Dear Everyone ~

I’ve just received my order of 29 dozen
Lyra Colour Giants. This is my largest pencil order ever,
and I’ve photographed a few points in my decanting process.
Here you see the two boxes that were inside my 14-pound UPS parcel.

To replenish my depleted stock (see forlorn photo below),
I ordered a dozen each of a dozen colours and two dozen
each of eight colours. And, I ordered a dozen of one new-to-me
colour, Lemonade, which is lighter than Golden Yellow.

Incredibly, I can make room on the shelf for
just one more pencil jar, for Lemonade. So,
whereas Baskin Robbins has 32 flavours,
I at this moment have 33!

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The other day, a customer who is also a new mom,
let me select five Lyras for her. She’d also
ordered a Bundle of Stationery Joy (as distinct from
six-week-old Zev, her Bundle of Stationary Joy).
Here’s the lovely email she sent me
once she’d received her supplies:

“Thank you for the delightful selection of pencils, Bari!
I don’t have a particular plan for their use,
but it seemed like a good idea to have something
pleasant to doodle with during a stressful time.”

“I very much enjoyed unwrapping my stationery.
I took my time and carefully undid each knot and bow,
and I’m saving each piece of string and tissue for later use.
I’m going to challenge myself to send as many of the cards
and postcards as I can. It seems like there are a lot of people
who could use cheering up these days, so I’ll get to it!”

I love her self-challenge!
I’m mailing even more correspondence than usual
(in addition to Bundles and Kits!). And I invite everyone
to join us in spiritually communing while socially distancing.

Bundle of Stationery Joy
Lyra Colour Giants

Gigantically grateful,

Bari