Friday Link Share
7 Ways to Turn Your Journal from Whiny to Empowering at Kaizen Journaling
Julie’s Gadget Diary 04-18-12 at The Gadgeteer
12 Ways to Attack Any Challenge at Inc.
Up and Down at Flickr Blog
Courage and Creating at Creativity for Life
7 Tips For Increasing Your Writing Productivity at Business 2 Community
20 Ways to Kill Your Writer’s Block Forever at Lifehack
Getting messy at nordljus
Travel Week: Flying With Fountain Pens (and other options) at The Well-Appointed Desk
My Collection at Plannerisms
How Cartoons Can Jolt You Into Being Creative at Thoughts on Theater
What exactly happens when you send a letter to the L.W.A. P.O. Box at Missive Maven
Altered Book: Things I Collect at Daisy Yellow
graphite archive at La Vie Graphite
Note: Journal Addict has become Kaizen Journaling
Image up top courtesy of Bonnie Jean Woogler. It shows off her new favorite pen from Chance Pens.
Objects of My Affection in a Carnet de Voyage Travel Album by Clairefontaine
Playing around in one of the new Clairefontaine Carnet de Voyage Travel Albums – not yet for sale in the US. (Soon….) It’s noted as 180g (83lb) “drawing paper” but that wouldn’t stop me nor Sandra from trying a multitude of art supplies on its medium textured surface. Continue Readering »
02/09 Blick Madness! Visit with me in Allentown, PA for a live art demo
Blick in Allentown, PA will have a special mandala art demonstration by yours truly from 1-5PM. Stop by, say hi, win to win some free stuff and be sure to grab some Rhodia products while you are here!
From the Blick events page:
Thursday, February 9, 2012 is Blick Madness! Join us at any one of our 36 store locations to play our Instant Win Game (while supplies last)! Each piece is a guaranteed winner. You could win discounts up to 50% off of your entire purchase or a $100 Blick gift card! Don’t miss the opportunity to win big!
We’ll also be hosting a Valentine Card Making demo and a Screen Printing demo at each store location. Take home your own card creation and screen printed tote for free (while supplies last)!
Enter to win a copy of Adventures in Mixed Media provided by Random House. We’ll be raffling one off at each store! Thursday, February 9th, is also the last day to enter our $5,000 Dream Studio Sweepstakes and the art student exclusive sweepstakes for a $200 Dream Project!
It’s Madness! Don’t miss this exciting, one day event full of fun, demos, discounts, refreshments, and more! To find a store near you, please visit our Store Directory.
Monogamy or Polygamy?
Most of you may know what a “Big Love” I have for paper- though I am not married to a specific brand. To me, there really isn’t a single product which meets all of my art and writing needs. What about you? Continue Readering »
Yeti Kitteh
Our friend Alberto from the blog Lung Sketching Scrolls seems to have captured an intruder (named Yeti) while trying out some new art supplies. I can tell from the look in his eyes that he was heading straight for the Rhodia pad…
I love animals and would love to see photos of your cat/dog/frog/iguana/lemur posing with your favorite Rhodia products. You can send them to stephanie at rhodiadrive dot com to be considered for blog publication.
Flickr Friday: Rhodia in Your Bag
Thanks to masukomi for use of the above image. View the original (with notes) here
Once again, it’s time to take a peek into other people’s bags…When I first joined Flickr, (a social photo sharing site) I had a great deal of fun perusing the “What’s in Your Bag?” photo group. People would neatly lay out the contents of their bags to show off what they carry with them on a day-to-day basis. And not only would they show, they would also tell – adding numerous tagged notes to the images to describe each and every item in the photo. (Click through the links to see the notes) After a while, I had to stop looking because I started to want to go and buy things that other people had. Like journals…and art supplies… and a new iPod…. new camera… new bag…
Thanks to metropixel for use of the above image. View the original (with notes) here
Thanks to gyoungphd for use of the above image. View the original (with notes) here
(I just LOVE the pink & orange Rotrings!)
Online Retailer Spotlight: JetPens
JetPens founders: Adrian Mak, Lily Kim, and Shu Yao, in front of Stanford University’s main quad arch.
I’d like to take a moment to welcome JetPens into the Rhodia Drive Retailer Spotlight. JetPens specializes in hard to find Japanese pens and stationery supplies. (They also carry products from Exacompta, J. Herbin and Rhodia- including the new Webnotebook.) I, like many of my friends, have spent plenty of drool time (and cash!) poring over their glorious selections of brush pens, fountain pens, and gel pens- oh my!
When we selected JetPens for the latest Retailer Spotlight, I had a few questions for Shu Yao, one of the founders of JetPens: Continue Readering »
And Away We Go! Biffybeans is the new Rhodia Driver
Image courtesy of Eric. See more of his pictures here.
And so here I am, pleased as punch to be driving for the orange team. Ever since I was a child, I loved all things connected to paper- writing, drawing, doodling, and to this day, I can still spend hours in a stationary or art store just breathing in the creative goodness.
Some of you may know me from my blog, Spiritual Evolution of the Bean – a project that I started with the intention of sharing my ever growing collection of product reviews. They were scattered all over Flickr and various other discussion forums, and I thought that a blog would be a good way to put them all into one easily accessible space.
Others may know me from The Fountain Pen Network because I have a special fondness for writing with a fountain pen. Their ease of use, combined with good quality writing paper is a pure writer’s bliss.
For those of you meeting me for the first time I wave a hearty “Hellllloooooo!” and I invite you to take off your shoes and stay a while. In the future, we want you to become as much a part of Rhodia as the products. We invite reader submissions of Rhodia product reviews, as well as photos of how your use your Rhodia and where they take you. We will be inviting you to submit your feedback and also make suggestions on what kinds of Rhodia products you would like to see in the future. Oh, and contests! I can’t forget to mention the contests! We will be giving away all sorts of goodies this year including the New Rhodia Webnotebooks, limited edition Paul Smith notebooks, and the new Rhodia Weekly Planners.
Be sure to stay tuned -
Stephanie
