By Madame Purl, on March 23rd, 2010
I just couldn’t resist. It’s a Sailor fountain pen with rose gold trimmings and nib. Inked with a this new pink ink that is one of my new favorites. Sample written on Clairefontaine paper. The ink is smooth and light like the J. Herbin Inks, but seemingly a bit smoother. Also this reminded me of [...]
By Madame Purl, on March 10th, 2010
The weather was beautiful today and spring fever is starting to hit. We had 60-degress today and some sun. Yeah! I thought since it’s cat’s on Wednesday – it would be a good day to get a new picture of Faygo since his fur has grown back. Also lookie what I got today – My [...]
By Madame Purl, on December 27th, 2009
Howdy! I hope you’re all having a great holiday season. I’ve been busier than a one-armed paper hanger. Let me catch you all up to speed. Faygo kitty is doing well. He’s back to killing his toy mice. I think he’s actually gaining weight too. No doubt, since I’ve been chasing him around feeding him [...]
By Madame Purl, on November 16th, 2009
Sorry it’s been at least a fortnight. I’ve been busy healing. First of look at this lovely plant that my friend Dawn gave me after my surgery. Then I also got a lovely tea cozy as a get well soon gift from Julie. Finally there has been spinning… I had to sit in the living [...]
By Madame Purl, on October 24th, 2009
So after several dreary days of rain we are actually seeing the sun. So I have been serious big by the Waterman bug and couldn’t resist this shimmery pink fine point Waterman Hemisphere. Isn’t she lovely? She writes so smooth. I inked her with J. Herbin’s Violette Pensee, which is now another new favorite ink. [...]
By Madame Purl, on October 20th, 2009
I’ve been thinking all day about where to start…it was a whirlwind trip and we did so many great things. So I headed out on Wednesday to Julie’s and the fun began right away. We headed to Concord, MA where we went to the Orchard House. This was the house where Little Women was written [...]