. He’s not of danger to mankind - although not of much use either.”
I don’t mind, he doesn’t have to be useful. He’s got a whole stationery set for himself; that’s useful in my book.
Oct
19
The lovely nib
Filed Under Fountain Pens, Pens
I’m sure this Monblanc would write just as well if its nib wasn’t so prettily decorated. And yet… there’s nothing like a bit of extra prettiness.
(Image by penmanila)
Oct
16
Scripts and colours
Filed Under Gel pens, Notebooks, Pens, Spiral pads, Writing
(Image by flikr)
I feel for the author of this picture. If you had this many colour pens, wouldn’t you feel a compulsive need to write something - anything! - with them?
Also: black paper. How cool is that?
Oct
15
The dreaming tape dispenser
Filed Under Random stationery
(Image by stephentrepreneur)
Sometimes a simple sprinkling of glitter is enough to turn yet another piece of office stationery into something friendly and tame.
Oct
13
Pencil colours
Filed Under Pencils
(Image by fecawin)
When I was a kid, I adored pencils like these, but I never did learn to use them. To be frank, I have no idea what they’re for.
They’re pretty, though. I’m a shallow stationery-lover, and I’m happy to take form over function most of the time.
Oct
12
Eraser, in pencil
Filed Under Erasers
(Image by snoy2007)
The longer I look at this drawing, the more of a cognitive dissonance I experience.
It’s a pencil sketch. Of an eraser. But pencils and erasers are at the opposite ends of a creation cycle: creation v destruction. And yet, this is an eraser. Drawn in pencil.
Ow, my head.
Am I over-analysing?
