Link Love: Here We Go Again!

This week is a smorgasbord of posts which is a perfect reflection of my week. While I have been simultaneously working at my jobby-job, I have also been packing for the San Francisco Pen Show for the Well-Appointed Desk/Skylab table and staying in contact with Lisa to get everything ready for the Vanness Pen Shop table AND talking with Brad to be sure everything is ready for the podcast recording on Friday night. Plus, I got a last-minute invite to accompany my good friend Andy Welfle (or Erasable and Woodclinched fame) to the RelayFM 5th Anniversary podcast recording on Thursday night.

Then add in coordinating meeting up with Jesi and many of our favorite fellow pen show regulars (both vendors and attendees) and all the various last-minute travel and packing arrangements and my head is spinning.

So, this week we have a plethora of back-to-school links, cat-related (it must be in the air because I could have put about 10 times as many cat-related link but I didn’t. You can thank me later), pen show related (both upcoming and post-show), more Karas Vertex and more. Welcome to the Link Love brain dump!

And, then there’s this little gem:

After my post yesterday about our new Lunar Lander Coaster Set, TurboDave posted this photo with this caption:
Uncle Charlie standing by a little something he worked on at Boeing. I was inspired to post by Ana posting about their coasters (Well-Appointed Desk & Skylab Letterpress).

Pen Show Related:

• DC Supershow 2019 (via Gourmet Pens)
• The Pen Addict Podcast Live in San Francisco: 8 p.m. Friday night! (via The Pen Addict)
• Sunday Reads: August 18. 2019 (via Gourmet Pens)
• Washington’da Ne Yaptık? (via Write to Me Often)

Pens:

• REVIEW: KARAS PEN CO. VERTEX FOUNTAIN PEN (via The Pencilcase Blog)
• News: M205 Star Ruby Special Edition Demonstrator (via The Pelikan’s Perch)
• The prettiest Estie yet? (via UK fountain pens)
• Are Fountain Pens Really Better? (via Goodwriterspens’s Blog)
• A Soft-Fine Pilot Falcon, and a Custom 74: Contrasting Similarities (aka Liam Neeson Didn’t Steal My Pen) (via Writing for Pain and Pleasure)
• Chinese Replica fountain pens, anyone? (via Inked Happiness)
• Pen Review: Leonardo Officina Italiana Momento Zero x Pen Chalet Special Edition (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Underrated Fountain Pens That Are As Good As the Cult Favorites (via Rediscover Analog)
• Pen Review: Schon DSGN Classic Machined Pen in PVD DLC Stainless Steel (via The Gentleman Stationer)

Ink:

• KWZ Standard Walks Over Vistula Ink: A Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Review: Waterman Inspired Blue (via Alt. Haven)
• Anderillium Inks: the Cephalopod series (via UK fountain pens)
• Jet Pens Comprehensive Guide to Herbin Inks (via Quo Vadis Blog)
• review: colorverse spaceward sea of tranquility (via ink between the teeth)
• Ink Review #828: Vinta Maskara (via Mountain of Ink)
• Ink Review: Pennonia Pokoltuz (Pokoltűz) (via Macchiato Man)
• Ink Review #825: Pelikan Edelstein Ruby (via Mountain of Ink)

Pencils:

• Graf von Faber-Castell Platinum-Plated Perfect Pencil Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Pencil Review: Palomino Golden Bear No. 2 (via Polar Pencil Pusher)
• DOMS enjoys continued success (via pencil talk)
• The Best Mechanical Pencil Leads (via JetPens)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Praise for the humble composition notebook. (via Polar Pencil Pusher)
• Midori MD 10th Anniversary Notebook @PhidonPens (via Gourmet Pens)
• Comparing Papers: HP Premium28 and HP Premium32 (via Fountain Pen Love)
• Sketching on Rembrandt’s Paper (via Rhodia Drive)
• Notebook Review: Pebble Stationery Co. A5 Cahier Tomoe River Notebook (via Macchiato Man)

Art & Creativity:

• Pocket gouache (via Apple-Pine)
  Europe19: Caran D’Ache sponsorship for my Amsterdam workshops (via Liz Steel)
• White Nights 2019 full range (via Jane Blundell Artist)
• Review: Renesans Intense Watercolour (via Parka Blogs)
• The Bullet Journal-Workshop (Pt. 7): Switching my planning system to the Traveler’s Notebook (via Scrively)
• First page uses to be the last one to be filled (via José Naranja)
• Ways to Use Your Fountain Pens, Inks, and Paper (via Rediscover Analog)
• Vacation Notebooks and Art Supplies (via Notebook Stories)
• How Portraits of Women and Cats Break the “Crazy Cat Lady” Stereotype (via My Modern Met)
• Lessons Learned: Sketch Kit Review and Fresh Tizzy (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• Challenges of sketching with watercolour on location (via Liz Steel)
• Review: Cretacolor Marino Watercolor Pencils (via Parka Blogs)
• 10 Best Creative Books That Will Nourish Your Artistic Soul This Month (via My Modern Met)
• Give your old t-shirt new life with a screen-printed design courtesy of Anthony Burrill (via Creative Boom)
• A Vision (Board) For The Future (via Design*Sponge)
• This Ad Agency Uses Iconic Figures To Present Their Message In A Creative Way (via Design You Trust)

Other Interesting Things:

• Don’t Let Your Hobbies Die (via Caches to Caches)
• Less Podcasts (via hjertnes.blog)
• One Woman’s Trash (via From the Pen Cup)
• It’s A Spanner! It’s A Wrench! It’s Pelikan’s Vintage Nib Removal Tool! (via The Pelikan’s Perch)
• 2 Ways to Record Information When Your Planner Isn’t Nearby (via Planner Fun)
• My Personal Hall of Fame: Favorite Stationery Products in Every Category (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Is BuJo Still Relevant? (via Rhodia Drive)
• L.W.A. Studio Closing Sale in Chicago (via Letter Writers Alliance)
• You Can Now Find Pokémon Manhole Covers Across Japan (via My Modern Met)
• Contents for your bullet journal (via Flow Magazine)
• Catalog Press is questioning what a book can be (and maybe it’s made of cheese) (via It’s Nice That)
• Gym Class returns, rediscovering its roots as a fanzine ode to magazines (via It’s Nice That)
• Friday Freebie… (via love print studio blog)
• Interviewing Ira Glass (via Kottke)
• Awkward Vintage Photos of Celebrities Posing With Their Beloved Cats (via Design You Trust)
• Letterfolk “Tile Mat” Customizable Doormat [Kickstarter] (via Tools and Toys)

And it dawned on me that several weeks ago I posted about the David Bowie Barbie… then they announced they are doing a series of Star Wars themed Barbies. I NEED this one, don’t you think?