The holiday shopping season is officially underway and Link Love reflects the arrival of all things holiday-related: from “The Child” hot cocoa to snowflake Field Notes. If you need a holiday idea, a video to make you smile or shipping information, hop down to the Holiday-related section.
I have one more week of teaching before the winter break. Hopefully, that means my posts will start being a little more prompt. Don’t hold your breath.
But, to all my knitters, enjoy some notebook and yarn pairings. We should do this more often.
Post of the Week:
- Colorways (via Field Notes)
Pens:
- The Best Permanent Inks (via JetPens Blog)
- Handwriting with a Pelikan Fountain Pen (via Gourmet Pens)
- Reverse Writing! (via Left Hook Pens)
- A Fist Full of Lamys (via dapprman)
- Montblanc 149 Calligraphy Redux (via Gourment Pens)
- 30 portraits with 30 inks in 30 days (via FOUNTAIN PEN INK ART)
- Montegrappa Zero Caramel Fountain Pen (via The Pencilcase Blog)
Ink:
- Happy Holidays: A Review of Ferris Wheel Press Peppermint Drop / “Tourbillon de Menthe” (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- Monteverde Valentine Red (via Mountain of Ink)
- Kala Nostalgia Skinney (Neon Yellow) (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
- Robert Oster Sterling Silver (via Mountain of Ink)
- Robert Oster Violet Dreams (via Mountain of Ink)
- Inkvent 2020 Begins! (via Inkdependence!)
- Tono & Lims Prefecture Line: Gifu My Happiness (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
Pencils:
- Vintage Colored Pencils: Canada- and USA-made Prismacolors (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
- Maker: Pencil Sharpeners in Jars (via Comfortable Shoes Studio)
- Musgrave Sidekick Carpenter Pencil. (via PENCIL REVOLUTION!)
Notebooks & Paper:
- Review: Notegeist Pencilog (via Comfortable Shoes Studio)
- 1898 Agenda Notebook (via Notebook Stories)
- Little auxiliary notebooks (via José Naranja)
- How to use the Poooliprint Inkless Pocket Printer for Planning and Bullet Journaling (via All About Planners)
- Forensic Design (via Field Notes)
Art & Creativity:
- Learn How to Draw a Great White Shark in Seven Easy Steps (via My Modern Met)
- A View From the Easel During Times of Quarantine (via Hyperallergic)
- Book List: Books on Drawing (via RozWoundUp)
- The Drawing Game. (via PENCIL REVOLUTION!)
- Twitter User Invited Followers To a Virtual Thanksgiving Feast (via My Modern Met)
- ‘The Joy of Type Design’: These Massive Alphabetic Prints Were Created Using Just Four Shapes (via Colossal)
- Typography is the root of graphic design – we should use it to be vocal (via It’s Nice That)
- Lettering legend Lauren Hom on the importance of switching up your style (via Creative Boom)
- Bette(r) Birds (via Alphabettes)
Holiday-related:
- Tiny Owl Rescued From Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree (via My Modern Met)
- Snowmaker (via Field Notes)
- A guide to 2020 Christmas cards by designers, illustrators & makers (via Creative Boom)
- Holiday Shipping Deadlines for USPS (via USPS Newsroom)
- The Pen Addict Podcast: Episode 438 – I’ll Take a Kilt – Holiday Gift Guide 2020 (via The Pen Addict)
- ‘Star Wars’-Inspired Hot Cocoa Bomb Has a Baby Yoda Marshmallow (via My Modern Met)
- Edgar’s Christmas tells the story of an elderly man reconnecting to his passions and his past (via Creative Boom)
Other Interesting Things:
- Rejea “WonderZoo” Retro Flip Clock (via Tools and Toys)
- Test Your Music and Geography Skills With These Cool Posters (via My Modern Met)
- Dog Daycare Shares Adorable Photos of Their Puppies During Naptime (via My Modern Met)
- Accidentally Wes Anderson Book Is Adventurer’s Guide to a Quirky World (via My Modern Met)
- The Best Books of 2020, According to the New York Public Library (via Hyperallergic)
- Artists (and Star Wars Fans) Advocate for the Preservation of a Brutalist Building in Tunisia (via Hyperallergic)
- Brilliant Acts of Vandalism by French Artist CAL (via Hyperallergic)
- Goldfingers: The James Bond Royal Portable Typewriter (via oz.Typewriter)
- Guest post: Repairing an Olivetti Graphika (via The Typewriter Revolution blog)
- Review: Kobo Clara HD e-Reader (with Kindle comparison) (via Parka Blogs)
- Funny Animation Celebrates Stan Lee’s Love of Cursing (via My Modern Met)
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