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15 June 2017 by Marcia Francois 4 Comments

What’s in my pencil bag?

I have this thing where I really don’t like to be without things I like to use.

Some may call that crazy; I call it being prepared 🙂

Some may think I carry too much around with me (that may be true) but I just really like knowing that I have exactly what I want or need.

Today I’m going to show you what I keep in my pencil bag.

It is true that the bigger your pencil bag, the more junk you’re likely to carry around with you.

(have you seen those enormous A5 pouches? They actually call them pencil bags!)

This pencil bag is actually a makeup bag I bought at the end-of-year cosmetics sales.

I manage to squeeze quite a bit into it:

2 small post-it pads
a flash drive with photos I need to print next time I’m near a photo print place
flags for reading or writing a short note
Fitbit charger
permanent marker
wax highlighter
6 pens – yes, I do need them all. How will I know if I feel like making notes in blue, green or pink?

Let’s take a look at those pens:

Pentel energel pens 0.7
Pilot G2 0.7 (they now make gorgeous metallic colours)
One lonely staedtler triplus – I think it found its way in there from a weekend to-do list

And that’s it – my standard daily planning arsenal – pencil bag, Moleskine weekly planner notebook and my bullet journal.

Do you like stationery? Do you carry a pencil bag with you?

Filed Under: Planning, Stationery Tagged With: marcia loves stationery, pens, Pentel, pilot, stationery

14 November 2010 by Marcia Francois 8 Comments

Question of the week – taking notes

I read somewhere that taking notes is like taking photos.

It helps you to remember the experience better.

I like to take notes because it helps me to focus better and pay attention.

I’ve shared before that I’m a visual-tactile person so I love the feeling of writing and putting pen to paper. The old-fashioned way.

Especially these gorgeous pens.

Are you a note taker?

If yes, what are your methods?

Filed Under: Time management Tagged With: notebooks, pens, taking notes

16 April 2010 by Marcia Francois 11 Comments

Tell me about your favourite pen

I have a very slight obsession with lovely pens.

By lovely I don’t necessarily mean expensive or good-looking but I do mean the way the pen writes.

I’ve loved THICK gel pens for a good few years now but the problem with the standard ones is this: if those caps go missing, you have leaky ink all over your gorgeous handbag!

Enter these lovelies.