Okay so here's the thing. I was talking to someone the other day who has been buying Chalk Ink® markers for a while now, and she had no idea we had a full store on Amazon. And I was like, oh my gosh, that is completely on us. We have not done a great job of shouting that from the rooftops, and honestly, I think about it every time I'm on the site, and then I get distracted by approximately forty seven other things, and it just doesn't happen. So today we're fixing that. Consider this your official notification that yes, we have a Chalk Ink® store on Amazon, and it is genuinely wonderful.

So anyway, go to Amazon, search Chalk Ink® Store, and a whole beautiful color world opens up. That's really the only way I know how to describe it. It's like walking into a store where everything is bright and fun, and you suddenly have ideas for twelve different people on your gift list. We've got markers, labels, and our chalkboard paint that Sherwin-Williams makes for us, which... okay, I have to talk about that paint for a second because I genuinely love it.

The Chalkboard Paint Thing (I Actually Read the Instructions, Which Is Growth)

So here's something funny about me and instructions. I don't always read them. I know, I know. But I read the instructions on this paint, and I'm really glad I did because there are a couple of things that make a huge difference in how it performs. Two coats. You need two coats. And you want a smooth surface. That's it. That's the big secret. And it was like, wow, when you actually follow the instructions on a product you helped develop with one of the biggest paint companies in the world, it works great. Hahahahaha. Groundbreaking stuff from me over here.

But genuinely, the Sherwin-Williams partnership is something we're incredibly proud of. We worked really hard to get the formulation right, and having it available directly through our Amazon store means it's that much easier for people to get their hands on it without having to hunt around. You can grab the paint and the markers in one place and you're basically set up to turn any smooth wall into a chalkboard situation. Teachers, home offices, restaurants, cafes, kids' rooms. The applications are kind of endless and that's the part that still gets me excited after all these years.

Okay But the Spring-a-Ling-a-Ding-Dong Pack Though

I have to tell you about the Spring-a-Ling-a-Ding-Dong 6 Pack because first of all, the name alone should tell you everything you need to know about how seriously we take fun around here. Six markers, 6mm chisel tip, and the color lineup is so good for this time of year. You've got Granny Bird Blue, Smiley Face Yellow, Grape, White, Green Tea, and Piggy Bank. And yes, those are the real names. We have never once in the history of this company named a color something boring and I will die on that hill. The names are part of the whole thing. They're supposed to make you smile before you even uncap the marker.

And the colors themselves are just so spring. Like, someone sat down and thought about what spring actually looks like and then made those colors happen in a wet wipe marker. The White is in there which I always appreciate because white is the color you reach for constantly and it's nice to have it included in a variety pack instead of having to track it down separately. The 6mm chisel tip can also be flipped out and reversed to a bullet tip so you're really getting two tools in one marker, which if you do any kind of hand lettering you already know is a huge deal. And because they're wet wipe, cleanup is just a damp cloth on any non-porous surface. Glass, mirrors, windows, metal, your chalkboard paint wall. The whole thing.

Who Is This Gift For? Honestly, Almost Everyone

Here's a little brain exercise I do sometimes when I'm thinking about our products. I think about every person in someone's life who might actually use and love chalk markers and the list gets really long really fast. Teachers are an obvious one and if you have a teacher in your life I promise you they will use these constantly. But also baristas. Your local coffee shop. The person who writes the specials on the board at your neighborhood cafe. The artist friend who's always looking for new mediums to play with. The kid who covers every surface in the house with drawings.

And this is the time of year where all of that matters a lot because we've got Mother's Day coming up and graduations and birthdays and all the moments where you want to give someone something that feels thoughtful and a little different and not like you grabbed it off a shelf at the last minute even if maybe you did grab it off a shelf at the last minute. No judgment, we've all been there. But the Spring-a-Ling-a-Ding-Dong set from our Chalk Ink® Amazon store is the kind of gift that looks intentional even on your most chaotic gifting day.

Leave Us a Review and We Might Send You Some Markers (This Is a Real Thing)

I also want to mention something because I feel like people don't always know we do this. If you buy from our Amazon store and you leave us a review, and then reach out to us, we might send you some markers as a thank you. We love doing that. We love connecting with the people who are actually out there using our products and writing on their windows and their walls and their boards and their restaurant menus and their classroom signs. Those are our people, and we want to say thank you in a tangible way when we can.

Reviews also just genuinely help small businesses in a way that I don't think everyone fully understands. Amazon's algorithm is its own complicated universe, and the number and quality of reviews makes a real difference in whether people can even find us when they're searching. So when you take two minutes to leave a review, you're actually doing something meaningful for us, and we don't take that lightly.

Okay Go Shop, I Have to Go Figure Out What I'm Writing Next

So that's the update. We have a Chalk Ink® store on Amazon! From markers, to labels, to chalkboard paint, and now a beautiful new 30-marker gift set, you should go look at it, especially if you have anyone coming up on your gift radar in the next few months. If you’re like me, there's always someone.

I'm still figuring out this whole blogging thing, if I'm being honest with you. I'm much more comfortable talking than I am writing, which is probably why half our content started as voice memos I recorded while driving somewhere. But we're here, we're trying, and we really do appreciate every single person who reads this and shops with us and writes on their walls with our markers. You're why we do this.

Thanks a lot. Go make something colorful.