Category Archives: GIVEAWAYS AND CONTESTS

GIVEAWAY: Lamy Safari Neon Coral Fountain Pen

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Woooooooo! My Lamy Safari Fountain Pen in the new (SCREAMING) Neon Coral color arrived Saturday.

Lamy Safari fountain pens are wonderful for a whole lot of reasons and this is a GREAT color. I’m totally excited about inking it up and taking it for a spin.

Before I do that, I wanted to let you know that I ordered TWO of these pens.  One for me to keep and love forever and one to give away!

One winner will be chosen at random from all of the entries. US only (so sorry, international friends).

Leave a comment here before next Monday – May 12, to be entered to win. (One entry per person, ok?)

And…seriously seriously, tell me how to get in touch with you. I’ll try like crazy, but if I can’t find you with you within three days of the drawing, someone else will get the pen.

(In case you’re wondering…this isn’t a sponsored post. I bought the pen with my own saved up pennies.)

xoxo

WINNER WINNER GIVEAWAY WINNER

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Congratulations to Tamz – winner of the items pictured above!

Tamz, I’ll try to contact you on Instagram, too.

I’m so excited for you and hope you love love love each of the items.

In other news – I’ve been away all week – a short vacation to Mendocino County, California. Oh my goodness, it was perfect and I even managed to get some time to play with pens and ink. You can see all of my pictures over on Instagram.

What are your weekend plans? We’re picking the dogs up from boarding today (w00f!) and have a whole lot of nothing planned.

xoxo

GIVEAWAY: Hero Fountain Pen, Sticky Notes, Brush Dance Journal

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Oh yeeeeah….I’m giving away everything you see in the above image. (Not the table, don’t be silly.)
Let me tell you how this all came together.
Sometime in January, I went in search of Hero 359 fountain pens. I needed to have that pen in purple and the deal on all five was pretty good – so why not?
Hero 359
I ordered from Amazon, but sadly when I received the order, the purple was missing and there was a BLACK pen in its place (oh, the horror!). The vendor was super-duper quick and kind about sending me the correct pen and allowed me to keep the black pen.  I’m passing along my good fortune and giving that black pen to one of you. (The purple is mine, yo.)
My understanding is that these pens are very much like my beloved Lamy Safari. I can’t attest to that myself because I’ve yet to ink a single one of these pretties. Crazy. Crazybusy.
And then….last month, I was in Seattle for business (it’s a rough life) and met up with one of the artists/writers I work with, the fabulous Mary Anne Radmacher. We had a delightful afternoon together – lunch at Pike Place Market and then shopping at Kinokuniya Bookstore (where I spent entirely too much money, but my goodness).
One of my finds there was the packet of sticky notes above. How adorbs are they?  Three sweet designs, twenty sheets each. I thought you’d love them. 
And, finally, the Brush Dance Dreamer Journal featuring the art and words of Mary Anne Radmacher. Because…why not? And that quote?  “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.'”  How true is that?
So! You can enter to win all three of these items – the Hero 359 pen, the sweet sticky notes, and the Brush Dance Journal.  What a great stash!
Leave a comment below to enter. (Be sure to tell me how to contact you, duh.) One entry per person. However, if you Tweet, Instagram, or Pinterest the top image from this post – come back here and let me know and you can have up to FOUR entries.  Just use #pentulant so I can find the entry. US/CAN only – sorry friends, I know it sucks. Deadline for entry is next Monday, March 24.
And…a small disclaimer…I’m the president of Brush Dance. I didn’t buy the Journal, but that doesn’t mean it’s not pretty terrific.

Wheee!

GIVEAWAY – Winner Announced!

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Wooo Hoooo!

Congratulations to Janel!

Janel is the big winner of an (almost) new bottle of Pilot Iroshizuku Shin-ryoku

I’ve already emailed Janel and can’t wait to hear what she says about this fabulous (but not quite for me) ink.

I have many more giveaways planned. Lots of ink samples, maybe a fancy pen or two, stick around, you never know what will show up!

xox

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Fountain Pen Edition

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Noodler’s Blue Eel Ink Swab

Time for another fabulous Throwback Thursday!

But first – it’s almost Valentine’s Day – are you celebrating by going to the LA Pen Show?

Also, don’t forget, I am giving away a bottle of (almost new) Pilot Iroshizuku Shin ryoku. You still have time to enter. Go go go.

Last year around this time, I was going on about Noodler’s Blue Eel. I didn’t love it – too wet for my needs, but seeing the color sure makes me want to try it again. I also might be missing my review forms – probably not enough to start using them again right away, but maybe..someday. We’ll see.

Here’s what others were talking about….

Brian Goulet from Ink Nouveau was showing off Apica Notebooks. (I ended up getting a few of these – they’re nice!)

Inktronics gave us a first impression photo of an ink I know nothing about.

The Pen Addict reviewed the Platinum Balance. This is a pen I have, but haven’t written about yet. It’s love. Serious serious love.

Gourmet Pens had an in-depth review of another ink I know nothing about. (Do you love black inks? I’m not wild about them.)

And, finally, Ed Jelley reviewed an ink that I know and adore – J Herbin 1670 Rouge Hematite.

GIVE AWAY: Pilot Iroshizuku Shin-Ryoku

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It’s true!  I’m giving away a mostly unused bottle of Pilot Iroshizuku Shin-ryoku.

Bottom Line:  Leave a comment below to be entered to win. Do it before next Thursday, February 20. And, omg, please please leave a way for me to contact you – you know, in case you win.

Details: About 100 years ago (more like May of last year), when I was on my honeymoon, I was shocked to see the Paradise Pens in Las Vegas was closing. They had a deal on inks and I bought a few – mostly on speculation – including this one.

Got it home, inked a pen (I never ever dip right into the bottle, no contamination here) and realized that, omg, I don’t like this ink. I stuffed it into my ink cabinet and haven’t bothered with it since then.

In fact, how funny is it that my very first ink giveaway (implies there are more to come, hm?) also happens to be the very first ink I ever reviewed?  (That review was from a sample.)

I don’t have the box or the fancy hang tag, but the bottle and its contents are in good shape. There are maybe 3 ml missing from the bottle, but probably not even that much.

So! If you’d like to enter to win, just leave a comment below before next Thursday (the 20th) and I’ll announce a winner (chosen randomly, of course).  Hopefully, I’ll get my act together enough to ship the ink pretty quickly after that.

Fun, right?

No enter to win! Do it!

GIVEAWAY: Dreamer Journal from Brush Dance

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Always Journey Journal from Brush Dance

First, a disclaimer:  I’m the President of Brush Dance and Brush Dance supplied the Journal for this giveaway.

Second, I love this Journal.  It’s really more like a notebook in that it’s super-portable (5″ x 7″) and can used for so many purposes. At 120gsm, it’s great for fountain pens and even pretty darn good for Sharpies.  Wire-O binding, elastic band to help you keep your stuff together, and a great stay-clean cover that’s silky smooth to the touch.

Features the art of Sugarshot Studio

You want one of these. And, conveniently, I have one to give away.

beautiful

Just leave a comment under this post by this time next week (Tuesday, November 5) and I’ll choose one person to receive this lovely.

Oh, the places I want to go

I understand that you want your anonymity – but you can’t have that and this great Journal. Please leave your name with your post and tell me how to find you, ok?

an inside look

To summarize….

…leave a comment below to be entered to win this gorgeous Brush Dance Journal
…do it before next Tuesday, November 5
…US shipping addresses only (so sorry)
…Brush Dance is my wonderful employer. They supplied the Journal. You’ll love it.

Oh..and here’s a link to the Brush Dance site and to the Journal in question. Free shipping with purchases totaling $25 – not like that crazy Amazon place that just raised their minimum purchase.