I'm addicted...

pensto pens. It's true. Actually, I always have been. Ever since I was a kid, I've had this unnatural love for Office Supply stores. Oh, the smell of the packaging, the feel of the new pen in your hand. Pure bliss. Lately, my pen lust has had a resurgence. Thanks to GlueStick Girl, I found these awesome looking set of 20 pens on DickBlick.com. Thanks to Ali Edwards, I've found that I LOVE .03 tip pens, and that these pens are was just the icing on the cake. I can't wait for the box to arrive.  Plus, those pens are not alone in the box. Mmmmm...I can't wait! So, what else is in the box? More pens! Okay, I'm not exactly sure what I ended up getting. I can't remember, and I can't access my order right now, but here's what I think I got. These Koh-I-Noor Nexus Studio Pens. The description of them says,

"These velvety fine line art pens are ideal for sketching, writing, drawing, and designing. These pens work perfectly with watercolors, and as a precision sketching tool. "

How Could I resist? No, really, How? I think Chris really wishes someone would tell me how. I'm pretty sure I got a set of these Itoya Nikko Permanent Pens. They write on all kinds of things! Here's what the website says: "These fine-point pens write on virtually any surface, including film, metal, plastic, glass, wood, and cellophane. " Once again, how on earth could I resist? AND, they're waterproof.

I also had a couple of things in my cart that I didn't end up getting. Not to worry......I will. I wanted some of these really cool looking Pentel Metallic Brush Pens. Look at what they say about them, "these tapered brush pens feature a pump button that maintains a constant flow of acid-free, water-resistant ink for uninterrupted creativity." Oh, so very cool. And, how awesome would they look on black paper? Definitely a need, not a want.

I don't think I ended up with these Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pens, but right now I'm really wishing I had. So, good 'ole Dick will be seeing me again soon. Most of the colors come in a brush tip only, though, and I'm not so sure about the brush tip, so I guess I'll have to order a set of the black ones that come with one of each of 4 different tips.

I also HAD to pick up some acrylic paints. I ogled them when we went to the Dick Blick in Iowa City with Kristina and Eric, but didn't get them. Then, I got to try them when I took Shimelle's class at the CK convention here in Tulsa, and I LOVED them. (I'm alo something of an acrylic paint addict...I keep trying to find good ones besides Making Memories, which are $2 a bottle - and they're colors aren't that great anyway). Now, I MUST have them, and they're on sale right now so........I got the basic set. One each of Deep Red, Medium Yellow, Medium Blue, Medium Orange, Deep Green, Deep Violet and White. Did I need them? Not really so much, but I HAD to have them, and you have to start somhwhere, right? So, I have officially started my collection.

On a related note, yesterday I was helping my mom clean out her office. I was actually working  on my old office, which has basically been collecting dust since I moved out after Chris' and I got married. While sneezing my head off, I happened across a set of pens, and almost all of them still work. Yippee!!! They're by Stabilo, and I originally found them when I was living in the Netherlands and they quickly became my fave postcard writing pens. LOVE 'EM! And, if that wasn't cool enough, they're in this really cool roll up pack with little bungee cords that wrap around it. Heaven.

Sometimes it's so much fun to be a geek!