2015 - The Pen Company Blog

Pen pal website interview: Global Penfriends

December 9, 2015 ♦

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This month we have been talking to Stuart Bourn at the very popular worldwide pen pal site, Global Penfriends. We wanted to find out all about the website; why it was set up, how it is run, and how it is impacting on the lives of its users. If you’re…

Top 5 Christmas gifts for stationery lovers

December 7, 2015 ♦

Christmas

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Choosing Christmas gifts for loved ones can be really hard, however well we know them. Yet a gift card or voucher just doesn’t seem personal enough; they don’t suggest the level of thought most of us would like to think goes into our gift choosing. So, how do we decide…

Diamine Shimmertastic Purple Pazzazz: Fountain Pen Ink Review

December 1, 2015 ♦

Expert Advice & Product Reviews, Ink

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This is one of Diamine’s sparkly inks, and this one is as over the top in colour as it is in name. Purple with gold sparkles, it’s my daughter’s dream combo. This ink does not do subtle. To get the best out of this ink you need to use it…

Diamine Shimmertastic Night Sky: Fountain Pen Ink Review

December 1, 2015 ♦

Expert Advice & Product Reviews, Ink

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Night Sky is one of Diamine’s new range of shimmery inks and it’s quite a tasteful one. The sparkle isn’t too in your face and, against the dark ink, really does look like a pretty winter’s night sky (not an English night sky though – they’re usually very cloudy.) You…

Win a 2016 Paperblanks Diary of YOUR Choice!

December 1, 2015 ♦

Competitions

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Please note: this competition has now ended. The winners can be seen in the widget below. Thank you to all who entered! December is here, and we’re feeling rather festive at The Pen Company. As a result of this, we fancied giving away 3 more 2016 Paperblanks diaries… consider…

How to make the most of your diary

November 10, 2015 ♦

Diaries & Journals

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Whilst some of us have moved over to a digital diary, such as Google Calendar, to plan our work and personal lives, there are a large chunk of us who still use a paper calendar and physical diary to keep track of such things. But are we making the most…

How to Write a Sympathy Card

November 6, 2015 ♦

Greetings Cards

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Most of us know exactly what to write in a birthday or Christmas card – after all, we’ve been writing them at the same time every year for many years – however, when it comes to those less frequent occasions, we can struggle with knowing what to say. Especially when…

18 Christmas Gift Wrap Ideas

October 21, 2015 ♦

Christmas, Seasonal

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In case you needed another reason to buy a pen or pencil for a loved one this Christmas, I’d like to point out that the boxes they come in tend to be really easy to wrap! I personally enjoy gift wrapping, but I know many people who don’t, and so…

Win YOUR Choice of 2016 Paperblanks Diary

October 13, 2015 ♦

Competitions, Pens

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Please note: this competition has now ended. Thank you to all who entered. The winners are listed below in the Rafflecopter widget. Paperblanks produce beautiful and unique diaries, journals and notebooks, and we have recently received a huge order of Paperblanks 2016 diaries in many designs and sizes. That…

Why & How to Have a Pen Pal As an Adult

October 2, 2015 ♦

Letter Writing

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For many of us, our ‘pen-palling’ journey started and ended at primary school, when our teachers organised for us to exchange a letter with a child in another school. In my case, we each sent a Christmas card to an allocated child in a class in France. This was when…