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Donors Choose

Giving in the Face of Grief with Groups Like Donors Choose

To quote the great Dolly Parton, this year feels like one hard candy Christmas. Don’t get me wrong, I’m no Grinch – usually I’m all about the holly and the ivy, silver bells and presents round the tree. But like many of you, I find…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Peggy Magovern

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This week’s featured pencil artist is a self-taught artist named Peggy Magovern. Her art has been published in the Wall Street Journal, Readers Digest, Sports Illustrated and more, and she has worked with clients ranging from Honda to Banana…

Creative Holiday Craft Ideas

The best thing about having Facebook friends with small children is getting inspired by the pictures they post of all the fun crafts they’re doing this holiday season. Fortunately, you don’t have to have kids to get crafty with holiday decorations.…
Christmas Stories

Christmas Stories and Other Stories of the Season

We all have different ways of marking the beginning of the holiday season, be it through song, lights, gifts or movies. In my family, the singing of Christmas carols is strictly prohibited until Santa Claus has flown down 5th Avenue at the end…

S’wonderful: The Lyrics of Ira Gershwin

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It’s not uncommon for an artist to receive an award nomination posthumously; however, two nominations in the same year, for the same award, nearly thirty years after the artist’s death? That takes some serious staying power, power that the…
Snail Mail Letter Writing Day

You’ve Got Snail Mail: Tips for Letter Writing Day

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When I moved across the country for grad school, there were two people I was very afraid of losing touch with. They don’t have Facebook, so I can’t post on their wall. They don’t have cell phones, so I can’t text them. They don’t have…

Pencil Shaving Jewelry by Pencil Artist Mae Alandes

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This week's featured pencil artist does something really special with pencils. Actually, she does something really special with pencil shavings. Yes, you read that right. Her name is Mae Alandes, and she's a Spanish artist who specializes…
Mike Judge

Mike Judge: The Animators Behind the Characters

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Uh huh huh...huh...huh. Like, haven't you heard? One day, Beavis and Butthead will be running the country. If these two rebellious teens, raised on a steady diet of fast food and Heavy Metal provided any insight into the generation that watched…

Introducing Palomino Imagine Series Pencils

Pencils.com is excited to announce that we are now carrying Palomino's Imagine Series pencils. These high-quality pencils feature the premium finish and smooth HB graphite core that you've come to expect from Palomino, and are available in 10…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Steve Mills

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This week's featured pencil artist is Steve Mills, an artist, photographer, guitarist and songwriter living in Hermiston, Oregon who spends his time "being creative 24/7."  Steve's realistic pencil portraits capture the essence of his subjects…