Link Love: The First Day of Inkvent!

I was delighted to be able to open the first window on my Diamine Inkvent Calendar this morning. I am sharing a peek of the window but I will save the ink swatches for later so I don’t spoil the surprise for anyone. We will be doing our annual Inkmas starting Monday, Dec. 13 and leading up to Christmas. Leave a note in the comments if there’s an ink you’d particularly like us to include in Inkmas this year.

Pens:

• Currently Inked- November 2021 (via From the Pen Cup)
• Kokuyo X Platinum Preppy Perpanep Fountain Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Five Knockaround Fountain Pens for the Office and Beyond (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• The Tale of a Grail (and a Black Friday Sale) (via A Stationery Voyage)
• Zig pigment markers compared: Fabricolor, Painty FX and Posterman (via Parka Blogs)

Ink:

• Pineider Sepia (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
• Kobe 02 Hatoba Blue (via Mountain of Ink)
• Diamine Inkvent 2021 (via Writing at Large)
• Pineider Blue (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)

Pencils:

• Blackwing Matte (via Stationery 🍕)
• Review: Faber-Castell Pitt Graphite Matt Pencils (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Wilder A5 Vol 1: Blank Pages Notebook Review (via Nero’s Notes)
• Using more than one organiser? (via Philofaxy)

Art & Creativity (& Knitting!):

• Winter Vol. 3 / GIFTS (via Making)
• Sketchbooking (via Abigail Halpin)
• State of the Art: Necessary Tools (via Comfortable Shoes Studio)
• Reflection: The Use of an Art Journal (via Comfortable Shoes Studio)
• Happy Hat (via Purl Soho Blog)

Other Interesting Things:

• December holiday break (via Inkcredible Colours)
• JetPens Penefit Program (via Jet Pens Blog)
• Standing out, fitting in, and the pursuit of balance (via mnmlscholar)
• So that was Black Friday. How was yours, pen addicts? (via UK fountain pens)
• Mark Zuckerberg’s typewriter (via The Typewriter Revolution blog)
• Tom Bihn Original Shepherd’s Wool Utility Cloth (via Tools and Toys)
• Are you happy at work? Complete If You Could Jobs’ annual happiness survey and discover the latest opportunities (via It’s Nice That)
• Vintage Thanksgiving Postcards Are Bizarre (via Hyperallergic)
• Awesome LEGO-Inspired Artworks of Jaime Sanchez (via Design You Trust)
• Review: Kobo Stylus (tested on Kobo Sage eReader) (via Parka Blogs)

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