Link Love: The Gift Guides Cometh

I can’t believe its the middle of November already and holiday music is being played in stores and holiday decorations are being hung. It also means that Gift Guides are starting to be published, including the all-important stationery and pen-related gift guides. Oh, and if you’re knit-inclined Mason-Dixon Knitting is hosting a Giftalong knitting challenge because we all love a good challenge to inspire us, right?

Gift Guides:

• The UKFP Holiday Gift Guide 2019 (via UK fountain pens)
• The Gentleman Stationer 2019 Holiday Gift Guide Is Live! (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• 9 Creative Holiday Gift Ideas for 2019 (via The Postman’s Knock)
• It’s On! The MDK Giftalong Starts Now (via Mason-Dixon Knitting)

Pens:

• Yard-O-Led Viceroy Victorian Fountain Pens Comparison – Pocket, Standard & Grand (via Gourmet Pens)
• Zebra Sarasa Clip 0.5mm Neon 5 Color Set Review (via The Pen Addict)
• LAMY Studio brushed steel (via Inked Happiness)
• Pilot Vanishing Point 2019 Limited Edition Tropical Turquoise: A Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Pen Review: Yookers Refillable Felt-Tip Pens (via The Gentleman Stationer)

Ink:

• Diamine Philip (via Mountain of Ink)
• Robert Oster Signature 1980s Colours Honey Bee (via Ink Sharks)
• Sailor Ink Studio 941 Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Guest Artist: “The Magic of Fountain Pen Ink Art” by Nick Stewart (via Doodlewash)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Endless  Recorder Notebook (via The Pencilcase Blog)
• Should you throw away or keep old planners? (via Quo Vadis Blog)
• Russell Stutler’s Sketch Binder Notebook (via Notebook Stories)
• The Evolution of Moleskine Notebook Packaging (via Notebook Stories)
• Stream of Consciousness: A Different Take on Journaling (via  Rediscover Analog)

Art & Creativity:

• Oak Hollow Mitten Pattern (via Paper Tiger)
•  Da Vinci Travel Brushes (via Jane Blundell Artist)
• Caran d’Ache Watercolor Pencil History Update (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• Schmincke watercolour set sale on Jackson’s Art until 8 Dec 2019 (via Parka Blogs)
• Cerulean Blue PB 35 vs Cerulean Blue Chromium PB 36 (via Parka Blogs)

Other Interesting Things:

• Christmas mail art: 4 ways to decorate a big, beautiful stack of envelopes (via Think.Make.Share.)
• The Flip-Side: So Much For Global Selling (via Fountain Pen Quest)
•  And now for something completely different… well……  (via  Wood & Graphite)
• Interview with Caran d’Ache-Boss Carole Hübscher (via KXan 36 Daily News)
• Heidi Gustafson’s quest for ochre and mankind’s first pigments (via Kottke)
• Questions for The Producer (via Austin Kleon)
• Why Libraries Have a Public Spirit That Most Museums Lack (via  Hyperallergic)
• Review: Daiso Decorative Tape Dispenser (via Parka Blogs)