Link Love: Mind Meld

Once again, I don’t know if the internet is on the same wavelength as I am or if it’s purely coincidence but there are several posts this week that were just what I wanted…

I was just talking about getting a new tattoo and want to have it themed around vintage botanical art and, wouldn’t you know it, there are now 15K free images available for use. Thanks, internet!

I went to a brainstorm session at work yesterday around ideas for Lego and TWO links popped up today about Lego. What are the odds?

I’ve been reading a fiction book about antiquarian booksellers and BOOM! the internet provides a trailer to a new film about … you guessed it, antiquarian booksellers.

I recently received my Vaughan Oliver Archive book and then heard he had passed away. If you too were a fan of 4AD records and the fabulous album covers, this book is a must.

Finally, I have switched my diet over the last few months and am eating what I refer to as an “accidentally vegan” diet. I am one of those people who have been developing an intolerance for dairy over the last couple years to the point where I cannot eat it at all. Then I was hit with the no-meat stick thanks to a film I watched. That said, I’ve tried vegetarianism several times throughout my life but this time, I think it will stick. So, thanks internet for recommending a new vegetarian cookbook.

Pens:

• Review: Platinum Curidas Retractable Fountain Pen (via The Clicky Post)
• Leonardo MomentoZero Grande Caraibi Fountain Pen (via Gourmet Pens)
• Platinum Curidas (via East…West…Everywhere)
• Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age Review (or Falling in Love with Fountain Pens Again) (via Writing at Large)
• PenBBS 456 (via Flex & Other Follies)

Ink:

• Platinum Carbon Black (via Mountain of Ink)
• Robert Oster Australian Opal Grey (via Mountain of Ink)
• Why Everyone Needs at Least One Green Ink (via The Gentleman Stationer)

Pencils:

• Pencil Review: Tombow 2558 (HB and B) (via Polar Pencil Pusher)
• New Blackwing Metal Sharpener. (via Pencil Revolution!)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Travel Tips: Packing a Writing Kit for the Road (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• G. Lalo Verge de France Writing Paper Review (via Fountain Pen Love)
• Planner Guide: Planning Tips & Strategies (via JetPens)
• Baron Fig “Work/Play III” Hardcover Notebook (via Tools and Toys)
• LEGO Note Bricks For Your Note-Taking Needs (via Design You Trust)

Art & Creativity:

• Drawing Plants with Accuracy (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• Miniature Creatures Made of Felted Wool by Nastasya Shuljak (via Colossal)
• How To Start Sketchbooking Tips from Indian Artists (via Notebook Stories)
• My sketching diet (via Liz Steel)
• Tina’s Top Colored Pencils (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• Sakura Koi Watercolor Field Sketch Set Review (via The Pen Addict)
• DIY’s with sea shells (via Flow Magazine)
• Calligraphy tips: How to hand letter a love letter (or any special message) (via Think.Make.Share.)
• Boost Your Knitting: Finishing a Toy (via Mason-Dixon Knitting)

Other Interesting Things:

• Book tip: The Mindful Kitchen (via Flow Magazine)
• Rom Com February: You’ve Got Mail and a Bouquet of Pencils (via CW Pencil Enterprise)
• LEGO Releases 864-Piece International Space Station Set That’s Out of This World (via Colossal)
• How to turn your books into time capsules (via Austin Kleon)
• FREE February 2020 Digital Wallpapers: Give your screens some love (via Think.Make.Share.)
• EASTHILL Expandable Stationery Case (via Tools and Toys)
•  The infamous Apple typewriter memo is 40 years old … (via The Typewriter Revolution blog)
• Our Digital Vocabulary Will Expand Yet Again With New Emoji Release (via Hyperallergic)
• The Booksellers (via Kottke.org)
• Vaughan Oliver: Archive – a limited reprint by Unit Editions in memory of the legendary designer (via Creative Boom)
• Biodiversity Heritage Library Makes 150,000 Animal And Botanical Illustrations Available To Download For Free (via Design You Trust)