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== Art Supply Posse ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, I mentioned last week I was on the Art Supply Posse. Yep. You should have. As it turns out. As it turns out. That was the last episode of the Art Supply Posse. Oh, you killed it. I totally killed it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Is this podcast warfare?

'''Myke Hurley:''' What are you doing?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I didn't think of it that way. Hey, can you go on Erasable?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I'm getting some emails from Andy. He's going to have some words with you the next time he meets up. Bring it on. No. No. It was... Kathy and Heather asked me, like, a month ago to be on the show. And we figured out a date. And, you know, I popped online that night to, you know, record the show. It was Monday a week ago. And they go, oh, by the way, this is the last episode we're ending the show. I'm like, hello. I was like, do you want me to still... I speak to you. Yeah. I'm like, do you still want me to be on here? I feel like it should be, like, your time to, you know, talk about the show. And, you know, we don't have to do this. And they're like, no, no, no. It's fun. We'll just do it like a normal episode. And then we'll record, like, a, you know, an intro kind of laying out, you know, what the decision was about and things like that. So, I was okay. It was a surprise to me. They felt kind of bad. They kind of dropped it on me, like, five minutes before we hit record. Like, by the way, the show's over. So, I killed the art supply posse.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, man. That's a shame, though.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'm sorry to hear that. I am, too. I am, too. And, you know what? They left the door cracked. You know, it's not final. It is for now. They left the door ajar a little bit. And I know a lot of people will miss it. You know, Anna and Heather got it started. And Kathy took over from Anna about halfway through. And I've always enjoyed hearing their perspective on art supplies and that type of materials that you used to create. And I thought it was wonderful. I thought it was a great fit for the community. And it will be sorely missed. But I tell you what, Myke, that was one of the funnest episodes of a podcast I've been on. Hey. I just really enjoyed the conversation. Yeah. Yeah. Step it up. Step it up, Hurley. Step it up, Hurley. So, yeah. But I listened to it this morning and remembered how much fun I had recording it. And hopefully we will get to meet at least Heather in Chicago later this year. Yeah. And maybe Kathy can make it out, too.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, yeah. I will say it was really, really good. As someone who's done this thing for a long enough time, like, I can completely sympathize with this, you know. Oh, absolutely. Needing and wanting to put a show to bed at the time that it feels like it's right.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I am so sick of your crap.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I mean, God, every week. What do you think I'm talking about? Oh. Oh. No, I get it. Like, I 100% get it. I've done it to a bunch of shows in the past, right? Like, you know, I have more shows in my graveyard than I do currently running, right? Like, this is just a thing. And if it feels right, like, if it feels like the time is right to move on, it's better to do that than to let the show kind of, like, die on the vine. So, I totally understand this. Totally understand this. So, yeah. Hey, and they went out with a bang. They had me. They sure did. I mean, what more could you do? Would you honestly want? Right? Brad Dowdy.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But good luck to Heather and to Kathy. And I hope that they have to do some cool stuff in the pipeline.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. They both have active and upcoming projects in the works. So, they will be scratching that podcast itch. Kathy already is. And Heather's working on another project she's got coming up in a few months, she said. So, yeah. Cool. It's all good. Good. Good. Good. Yep. So, we talked in that episode about Art Snacks, and they have a new product coming out called Lettering Snacks. Did you check this out, Myke? I sure did. What do you think about this? This is a quarterly edition from the people behind Art Snacks, Lee and Sarah Rubenstein. They do a wonderful job with Art Snacks. And if you haven't heard my Art Snacks story, I'm not going to share it here. You need to go listen to the Art Supply Posse finale. It's a pretty good story. But we talked about the lettering snacks. And I think this is really kind of cool. They did a one-off about a year ago, maybe a year and a half ago, of a lettering box. And now they're going to bring that into a quarterly edition. And it's not like the regular Art Snacks monthly box. It's a little bit more serious than that. It's obviously bigger. It's more expensive. But it's lettering focused. You get classes to help you teach yourself how to letter.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, it's an online video class that has a tutorial on all of the products that are included within the box, which I think is genius. And then also some practice projects that you should do for your lettering. But I love that they're making a video which is focused on the product that they're sending you. And it's five to six art materials curated for lettering every month, including these art prints in the box as well of lettering. This one is super compelling. I am hovering over the buy button for this one. I think this is a really interesting project. I really do. I think this is really smart. It's a nice extension of the Art Snacks thing. This is one thing that I found when I got Art Snacks boxes in the past. I never really knew what to do with the stuff that they sent me. Every edition had a few things. I'm like, oh, I could use this. But then there'd be something else where I'm like, I don't even know what to do with this because I'm not an artist. So the idea of there being a video project, a video class that teaches me how to use them, that's a really good idea.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right. Right. So if I knew I could commit the time to doing this, I would back it. It's expensive. So I want to be sure to commit to it if I'm going to do it. But I love the idea of it for sure.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, definitely. Definitely. All right. We have something that we teased last week that we've both gone in to talk about. But I think we should take a break first. What do you think? Let's do it. Because we have a great deal today from the Pench LA. We have a really good one today. Really good. Pench LA, they have all of your favorite brands and all of the products that you're looking for. Wherever you want, a Monteverdi rollerball, a Pelican fountain pen, a Lamy ballpoint, and the Miki, Pilot, Sailor, Kafeco. It doesn't matter what you're looking for. They've got it. And they're an authorized dealer of all of these products. They do free shipping on orders of over $50 in the US. They have great rates for shipping overseas. They have very fast and reliable customer service. Pench LA offers a 100% satisfaction guarantee for anything that you buy from them. They also have a bunch of different accessories. If you're looking for cases, pen holders, refills, fountain pens, they have a bunch of limited edition stuff they offer at prices that you're probably not going to find anywhere else. Tons of discounts all the time over at Pench LA. And they're a great supporter of this show, of course. Now, there's a couple of things I can get you. I can get you 10% off anything at Pench LA. Just go to pench LA.com, hit the podcast link at the top of the website, and enter the password penaddict. This will give you the code that you need to save 10% off on anything at Pench LA. Now, the super special offer that you'll find there this week is one of these offers that's so good, I can't tell you what it is.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, no. I'm sitting here staring at it. I'm like, what is Ron doing?

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's amazing. This is such a good deal, I can't tell you. It is a buy one, get one free of two great pens that came out this year. You buy one of the pens, and the other pen comes with it. There is a limited amount of these pens available, especially in this buy one, get one free offer. And Ron has told me that there are specific nibs that one maybe or one more, who knows how many of these pens come with. And on request, he may be able to swap them out from the standard that's on the page. So if you do want to buy it and you're desperate for a different nib size, you can drop them an email and they'll see if they can hook you up. Now, the only way that you're going to find out what these pens are is to go and look for yourself. So go to pench LA, P-E-N-C-H-A-L-E-T.com and click the podcast link at the top of the website and enter the password penaddict. And it's going to go quick. So get in there if you think you might be interested. And you probably will be if you listen to the show. Thank you so much to pench LA for their support of this show and RelayFM. Can I talk about a product further down that line?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I think so. Shouldn't be a problem. Because this is a crazy price. And, you know, I'm going to talk about it and we'll just have to pay the piper. Or the Visconti Opera Metal Fountain Pens are one of the coolest Viscontis that have come out in the past year or two. I think it was last year's pen. I don't know if it was the year before. They come in these really great kind of brushed metal finishes. The price on these is ridiculous. Like, it's really... I don't know how he's doing it. But if you're ever interested in a Visconti Opera and have you ever seen these metal... If you've ever seen these metal ones at a pen show, I've been fascinated with them. This is a really good deal. I'm stumbling over my words because I'm staring at it like, should I click through further? And I'm like, no, the DC pen show is coming up. But it's kind of a crazy, crazy deal. All right. So, yeah. Good deals from pench LA. Thank you, Ron, for hooking up pen addict listeners.