Brown & Bronze, tied up with string

It's a brown paper envelope, tied up with string! The bronze accents are just gorgeous, but it's the little bit of glittery string that just puts it over the top. I wondered if this was handcrafted, but in fact it's made by Papyrus. This lovely item came to me from the gentleman behind Everyday Correspondence, and he blogged about it in much greater detail and timelier fashion than I did, so you should really see what he posted to have a proper look.

MOST AMAZING pen card EVER

I was just plotzing when I got this pen card from my dear friend Tracy, who continues to outdo herself with amazing cards and stationery in her letters. How gorgeous is this?? The gold accents are just over the top, as is the little-bear-playing-the-tuba sticker.

The inside of the card and the inside of the envelope had little cutie stamps, including this awesome pig-in-a-tutu.

The card says it is Turnowsky by Papyrus, but I wasn't able to find any of them anywhere online.

R&K Alt Bordeaux in Haolilai 601

The bottom of a letter, where I note the fountain pen ink color (IF the letter is to another fountain pen user who might want to know the color).

This is a pretty true representation of the R&K Alt Bordeaux, one of my favorite inks - best viewed large to see the shading and color variance properly.

The stationery is by Papyrus.