Friday Link Share – a giant list!
More Along the Boulevard at Urban Sketchers
‘Imagine’ That: Fostering Creativity In The Workplace at NPR Books
How Fountain Pen Highlighter Inks Hold Up During Copying at Ink Nouveau
Lamy Safari Fountain Pen at Cool Tools
Zen-Like Artist Creates Intricate Pencil Tip Carvings at Web Urbanist
Akashiya Sai Brush pens, Clairefontaine Carnet de Voyage at Drawing with a Squirrel
Another sneak peek at Clairefontaine’s Carnet de Voyage travel album at Life Imitates Doodles
Must you finish a journal? at daisy yellow blog
A Little Ink History For The True Geek at An Inkophile’s Blog
Sticky Note Clock Face – But Why? at Office Supply Geek
How to Defeat Writer’s Block at Writing Forward
Handwritten at Notebook Stories
Fountain Pen Nib Comparison Video at The Pen Addict
Rhodia R Pads – Wow! at Field Notes
Western Suede-covered Diary from 1949 at Notebook Stories
6 Ways to Keep on Writing at Creativity Portal
In the Beginning at The Pear Tree Pen Company
Turn Paper Into Pencils With The P&P Office Waste Paper Processor at Office Supply Junkie
A Week’s Worth of Journaling Prompts: Creative Clustering at Writing Through Life
Fountain Pens And Collecting Autographs In 1932 at Fountain Pen Restoration
Connecting with Nature is Good for Creativity from Art Asana
Letters in the Mail: from famous authors, to you at The Missive Maven
Old Church Converted into a Modern Bookstore at My Modern Met
6 Ways to Make your Own Luck at Inc.
Where doctors go for their fountain pen fix at Chron.com
Listen to some podcasts from our friend Brad the Pen Addict at 70Decibels
Image courtesy of Seth from the blog Good Pens. He is also one of our Rhodia Journal Swappers.
Journal Swap Soon to be Underway!
Thank you to everyone who signed up for our 1st ever Rhodia Journal Swap! We had quite a few entries and it wasn’t easy to chose 12, but we did. Once I confirm their participation, the swap will commence!
You might like to know that since we had so many people sign up for this first swap, we are considering implementing a second one in 6 months – stay tuned!
Friday Link Share
Notebook Papers at Pens and Paper
Going the long way, via technology at Make Every Day a Good Mail Day
Help us Design a Planner for you! at Quo Vadis Blog
Better Googling at Read, Write, Think, Edit
Uni-ball Woodnote .38 mm Orange Review at The Pen Addict
Indiana Diarists at Notebook Stories
Rhodia on the Road at Ontheroad
Fiction Writing Exercises for Exploring and Developing Theme at Writing Forward
Wish List at Dave’s Mechanical Pencils
‘Tis the Season to Simplify at Inkophile
Artistic Dollar Redesign is Beautiful, Simple & Practical at Web Urbanist
Staples 16-Sheet High Speed Cross-Cut Shredder – Giveaway Week Item #4 at OfficeSupplyGeek
December Carnival of Pen, Paper and Pencil at Pocket Blonde
Holiday Greetings – How do you send them?
At this festive time of year, I am wondering how people are choosing to send their holiday greetings to friends and family. Do you still send cards through the mail? Family newsletters printed on the home computer? Photo greeting cards? Handwritten letters? Hand crafted cards? I like to use cards I’ve either made myself or that showcase the art of other artists. I don’t maintain a specific holiday “distribution list” as I have in the past, but I do my best to in some way reach out to those that mean the most to me during the holidays.
Image by Biffybeans (Stephanie Smith) ©All Rights Reserved
Holiday Mail for Heroes 2010 – Postmark by December 10th
The American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes have teamed up for the fourth annual Holiday Mail for Heroes program.
From now until December 10th you are invited to send holiday cards to our American service members, their families, and veterans all over the world. Continue Readering »
Send me a letter?
If you would like to send me a handwritten letter or postcard, please mail it to:
Stephanie Smith
c/o Exaclair Inc.
143 West 29th Street Suite 1000
New York, New York 10001
Please include an e-mail address and or phone number where you can be reached.
I *Love* mail!
Your Feedback: Write a Letter?
In response to our recent post, “Write a Letter?” we received a message from a man named Frank that said:
“I agree that written letters seem more personal and convey a different feeling than email. I write letters when I want my reader to “hold something in his/her hands,” thereby getting a tactile sense as well as a visual sense from the writing. Seeing the loops and curls draws the reader into the letter, requires a different involvement, and creates a different investment in connection than email. Email is plain vanilla and quick. To some, writing a letter means, “I’m willing to invest the time to write this, and ask that you invest time to read what I’ve written.” And it can say that I care enough about you and the subject to personalize it.”
You know, as silly as it might sound, I never really thought about how much joy the physical letter could bring to the recipient.
I think it’s time to start writing a few letters…. How about you?
Write a letter?
When the last time you sent someone a handwritten letter?
I’m embarrassed to say that I can’t remember the last time I’ve written one- and I’ve got gorgeous pens, wonderful color inks and fancy writing papers from G Lalo and Clairefontaine. Why don’t I do it? crazy as it sounds, (and as much as I enjoy receiving mail) I think things are so much easier via e-mail (though much less personal) because you can see the entire conversation. (If you don’t delete it) I remember receiving letters and having no clue what the person was referring to that I supposedly said in a previous letter…. So I guess I’m a little afraid of feeling foolish when I can’t remember something. Maybe if I write a letter I could scan it first, or does that sound silly?
Can you maybe offer me some tips to help me because I think I really would enjoy writing some letters and receiving some personal correspondence in my mailbox.
