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Fun Stuff

First, thanks to everyone who entered for making this one of the most successful giveaways that we’ve ever had!

It was exciting to see the entries pouring in, and we had our fingers crossed for each and every one of you (yeah, we know that wasn’t quite rational but we wanted everyone to win).

Now, a bit of bad news.

TonyB – me – dropped the ball on the Twitter part of the giveaway. Instead of noting each tweet as it came in, I figured I’d simply search the hashtag when it was over and run that list through Random.org. Except that, apparently, there is no reliable way to do searches for older tweets. All the searches turned up no results, when we know there were many entries.

We’ll get to what we’re going to do about that in just a minute.

You want to know who did win.

1. For the blog giveaway, the winner was Anne (nytetiger). She will receive:

  • Artline Drawing System Pens 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 0 .4, 0.5 and 0.8mm
  • Artline Calligraphy Pen 1.0mm, 2.0mm, 3.0mm, 4.0mm
  • A Wallet of 8 Artline 200 0.4mm Fine Pens in assorted colours.
  • Artline 7810 1.0mm Ballpoint pen
  • Artline 660 Fluorescent Highlighter

2. For the Facebook giveaway, the winner was Zenpen (Shirley). She gets:

  • Artline Calligraphy Pen 1.0, 2.0, 3.0,
  • Artline Multipen set of 6 assorted colours 0.3mm tip
  • Artline Geltrac wallet of 5 assorted colours
  • Artline 999XF Silver Marker
  • Artline 999XF Gold Marker

As always, thanks to Random.org for helping us choose the winners.

Now, as for the Twitter giveaway, first we apologize to everyone who has entered over the last two weeks. We hope you’ll forgive us for the boo-boo.

But we still have an Artline prize pack, and we really want to give it to someone.

So, jump on Twitter between now and 6 p.m. EST (US) tomorrow, and tweet the phrase “Tiger Pens Giveaway.” One of you will be randomly selected to receive this:

  • 12 assorted Artline 200 fine 0.4mm pens

Winners, please use the ‘Contact’ link at the top of the page to send us your mailing addresses so we can get your prizes in the post.

Thanks again to everyone who participated!

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Pen Picture Day

by TonyB on January 30, 2012

Being pen people, we aren’t crazy about that whole ‘picture is worth a thousand words’ thing, but sometimes, we have to admit the photos just speak for themselves.

And it was a good weekend for finding cool pen-and-paper pictures. Here are some we enjoyed, and we hope you will like them, too.

(via Insane in the Membrane)

 

 

(via Life. In Plain English)

 

 

(Sharpie and a button for writing your resolutions, via Notcot.org)

 

(pen and watercolor of a Matroyshka doll, via Perduliar)

 

(via Peak Pen)

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Totally Random Pen Stuff

January 25, 2012

• The LA Times reports that a new device expected out this summer will allow you to write with a pen on paper and transmit everything you write to your iPad in real time, exactly as it appears on paper. The iNotebook itself really is the combination of an iPad app, the case, a transmitter/recorder and [...]

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Welcome, New Tiger Pens Blog Readers

January 24, 2012

We’ve been picking up some new readers lately, so it seemed like a good time to give our new friends a little idea what they can find on the Tiger Pens Blog. We’re all about ink pens here, from fountain to ballpoint, and the ways that people use them, whether for writing, office work or [...]

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Biggest Giveaway Ever – 3 Chances To Win Artline Drawing Pens!

January 16, 2012

There are a lot of artists among our readers, so we’ve decided we wanted to do something special for you guys this month. Instead of the usual blog giveaway, we’re going to have 3 contests. One on the blog, one on Twitter and one on Facebook. The prizes are awesome packages of Artline drawing pens. [...]

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6 Novelty Pens So Awesome They Don’t Even Need To Write

January 12, 2012

Pens are like people…different talents, different personalities, different contributions to the overall. Some of them are like class clowns, maybe not particularly helpful, but you still love having them around just for the laughs. As you guys know, we love those kinds of pens. And it just so happens, we’ve stumbled across some real winners [...]

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6 Simple Steps to Christmas ‘Thank You’ Notes

December 27, 2011

Now that the fun part – tearing open all those wonderful gifts – is over, it’s time to start thinking about saying ‘thank you’ to the people who put time, effort and money into making your holiday special. Yes, writing a stack of notes can be tedious, especially if there are a lot of them. But it’s [...]

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Penthusiasm!

December 26, 2011

The week between Christmas and New Year’s is usually slow for most offices, so we thought we’d give you a long list of good pen and paper reading for those moments when you’d rather not be working. Julie at Pen Paper Inks…Whatever shows off the colors of the new Iroshizuku inks. Speck at The Purple [...]

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The Winner of the Tiger Pens Essay Contest…

December 20, 2011

Over the last few weeks, we’ve received some impressive entries in the Tiger Pens essay contest. There were stories of lost loves, broken friendships, and classroom bonds, all connected by the common thread of first pens given and cherished. We asked you to move us, to make us laugh, to inspire us, and each of [...]

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7 Crazy Things People Do with Sharpies

December 14, 2011

We all love Sharpies…and why shouldn’t we? They’re brilliant, incredibly versatile little tools, used around the world for everything from signing autographs to creating beautiful artwork. Interesting to look at and fun to wield, sometimes just saying “Sharpie” can make a person smile. And even the CIA loves the smell of freshly Sharpied government documents. [...]

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