Chicken’s Corner: A Losing Popularity Contest
We’ve returned from band camp, and, to my surprise and confusion, all the things that were on the to-do list before we left are, unpleasantly, still on the list. Were my stationery elves not busy doin...
A New Blackwing Eras Pencil
The Eras are a series of special edition pencils outside of their quarterly Volume releases, and which celebrate an era of history in this famous pencil, and the
newest Blackwing Erasis one of my favou...
Road Trip
We’re going on a road trip! Nothing too exciting, just to Waterloo, where Caleb is attending a band camp. Caleb has been playing cello for a little while now, and he vaguely enjoys it, but the one mis...
Catching Up
Summer has come and with it the new baby and her second season of life. I had imagined all these lovely summer plans, sitting outside in a park under a shady tree, a sleepy baby, an iced coffee, journ...
Chicken’s Corner: Wounded
More cat news around here, as we continue to funnel money directly into our local vet clinic. Chicken came home with a claw missing and after a while it got infected, so Jon had to bring him in. He ca...
Traveler’s Notebook Limited Edition Sets
We got in these very exciting Traveler’s Notebook Limited Edition Sets, and as is usual, I took a few photos, but by the time I got around to a blog post they were all sold out. These ones actually sol...
A Sleepy Letter Writing Club
Our next Letter Writing Club is happening Monday, August 8, from 5 to 7, and I am somewhat aghast that unfortunately I will not be making it. A somewhat impromptu and spontaneous serendipity has meant...
Have You Seen Gordon?
It took us ages and ages and ages to finally get this book in! For many reasons, mostly having to do with my own disorganization. We are a stationery shop that also happens to sell books, and because ...
Chicken’s Corner: A Commingling of Paws
These two cats. There is nothing better than two cats, that is the good stuff of life. What is a single cat but a lonely traveler along the dusty road? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend th...
Letter Writing Club
We ran our first Letter Writing Club earlier this week, and it was lovely.
Everyone on the team (or maybe just me?) was a bit nervous, as we hadn’t run one of these in ages. Since our last event, years...