With the start of a new year, there are lots of notebook reviews and there continue to be recaps for 2018 and plans for the new year. There’s also some sad news like the end of another paper edition of a magazine — Glamour. While you may not have ever read this particular magazine, the lack of fanfare for the transition is telling. In the digital world, Design Sponge has announced the end of their 15-year online run. Times, they are a’changin’.
In good news, Inkpothesis is back this year after a long hiatus and the Letter Writers Alliance have christened 2019 The Year of the Postbox. Oh, and if you’ve considered trying bullet journaling but haven’t jumped in yet, Tiny Ray of Sunshine has info about the Bullet Journal Method Book Club.
2018/2019:
- my top five inks of 2018 (via inksharks)
- Katherine’s 2018 New Maker Recap (via Hand Over That Pen)
- Introducing the Year of Advent: 52 Weeks of Trial and Error (via Inkpothesis)
- What I Bought in 2018: Fountain Pens (via Fountain Pen Follies)
- The Best Everyday Carry Stationery Items for 2019 (via JetPens.com)
- 2019: Our Final Year (via Design*Sponge)
- 2019: The Year of the Postbox (via Letter Writers Alliance)
- Minimalism 2019 Begins! (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
- Welcoming 2019 and Choosing a Word for the Year (via My Giant Strawberry)
- My favorite drawing tools from 2018 (via Cyrumbler)
Pens:
- Esterbrook’s Phaeton misses the mark (via UK fountain pens)
- Enter the Opus – Opus 88 (via Inked Happiness)
- PaperMate Flair Felt-Tip Pens (via Gourmet Pens)
- How To Clean A Fountain Pen (via Fountain Pen Love)
- Sailor Zoom Nib Modified to Architect Grind (via Gourmet Pens)
- Opus 88 Picnic Fountain Pen (via The Clicky Post)
- Lamy Scala – Glacier Edition (via dapprman)
Ink:
- Diamine Exclusive – Ortloff (via FOUNTAIN PEN INK ART)
- Robert Oster Campfire Ink for Phidon Pens 10th Anniversary (via Gourmet Pens)
- De Atraments Li Yu (via Alt. Haven)
- Bungubox Melancholic Gray (via Wondernaut)
- Color Coding Ink Palettes (via Mountain of Ink)
- Diamine Ink Chart (via Mountain of Ink)
- 3 Oysters Purple Gray (via Mountain of Ink)
- De Atramentis Deepwater Obsession Black (via Comfortable Shoes Studio)
Notebooks & Paper:
- STALOGY 365 DAYS NOTEBOOK (via The Pencilcase Blog)
- Graphilo Notebook (via Fountain Pen Love)
- Midori MD Notebook Light A5 (via The Pen Addict)
- Announcing The Bullet Journal Method Book Club! (via Tiny Ray of Sunshine )
- Rainbow Edge Notebook (via Notebook Stories)
- Tidying Up my notebooks (via Ooh, I love your notebook!)
Art & Creativity:
- Kuretake Sumi Brush Pen DT140-13C (via Parka Blogs)
- Is Glass Dip Pen a Gimmick (via Parka Blogs)
- Making useless things (via Flow Magazine)
- 10 highly recommended online courses to reignite your creative passion (via Creative Boom)
Other Interesting Things:
- Saying Goodbye to Glamour (via NYTimes)
- Keeping Them Honest. (And by “them” I mean “me.”) (via From the Pen Cup)
- Respective: Friday January 9th (via Macchiato Man)
- Nock Co. Tallulah Pen Case Review (via A Better Desk)
- How to spend less time on your phone (via Quo Vadis Blog)
- The Return of Handwriting (via Letter Writers Alliance)
- How to Address an Envelope – Simple + Chic (YouTube Tutorial) (via The Postman’s Knock)
- Work pants and my fight for pocket equality. (via Apple-Pine)
- Technology, Ranked (via Gizmodo)
