April Link Roundup and Hello Again

Well, I seem to be neglecting this blog again.  Spring has been very busy for me this year.  Not complaining -- I like keeping busy.  But I really don't want to let Supply Cabinet Chronicles die away completely.  So, to get things rolling again (or try to, anyway) -- links to just a few of the articles and blog posts that have caught my eye lately:

CALENDARS, ORGANIZERS, PLANNERS, ETC

• A really useful (and free!) "Weekend Trip" printable to download from Planning with Printed Portal.

DIARIES, JOURNALS, NOTEBOOKS

• In an interview before appearing in Austin's Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival, Janeane Garofalo speaks of many things -- including her longtime habit of writing things down in notebooks.  See: A Lot of Chatter. (Austin Chronicle, 4/26/2013, interview by Robert Faires)
• I love this "Journal Spreads" post by Wendy Miller (on her Bits of Me blog, 4/27/2013) about her eclectic journaling system. It's sort of the way I journal, myself.

PENCILS, PENS, INK, HANDWRITING

• A couple of interesting recent posts by George Fox, over at his My Supply Room blog:
  
  "My Lindy Pens" (3/24/2013)  Lindys were my faves back in the '60s. George has an amazing collection of them.
  
  "New Pencil Boxes" (4/15/2013)  Gosh, I have fond memories of pencil boxes just like these, but 1950s-vintage.  But way back then, I didn't care that much about the cute pencil boxes my mom bought me every year -- what I really wanted was a really truly old-fashioned cigar box to stow my gear in!

Link Roundup: February 3, 2013

Just a few links this week; I've been spending a lot of time working on my other blogs and haven't been doing as much supply cabinet surfing lately.  Darn.

ACCESSORIES, GENERAL OFFICE SUPPLIES

• Innovation with Office Supplies: The Staples Better Binder (product review) (@Office Supply Geek) 

CALENDARS, ORGANIZERS, PLANNERS, ETC

• 2013 Yearbooks (Philofaxy posts in electronic book format, @Philofaxy)
• Anno planning (@Quo Vadis Blog) 
• Product review: We Are What We Do Planner (@Planet Millie)

DIARIES, JOURNALS, NOTEBOOKS

• 1940s Diary (@Notebook Stories) 
• All in One Filofax Journal (@It’s My Life!)
• Moleskine Monday: Reviewing My Latest (product review) (@Notebook Stories)

PENCILS, PENS, INKS, HANDWRITING

• Jet Pens (@My Supply Room)
• Mailbox Goodies: Inked & Then Some (@Gourmet Pens)
• Paper Mate 07 Earth Write Mechanical Pencil Review (@The Well-Appointed Desk)

Coming up later this week (fingers crossed!): a post about my current diary-planner-journal setups, and a tour of my recent pen/pencil clear-out (I've got -- literally -- enough to set up my own shop).  So, more later.

Link Roundup: January 27, 2013

Here's my list of interesting stuff from the past couple week's web surfing:

Calendars, Organizers, Planners, etc.

• 10 Free Planners for Your Blog (@Babble.com)
• 2013 Quarterly Executive Planner Pro v3 PDF Special (Free Printable @World Label)
• My Very Own Planner (DIY with Instructions) (@Box 53B)
• Organizing Calendar: the Harmonized House Project (Free Printable @World Label)
• Paperblanks Weekly Planner 2013 Review (@The Well-Appointed Desk)

Diaries, Journals, Notebooks

• Fighting Chaos (@The Upward Call)
• Notebook selection, part two: the continuing saga (@Does This Pen Make Me Look Fat?) 

Pencils, Pens, Accessories

• 51 Examples of Matching Ink to Pen to Paper (@Inkophile) 
• Currently Inked (@Gourmet Pens) 
• Marvey LePen Marker Pen - Green, Teal, Blue and Purple (@Ink of Me Fondly)
• Name those pens!! (@Pens Paper Inks...Whatever!)
• Review: Nomadic PD-03 Upright Stand Pencil Case - Navy (@Gourmet Pens)
• Vintage Office Supplies, Flickr photo by B-Kay (@Flickr Group: The Vintage Office)

Scrapbooking, Visual Journaling, & Paper Crafts

• Day of the Week Journaling Cards (Free Printable @CraftGossip.com)
• Freebie - What a Week Journaling Cards (@Creativity Prompt)
• Free Scrapbook pages & elements (@Best Free Digital Scrapbooks)
• Use Paper Scraps to Create a Family Tree on a Scrapbook Page (@scrapbooks etc.)

Other Goodies

• Printable Vintage Gummed Labels Inspired by Dennison (@World Label)

First Link Roundup for 2013

Wow, it's the middle of January already! That holiday season just zipped right by, didn't it?  And I've been spending so much time trying to get my book blog going again, I really haven't been able to feed my office supply addiction as much as I'd like.  And since it's the first of the year and I've been trying to get organized for 2013, most of this week's links are planner-related (again, quite a few blog planners -- still looking for that perfect setup). So, enough with the excuses. Here are some of the interesting places I've visited recently:

Blog Planners

• Blog Planner Week (@Tenacity Divine) 
• Weekly Blog Planner (@The Peaceful Mom)
• Printable one-page blog planner (@The Flourishing Abode)
• Free Printable 2013 Blog Planner (@Shabby Art Boutique by Woodberry Designs) 
• Free Printable Blog Post Worksheet (@Gifts We Use)  
• Free Printable Freakin To Do List & Blog Topics List (@Vale Design)

Other Planners, Calendars, etc.

• Free Printable 2013 Hello Cuteness Calendar (@Hello Cuteness!)
• Handmade Agenda (@Look What I Made) 
• Owl Lover 2013 Calendar (free printable) (@My Owl Barn)  
• Your 2013 planner: Planner Fail or So Far So Good? (@Plannerisms)
• Planning Sweet Spot (@Well Planned Life) 
• Sloane Crosley's Yearly Date with the Planner (@Notebook Stories) 
• Ten Free Printable 2013 Calendars (@Second Chance to Dream)
• When Do You Switch Planners? (@Quo Vadis Blog)

Ink, Pens, Pencils

• Best of 2012 (@My Supply Room)
• Fountain Pen Basics (@Writer's Bloc Blog)
• What's in My Pencase - December 2012 (@Scription)
• When is a standard ink converter not a standard ink converter? (@Writer's Bloc Blog)

Link Roundup

I probably won't get around to much more blogging before the end of the year, so this might be my last link roundup for 2012.  Have to see how things go, and how much time I have for surfing the 'net next week.

This week's list is heavy on websites that offer advice/templates/discussions about blog planners. I'm trying to come up with one of my own, so I've been looking for ideas.  Lots of good ones out there, but so far none of them suit my needs exactly, so I'll just have to keep thinking about it.

GENERAL STUFF & FROU-FROU

• End of Year Review (@Stationery Happiness)
• Candy Canes and Holly Journal Stickers and Labels (@World Label)
• Stick 'em On (@insideout.topshop.com)
• Handmade Books: Easy Inside Pages from Office Supplies (@clothpaperscissors.com)

PENCILS, PENS, INK

• More pictures of very rare Edwardian Pencil (@This Bug’s Life)
• Feeling Blue, Washable Blue (@The Well-Appointed Desk)
• How Far Will a Ballpoint Pen Write? (@Tiger Pens Blog)
• Gifting: The Cross Click Gel Pen (@From the Pen Cup)
• Pentel Libretto Pen & Pencil Set -- and GIVEAWAY! (@No Pen Intended)
• Noodler's Has the Best Blues -- Inks, That Is (@Inkophile)

PLANNERS, CALENDARS, JOURNALS

• New arrivals - meet Luxe, Malden, Guildford and Cuban! (@I love my stationery)
• Alternative Filofax Markers (@Whimsicality)
• 2013 Full Size Planner (@The Happy Card Encouragement Factory)
• My (be happy) Plan for This Week (@The Peaceful Mom)
• Free Printable Christmas Planner Pages (@Botanical Paperworks)
• Free Printable 2013 Monthly Calendar (@Botanical Paperworks)
• Filofax Therapy (@Thoughts & Exploration)
• Starbucks Coffee Journal by Moleskine (@StarbucksStore.com)
• In the beginning... (@vanilla folders)
• Filofax for 2013 (@Homemakers Daily)

BLOG PLANNERS

• Blog Planner - An Effective Way to Organize and Manage Your Blog (@Tackling Our Debt)
• Free Blog Planner Printable (@Barely Mommy)
• My 2012 Blogging Planner (Free Printable) (@Mama Jenn)
• My Daily Blog Planner (@iHeart Organizing)
• Blog Planner Printables ~ Organize Your Blog Planning (@Homeschool Creations)
• Free Printable Blog Planner by Infarrantly Creative (@BlogHer)
• Blog Post Organizer: Let's Get Started! (@Homeschoolin’ Mama) 
• Free Printable::My Blog Topics (@just call me b.)

WORKSPACES

• The Custom Cabinets Workspace For Two (@lifehackerAustralia)
• 15,509 Home Office Design Photos (@houzz.com)

Plannerisms Planner Giveaway

Just a heads-up: Over at the Plannerisms blog, the amazing Laurie is hosting a worldwide giveaway of one of her new Going Places planners. You can see photos and read all about the planners and the giveaway here. Great opportunity to try one of these lovely-looking new items.

Weekly Link Roundup

I've been keeping my own private "links of interest" list for a while now -- a little roundup of the interesting blog posts, videos, articles, and websites I find each week. This week, I thought I'd go ahead and share it.  I'm hoping to make this a regular blog feature in the new year.

1. Fossil wallet plus DayTimer 2PPD (@Sense of Gravity)
2. Using the Plannerisms planner as a Goals workbook (@Plannerisms)
3. Old Art Journals Rediscovered: Collage Journal (@A Penchant for Paper)
4. A Virgin Planner (@Bits of Me)
5. I Will Catch Up (@My Supply Room)
6. New Premium Line of TUL Pens from OfficeMax (@No Pen Intended)
7. Notebook Addict of the Week (again) -- Kara (@Notebook Stories)
8. Review: Bound Custom Journals (@Notebook Stories)
9. Avery NoteTabs Heart and Apple Shape (@OfficeSupplyGeek)
10. Web Finds -- 8 December 2012 (@Philofaxy)
11. Beyond Transportation and Stationery (@Scription)
12. Going to give my personal size a go...Again (@Planning Is Nirvana)
13. Permanent Apparently Doesn’t Mean Forever – Sharpies Fade (@Tiger Pens Blog)
14. Finally! Tabbed Inserts for the Compact (@Well Planned Life)
15. The Tell-All Planner (@Well Planned Life)
16. DIY Planner Cover-First Look! (@School Supply Dance)
17. Diary testing: 2PPD (@Living with Liisa)
18. Free 2013 Calendar Inserts Available for Download (@Journaling Arts)
19. ARC Customizable Notebook System From Staples (@Inkophile)
20. Raider of the (not really Lost) Arc (@the zeitgeist of zoe) 
21. Cahier Bookmark (@My Moleskine)
22. Living With A Traveler’s Notebook (@Recording Thoughts)
23. DIY Planner (@Stellaire)
24. Blog planner (@Little Lovelies)
25. DIY Planner (@The Tiny Nest in China)