I was in the shop the other day! This is both more rare and not as rare as I make it out to be, but this day was exceptional because I was replacing Jon for the day. Woo-hoo! Put me in, coach. Ready to be making the big decisions in life. What could go wrong?

 

It went about as expected, which is people asking me questions and then me texting Jon to ask about it.  

 

While I was there I did my usual snooping about and bothering Brendan with my questions and helping to pull and pack orders at my glacial speed. I thought it would be fun to share some random orders in the queue to be packed up. I love seeing what people are getting, and imagining what they’re doing with it all. Looks like serious business! Maybe journalling, or maybe something creative and crafty, or maybe a gift, or maybe something to celebrate, or maybe just stocking up. Who knows!

 

 

Could one of these be one of you?? Maybe. Probably not. Who even is reading this? I shout into the void, and yet it is a delight to contemplate these precious and not-as-precious items going out into the world to their new homes, to be put to use, to be inked up, to be filled with words. To think about us as humans sending these out to another human somewhere in the universe, a rainbow connection, a thread drifting out into space.  

 

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May 05, 2025 — Liz Chan

Comments

Ramanan

Ramanan said:

Reading via RSS, like it’s the year 2000.
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Wonder Pens replied:
From ​a fellow user of obsolete tools, thanks for reading!​

Joanne

Joanne said:

Love the shadow cat.
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Wonder Pens replied:
Always waiting for someone to let him into the car.

LJD

LJD said:

I bought that moth box from you, and I love it! Very fun looking at other people’s orders. So much possibility!
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Wonder Pens replied:
I love looking at people’s orders! It feels like I’m sending out things to people I know. Hope you have lots of treasures in your moth box :)

Lisa R-R

Lisa R-R said:

I like to see other people’s orders! Fun
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Wonder Pens replied:
It’s so much fun! I’m not often in the shop, but whenever I am, I love to snoop around to see what people are ordering.

Nicole

Nicole said:

Probably one of my favorite blog posts :-))) I love seeing what fellow journalers/crafters/writers buy! And I feel inspired to buy the same, as for example the cute little dragonfly container, or the Diamine ink :-)
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Wonder Pens replied:
I know what you mean! I sometimes see what people are ordering and think to myself that this or that looks interesting and that maybe I should try it out for myself :)

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