pencil talk

Blue is the theme of Felissimo’s fourth set of colour pencils.
I’m a bit behind in displaying these – I’ve already received the fifth set, and a Canada Post notice tells me I wasn’t in when they attempted delivery of the sixth set. Wow, 150 colour pencils here or nearby! The collection is starting to [...]

Who likes purple?
Felissimo’s 3rd pencil set is out, and again has a specific focus. I think it may be the nicest set yet! Twenty-five shades of purple beckoning!

Congratulations to Felissimo for recent mentions on the December 8th Martha Stewart Show, in the New York Times Gift Guide, and many other locations.
Finally, a company working [...]

Here is the second set of pencils from Felissimo’s series of 500 colors.
Again, the packaging is impressive:

This month’s palette is hard to describe in a single word – the focus is on muted pinks, creams, pea greens, and mint greens. I was somehow expecting something like last month’s bright reds – perhaps another set of [...]

A very welcome package just arrived – the first set in Felissimo’s 500 Color pencil series!
As befits such a set, the packaging itself is attractive and noteworthy:

The theme is red. Twenty-five shades of red!

The only printed material was an index sheet in Japanese:

The colourful lineup does not disappoint.

The pencils have some very imaginative names.

I’m not [...]

To promote the Felissimo 500 Colour pencil set, Felissimo is holding two contests.
I hope you will consider entering.
Contest 1: Design a pair of web banners, or a poster. The prize in each category is a set of Felissimo 500 pencils plus $US1000.00 cash. Not bad!
Contest 2: Design a pencil case for the pencils. How [...]

Felissimo recently relaunched their amazing set of 500 colour pencils in Japan.
This news was already exciting, but Felissimo recently contacted me, and told me about their plans to make these pencils available globally by monthly subscription! 25 pencils are sent from Japan each month for 20 months. The subscription price is $33.00 per month, inclusive [...]