Dear Pennies & Pens, Join us, ISLP, The InkSpot, LLC at the DFW Small Business Expo on Saturday, May 29, 2021 from 11am-6pm at the Music City Mall Lewisville. For those that don’t know, the DFW Small Business Expo is…
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Dear Pennies & Pens, As you know from my last post Ink With Us at the National Black Book Festival, I went to Houston this past weekend to participate in the National Black Book Festival as an Author/Vendor. So today,…
Dear Pennies & Pens, If you’ve been following me and reading this blog for awhile you know that this is the 3rd year of 8515’s event, Pensgiving. If you haven’t keep reading the page, little baby. This is A Page of…
Dear Pennies & Pens, This past November, 8515 hosted our signature annual event, Pensgiving. For 2018, we wanted the event to be classy & chic. So we decided to upgrade the décor, hire a floral designer, work with sponsors, and…
Dear Pennies & Pens, So last November, 8515 hosted one of our movie meetups, Pen’s Flicks: Nobody’s Fool. Pen’s Flicks is a collection of movie meetups, film screenings, and panel discussions curated by 8515. Inspired by the film section of…
Dear Pennies & Pens, This past April, my agency, 8515 planned and hosted an anniversary event, #MP3 to celebrate the 3rd anniversary of my book, #MakeUrPenLoud: How To Be A Lifestyle Blogger. I can’t believe we were able to make…
Dear Pennies & Pens, This past February, my agency, 8515 hosted Pen’s Flicks: Black Panther. Pen’s Flicks is a collection of movie meetups, film screenings, and panel discussions curated by 8515. Inspired by the film section of de la Pen,…
Dear Pennies & Pens, OMG, I just came up with the dopest name for de la Pen’s event recaps aka Pencaps! Isn’t that lit?! So anywho, whenever you see “Pencap” at the beginning of the post that the post will…
Dear Pennies & Pens, Last year, I attended several different shows at the AT&T Performing Arts Center here in Dallas. As far as the shows I attended, they were Alvin Ailey, Into the Woods, and The King & I. I…
Dear Pennies & Pens, So I’m finally introducing an “Editor’s Letter” for de la Pen. Since de la Pen has grown into a lifestyle magazine, we publish it that way. Meaning we produce an issue of the magazine that has…