First, I’d like to shoutout congratulations to Brad and Myke at Pen Addict podcast for 600 episodes in the proverbial can. Its a feat for any podcast to have managed to continue for 10 years but for it to be a podcast about PENS?!?! Pretty amazing. Congrats and thanks for making the pen community a better place.
Now, on to ink love in the form of new designs from our good friend, Calvin at Ink-a-Pet. For Valentine’s Day, Calvin has created new accessories for his ink sample vial holders. I couldn’t resist decking out my Inktopus with a heart crown ($2). Be sure to check out the whole collection. These are my must haves to keep from tipping over my ink samples. Ready for February to be a month of hearts and flowers, chocolates and ink samples!
Pens:
- Pens with long lasting ink (7 years later and the ink still hasn’t dried out!) (via All About Planners)
Ink:
- Two Gray Inks (via Dime Novel Raven)
- Dominant Industry Decade in the Desert Fountain Pen Ink Review (via The Pen Addict)
- Making A Unified Swatch Collection (via Line Variation)
- floating world: taccia sabimidori (via A Fleeting Ripple)
- Franklin-Christoph Ink ‘24 Review (via The Pen Addict)
- The Best Red Fountain Pen Inks (via JetPens)
- Robert Oster Devon Green (via Inkcredible Colours)
Pencils:
- Leuchtturm1917 Drehgriffle Nr. 2 Mechanical Pencil Review (via Writing at Large)
Notebooks & Paper:
- Are the numbers of Filofax users increasing? (via Philofaxy)
- Notebook Review: ProFolio Oasis Notebook (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- Hierarchies of Fountain Pen Friendly Paper, Updated as of January 24, 2024! (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- My Daily Carry Notebooks (via Inktronics)
- Dominant Industry Takasago Fountain Pen Notebook Review (via The Pen Addict)
- TRC USA Pop-up at California Pen Show 2024 (via TRAVELER’S COMPANY USA)
Art & Creativity:
- From Geography to Color Theory, Page Through a Rare Archive of Centuries-Old Japanese Textbooks (via Colossal)
- Letraset Fill Patterns (via Kottke.org)
- Illustrator Georgia Salisbury captures the delight of museum and gallery gift shops (via Creative Boom)
- A Mammoth Book Catalogs a Vibrant Spectrum of Color Charts Spanning 600 Years (via Colossal)
- Taking a break from work with urban sketching (ft. Holland Village, Sing… (via Drewscape)
- Watercolour Landscapes (via Liz Steel)
Other Interesting Things:
- Appelboom Boston is Closing (via Line Variation)
- Making It: The Yarn Bodega (via Modern Daily Knitting)
- USPS Roars Into Lunar New Year With New Stamp (via USPS Newsroom)
- Cart Blanche: How I Store Analog Supplies // A.C. (via Baum-kuchen)
- #17InkQuestions: A Gathering of Curiosities edition (via A Gathering of Curiosities)
- Japan Trip 2024: The Stationery Haul (via Urban Adventure League)
- Shunned in computer age, cursive makes a comeback in California | Reuters (via The Cramped)
- Ballet Dancers Pair With Lovable Pups and Kittens in Photo Series (via My Modern Met)
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Thank you for reminding me that my Ink-a-pet Octopus desperately needs some accessories. (What was I thinking when I bought it and nothing else?) Casanova costume and pirate costume ordered!