Can you imagine the stash of small canes that Utah’s Mary Anne Loveless has at her fingertips when she starts to assemble her covered pens? And the coordinated tops are slightly flattened beads.

Little delights like this around the house bring smiles for years to come every time someone jots a note. See the rest of them on her Flickr page.

All this begins with an inexpensive Bic pen and some small canes.