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Brabbling Over A Whisternefet: Weird Words and Their Meanings

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Brabbling Over A Whisternefet: Weird Words and Their Meanings When at a loss for words, most of us reach for the dictionary to find the appropriate sentiment. However, thousands of words are omitted from stand-bys like the Oxford English Dictionary…

Five Notebook Blogs to Follow

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Regardless of the brand of notebook you prefer (though we hope you'll try the new lines from Blackwing, Fabio Ricci, ForestChoice and Palomino at Pencils.com), your notebook is where ideas find their home. Here are five blogs that can inspire…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Brent Sommerhauser

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This week’s pencil artist is a sculptor by the name of Brent Sommerhauser. His body of work features everything from glasswork and wood sculptures, to a sculpture made entirely of copy paper. It’s what Brent does with the common pencil,…
Emmy award shows

And the Winner Is: Pencils and the Emmys

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And the Winner Is: Pencils and the Emmy Awards We live in an age where the spoiler is king. Information is readily available from all corners of the globe with just the click of a button, and the rise of social media has encouraged users to…

The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams

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The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams When country music legend Hank Williams died in the backseat of a cadillac somewhere between Knoxville, Tennesse and Oak Hill, West Virginia on New Year's Day 1953, police found alongside him an empty bottle…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Pat McMichael

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This week’s pencil artist is Pat McMichael, a resident of southern New Jersey and an artist who specializes in graphite portraits and caricatures. His subjects range from pop-culture icons to video game characters, and each piece is completed…
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Happy Birthday Blackwing

Happy Birthday Blackwing This week may have featured the launch of the new Pencils.com notebook range, but we've also been spending a lot of time gearing up for the 1st birthday of the Palomino Blackwing pencil on Saturday, October 1st. We’re…
Blackwing

Reviving the Blackwing: One Year In

Reviving the Blackwing: One Year In Saturday October 1st will mark the first anniversary of the “rebirth” of the Blackwing pencil brand with our Palomino Blackwing pencil. This was followed in June by our introduction of the Palomino…
Pencil Artist Linda Huber

Pencil Artist of the Week: Linda Huber

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No, this week’s artist is not a sculptor. Her name is Linda Huber and she is a pencil artist that seeks to achieve a level of realism in her drawings that is usually reserved for photographers. Her focus on the details of her subjects has…

Tips for Going Green at Home

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Last week, we looked at going green in the classroom and the week before we looked at going green in the workplace. This week, in the final part of our green lifestyle series, we will be looking at how you can go green in the place where you…