Books, stationery, and wellbeing
Being a Cornish stationery addict, obviously I love a cream tea (jam first!) and a good pen, so what better way to celebrate National Cream Tea Day than with a fountain pen giveaway?! The Lamy strawberry and cream fountain pens are almost good enough to eat. As it's also National Picnic Week, I popped down… Continue reading Celebrating National Cream Tea Day with Pen Heaven #ad
Esterbrook is the ultimate luxury stationery brand. Established in 1858, The Esterbrook Pen Company featured in many prominent moments in American history, having been the pen of choice for the likes of Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Disney artist Carl Banks (Donald Duck), and Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz. Thanks to Studio Pens, I'm now… Continue reading NSW22: Win an Esterbrook Cosmic Wine fountain pen #ad
Fountain pens are a bit of a marmite product - you either love them or hate them. Experience has shown me that those who lean towards hate were probably forced to write with them at school and/or started out with poorly made, leaky pens. My recent experience of using fountain pens has been the complete… Continue reading NSW22: Win a Kaweco Iridescent Pearl fountain pen #ad
Having a birthday close to Christmas means that right around this time of year people start asking if there's anything on my wish list. As a bookworm and stationery nerd there's always something, isn't there! I already know a few things are coming my way (the Diamine Inkvent Calendar, Femlandia, the signed bookplate edition of… Continue reading A Cornish Geek’s wish list 2021
This post forms part of Executive Pens Direct's sponsorship of my 2021 National Stationery Week campaign Executive Pens Direct are my go-to when it comes to finding out about new stationery, particularly ink. When they recommend a new ink, I know I'm going to be impressed, but Private Reserve has become a quick favourite. And… Continue reading NSW21: #ShopStationerySaturday with ExecutivePensDirect #ad
Note: The Pilot office is currently closed due to Coronavirus, so they weren't able to send me any samples for this post. They have, however, promised to send a set of fountain pens to the winner as soon as possible given the current circumstances. Pilot is one of my favourite pen brands; I have a… Continue reading NSW20: Fountain Pen Friday with Pilot Pen UK (sponsored)
[Ad – sponsored. This post is part of Stationery & Art’s sponsorship of my National Stationery Week 2019 campaign] Spotlight Stationery is a fab stationery subscription box and I was excited to try another one of their boxes recently. The Red & Black Box (previous boxes are available here) features two fountain pens - perfect… Continue reading The Red & Black Box from Spotlight Stationery [sponsored]
This post features gifted products and affiliate links Happy World Calligraphy Day! The lovely chaps from Small Man Media have sent me a cracking bundle of some of Manuscript Pen Company's best products (and some Silvine notebooks to boot!) to celebrate this wonderfully nerdy day - and I'm in a sharing mood. As you read… Continue reading World Calligraphy Day 2019
Last year I celebrated World Letter Writing Day for the first time with some snail mail goodies from Abrams + Chronicle. This year I've stepped up the geek factor with a Manuscript Calli Creations Writing and Wax Sealing Set from Executive Pens Direct*. The kit is beautifully presented in a handy storage kit and comes… Continue reading World Letter Writing Day with Executive Pens Direct [sponsored]
Mid-way through National Stationery Week we celebrate World Stationery Day, which is the perfect opportunity to introduce my international sponsor, Pen Chalet*. You might remember them from last year's Fountain Pen Day giveaway and they're back with another fab fountain pen giveaway. You know the product is something special when it comes in fancy packaging!… Continue reading NSW18: #stationerytheworldover with Pen Chalet [sponsored]