Blog - Pen Boutique

I always get a little excited when a customer comes into the store to buy a Montblanc. I don't show it, of course. I play it cool. But secretly, even though I've been selling Montblancs at Pen Bout...

The first time I heard about our new store exclusive pen was when Pen Boutique owner Leena texted me a photo of it lying across the open pages of her notebook, with the explanation, "This is our MO...

At long last, it is time for the third installment of my "So Many Sailors...." Saga!  Everyone loves a trilogy, especially when the third episode is as exciting as this one. Not only do I have anot...

This week's topic is a little different from my usual, and it may seem boring to readers who aren't as much of a fountain pen geek as I am, but when store owner Leena asked me to write about it, I...

Last Thursday and Friday we had a very exciting event at our store:  a visit from Cary Yeager of Kenro Industries.  Kenro is the US distributor for some of the most interesting and innovative brand...

Happy summer, blog readers! I always feel like summer is a time for having fun, and I thought it would be fun to do a little something different for this week's blog, so I decided to ask my collea...

Inky Inspiration When I'm working in the store, I always get excited when customers talk to me about ink. It's a topic I'm passionate about, and it's so fun to share knowledge and inky experiences...

An Experiment We were short-staffed recently, so I couldn't schedule a day to work from home and prepare the blog. I was very busy in the store, but that doesn't mean I wasn't thinking about my u...

Thursday, May 19th, was National Notebook Day, so I thought it would be fun to take home a selection of the notebooks we carry and try them out. Customers often ask me how our different papers han...