Link Love: Postage Notes

Did you know that the USPS is doing stamp collaborations with Field Notes now? That’s right, you can get a Field Notes pocket notebook with the most recent stamp release on the front with the official cancellation. There are waterfalls, famous people, holidays, The Peanuts Gang and more available on a Field Notes. Check out the current USPS Philatelic Catalog for all the current stamp releases. There are some really beautiful designs.

Pens:

• Pen Review: MIG Brass Fountain Pen with Mini Kit (via Macchiato Man)
• Ballpoints… (via Nero’s Notes)
• Pilot Iro-Utsushi Dip Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Pilot ILMILY Nuance Gel Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Whelp. My pen collection has hit capacity (via mnmlscholar)
• My Parker 61 Flighter fountain pen: a cautionary tale. (via Fountain pen blog)
• My Personal Approach to Vintage Fountain Pens (via The Gentleman Stationer)

Ink:

• Troublemaker Tablea Fountain Pen Ink Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Ink Review: Anderillium Viceroy Butterfly Orange and Atlas Moth Brown (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Ink Review #2379: J Herbin Fuchsia de Magellan (via Mountain of Ink)
• Kuretake Kuroganeiro (via Inkcredible Colours)
• Ink Review #2377: Dominant Industry Matin (via Mountain of Ink)
• Ink Review #783: Van Dieman’s Colors of Tasmania: Tasmanian Devil (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
• thINKthursday – Iroshizuku Tsutsuji (via Anderson Pens Blog)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Archer and Olive versus Notebook Therapy: Which Dot Grid Notebook is better? (via All About Planners)
• Are A5 Organisers Too Big and Bulky? (via Philofaxy)
• Origin One Notebook Review (via Notebook Stories)
• Yamamoto Paper’s Fountain Pen Friendly Paper Collection, Vol 7, Part 2 (via The Pen Addict)
• How to keep a film journal (via The Pen Company Blog)

Art & Creativity:

• Atlas Insider: Finding the Spark Again (via Modern Daily Knitting)
• The Difference Between Watercolor, Gouache, and Poster Color Paints (via JetPens Blog)
• InkTober, Days 14 – 20 (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• Patience in Watercolor (via RozWoundUp)
• My New Standing Palette (and the Palette Journey So Far) (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• New Roman Szmal Aquarius Colours 2023 (via Liz Steel)
• Learning illustration from other artists – Lee Kow Fong (via Drewscape)

Other Interesting Things:

• Girl Goes Door to Door Offering to Read a Book for Seniors (via My Modern Met)
• Colorful Illustrations Document the Layouts of Japanese Hotels (via My Modern Met)
• Review: Boox Note Air3 C e-Ink tablet (via Parka Blogs)
• Amazing Cover Photos of the Startling Stories Magazine in the 1940s (via Design You Trust)
• I’ve been using Mimestream as my MacOS email client for… (via Kottke.org)
• Great Books Explained (via Kottke.org)
• Pens hows and product updates (via Fountain Pen Love)

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