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== Accessories and holiday-related gift ideas ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. So keeping along, uh, the, the, the same lineup, let's go to accessories. So it could be, you know, storage or other things like that. And I, I have, um, I'm calling, I picked two things. I'm calling one fair and one unfair because, uh, fair is, is the good made better pinball traveler. And this is fair because it's available. My unfair product, which I'll get to in a minute is not available and I'm super mad about it, but let's talk about the, the pinwell. So good made better, obviously, um, a great, great maker in our community makes all kinds of great things. I love the little traveler style. It's a smaller one and they, uh, Dan makes like a two seater, uh, pinwell traveler, which I don't have yet, which when I was looking for this, I knew I was going to put the pinwell in here. And then I found the pinwell traveler double. It's really cool. So you can have, um, these kind of portable, uh, two spots and there's even a triple, like if you want to get, get wild, but I kind of like the double, uh, aspect of these. So they're really fun, really portable and just a kind of a neat, well-made, uh, product that I, it's one of those products I use every day without knowing it, right? Like I'll just walk by and grab my pin that's in my pinwell. I actually keep a different pinwell on a different desk that has my Apple pencil in it. And that's where I know what my Apple pencil is always in there. So in the little pinwell. So yeah, there you go. I love those products. Yeah. I love them.

'''Anna Reinert:''' They're really good.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Um, my unfair gift. I haven't found a way to buy it, Anna. I know. And I need, I need this. So this is the Traveler's Factory, Victorinox, Swiss Army Knife collaboration. 100%. So there, they did. So the Traveler's makes all kinds of little small collaborations and they made the little Paul, the little small, um, Victorinox Swiss Army Knife, like little teeny pocket one. And they made them with some of their, um, you know, like logos and, you know, some of their little phrases that they use. And it's, it's just great. And like, I'm going to have to figure out one way to get these. So this is a reminder for me to buy something for me on this gift guide list for me.

'''Anna Reinert:''' If you figure it out, just order two and tell me what I owe you.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. Yeah. I should probably just order like one of each and that way, you know, I can send them to other people or something like that. They're just really, really great looking. I love those. So yeah, there you go.

'''Anna Reinert:''' Yeah. Super cool. Um, so favorite accessory gift. I decided to throw one in that was actually holiday related. And this is the Enigma Blanks Ink Vent calendar that they made that is extraordinary and can be used all year long because it's just a giant, uh, like pen nib standee with 25 little holes in it to put sample vials. And they have them with each of the sample vials has the, you know, numbers one through 25 for an ink vent. But I was like, this is so cool. I would use it all year long.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I have not seen this and this is rad.

'''Anna Reinert:''' Like, yeah, there's like so cool.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's fun. It's like, um, steel nibs and gold nibs. Like you can get like the different color nib, like is the background of the holder. It's really cool. That's really cool. I like that a lot.

'''Anna Reinert:''' I think I'm going to need one that's in pink, right?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Right.

'''Anna Reinert:''' So, um, the other thing that I put on, I put two other things. These are both off of Etsy. Um, one of them is the Treme ceramics watercolor dishes. Um, these are the most adorable things you have ever seen.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, they look so fun.

'''Anna Reinert:''' They're so cool. They come from, I think Italy is where the artist lives. Um, but they're animal shapes. So I have one that looks like a panda bear. And when you take the sort of panda bear's head off, it becomes a water dish. And then the panda body bottom is a segmented tray to put your watercolor colors in. Um, so it, when it's all stacked together, it's just this darling little panda bear. Um, but then you have the pieces to, that are actually entirely functional. And when I ordered mine, it came with a little tiny panda bear head that I could use as a pen or brush rest. Um, and they have them that look like bunnies and all sorts of things. And she also makes a bunch of other ceramic critter things. There's like bats that, that are, can be used as like flower planters. They're freaking adorable.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I'm loving the little fox here.

'''Anna Reinert:''' Yeah. They're, they're really cute. Um, and then the other thing I found was from something called BZ ceramic and it is a monster pen cup. It looks like a, maybe like a dinosaur or a dragon and you get to stick all the pens in his mouth.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's cool.

'''Anna Reinert:''' And it is so cute. And I was like, this is the kind of thing that, um, people probably wouldn't have found on their own. It's just like a weird funky little thing. So like as a gift, if you're, if you're a pen lover is a bit of a goofball, they might like putting their desk pens in a, in a dragon's mouth.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's fantastic. It's fantastic. All right. For Myke, you know, sometimes, um, he is, uh, prone to like steal other people's ideas and, you know, sometimes, you know, feels guilty that he's not being very unique. And this is one of those times he's just gonna, he's just gonna trail me and go with the pin well traveler from good way, good made better as well. I know he's a big fan of good made betters, uh, pin wells. So he likes the traveler as well. And, you know, seeing that he's not here and he is traveling right now, he could probably use one of these for himself. So, um, yeah, Myke, yeah, he would like to also pick the, uh, the good made well, good made better pin well traveler, um, which is just an awesome accessory. It is. All right, Anna, this has been a fun gift guide, but before we go, we're gonna do another topic called favorite stuff we make. So let's shout out ourselves, which both of us always say we could do a better job at promoting the stuff that we make and the fun stuff that we're involved in. So why don't you go first? Tell us what awesome stuff, um, that you're making and that people can check out for, uh, gifts this season.

'''Anna Reinert:''' Well, I, it was, it was hard for me to pick, um, just because I realized now I have a lot of different things that we make. Um, but I went with the classic, the coloring, it fits in a Christmas stocking, um, uh, currently available on both our big cartel and our Etsy site. Um, we use Etsy specifically for people who are international. Um, but, uh, us residents are welcome to use Etsy as well, if you'd like. Um, but big cartel, uh, is where you'll find everything that I'm currently selling. Etsy has a slightly more limited selection because the balance of the things that we sell are available on Etsy through Skylab Letterpress, like our Santa stationary kit, um, which is, um, perfect. If you want to, uh, write letters to children from Santa, it comes with posted, not real postage, but fake postage that looks like it comes from, uh, the North pole. And, uh, you can write and tell your kids to behave because Santa's coming.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Nice, nice. Yeah. And every, everyone needs a color ring too. So like, like you should just, if you're listening to the show, that's a product you should own. Like it's, it's the best. And, uh, if no, if you're not putting them on a, on a gift list for someone to buy you, you need to buy them for yourself. Just sneak, sneak them in your own stocking or just, you know, just buy them, throw them in your desk. No one needs to know you need them. All right. So, um, we just launched a bunch of new spoke pencil model fours, Brian and I at spoke pen with several new grip styles. So we have brass grips and these large, um, super group titanium grips and some titanium knurled grips. So we have a fresh inventory of the model for spoke pencil, which is one of my favorite, uh, products we make. I just love the size and the shape of the spoke pencil and all these grips and grip materials, um, are very, very cool. So you can check out all the different sizes and shapes over at spoke design.com.

'''Anna Reinert:''' Those are spiffy.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah. They came out really, really good. And then over at the pen addict shop, I have three pen collaborations out there right now. I have the Bennu 15th anniversary pen. So the, the pen addict will be 15 on November 29th. So I did a pen, uh, to celebrate with Bennu. It's a very fun and sparkly and bright. And then I have the Opus 88 halo, which is just a universally great pen. And then I have the big fancy Montegrappa Venetia Rio de la Toledo, which just came back in stock this week. So there's, uh, uh, another 20 or so of those available out there for those who love that Montegrappa style and the really, really cool material. So that's the things I have going on. I have going on. So yeah, fun stuff, fun stuff. And Myke, of course, you can find all of Myke's merchandise at Cortex brand. So we'll have a link into the show notes. You can get your theme system journals. You can get your, your t-shirts, your sweatshirts, your hoodies, and, uh, definitely pay attention. There's some new products I might have sitting behind my desk coming up next year that, uh, I've been testing out. So, uh, you want to check out all the Cortex merch. So lots of fun stuff there. Anna, this was a joy. It's been way, way, way too long. Why don't you give a shout out? Um, you know, anywhere people can find you, anything you want to shout out, uh, before we wrap it up and go, uh, spend some of our own money on this list of stuff we have for everyone today.

'''Anna Reinert:''' No kidding. Um, I can be found at wellappointeddesk.com and there are links down the side of the page for our shop, our Etsy, our Patreon, um, Instagram, which we are not very good at maintaining any longer.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Facts on that.

'''Anna Reinert:''' Yeah. No kidding. Um, but yeah, so all of that can be found there. Um, yeah, easy peasy.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. And you can find all of my stuff at penaddict.com, spokedesign.com, twitch.tv slash penaddict. I'm on Twitter at dowdyism, at least for now. And I'm on Instagram at penaddict. And yeah, this has been great. It's been too long. Uh, you and I, I have a feeling next year will bring us together in person a lot more and we'll do a lot more podcasting as well. So until next time, say goodbye, Anna.

'''Anna Reinert:''' Goodbye, Anna.

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