2014

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through the looking glass |6|

neoncoral Lamy Safari & AL-Star limited edition colours 2014.

We are very excited to have in store the 2014 limited edition colours from Lamy. We anticipate the arrival of these each year, as do many of our customers. They’re on display in out front windows this month.

This year the Safari limited edition colour is a very with it neon coral. I have to say it is nice to have a bit more of a feminine colour in the range. I have yet to add one to my pencil case and I had better be quick if I want to as we don’t have many left. How many fountain pens can one girl have though!?!

I know there are people around the globe who have collections of all the Lamy colours. I am as you know an avid collector but I have at this stage not joined this group. I did pick up a very pretty white Safari with red clip on our recent trip to Japan though. I dad not seen that one before and could not resist. The white Safari is my favourite of the current colours, so one with a clip in my favourite colour, I had to have one. I have put red ink cartridges in it and use it to make doing paper work more bearable.

The Al-Star colour for 2014 is being called BlueGreen. I think most would agree though that it is more green than blue. It is a nice fresh colour and must be popular as we have been notified that we can not get more stock of that colour. So if you want one – come in sooner rather than later. We still have some for now.

Don’t forget that we offer you your choice of nib for the Lamy Safari and Al-Star fountain pens. The nib options are extra-fine, fine, medium, bold & left hand, all of which are available in either polished steel or black chromium-plated steel.

Isn’t it funny but we’re already wondering what next year’s colours will be!

Published by Kim on July 1, 2014 | Leave a response

monthly giveaway – april 2014

april2014blog Pretty in pink!
Mother’s day is fast approaching. The pink items in this month’s giveaway would make a great gift – or of course you could keep them for yourself!

The prize for April.

Two gorgeous boxed sets of stationery from Original Crown Mill of Belgium, one with writing paper sheets and matching envelopes, the other with flat cards and matching envelopes, plus one of our very popular Campus fountain pens – with shoes and bags on it! – and a tin of J.Herbin ink cartridges in rose cyclamen.

A total value of $111.

It’s easy to enter:

On Sunday April 13th (all day) simply do one of the following:

• send us an email to say you’d like to be entered in the prize draw

• start following us on Instagram

• start following us on Twitter

The Fine Print

The giveaway begins Sunday April 13th at 12.01am and ends Sunday April 13th at 11.59pm and is open to New Zealand residents only. No purchase is necessary to qualify for entry.

The winner will be selected using Random.org and will be notified by email. The winner has 72 hours to confirm their delivery address and their choice of initial seal otherwise a new winner will be selected. The prize cannot be exchanged or redeemed for cash.

By providing your information in entering this giveaway, you are providing your information to FitzgeraldTaylor only. We do not share or sell information and will use the information only for the purpose of contacting the winner.

Good Luck!

Published by Kim on April 13, 2014 | Leave a response

well written |4|

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Published by Kim on March 29, 2014 | Leave a response

in ink |2|

herbinanniversaryC These gorgeous ink bottles would look good on any desk. They are the “1670” anniversary inks from J. Herbin, produced to celebrate their 340 year anniversary.

J.Herbin was established in 1670 in Paris. Ink production started during the First French Empire, with the ink being used by Napoleon Bonaparte and then by his son the King of Rome. During the 19th century Herbin participated in many exhibitions and in 1823 he was awarded in London for the exceptional quality of his inks and waxes.

Today Herbin inks are still widely used and internationally renowned and we are proud to stock them at FitzgeraldTaylor.

Beautifully presented there are two colours in the “1670” collection.

SONY DSC Rouge Hermatite – a dark red with an earthy tone. A reminder of the historic colour of the Herbin logo and sealing wax used by members of the royal court. This rich deep dye ink will bring brightness and majesty to your writing!

SONY DSC Bleu ocean – a deep blue that recalls the sea voyages of J. Herbin when he was travelling in the far east and discovered the famous gum which allowed him to manufacture wax.

We have them available in store now.

Published by Kim on March 27, 2014 | Leave a response

just my type |3|

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A baby blue Imperial Mercury Portable! Who could resist adding this cute little number to the collection?!?

A little research has shown that these typewriters although branded Imperial, were actually manufactured by Silver-Seiko in Japan. Silver-Seiko made these machines for Litton Industries who owned both Royal and Imperial and this model, the Mercury can be found branded both Royal and Imperial, and then later they carried the name Silver-Reed.

The Mercury was apparently a more expensive version that had some added features, a touch regulator and ribbon selector. Made between 1965 and 1974 these are solid little machines of metal construction and mine is in excellent condition, complete with carry case.

I think we will have to put some of my typewriters on display at the shop. I can imagine this one with some G.Lalo Verge writing paper in turquoise inserted in it.

PS – Do you like my matching finger nail polish in the photograph???

Published by Kim on March 25, 2014 | Leave a response

monthly giveaway – march 2014

marchgiveawy Crickey – we have been remiss in our blogging as here we are again a month later for our monthly giveaway!

We have had some gorgeous new notebooks from Daycraft arrive in store so thought we’d share a couple of those with our lucky winner this month, along with some other goodies.

The prize for March – a Daycraft Signature Helvetica A5 journal in white with black edging, a Daycraft Signature Helvetica A6 journal in white with black edging, a black Clairefontaine leather pencil case, a black Spring Evolution fountain pen and a tin of J.Herbin ink cartridges – a total value of $95.

It’s easy to enter:
On March 13th (all day) simply do one of the following:
• send us an email to say you’d like to be entered in the prize draw
• start following us on Instagram
• start following us on Twitter

The Fine Print

The giveaway begins Thursday March 13th at 12.01am and ends Thursday March 13th at 11.59pm and is open to New Zealand residents only. No purchase is necessary to qualify for entry.

Good Luck!

Published by Kim on March 13, 2014 | Leave a response

monthly giveaway – february 2014

february2014 The months sure are flying by and here we are again at the 13th so it is giveaway time.

This month we have a collection of goods from Rhodia of France. This brand has somewhat of a cult following and once you use it you’ll see why.

The prize consists of a Rhodia webnotebook A7 lined, leather pencil case, paper mousepad, ePure notepad and A4 refillable Exabook, with a total value of $118.

It’s easy to enter:
On February 13th (all day) simply do one of the following:
• send us an email to say you’d like to be entered in the prize draw
• start following us on Instagram
• start following us on Twitter

The Fine Print

The giveaway begins Thursday February 13th at 12.01am and ends Thursday February 13th at 11.59pm and is open to New Zealand residents only. No purchase is necessary to qualify for entry.

Good Luck!

Published by Kim on February 13, 2014 | Leave a response

new / noteworthy |4|

Leuchttrum1917 of Germany recently added a new coloured storage range “Legatore” to their product offering and we are pleased to be stocking it at FitzgeraldTaylor. We had been looking for a quality storage range for some time so were delighted to see the introduction of this collection. If you are looking to organise your office / workspace this could be for you.

The range consists of lever arch files, magazine files, an expanding file and storage boxes in several sizes.

Available in lime, cornflower blue, pink, taupe and black there is sure to be a colour to suit most colour schemes.

And of course there are matching journals and diaries from Leuchtturm1917 for those who like me like to have everything matching!

Published by Kim on February 12, 2014 | Leave a response

well, well, well |5|

colouredc I have been wanting to add some coloured glass ink wells to the collection for some time so I was most excited to come across these too little cuties recently. And how perfect – red and green – FitzgeraldTaylor colours!

One would assume that ink that matched the colour of the glass was put in each well. Well that’s what I would do anyway!

Published by Kim on February 11, 2014 | Leave a response

on the desk in … |5| turquoise

If you asked what the most popular colour in the shop is, turquoise would definitely be near the top of the list. Turquoise ink is certainly in the top five of the 30 J.Herbin colours. Of the four College City roller ball/fountain pen colours turquoise is the absolute winner and in the Ogami stone paper notebook range the turquoise gives the black a run for it’s money as the favourite. My pick of items below – the leather pencil case. Such a gorgeous shade of turquoise. I love the Leuchtturm journals too!

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