If you’re a fountain pen geek, you were probably aware and very excited about this year’s summer release of J.Herbin’s newest 1670 anniversary ink which promised spectacular shading. For those who are not familiar with the term ‘shading’, it refers to the ability of an ink to lay down a variation of color. While there […]

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With all the planner and page inserts available today, it’s getting more and more difficult to avoid the temptation of something new and change your setup midway–or several times!–throughout the year. I’ve fallen victim to this many times in the last couple years so I had to come up with a way to maintain something […]

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Back in the early ’90s, I used a Daytimer system as both my work and personal planner. It wasn’t very pretty but it was very functional in keeping track of my hectic schedule at the time. Over the last decade, I’ve split my planning system into two so there was one planner dedicated solely to […]

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(*Note: This post may contain affiliate links. These links will help you find items I’ve purchased, use, and love!) While roaming my local Staples one day I came across the most chic iPhone/iPad accessory in the clearance rack–a lipstick stylus! It was a ‘Fred and Friends’ iGlam Lipstick Touchscreen Stylus (also available on Amazon).

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Jinhao 250, Classic Clairefontaine notebook French ruled, J.Herbin Emerald of Chivor

On Thursday July 30, 2015, I attended the NJ Pen Club hosted by Goldspot Pens at the Manalapan Library in New Jersey. It was my first time attending their club event–there have been others–so I was both nervous and excited to attend. When I arrived, there were already 7-9 folks gathered around a table littered […]

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LilDivette Blog

Welcome, dear reader, to my blog in this little corner of the universe. I am LilDivette on social media and just a little ‘diva in training’ trying to make her way thru this thing called life. There are some hobbies I’m very passionate about–and apparently, you are too 😉 –so I set up this blog […]

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