Philly Pen Show - 2025 Recap

[@gourmetpens]

"my friend eleanor acted like she hated me all weekend because of it" LOL wendi sue, what a DELIGHT you are. i don't know how on earth i lucked out with your friendship, but i am so thrilled to be a part of your life.

[@FountainPenNews]

Aww, you're just the actual best.

[@gadgetstop321]

This was so much fun to watch! I love hearing about people's experiences at pen shows. I just signed up for a table at the St Louis Pen Show again this summer and I love watching people's post pen show videos as I get everything ready for this summer. Last year was my first pen show and I'm so glad I had a table. I was able to sell a bunch of stuff that I no longer used but it also gave me the opportunity to talk to lots of people. Like you said, we're among our people there. 😀

[@FountainPenNews]

It's so much fun to be among your people!

[@StephLane]

Wendi Sue, you’re so cute! I love your laugh! Thanks for the update, it’s always fun to live vicariously through others! Sounds like an awesome show! 🥳

[@FountainPenNews]

@@StephLane Aw, thank you! I felt kind of unhinged filming this video, so thank you for your kind words.

[@Penfilled]

Great Christophs! Sounds like a good time.

[@FountainPenNews]

@@Penfilled it was the most fun!

[@brilliantlady1]

Your ability to make friends is AWE INSPIRING!

[@FountainPenNews]

@@brilliantlady1 right back at ya!

[@gourmetpens]

I have to second this!

[@FountainPenNews]

It's easy to make friends with rad people!

[@ramonafirehorse]

Love all this! Glad you decided to go.

[@FountainPenNews]

Me too, it was such a good time!

[@tortagialla]

Thanks for sharing your experience. I have to live the experience through everyone's videos :)

[@FountainPenNews]

Thanks for watching!

[@FountainPenNews]

Also, imagine the best case scenario....which show would be your dream show? Write it down. You never, ever know!

[@tortagialla]

@@FountainPenNews 👍👍👍

[@cerealnana]

Wow! You had such a great time! I love the idea of that postcard notebook. I'll have to get one the next time I'm in the States.

[@FountainPenNews]

It was incredible. I'm the luckiest girl!

[@cerealnana]

@FountainPenNews I think you are making your own luck. You really put yourself out there!

[@FountainPenNews]

@@cerealnana maybe to a degree, but to be met with such warmth is really the key side of the equation!

[@potandpens]

Great video.thanks for sharing

[@FountainPenNews]

Thank you for watching! It was so fun to get to tell about it!

[@RaggedPoet]

Loved every second....! Thank you for sharing and for your joy ;) The Nibbage zine is so awesome, and all of the things... yay for you Wendi Sue

[@FountainPenNews]

@@RaggedPoet awww thank you so much!! It was a total blast!

[@bethcunningham4346]

How fun!! I couldn't get to the Philly pen show because of work. Thanks for sharing all of the fun!!!

[@FountainPenNews]

I wish you had been there!!

[@NotesFromPastAmy]

💜💜💜

[@jppenandink]

Oh Wendi Sue, I could feel your excitement coming through the video, what a fabulous time you have had making memories and meeting memorable people :) Thank you for sharing your experience xx

[@FountainPenNews]

I'm so glad you could feel it! It was really such a great time!

[@julia-here]

Wendi!! Sounds like such a great time. Love everything you grabbed, but even more so.. the people and hangouts, omg

[@FountainPenNews]

@@julia-here I hope to see you, too!

[@SeaweedKisses]

Thank you so much for this video and sharing your experience! Really appreciate your notebook tip as well! Going to keep that in mind 💖

[@FountainPenNews]

@@SeaweedKisses it's so great to have a record of EVERYTHING I tried and did!! But I recommend using a notebook with excellent paper so that if someone hands you a Montblanc with a bespoke 3.0 mm nib to try, as they did me, my paper stood up to it! Let me know what show you decide to go to!

[@SeaweedKisses]

@ the DC pen show is on my list. Hoping to make it happen this year. The SF one would be nice as well

[@peggylove1]

Well, this was a fun video! Thanks….

[@FountainPenNews]

@@peggylove1 Aw thanks! I literally could not stop talking!! Ha!

[@b.smithchobette]

Hi Wendie! I am so happy to hear how your trip went. I'm going to Chicago in May - solo. I'm NERVOUS! It sounds like the lounge would be a good place to break into the groups hah. Also so fun about the guy who wrote your names - such a fun memory! Great tip about the notebook!! Do all of the shows have their own ink? I want to see Les!!

[@FountainPenNews]

It is a good place to break in - most people are there to be social and make friends. And try pens!! Not every show has a show ink but I bet Chicago will! Les goes to Chicago I think!!

[@ruthfeiertag]

That F-C Greek Key is so detailed! It looks like you had a fantastic time. Pen people are an amazing group.

[@FountainPenNews]

@@ruthfeiertag the greek key is so gorgeous. I feel so lucky to have it. Maybe sometime you can try it! The combo with the 14k BB nib is really something!

[@ruthfeiertag]

@@FountainPenNews It sounds and looks like an outstanding and unusual pen. I would love to try it. I'm so happy that you had such a good show.

[@DougYerger]

It was great meeting you at Azizah's workshop!

[@FountainPenNews]

@@DougYerger so great! Keep in touch!

[@LittleCocoStudio]

Congrats on your workshops (including the second round at the bar)! It sounded so fun!! Thanks for the great tips as well. I’m going to take your advice on dedicating a notebook to pen testing! Also - note to self as an introvert - find Wendi Sue at a pen show!! 🥰

[@FountainPenNews]

@@LittleCocoStudio thank you! It really was totally epic! DEFINITELY find me at a pen show! I will drag you right out of your comfort zone. Ha ha

[@PiersStudio]

What fun you had at that show and your enthusiasm is infectious. It was fun seeing my calligraphic skills plummet! You could call the baby poop color the term the French Aristocracy used for a popular color of the 1700s: “Caca-dauphin” which translates to “royal baby-shit brown”.

[@FountainPenNews]

@@PiersStudio I love that!!

[@fountainpeninsanity3344]

Pier Gustafson has a channel on KZbin, which is fun. He is at the Commonwealth Pen Show too because he lives in Massachusetts, where I am. If you watch Waski Squirrel, you are probably familiar with his “Pier Gustafson test” where he sees if the pen will keep up with fast scribbling. When Jason (Mr. Squirrel) had Pier on his show, they had a good time, but Pier did seem a little peeved that his calligraphic flourishes had inspired Jason to name the scribbling portion of his show after Pier. (:

[@FountainPenNews]

Yes! That's why I recognized his name. It was so fun to talk to him!

[@ThePengineer]

Saw you in mikes live stream and looked like you were having a blast. Glad to see it. Are you going to any more shows this year?

[@FountainPenNews]

@@ThePengineer just Colorado, my local show!

[@ThePengineer]

@FountainPenNews gotcha, I'm debating about that one. Id have to fly vs a few that are drivable for me. Will see

[@FountainPenNews]

​@@ThePengineer I want to go to them all!! But this would be ruinous for my finances. Ha ha. My hot tip is to fly southwest if you can and want to come to CO. 2 free checked bags plus you can roll one aboard. I hope you come!!

[@ThePengineer]

@FountainPenNews no kidding. FP shows are dangerous lol