Cult Pens Haul - OHTO Smile Slide Clips

My Coleto has ran out of black ink, I wanted to get a different pink to try as well, so I went on my favorite  pen site EVER CULT PENS I then saw something that I shouldn't of! Thanks to seeing this thing, which is something I love so much in Yellow, I had to get something else, I realise I am being very cryptic here but you will see in a minute!

Here is a big photo of it all!!

What do you see?

Coleto refills
Free Rubber

But wait...................

What is that you see??................

It can't be.................

PINK AND BLUE OHTO SMILE SLIDE CLIPS & LARGE ONES

Your eyes do NOT deceive you! They really are on my work desk. I may own 30+ yellow Smile Slide Clips but what is another 20? I do not want to give you the link as I want to own all the ones in the world, but I am sure you will find it quite easily on Cult Pens therefore I guess I might as well just give you the link. I will try and buy more ASAP!!!! I want to buy another 30+ I would love to buy 100!!!! That would work out at... £36.00. I did not buy any green ones though, I am not a green person as much!!!  But I will own some at some point.

Here is the link, please do not buy them all I need to buy more LINK HERE

Cult Pens being the lovely people they are even gave me some Large ones, a pack of 5, this excites me a little too much!!!

Here are lots of comparison photos of the different sizes etc... enjoy....

It is hard to show the difference in thickness!

The clips that make any day happy!!! check back soon for a post about the Coleto!!!

What did the post man bring on this horrible morning?

Oh it looks as though he has bought Stationery Land with him!

Three parcels, your eyes do not deceive you!!!

Will open the smallest parcel first which comes from the lovely Cult Pens with some cute things which I ordered...

And what is inside??? who knows???

Some OHTO Smile Clips, Frixion clicker Pen (more detail on this later), refils for said Frixion, Copic Glitter pen and a free Page Surfer?

(each order will have a detailed blog post!)

Oooo what is this I see, a parcel from Glassworks? What could this fine delight be?

such pretty wrapping!

Name on the paper says it all!

4 Midori Notebooks, #003 and #002 which are plain and grid paper! I managed to get these for £2.75 each with a discount code!

ANOTHER ONE!!! How can this even be possible??

This looks like it could be The Journal Shop....could it be so?

Wrapping no way near as exciting...

A HUGE collection of Midori Notebooks and accessories, it would appear the Midori fairy has been!

I shall leave you there as I go to squirrel away another blog post with some unpacking of all these delights!

Midori Traveler's Notebook - Insert No. 003 Plain Paper Test

Today I fancied doing a little test of the Midori Traveler's Notebook - Insert No. 003 Plain Paper, as I have just got my notebook as you all know and I love it so much!

The reason I didn't mind doing the test is due to the fact this first notebook has no real purpose, it is just a notebook which I have turned in to a Christmas planner (more about that later) so in the back I did a paper test and here are the results....

There appears to be no feathering or no real issues, the paper seems to be better quality then the standard Filofax Paper which is a YAY!

Here is the back..

The only pen which bled through is the Sharpie Permemant Marker and to be honest, I would be worried if it had not gone through. The other pens show through but are good otherwise! YAY!

Ordering LOTS of Midori goodies on Monday from The Journal Shop!

ALL STARS GUEST POST - DELIGTED - Her Pen Collectipon

Here is a guest post as part of the Philofaxy All Stars Tour from Femke from Delighted, I recently posted a What's in my bag post for the tour on her blog! 

I remember I used to use those Uni Ball Fusion pens at school, and the ink looked clear but it was really pigmented and they were so cute, those and my Parker pen were by far my favorite school pens, I just searched on Cult Pens but they no longer sell them! Thank you for reminding me of them!  

Thank you

My Pen Collection.

I’m addicted to pens! As a stationary lover, pens are part of my collection too and here are some of my favorite pens :)

This is how I store the pens on my desk.

First up: My lamy. After hearing the Filofax crowd rave about this pen, I decided to try it myself. I like it, but I don’t love it.


These are my absolute favorite pens: Pilot Frictions. I use them in my planner only. I adore them.

I’m a Pilot-aholic. I love their pens and these are gorgeous too. The two on the right are so cute, the writing is light and the two on the left are used only in my journal.

These are just regular pens, just the printing on them is so cute.

The only Sharpie I own, a real Marc Jacobs one. Of course.

I hope you enjoyed this bit of my pen collections! And thanks Imy for letting me post on your blog!

I love my Zebra Sharbo X BUT....

I recently bought the Zebra Sharbo X Multipen from Cult Pens and I did a review on Ray's blog I bought the 3 way one, which I have in it the JSB Gel 0.5mm refill which I also buy from Cult Pens I know there is a huge range of D1 refills I could use but I really love this refill, it comes in Black, Blue and Red, I use Black and Blue and a B 0.5mm Pencil.

I really am in love with this pen!

When I grow up I want to own the Sharbo X Premium!

I find my writing is neat small and cute with this pen I have no issues with the actual pen. Just look how beautiful she is...

Some people may say the pen is a little costly at just over £40 and then you have to buy a pencil mechanism etc, but I love the fact you make the pen  yours, no one else, exactly why I use my Filofax BUT there is one issue...

She costs a lot to run

This came in the post this morning, my 6th set of refills so far! (I mean I have bought 6 refills not 6 sets of refills)

Not cost effective at all but look how beautiful and smooth she writes, how could you hate her when it make it look so clear and easy to read! So for this reason I will carry on using her!

If anyone wants to try this pen out, and they want to try a cheaper option, one thing you can do is try the SHARBO DIARY PEN which is a fraction of the price at £12.82 and try the JSB GEL 0.5mm ZEBRA REFILL I know at £4.07 they are pricey, but oh so worth it! The Diary pen only holds one pen and a 0.5mm pencil, I used this pen for ages and loved every minute of it, you can buy a standard 0.7mm Ballpoint refill which is £4.99 for a pack of 10 and these last for ages!

But this pen is such an amazing pen even though it is so costly I would recommend it to anyone in a heart beat!

LOVE YOU SHARBO X

Lamy Fountain Pen Nib Confusion???

A while back I was sent a Lamy Safari in Pink as I had been wanting one for so long, I was a bit down at the time and one of my Twitter friends said they would send me theirs as they didn't use it. It was amazing when it arrived, it came with a pink Moleskine notebook and some pink ink, which was more purple, but still adorable!

I loved the pen so much, but then one day I noticed the Nib said F (Fine) so I decided to test it against my M (Medium) Blue Lamy Safari, which I had bought a few months prior to receiving my Pink Safari, which I love.

You can just about see the M, but you cannot really see the F

Pink = F
Blue = M

I did a little writing test with the Lamy's below...

There is hardly any difference, not enough for it to be noticeable when I am writing normally.

Has anyone else had this issue??

Is the Extra Fine noticeably finer??

Copic Glitter Pens Review

I bought this Glitter Pen at the same time I bought my Zebra Sharbo X as I really wanted to try it out I had seen it a few times and I was really interested as to how it would write and how much glitter would come out as it was not a gel pen, it is a marker pen (which seems seriously bazar).

I bought it from Cult Pens as usual with all my pen purchases (No I am not paid to say that, I wish I was, but I am not)

I went for the Pink colour.

The barrel says "Twinkling like stars" I got all excited when I read that and I was thinking, this will be the most sparkly pen ever. But it was not as sparkly as I expected!

I know the title says Copic Glitter Pens, but looking at the barrel of the pen it says Copic NO WHERE, so I am confused, it does say Top Marker Products a few times, but usually it has at least the brand on the barrel somewhere!

They are made in Japan, which means that they will be ultra magical (as Japan, Korea and China seem to come up with the best stationery!) so I was all set up for an AMAZING experience, you would think wouldn't you!

On the Cult Pens website it has an explanation behind the "at you spica"...

The pen revels in the name 'atyouSpica'! A sparkling piece of translated Japanese - although atyouSpica sounds like a heads-up to a Greek footballer, Spica is in fact a bright star in the constellation of Virgo and gives rise to the pen's slogan - 'Twinkling Like Stars!'. 

Which is interesting.... 

It does not say as to the point of the pen, but at a guess I would say 1.00mm - 0.7mm?  

Here is how it writes, I will let you all think about the sparkle before I say anything... 

Not convinced it sparkles??? 

NEITHER AM I!!!! 

There is a tiny hint of glitter if you look up close, maybe it gets glittery over drying time? I am not all too sure, I do love how it writes though, it feels so natural. I am planning on buying a Dark Blue and Black one to try using as normal pens as I feel they would be lovely for writing in my Filofax!

There is a hint of sparkle but not enough! So if you are buying these to sparkle don't expect too much, but if you are buying them for writing then do!!! You never know the other colours could be sparkier I AM HOPING!!! I will update you!