Link Love: Three Weeks of Content (so get a cup of tea)

Because of Inkmas, we postponed Link Love for the last few weeks so this is the epic, curl-up-in-a-blanket-and-get-comfy edition of Link Love.

There are lots of “best of 2023” and “plans for 2024″ posts so we collected them into one category and gave it pride of place. So, if you’re looking to see what you might have missed in 2023 or looking for enthusiasm to jump start your 2024 with better plans, new running shoes or just a more focused approach, you’ll find something worth reading here.

Hope that you had a joyous holiday and had a chance to rest and recuperate — ready to face 2024 with a renewed sense of enthusiasm. If not, maybe these posts will help!

Looking Forward & Looking Back:

• My Theme For 2024 (via From the Pen Cup)
• A reflection on my 2023 in film photography, and goals for 2024 (via Urban Adventure League)
• 2024 Planner Tour: How We Use Our 2023 and 2024 Planners! (via Yoseka Stationery)
• Pizza night blockbusters 2021-2023 (via Austin Kleon)
• Sketching review of 2023 (via Liz Steel)
• 6 visual themes that promise to be huge in 2024 (via Creative Boom)
• Edith’s Best Running Gear of 2020-2023 (via Kottke)
• The Best Art Books of 2023 (via Hyperallergic)
• Review of the Year 2023: Top 50 Most Read (via It’s Nice That)
• 10 Art Books to Add to Your Shelf This December (via Hyperallergic)
• The 25 Best Podcasts of 2023. (via Kottke)
• 2024 Craftolutions! (via Modern Daily Knitting)
• My top three fountain pens for 2023, and a stationery year in review (via Urban Adventure League)
• 2024 Planners and Other “Year-long” Notebooks (via Dime Novel Raven)
• Year in Review: What happened with my 2023 Stationery Resolutions? (via A Gathering of Curiosities)
• Project Enjoy Collection 2023 & 2024 – Ink Edition (via Dime Novel Raven)
• Intentions for 2024: Personal Reflections and Goals For the New Year (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Year-End Review, Part IV: Series and Editorials (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Year-End Review, Part II: Five Favorite Products Reviewed in 2023 (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Year-End Review, Part I: Five Favorite Acquisitions of 2023 (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Notebook Review: Daler Rowney Pocket Sketchbook (via Notebook Stories)
• Checking in at Year-End: My Five Most-Used Non-Pen Stationery Items (via The Gentleman Stationer)

Pens:

• What Makes the Kaweco Art Sport Special? (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Ballograf Epoca Medalist Ballpoint Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Help! Should My Fountain Pen Do This? (via JetPens)
• Cartier Diablo (via dapprman)

Ink:

• Diamine Inkvent 2023 Summary (via Writing at Large)
• 25 Days of Dupes 2023 – Wrap-Up (via Rachel’s Reflections)
• The Diamine Inkvent Calendar 2023 (via FOUNTAIN PEN INK ART)
• Third House Inks Aqua Tofana Ink Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Octopus Fluids Sheening Inks Review (via FOUNTAIN PEN INK ART)
• Diamine Inkvent 2023 Days 16-20 (via Mountain of Ink)
• Krishna Mellow Blue (via Inkcredible Colours)
• Pent Yukiguni (via Inkcredible Colours)
• Ink Review #2451: Pelikan 4001 Blue Black (via Mountain of Ink)
• Penultimate Dave Favourite Shimmer Inks Comparison #3 (via Penultimate Dave)
• Ferris Wheel Press September-November Inks (via FOUNTAIN PEN INK ART)
• Creating an Artist Book with Inkvent Inks (via A Gathering of Curiosities)
• thINKthursday – Sailor 50 States Michigan (via Anderson Pens Blog)
• Ink Review #791: Pineider Cyclamen (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
  Review: M205 Rose Quartz (2023) (via The Pelikan’s Perch)
• Ink Review #790: Inkebara Coral (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)

Pencils:

• Caran d’Ache Keith Haring Colour Set (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• Blackwings aplenty (via Nero’s Notes)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Hobonichi Interview: How Do Hobonichi Staff Members Use the Hobonichi Techo? (via JetPens)
• Birch bark Field Notes (via Nero’s Notes)
• Layers of Happiness in the 5-year journal (via Baum-kuchen)
• Hobonichi Interview: Hobonichi’s History, Designs, and Future (via JetPens)
• Dominant Industry Takasago Fountain Pen Notebook Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Plotter Alternatives, Part 0 (via Rachel’s Reflections)
• Diary Inserts 2024 (via Philofaxy)
• The Golden Rules of How to Use the Philofaxy Diary Inserts (via Philofaxy)

Art & Creativity:

• The Best Watercolor Brush Pens (via JetPens)
• Like I Thought I was Going to be a Famous Artist (via Comfortable Shoes Studio)
• Drawing mundane (almost boring) things (via drewscape)
• Geek Flair (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• Poinsettia Surprise (via Apple-Pine)
• What to draw first: the tree or the decorations? (via Liz Steel)
• Silent Night, Colorful Night (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
  37 of the Most Famous Artworks in History (via MyModernMet)
• Favourite French Ultramarine mixes (via Liz Steel)
• Vivian Maier’s Street Photography Comes to New York Institution (via MyModernMet)
• More ways to draw loose! (via drewscape)
• Two Newly Discovered (and Very Tiny) Rembrandt Paintings Are On View for the First Time in 200 Years (via Colossal)
• Using a water brush: Update 2 (plus some food sketching) (via Liz Steel)
• Messing Around With Derwent Graphitint Pan Paints (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• New tea, Neocolors and a Fude dip pen (via Liz Steel)

Other Interesting Things:

• Shades on Feathers: An Old Book of Color Shades Depicted With Feathers (via Design You Trust)
• LEGO Set Recreates Iconic Polaroid Land Camera (via MyModernMet)
• Book Reveals Frida Kahlo’s Personal Photography Collection (via MyModernMet)
• Prized ‘Inverted Jenny’ Stamp Sells for $1.7 Million (via MyModernMet)
• Free, Well-Designed, Public Domain Ebooks (via Kottke)
• Stuart Semple Announces ‘Cheap Buzz’ in Response to Pantone’s Color of the Year (via Dieline)
• Tad Carpenter sparks joy with his Sunday Sun vinyl figures (via Creative Boom)
• Visiting stationery shops in Japan (via Inkcredible Colours)

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