Link Love: Pens at the Ready for February

This week is International Letter Writing Week which is a perfect time to tackle those thank you notes and dust off your letter writing skills in preparation for February which is LetterMo/A Month of Letters and InCoWriMo. So, I thought I’d include a few inspirational posts in honor of this the lettery-ist time of the year.

• A tip of the hat to the fine ladies at Letter Writers Alliance for unearthing this great post from Jet Pens covering all the basics of calligraphy: Calligraphy Pen Basics (via Jet Pens)
• 10 Ways to Draw Laurel Wreaths (via The Postman’s Knock)
• Typography Art Envelope Tutorial (via The Postman’s Knock)

Fountain Pens:

• Karas Kustoms Ink Fountain Pen Video Review (via Fountain Pen Physicist)
• Kaweco 14k Gold Two-Tone Medium Nib Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Budgeting for Fountain Pens and Other Fun (via Modern Stationer)
• Onoto Magna Classic Fountain Pen (via A Fool With A Pen)

Ink:

• Noodler’s Blue Ghost Ink with videos! (via On Fountain Pens)
• Noodler’s Polar Black Freeze Resistant Fountain Pen Ink (complete with freezer test!) (via Office Supply Geek)
• De Atramentis Olive Green (via Inkdependence)

Pencils:

• Modern Fuel Design Mechanical Pencil – Review and Kickstarter Launch (via Ed Jelley)
• Bullet Pencil TT Review (via Pens! Paper! Pencils!)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Cheap, Affordable Paper and Notebooks (via On Fountain Pens)
• Notebook Review: Decomposition Book (via Notebook Stories)
• Metric Paper Sizes: A Guest Post by Alan (via Philofaxy)
• Calepino No. 3 Papier Blanc Notebook (via Gourmet Pens)

Other interesting stuff:

• Raise your pens up high for Charlie Hebdo (via Palimpsest)
• Miquelrius Ink And Watercolor Tests (via Inkophile)
• Is Planning a Hobby? (via Planner Bug)
• Planner Hack: Left-Handed Planning (via Giftie Etcetera)
• The Letter Box Study Group (via Letter Writers Alliance)
• Learning Cursive Handwriting All Over Again (via Write Analog)