CW Pencils

NYC - Last Day

Love this cafe in Soho.

Maman

Stop in for a match latte, coffee or cup of tea.  Awesome food too.

Brooklyn Bridge

CW Pencils - Located at 100 Forsyth St.  NYC

Never thought that there would be a pencil shop!  This little shop is super cute and has lots of pencils to choose from.  I picked up some unique pencils for myself and the kids.

Look at all the pencils!!!!!

Purchases were wrapped up in cute envelopes and tied with string.

Highlighter Pencil

Rainbow Pencil

The 10k or 6 Mile Pencil

Happy Writing!

HM

Chelsea Market and Posman Books

I had a day to myself in NYC and I went on a BuJo themed tour of the city.  I looked up a few places that people recommended and a few that I found on Google myself.  Speaking of Google - look what is right across the street from my first stop!

My first stop this day was Chelsea Market.  I had never been here before, so I was looking forward to exploring.  Chelsea Market is filled with unique market stands, lots of yummy things to eat, pop up shops, sample sales, flea and craft markets.... and a book store.  

I am a tea freak and loved this stand.  I got some tea and some unique spice blends.

No Crabs Allowed! 

I also love cheese!

Fresh prepared foods at an Italian Stand

The walkway in the middle of the market.

Poseman books

What I loved about Posman Books after I Googled it -found it by accident- is that it is an independent book shop.  They have only 3 locations, all in NYC.  There are so few small independent, family owned businesses left, I always try and patronize those that I find.

                                                              

There were lots and lots of journals.

Lots of pens and fun stuff at the register.

This was a super cool area of the market. Check out the New York is my Boyfriend bag in the middle.
The artist that does these bags is Pamela Barksy.  

Thought this was a fun name for a soap company.

Now I'm hungry!  Lunch at a Taco Stand - see the big piece of pork on the spit?

My Lunch - Pork taco - YUMMY! Want to go back and get another one or two!

BuJo NYC part 2

Muji

Various Location in NYC

Japanese Store
I visited the 5th Ave. store.

Muji, on 5th Ave, is their flagship NYC store.  It is 2 stories, one being street level and then a downstairs level.  When we first walked in, we noticed lots of oil diffusers running (and smelled them too.)  The first floor had many unique home accessories and had an open and airy feel.  My friend commented that it was like a Japanese IKEA. I think she was right on with her description.

The lower level had clothing for both men and women along with more home accessories.  But it also had a section of office supplies!!!!!!!

Pens and Pencils at Muji.
There were lots of tiny notebooks, erasers and folding scissors.

Various sized notebooks and journals.  They are simple brown covers with a nice quality paper inside. 

More notebooks!

This was my favorite thing about Muji.  After purchasing a notebook, you can come to this station and customize your notebook with various stamps.  They even had a few custom stamps for NYC and the 5th Ave. store.

I bought a small pencil case and aluminum card holder.

If you use a Muji Notebook, please leave a comment as to their quality.  

NYC Bullet Journal Adventure Part 1

NYC - what an adventure.  I love the city, glad I don't live there.  Every year my hubby travels to NYC for a convention, I tag along and explore, meeting up with him in the evenings for dinner.

My BuJo for a few of the days I was in the city.
The stamp is from Muji.

I wrote most of my notes on a tiny piece of paper, much easier to carry in my pocket then my journal. Now that I am home, I am creating a page in my BuJo of all the places I visited.

I was excited to see this as we drove into the city. 

After googling it, turns out it is a paper supply company. 

 Paper as in towels and toilet paper.  

The view from our hotel.

I had three things I wanted to find in the City.  Journal/Pen stores, jewelry supply shops and tea shops.  I also love to find unique places to eat.  

Paper and Stationary 

Kinokuniya

CW Pencil Enterprise

Muji

Papersource

Posman Books

 

Jewelry Supplies

CJS Wholesale

Metalliferous

Beads World

Tea

McNulty's Tea and Coffee Co.

Harney & Sons

Spices and Tease

Art Walk, 2012

What a great day with the kids!  We visited many wonderful galleries, talked to amazing artists, and ate wonderful ice cream.
Our first stop was at Building Character; an amazing place filled with art, vintage, clothing and architectural salvage. 








We then stopped at The Framing Concept, where Sharon Willet was demoing her amazing talent with water colors.

Our next stop was at Annex 24 Art Gallery.  Here the kids got to participate in a community art project, build sculptures from marshmallows and toothpicks and make Mother's Day cards.  Stop by Annex 24 and see the art hung on the outside of the building!

After Annex 24 we continued our exploration of galleries along Prince Street.  We stopped in may different places, talked to artists, met a cute puppy and got hungry.
The kids voted for ice cream and off we went to Carmen and David's Creamery.  I had chocolate covered pretzel, boy was that good!  Chris had strawberry, I got to taste it and it will be my first choice next time!  Sarah had chocolate chip cookie dough, it was loaded with chips and hunks of dough.  All the ice cream is made right on the premises.   They have a rotating list of flavors and it changes quite often.

With full bellies we stopped at Julia Swartz's Gallery.  She was also having a community painting project.  For a donation to The Water Street Rescue Mission, you could add to an ocean scene painting.  My daughter added the last little bit to this collaborative work.

I love how she paints mermaids!

We ended our day at Tellus 360.  I had never been in this shop before.  It is filled with wonderful art, fair trade and up cycled pieces made right here in Lancaster County.  Stop in if you can, wonderful place to check out.

We had an amazing day filled with art at Art Walk 2012!

What a Weekend!

I just had the most amazing weekend!  Met new friends, old friends and many great people.  I traveled to NYC for a jewelry supply shopping spree, went to Time Square, walked miles and miles and drove in the city for the first time in many years.
On Sunday, my family got to spend the day with friends.  Then invited us to celebrate the Orthodox Easter with them.  The lamb was to die for.

Hanging with Bobbi and Lynnea in Times Square.  Both are amazing jewelry artists.  Check out their websites:
http://shopbobbi.com/
http://designsbylynnea.blogspot.com/

My Kitchen

Was making dinner and saw this sitting on my counter. Took me a second to figure out what was wrong.