Renaissance Art

If you haven’t heard yet, it’s February. V-Day. You either love it or hate it and whether you celebrate pro or anti-Valentine’s Day, Renaissance Art has got a gift for you (and it’s not a box o’ chocolates). We’ve got new Limited Edition 2010 His-n-Hers Valentine’s Day Journals.

Both are lined in black leather with Cranberry covering Hers and Flight Jacket covering His. A snap closure keeps all the Frankfurt Creme pages (our premium paper) safe, and a three-letter personalization comes free with the purchase of the book. Also printed within each book are four love poems. See the first of the four below:

Dream Girl

by Carl Sandburg

You will come one day in a waver of love,
Tender as dew, impetuous as rain,
The tan of the sun will be on your skin,
The purr of the breeze in your murmuring speech,
You will pose with a hill-flower grace.

You will come, with your slim, expressive arms,
A poise of the head no sculptor has caught
And nuances spoken with shoulder and neck,
Your face in a pass-and-repass of moods
As many as skies in delicate change
Of cloud and blue and flimmering sun.

Yet,
You may not come, O girl of a dream,
We may but pass as the world goes by
And take from a look of eyes into eyes,
A film of hope and a memoried day.

So, what’s in it for the Valentine’s Hater? A Horrible Love Poem Contest*.

The world is filled with love poems. We want the cheesiest, stinkiest, most horrible love poem you can think to write. Send it in the body of an email with the subject line “Horrible Love Poems” to service@renaissance-art.com by February 14. Winner will receive their choice of a His or Hers Valentine Journal with his or her poem printed on the front page.

*Yes, I know that we have not yet announced the results of the Jingle Bag Rock Contest yet (you guys sent us a ton of GOOD CDs. Needless to say, we’re still fist-fighting over the winner).

Today we’re sharing Kadymae’s second review of our paper. Kadymae’s a fountain pen user anda forum member on Fountain Pen Network. We sent her some samples of our three paper types a while back and this review is about our Frankfurt White and Creme paper.

Kadymae says:

As you can see, there is some showthrough, but that’s only because of the bright light of the scanner. This paper is about 32lb weight and under normal conditions, there’s no showthrough.

The scanner does not pick up the subtle watermark decoration of this paper, and that’s a shame. To the human eye, this paper looks like it’s going to be heavily ridged and boldly textured, but running one’s finger over the paper reveals that the paper is quite smooth with only a subtle texture. Holding the paper up to a light source reveals that that irregular cross-hatch “texture” is actually a form of watermarking, which I think lends the paper a sort of fun sophistication. It certainly is a distinctive paper.

Verdict: Wonderful stuff.

You can view the review and any comments at the Fountain Pen Network. You can read about her last review of the Arches paper here. We’ll be posting her last review on Friday. Thanks for the honest review Kadymae and to the Fountain Pen Network for supplying a great resource.