Link Love: Boxing Day Edition

I spent the morning researching the origin of the term Boxing Day. Thank you, Wikipedia.

If you’re not doing Boxing Day shopping, maybe you are ready for some of the year-end round-ups?

Year-End Round-Ups and Lists:

• The 10 Most Popular Posts of 2018 (via Brown Paper Bag)
• Top 10 Posts of 2018! (via Quo Vadis Blog)
• Instagram’s Top Nine and My Favourite Four (via Liz Steel)

Pens:

• Retro 51 Tornado JetPens California Republic Edition (via The Pen Addict)
• Conway Stewart Model 100 (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Saluting the Missing Gold Point: Wing Sung 103 (via FrankUnderwater)
• Wing Sung 3008 Fountain Pen (via Comfortable Shoes Studio)

Ink:

• Pella Penna Christmas Rose (via Sailor Inks)
• Modern Calligraphy and Ink Swatches (via Quink and Bleach AKA Nick Stewart)
• The Return Of Private Reserve Ink (via Inkophile)
• First Impressions Phidon Pens Robert Oster Campfire Ink (via Gourmet Pens)
• P.W. Akkerman Den Haag Delfts Blauw (via Gourmet Pens)
• Akkerman Rembrandt Karmozijn (via Alt. Haven)
• Birmingham Pen November 2018 Ink Subscription (via Mountain of Ink)
• thINKthursday – Diamine Tropical Green (via Anderson Pens)
• Inks and Pens from Penhouse.in (via Inked Happiness)

Pencils:

• Manuscript Lettering Pencil (via United Inkdom)
• Pencil Calligraphy: a look at the Manuscript Lettering Pencil Set (via Bleistift)

Notebooks & Paper:

• “Leuchtturm1917 is Breaking My Heart” (via Notebook Stories)
• 2019 Planner Plans. (via The Finer Point)
• William Hannah Intentions Pages (via The Pen Addict)
• Yamamoto Ro-Biki Notebook (via The Pen Addict)
• Paperblanks Nova Stella (via Mountain of Ink)
• Musical diaries (via Austin Kleon)
• How My Life Got Perfect Through Bullet Journaling (via Mason-Dixon Knitting)

Art & Creativity:

• Daniel Smith “Ultimate Mixing” Half Pan Set Review (via Doodlewash)
• Book Review: Drawing Portraits: A Practical Course for Artists (via Parka Blogs)
• Analog Sketches to Digital Drawings (via Doodlers Anonymous)
• 700 Metres Of Wool Went Into Making This Epic Cross Stitch Mural (via Design You Trust)

Other Interesting Things:

• Tokyo Paper Fair: An event where paper lovers can go crazy (via The Pen Addict)
• Improve your handwriting with this simple daily practice / Boing Boing (via The Cramped)
• Stamped Envelope Snowflake Saga (via Letter Writers Alliance)
• Towards the Future Book (via Kottke.org)
• Fujifilm Instax Square SQ6 Instant Film Camera (via Tools and Toys)