Say Hello to my Cocoiro Pens!

On my short visit to Manila, I asked my friend to meet me up at SM Aura because I wanted to check out two stores there - Living Well and Scribe Writing Essentials. If you're a crafter or calligrapher you know very well that these stores are heaven.

I visited Living Well once when I was still in Manila. It was a really nice store, especially if you're a scrapper - they have tons of materials for scrapbooking! No pens back then, though. So imagine how excited I am when I recently found out that they do now carry some brands of brush pens AND Webster's Pages planners!

Scribe, on the other hand, didn't really caught my attention at first - calligraphy nibs and inks were not my "cup of tea" before. It is only now, where I'm living far from the city, that I rediscovered my love for hand lettering that makes me think of Scribe all the time. 

If my love for lettering were only rekindled while I was still in Manila, I could've brought some before we transferred here. *grin*

So after spending almost 2 hours of coming back and forth from these two stores, I finally have my own ZIG Kuretake Cocoiro Letter Pens. 

I bought all of them at Living Well. Scribe also has Cocoiros, but I found most of the colors I want from Living Well. If only I could get all the colors of the letter pen body, I'll get them all. But I have to constantly remind myself to just get what I REALLY want and need. I still have to be reasonable when buying or else I would end up hoarding! Lol!

So here goes my Cocoiro Team! All from Living Well, SM Aura.

from left - right

ZIG Cocoiro Letter Pen Body {Shell Pink} - Php74.00

ZIG Cocoiro Letter Pen Body {Hoarfrost White} - Php74.00

ZIG Cocoiro Letter Pen Body {Duckegg Blue} - Php74.00

ZIG Cocoiro Letter Pen Refill {Brush in Black} - Php175.00

ZIG Cocoiro Letter Pen Refill {Extra Fine in Sepia} - Php143.00

Total: Php540.00

Zig Cocoiro Letter Pen Body

Shell Pink • Hoarfrost White • Duckegg Blue

Cocoiro body in Duckegg Blue and refill in Extra Fine Sepia

Zig Cocoiro Letter Pen Refills in Extra Fine Sepia & Brush Black

So beautiful! 

Given a chance again to buy more letter pen body, I'd like to have Warm Chestnut and Jet Black to add to the team, plus some refills for each body of course. Hopefully, I'll get to complete my Cocoiro Team someday - 5 beautiful colors of letter pen body with really nice refills. *wink* 

Meet My Pens!

When technology was born, my creativity took a rest. The free time I spent creatively, was changed into time spent in front of the computer checking on Friendster, MySpace, and Multiply. I almost forgot that I love to scribble, doodle, and write. I almost forgot that I'm fond of pens and papers, stationeries and stickers, and planners and notebooks. I almost forgot that I love to create!

 But that was almost 2-decades ago. I guess, when you get old balancing life and get tired of all the dramas you're seeing on your newsfeed, you look for some ways to unwind - at home! 

That's when I took my pens out again.

I never thought that I still had my pens for almost 15 years, hidden. But of course, I have to throw some of them away because they don't work anymore (I'm not sure if I get to take pics of them.) 

It was bitter-sweet, but I have to let go.

Why?

 SO I COULD HAVE SPACE FOR THE NEW ONES! ^_^

Anyway, most of the pens I had before were Pilot, Dong-A gel pens (colored and the black ones), and some other pens I hoarded from my father's stash. Lol! The Parker and the Rotring pens I had to keep because they're my dad's so it has sentimental value. Mechanical pencils were kept too, and the leads as well not to mention the Mongol pencils from years ago.

Now that my "collection" has been downsized, I discovered affordable pens and decided to get them for myself. Insert happy face here! Lol! So there, check out the new addition to my pen-family!

Titus Fine

They are totally my favorite now. These ballpens are oil-based and come in different colors. Plus, they're so affordable that each pen only cost Php 7.75! I bought them at National Bookstore, except for the green and brown which was given to my by a friend. Here's a tip, you have to go and check the bookstore every now and then because they don't have all the colors in stock all at once. I get to complete the set with 3 separate trips to NBS.

Bic and Monami

I got the Bic because I've been searching for a lime-colored ballpen, which I think Titus doesn't carry. I'm a bit surprised, actually, because I never thought Bic already had colored pens. Ballpoint size though is .7mm, I like fine point so I prefer .5 and smaller. The color is nice, it's just that the ink is lighter than expected. But hey, I only paid Php 9.75 for the pen, so it's good.

Now, the Monami Love Pet gel pen was unplanned but I so like the color that's why I bought it. Ballpoint is .38mm which I loved! Price is Php 21.75. 

Dong-A My Color 2

 These rocks! They have so many colors. The pen has twin tip, one of which was smaller than the other. I always use them on my planner, the fine tip especially! I just love the colors and I really wanted to have more. But I think, I'm good with what I have now. Each pen is at Php 22.75 only!

Faber-Castell 12 Classic Colour Pencils

This has 2 purpose - 1) for my planner and 2) so my little girl could play with it. Besides it's nice to have colored pencils around the house, you could use them anytime and anyway you want. Bought the set for Php 124.75 and thinking of buying the set with 36 or 48 colors.

So there you go! I'm planning to have brush pens and water brush as well, but I'm still in search of an online shop who carries the brands that I want. So, better watch out for that blog post! *wink*

Discovering Titus Pens

I've been dreading for the past couple of weeks to buy some new pens; and I only want one specific brand - TITUS.

My friend introduced me to Titus when she gave me pens in green and brown. Since then I've been using those on my CBTL planner. And because I'm starting to love them (they right so well AND they're budget friendly!) I want MORE colors!!!

However, there were only a few of them in NBS Market! Market! when I first bought my Titus pens and got only the red, blue and purple colors. So, I have to constantly check if they have new ones whenever I had a chance to go to the mall.

And so after a month, I finally got yellow, pink and orange pens!

Oh the joy!!! ^_^

I wish they have MOOOORE colors! Lol!