Spring has sprung, the grass is riz. Or so that peculiar poem goes. Having just experienced a very spring-like warmest February ever, we're definitely looking forward to 'proper' springtime, and possibly the loveliest months of the year: March, April and May. And what do you ......Read More
When you're looking for a marker that will do exactly what you want it to do, it's an edding that you'll need. It's a proper marker. It doesn't matter what you want to mark, or how (or even why), it'll perform just as you want ......Read More
We dipped our toes into the world of dip pens this week! And how strangely addictive they were too. Louise (aka Calligraphy Girl, or @inkcrafts) was our mentor and Helen @journalwithpurpose, Amanda, James, Amy and my good self, Anna, were her eager students. So why a ......Read More
Gone are the days of second post and coming home every day to a hallway filled with letters. And returning from a week in Lanzarote and having to give the front door a good hard shove because of all the paper stacked up behind it. ......Read More
Who was St Valentine? And why did he get to have the most romantic day in the year named after him? Was he particularly charismatic, or chivalrous, or was he just a plain good-looker? Well, we'll probably never know his personal attributes, but we do ......Read More
Multipens are great - they're often no bigger than a normal pen, but contain more than one pen! There are all sorts of different multipens, but if you usually write in black ink but sometimes need red, and occasionally need a pencil, a multipen can ......Read More
The Fineliner is the latest in Pilot’s superb FriXion range and we think it’s pretty much perfect for journaling, but what do we know? We thought we’d ask our good friend Helen of @journalwithpurpose to take a look at them, and then we grilled her ......Read More
In this guest post, Helen of Journal with Purpose gives us some great guidelines on how to achieve our goals for the coming year, with the aid of journaling. You can’t help but associate January 1st with New Year Resolutions. There is a whole new year ......Read More
New Year, new you, so they say. Lose weight, get fit, get organised. Land that better job, plan that trip to Peru (other destinations are available) and make 2019 your best year yet! Great! Lots of fantastic resolutions! Yay! Now all you've got to do is ......Read More
January In the world of online retail, there's a fair element of just recovering from Christmas when January arrives. It's the same this year. We're tired. Maybe we'll wait until Herbie goes out for a bit, and curl up in his bed. Why do only dogs ......Read More
Special and Limited Edition pens can cause a lot of excitement. But why? Are they worth getting excited about? What's the difference between them? And if some of them really are all that exciting, how do you make sure you get the ones you want? ......Read More
Come on - let's face it - Christmas can be pretty stressful. Yes, there are all those fluffy, feel-good adverts with cute curly-haired kids and eccentric grandparents all gathered round the festive table with a whole, uncarved turkey in the middle of it (who, really, ......Read More
Believe it or not, it's been a whole 25 years since Faber-Castell introduced the Perfect Pencil. Admittedly, a pencil is pretty much perfect all by itself. It will write upside down, in the rain and on all sorts of materials, from paper to paintwork. It will ......Read More
Yes, we know how much you love Cult Pens, and you did all your Christmas shopping here last year. But that's a bit of a problem now, isn't it? You can't buy everyone the same things again this year, that just doesn’t look good. It's ok! ......Read More
There is something about autumn that is so inviting. The colours of the leaves, the promise of cosy evenings and warm knitted jumpers. It also feels like the last chance to make the most of getting outside before the cold days of winter set in. To ......Read More
Even if you're not an arty type, the chances are you'll have heard of Winsor & Newton - they're fairly big fish in the large pond of artists' materials, after all. Their classic, black and white brand logo is understated and discreet, quite in contrast ......Read More
November is Diabetes Awareness Month and today is World Diabetes Day. Type 1 Diabetes is an auto-immune disease. People with Type 1 Diabetes produce little or no insulin. Our bodies need insulin to survive, so it needs to be injected or given by an ......Read More
Fountain pens have been around for a long time, but when the ballpoint pen came along, lots of people abandoned their fountain pens for the convenience it brought. And the rollerball tempted even more people, with its smooth writing. Gel pens could do things that liquid ......Read More
Mixed Early Experiences Like many people, my first experience of fountain pens was somewhat mixed. I remember clearly at school the excitement building up, as some children were deemed to have handwriting at a standard that allowed them to “move up” to a fountain pen. I ......Read More
Notebooks. They're handy things to have with you. In some cases, they can be a bit rough and ready, and the covers might not last as long as they need to, but in the case of most decent quality notebooks, they're quite sturdy enough to ......Read More
As a keen bullet journal (BuJo) enthusiast, I was extremely excited to get my hands on a copy of The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll from my friends at Cult Pens. I have been using a bullet journal since April 2016 and was keen ......Read More
Having discovered journaling a couple of years ago, I was very interested to hear about the new book from Ryder Carroll: The Bullet Journal Method, published on 23rd October. Like most people who are intrigued by bullet journaling, I'd looked at his site and taken ......Read More
It started with the book. We weren't particularly planning to sell the book, but it was an interesting new book about pencils, so we wanted to see it. It's all about creative people, but from the point of view of the pencils they use. Instead ......Read More
Herbin is old, very old. 350 years in fact. When it was established in Paris in 1670, France was still a kingdom and New Zealand was but a twinkle in Abel Tasman's eye. The company's founder, Jacques Herbin, was actually a sailor employed by the ......Read More
In this guest blog post, Brad Dowdy, known to the world as The Pen Addict, tells us about his his history with fountain pens and inks - over to you, Brad! I’ve cared what I’ve written with and on since I was a child. The finest ......Read More
If you have a fountain pen, and you use bottled ink, you haven't been short of choices for inks to use. From old classics like Parker Quink, Waterman and Pelikan 4001, to interesting Japanese inks from Sailor, Pilot and Platinum. From the vast selection of ......Read More
Cult Pens had an intense Inktense workshop recently, thanks to our friends at Derwent and the incredibly talented artist and psychotherapist Beverley Haines - you can read more about her here www.beverleyhaines.co.uk. Beverley is a firm believer in the creation of art as a means ......Read More
We have two new exclusive inks, made by Diamine, with lots of sheen. If you just want to buy them, you can go and get them here. If you want to know more about how this happened, and perhaps the bigger question, how they ended ......Read More
If you were to slice Christine Joynson open, she'd probably bleed Dragon Blood Shimmer ink. Bit of a macabre start to a blog post, I fear, so I should apologise - sorry. There. Now that’s out of the way, I'll explain… Christine is one half of ......Read More
Life is a journey. For some it's like travelling along a quiet road on a balmy summer's day when it's not the school holidays. For others though, it's more like a motorway at rush hour on a rainy day in winter. For most of us, ......Read More
