#3 of 52: Flickr, Handwriting and Lost Letters

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canada post, flickr, goulet pens, kyo maclear, lamy 2000, national handwriting day, wonder pens

Hello there. Sorry this is late; after uploading last week’s post I got a message saying no more posts until I freed up some space. Hopefully this one will upload.

I am making headway on the space issue, and thanks are due for that to Paul Godden, who commented on last week’s post and pointed me in the direction of Flickr. I’m now hosting my photos there and linking to them from here. Genius! And they have a LOT of space at Flickr. Thanks again Paul. The photos are slowly being moved.

I wanted to write today because it is National Handwriting Day! Today we celebrate the practice of handwriting with a pen or pencil, on John Hancock’s birthday. And on the 41st anniversary it looks like the US congress is supporting their efforts. Let’s hope this signals a shift in thinking in regards to bringing back the teaching of cursive in schools. Goulet Pens is giving away a Lamy 2000 gift set to celebrate. Fun stuff!

More along the handwriting vein: a review of Kyo Maclear’s book The Letter Opener by Liz over at the Wonder Pens blog. My local library does not have a copy but I have flagged it on Goodreads as one I want to read. It is 1989 and Naiko is working in the Undeliverable Mail Office, looking through the contents of letters and parcels for clues as to the address to which the items belong. When her friend and coworker vanishes Naiko tries to piece together what might have happened. There actually is such an office at Canada Post; I was contacted by them many years ago when a box of personal items was undeliverable. When opened there were quite a few letters bearing my name and address. They belonged to a dear friend of mine. When they phoned I was deeply touched he had kept them and equally sorry I could not help them find him, as we had lost touch many years before. I offered to take the items off their hands and do further research but they, rightly, rejected that idea. The box was not mine to claim. I hope somehow the box found its way back to him, along with my letters.

I hope you wrote something by hand today, and that you enjoyed the pen, the paper and the fluid joy of it. I know I did.

Bookblock Original Journal Giveaway Winner

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I have the results of the Journal Giveaway! This giveaway generated the most comments to date! Thank you so much for the support and love shown to this blog, even during this difficult time for me. I wasn’t sure what to expect with my current much-reduced posting schedule. I’m honoured by you, my phenomenally supportive community, and am thrilled to be giving back in this small way. Thank you!!

Thirty-one people commented on the blog post, within the timeframe set by the rules of the giveaway. Each unique userid received one entry. I entered the list into the Random List Generator at random.org and below are screenshots of the results after I pressed Go! The list was so long I had to do two screenshots! In the second one you can see the date and time stamp.

And as you can see the winner is:

Sharon Goemaere

Congratulations Sharon Goemaere! You have until Sunday, Septmber 4, 2016 to contact me with your mailing details, using the Contact Me button at the top of the page, next to the About button. If I don’t hear from you by midnight on Sunday, September 4, 2016 I will pick another winner and announce it on Monday, September 5, 2016.

Thanks again to everyone who entered and watch this space for more giveaways! Happy journaling!

Journal Giveaway Almost Here!

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bookblock.com, custom notebooks, giveaway

I just wanted to remind everyone that I’m giving away a custom inlovewithjournals journal this weekend. I realize now I got the dates wrong in my original post; this Saturday is August 27 and the contest closes at midnight Atlantic Standard Time on that day. I will announce the winner the following day, Sunday, August 28. Read all about it in this post.

Thanks to everyone who has already entered. And for those who haven’t please do! Best of luck!

A Journal Giveaway

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On July 3 I reviewed these custom notebooks made for me by Bookblock Original. I’ve been using one of them and I must say the paper is great and I love writing in them. Because of moving I have more copies than originally planned so I wanted to give one of them away to one of you!

Up for grabs is one of the black notebooks, with a black elastic and “inlovewithjournals” written in white on the front.

Image from Bookblock Original.

It will look like the one in the picture above, except it will be blank pages. Rules are below. Please note: as I now live in the Atlantic Standard Time Zone, that will be the time zone that dictates when the contest closes.

The rules to enter are as follows:

1. You must be 18 years of age or have parental permission to enter.
2. Be a subscriber to this blog.
3. Leave a comment on this post.
4. One entry per username.

The giveaway is open internationally. It runs from today, Sunday, July 31, 2016, to midnight Atlantic Standard Time on Saturday, August 28, 2016. I will use random.org to choose the winner. I will announce the winner on Sunday, August 29, 2016, on this blog. The notebook the winner will receive is from BookBlock Original. The winner will have until Sunday, September 4, 2016 to contact me with their mailing details, using the Contact Me button at the top of the page, next to the About button. If I don’t hear from the winner by midnight on Sunday, September 4, 2016 I will pick another winner and announce it on Monday, September 5, 2016.

Please contact me with any questions. If you find you can’t comment on this post send me an email using the Contact Me button and I will investigate.

Good luck everyone! Thanks so much for your continued support!

 

Pharaoh Notes Giveaway Winner…Part 2

So it’s April 4th and I haven’t heard from Heba15 about the Pharaoh Notes Giveaway. I found her email from her wordpress site and sent two emails but have not had a response. I scoured my inbox just to be sure I didn’t miss an email. Heba15 if you are reading this I am bound by the rules I set myself and I have to choose another winner. Sorry about that but I feel I did my best to contact you.

Instead of putting everyone’s name in a list again, I am simply going to go with the next person on the list. So the winner of the Pharaoh Notes Giveaway is:

michele wass

Congratulations Michele! You have until midnight on Monday, April 11, 2016 to send me your contact details, using the Contact Me button at the top of the page, next to the About button. If I don’t hear from you by midnight on Monday, April 11, 2016 I will pick another winner and announce it on Tuesday, April 12, 2016.

Once again thank you to everyone who entered. 🙂

Pharaoh Notes Giveaway

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Yes it’s another giveaway, this time of a notebook. I think I’m addicted – to notebooks and giveaways. 🙂

I bought this hard cover notebook on ebay a while ago. I can’t find a review of it here on the blog so I took some pictures. I also can’t find a current listing on ebay so no idea if it’s even still available, and I don’t remember what I paid for it.

The company is Jingu Stationery. The cover says “Pharaoh notes” as you can see but I have no idea what that might refer to. The writing on the front cover is a lyric from the Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes song Up Where We Belong. Along the spine is written “The world of magic is brilliant.”

The notebook measures 7.5″ tall by 4.75″ wide. The back of the notebook doesn’t say how many pages there are, but the book is 1.5″ thick. The pages are not lined and have a mix of images and handwriting. Not a lot of the handwriting makes sense but the effect is nice.

Here’s an example of one of the spreads. I haven’t done a pen test so not sure how the paper will stand up to different pens but the paper feels good and the pages are not too thin.

There is a ribbon bookmark included, and here’s another example of a page spread. It’s a really nice notebook and I’m giving it away! There’s nothing wrong with the notebook; I’m just giving it away because I think it’s been sitting on my shelf for at least a year and I haven’t used it. So.

The rules to enter are as follows:

1. You must be 18 years of age or have parental permission to enter.
2. Be a subscriber to this blog.
3. Leave a comment on this post.
4. One entry per username.

The giveaway is open internationally. It runs from today, Saturday, March 5, 2016, to midnight Mountain Standard Time on Saturday, March 26, 2016. I will use random.org to choose the winner. I will announce the winner on Sunday, March 27, 2016, (Easter Sunday) on this blog. The notebook the winner will receive is not new but never used. The winner will have until Sunday, April 3, 2016 to contact me with their mailing details, using the Contact Me button at the top of the page, next to the About button. If I don’t hear from the winner by midnight on Sunday, April 3, 2016 I will pick another winner and announce it on Monday, April 4, 2016.

Please contact me with any questions. If you find you can’t comment on this post send me an email using the Contact Me button and I will investigate.

Good luck everyone! Thanks so much for your continued support!

 

Baoer 79 Starwalker Giveaway Winner

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I have the results of the Baoer 79 Starwalker Giveaway! Thank you so much to all who entered, I am so grateful for each and every one of you and your comments! I have so much fun doing this that there will be more giveaways this year, promise.

Sixteen people commented on the blog post, within the time frame set by the rules of the giveaway. Each unique user id received one entry. I entered the list into the Random List Generator at random.org and below is a screenshot of the result after I pressed Go! You can see the date and time stamp.

And as you can see the winner is…

zzdia

Congratulations zzdia! You have until Sunday, March 6, 2016 to contact me with your mailing details, using the Contact Me button at the top of the page, next to the About button. If I don’t hear from you by midnight on Sunday, March 6, 2016 I will pick another winner and announce it on Monday, March 7, 2016.

Thanks again to everyone who entered and watch this space for more giveaways! Happy journaling!

Baoer 79 Starwalker Giveaway Ends Tonight!

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Hello people. Just a quick note to remind one and all that the Baoer 79 Starwalker Giveaway ends tonight. Check out this post for all the details and enter to win. I will announce the winner tomorrow.

Baoer 79 Starwalker Giveaway

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Here we go with another giveaway. I was going to wait but then I thought why wait? Giveaways are fun!

So this time I’m giving away my Baoer 79 Starwalker. This is a great pen but I don’t love it. The section is a little too slim for my taste. And it doesn’t always start up right away. But other than that it looks good and writes well. I bought it on ebay last September and paid less than $4 for it. You can read my review of it in this post. I will include the converter it came with, along with a couple of ink cartridges in the winner’s choice of colour from my collection.

The rules to enter are as follows:

1. You must be 18 years of age or have parental permission to enter.
2. Be a subscriber to this blog.
3. Leave a comment on this post.
4. One entry per username.

The giveaway is open internationally. It runs from today, Saturday, February 5, 2016, to midnight Mountain Standard Time on Saturday, February 27, 2016. I will use random.org to choose the winner. I will announce the winner on Sunday, February 28, 2016, on this blog. The pen the winner will receive is not new but gently used. The winner will have until Sunday, March 6, 2016 to contact me with their mailing details, using the Contact Me button at the top of the page, next to the About button. If I don’t hear from the winner by midnight on Sunday, March 6, 2016 I will pick another winner and announce it on Monday, March 7, 2016.

Good luck everyone! Thanks so much for your continued support!

 

Monteverde Poquito Giveaway Winner

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I have the results of the Monteverde Poquito Giveaway! Thank you so much to all who entered, your enthusiasm for the pen and my journaling efforts and this blog in general are overwhelming! So much so that I plan on doing a few more giveaways this year, so if you didn’t win this time please stay tuned!

Fifteen people commented on the blog post, within the time frame set by the rules of the giveaway. Each unique user id received one entry. I entered the list into the Random List Generator at random.org and below is a screenshot of the result after I pressed Go! You can see the date and time stamp.

And as you can see the winner is…

nadene gillis

Congratulations Nadene! You have until Sunday, February 7, 2016 to contact me with your mailing details, using the Contact Me button at the top of the page, next to the About button. If I don’t hear from you by midnight on Sunday, February 7, 2016 I will pick another winner and announce it on Monday, February 8, 2016.

Thanks again to everyone who entered and watch this space for more giveaways! Happy journaling!