Stationery Hauls, Fountain Pen Finds & Writing Success – Sailor, Tom’s Studio & More

About this episode

Rob and Helen discuss their latest stationery finds and writing successes while sharing personal anecdotes.

In this episode Rob and Helen dive deep into their latest stationery hauls — from Japanese Sailor pens and Tom’s Studio Wren to Martha Brooks advent calendars and Zebra limited editions. Plus: writing contest success, notebooks you’ll never dare write in (that are ridiculously expensive), and a new digital note-taking tool that’s winning Rob over. Helen refuses to talk about her sticker addiction and Etsy is properly off the table for conversation. Helen is already buying advent calendars....in September. Rob is trying not to buy anything else, he's changed. We chat about digital tools, more notebooks, pen hauls and share a story about a random stranger in Home Sense providing Helen with the perfect notebook. Take a look at the notebooks and pens and read Helen's story submission for the writing competition over in the newsletter - https://stationeryfreaks.substack.com/ We mention the advent calendar series we did a few years back, here's the first of those episodes if you fancy getting into the Christmas spirit. https://stationeryfreaks.com/17 Resources, Products & Brands Mentioned Sailor Pens – Japanese fountain and calligraphy pens Tom’s Studio – Wren fountain pen…

People in this episode

Hosts: Rob Lambert, Helen Lisowski

Topics covered

• stationery hauls
• fountain pens
• writing contests
• digital note-taking
• notebooks

Keywords

• stationery
• fountain pens
• writing success
• digital tools
• notebooks

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HomeSense, TK Maxx, ChoosingKeeping

Products: Sailor Pens, Tom’s Studio Wren, Martha Brooks advent calendars, Zebra limited editions, Diamine Inks, Moleskine

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