Link Love: Finally! We Can Drink the Ink!

How did I not know about Ink Gin? How was this not the official alcohol of every pen show? I mean, first there’s the name. Then it’s a lovely shade of violet in the bottle. Then, when mixed with tonic, it turns PINK! I mean seriously! I love a good botanical gin to begin with but one that turns pink and is called Ink Gin? Why can’t we get this in the US? I need a bottle of this gin NOW!!!! Like I needed another reason to trek to Australia.

Pens:

• Studio Neat “Mark Two” Pocket Pen [Kickstarter] (via Tools and Toys)
• Platinum Prefounte Fine Nib Fountain Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
• UniBall Edge Ballpoint Pen Review (via The Poor Penman)
• Caran D’Ache 849 Nespresso Arpeggio Limited Edition (via Writing at Large)
• Pen Review: Esterbrook Camden “Composition” Edition (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• TWSBI Diamond 580 ALR Prussian Blue with Mark Bacas Predator Grind: A Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Faber-Castell GRIP 2011 Fountain Pen (via The Pencilcase Blog)

Ink:

• Ink Review #1220: KWZ Stay Home Purple (via Mountain of Ink)
• Ink Magazine (via Mountain of Ink)
• Sailor’s Sailor Ocean Blue Ink (via Gourmet Pens)
• Sailor Maruzen Athena Lemon (via Tokyo Station Pens)
• J Herbin 350th Anniversary Ink – Vert Atlantide (via Nick Stewart: Fountain Pen Ink Art)

Pencils:

• What Is the Best Long-Point Pencil Sharpener? I Look At Two Handheld Options (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Blackwing Pencils: A Comprehensive Guide (via JetPens)
• Staedtler’s Mars 502 lead pointer tub (via Bleistift)
• Review: Pencil of the Week Zine (via Comfortable Shoes Studio)
• Mechanical Pencils In The Spotlight (An Inkophile’s Blog)
• Mechanical Pencil Day Reviews: Pentel Graphgear 1000 and Retro 51 Tornado Pencil (via Writing at Large)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Some words on Tomoe River. (via Musubi)
• A load of rot! (via Nero’s Notes)
• Nanami Seven Seas Review (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
• Raymay DaVinci Notebook Review (via Notebook Stories)
• An Indoor Horticulturalist’s Notebook (via Notebook Stories)
• Keeping Two Journals (via Notebook Stories)

Art & Creativity:

• ‘Pastel’ Color Palette App for iPhone & iPad (via Tools and Toys)
• A Short Video about My Favorite Brush Pens (via RozWoundUp)
• The Collection Hahnemühle Watercolour & Sketch Paper Review (via Doodlewash)
• A Sketcher’s Worst Nightmare (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• June 2020 Reviews Roundup (via Parka Blogs)
• Porch of July (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• Has lockdown changed my urban sketching kit? (via Liz Steel)
• 20 Milton Glaser Quotes That Will Inspire the Designer in You (via My Modern Met)
• I could talk about Corita all day (via Austin Kleon)
• Creating a drawing habit. (via The Finer Point)

Other Interesting Things:

• You Can Now Smell Like the Cosmos Thanks to This NASA-Made Perfume (via My Modern Met)
• How Black Cats Went From Bad Luck to Symbols of Defiance (via Hyperallergic)
• With no models or celebrities on its cover, this issue of Vogue is better than ever (via It’s Nice That)
• Midori Aluminum Multi Ruler Giveaway (via The Pen Addict)
• How To Write Your First Letter To A New Pen Pal (via Fountain Pen Love)

Black Lives Matter:

• What Constitutes an “Appropriate Monument”? Philadelphians Have a Few Ideas (via Hyperallergic)
• The Best Of Black Lives Matter Protest Signs (via Design You Trust)
• Ashwin Chacko’s joyful illustrations that tackle serious topics with a lighthearted, positive vibe (via Creative Boom)
• My desk is not nice enough to do justice to the Galen desk pad (via UK fountain pens)