Excited to announce our next project — Yoseka ink sample collection cardThe ink sample collection card goes along with ink samples that we are starting in store. Our ink samples will be in these tiny adorable glass bottles. They can hold up to 5ml, so you can pick the amount you’d like. These bottles are meant to be reusable. Here’s how it works with the card: First time, you purchase new tiny bottles with sample inks. Next time, bring your empty bottles to refill with new ink samples. Each time, use the card to keep track of your new colors....

Kokuyo Beetle Tip 3way Highlighter Pen. With Kokuyo's Beetle Tip 3way highlighter, you can achieve three different types of lines from one pen. The tip of the highlighter separates into two tips--a 2.5mm chisel tip and a 1mm rounded tip. Rotate the highlighter in your grip as you are holding it in hand to switch between the two tips or hold the pen perpendicular to the paper to achieve a double line while reading and studying. The three different tips enable you to highlight through text, under text and box text by drawing a double line over and under the...

Thank you Pen World Magazine and special thanks to Barry for the write up! We are flattered and super excited to share our shop with the readers. Here's the full article:

February is here and 2020 is feeling very real : ) After the holidays, Neil and I took a short break from the shop at the beginning of the year. We were thinking about going somewhere (last year we went to LA--it was my first time on the West Coast and it was so much fun), but before we knew it was December 28th and we still hadn't made any definite plans or booked any tickets so we decided to have a staycation in New York and do/visit some of the things and places that had been on our list!...

After the holidays, Neil and I took a short break from the shop at the beginning of the year. We were thinking about going somewhere (last year we went to LA--it was my first time on the West Coast and it was so much fun), but before we knew it was December 28th and we still hadn't made any definite plans or booked any tickets so we decided to have a staycation in New York and do/visit some of the things and places that had been on our list! We finally went to Té Company (@tecompany) in the East Village,...

In 2011, Pilot released Automac Mechanical Pencil that features double knock and auto advance mechanism. The pencil continues the name from Pilot Automac E series from early 2000 combining the mechanisms used as early in their Automatic series in 1980’s. Automac is the kind of pencil that carries a rich history.Auto advance mechanism doesn’t require any extra action to advance the lead. In another word, you can continue to write without clicking once for the whole lead. In 1980’s, Pilot, Pentel and UNI all came out with their own version of auto advance pencil, but Pilot’s vintage Automatic series seems...

In 2018, Kokuyo @kokuyostationery started a new initiative "Kokuyo Colors", which aims to create a new type of drawing tools for adult, and PASTA is the first product from the initiative. PASTA soft marker is a solid graphic marker that features vivid color with very smooth drawing material. The marker feels like a crayon but it's water-based and diverse for color mixing. The dimension of the marker is made of a square core of 4mm by 7mm, which is easy to use in small places; and it’s also refillable! We love to use them for highlighting in planners since they don’t smudge...

2020/05/14 Sailor announced they will be bringing Minis to the US: Sailor Professional Gear Slim Mini Sailor Pro Gear Slim Mini. The mini series was discontinued around 9 years ago, and just last December, Sailor re-released the mini again with these beautiful colors. When capped, the pen is at an adorable pocket size (only 4.2”). Unfortunately, they are not yet available in the US. Hopefully they will be here in just a few months! We have these in store for anyone who is interested to check them out in person. We love the color on the very right. Which color do...

It’s almost Lunar New Year on 1/25! This coming year is going to be the year of mouse, and in Chinese culture, gifting red envelopes is also a big part of celebration. You give red envelopes to your younger relatives, and you put money or sometimes lottery tickets in there. Yes, red envelope is just for holding money : ) Red is a good fortune color, and passing the red envelopes also means sharing luck and fortune with everyone. These two particular red envelopes comes with “Happy New Year” in different sayings and they are decorated with coins, gold, flowers...

Happy Monday! We will be back this Wednesday to our regular hours. It’s been a nice and relaxing two weeks off for us. We visited places that we’ve always wanted to stop by, ate at many restaurants that we don’t get to go often, installed new shelves at the shop and KonMari-ed our place 😊Almost everything on our todos are checked, which is an amazing feeling. See you at the shop soon! .One of our favorite things to do is visiting vintage shops. We could spend hours every time. These fun antique items are from three places we visited recently:...