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?
Oct
10
Intensity of colour
Filed Under Paperclips
(Image by Loretín)
From pale to intense, from loneliness to a press of crowd. I just thought this would make an interesting contrast with yesterday’s arty photo.
Oct
9
Pale view of pencil and pad
Filed Under Notebooks, Pencils, Spiral pads
(Image by thomaseagle)
Taking great pictures like this one should be easy, but it isn’t. I couldn’t do it. I’d love to go and photograph my vast collection of pens, pads, pencils, cases and folders, and make them look this tasteful and romantic…
