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Homemade crafts always make the perfect gift for the holidays. Whether the present is homemade or it is just a personalized hang tag, a little creative, personalized flair will make it a memorable gift for a friend or family member of any age. As something that will be heavily handled […]

Personalized Gifts Made Easy

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need an inexpensive but creative teacher gift? here are our suggestions 1. mugs filled with candy or hot chocolate and candy canes 2. stocking holders like the one’s found at  www.crapivemade.com (thank you char for letting us share!) 3. christmas countdown blocks (Like April’s!) 4. embellished letter – 9″ letters […]

top ten teacher gifts

It is time for another Tombow Tot project. This month the theme is holiday and I knew when I saw this tree on SCS that this is what I would be doing. It is super easy and I love how the tree turned out. I will be making these with […]

Tombow Tots- Holiday Trees

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We are pleased to welcome Richard Berman to the American Tombow team as the national sales manager for our Art,Craft and Mass Market division. Richard will work to develop mutually beneficial partnerships with retailers and distributors in the art, craft and mass market channels as well as focus on sales […]

Sales Team Grows

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At Tombow this week the Design Team is sharing their some of their Christmas traditions. I had to really think on this one as we try to keep Christmas as simple as possible to keep from the stress of all the hustle and bustle. AND to think of something that […]

Snowman Snacks

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Unnecessary stress and time added to your work day from an unorganized planner can make it difficult to work effectively at the office. Keeping an organized planner will help you prepare for the New Year and stay on top of all of your projects. Save time and increase productivity in […]

More Than Your Average Pen

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growing up my family had many christmas traditions. some i have tried to bring to my new family, and of course some had to go. but several years ago i made my parents a book of all the christmas traditions we had that i remembered. i involved my 7 siblings […]

tradition….tradition (sing it like “fiddler on the roof”)

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in my short lifetime I have held over 18 jobs…not counting daughter, sister, wife and mother. i have been working since i was 11 years old, when my first job was a “page” in the public library. since then i have been a babysitter/nanny, telephone operator, sandwich maker, a retailer […]

it’s off to work we go…

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Well, this flower isn’t that funky, but I think it turned out pretty cute. Perfect for a little girls room to a high school girl’s locker to a college girl’s dorm. This week Tombow is partnering with Clear Scraps and I was sent this fun flower to play with.  I covered […]

Flower Power

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how about something cute and portable to keep your holiday shopping organized… this project has stumped me more than any other project…and I can name several others that got me! my assignment was “shop til you drop”. so my first thought was…layout? but how many of us take cameras with […]

hello black friday!

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The MONO Professional Drawing Pencils are refined, high density graphite with high point strength that is break resistant. The smearproof lines continue to produce crisp, clean drawings with the added value of slow wear for smooth and dense writing. We know that we can’t make a believer out of everyone, […]

Artist endorses world-class pencils