Link Love: No Pens or Pencils This Week!

I’m SHOCKED! There are NOOOOO pen reviews this week. Everyone is talking about ink and paper, particularly plans for their planner, journal or other new year’s record keeping. Which I think tracks with the rest of my life. Even my knitting group has gone deep on planners in the last few weeks. Laura and I have managed to convince our knitting compatriots that Hobonichis are cool and Laura has gone deep in journaling too!

Okay, okay, I won’t leave you without any new pens.

Jesi found this image of the new Lamy Safari Special Editions for 2024. What do you think?

Ink:

• J Herbin Blues (via Mountain of Ink)
• Tono & Lims Kuro Usagi (via Inkcredible Colours)
• Journalize Whimsical (via Mountain of Ink)
• Ink Review #2470: Wearingeul Anne of Green Gables (via Mountain of Ink)
• Emptying some of the first Iroshizuku bottles (via Stationery)
• Ink Review #794: Faber Castell Violet Blue (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
• Endless launches ‘fidgety’ Alchemy inks (via Pen Noob)
• Fresh Inks for the New Year (via Dime Novel Raven)
• The Inkvent Draft is a new family tradition (via mnmlscholar)
• Dusty Inks on My Shelves (via Dime Novel Raven)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Best-Laid Plans (via The Poor Penman)
• A Comparison of Muji Paper Types (via Inkcredible Colours)
• Dear diary – here we go again (via Nero’s Notes)
• Panopad layouts (via Stationery)
• The new year diary, 2024. (via Fountain pen blog)
• 2024 New Year, New Bujo, Who dis? (via The Pen Addict)
• Planning in 2024: The 12 Week Year (via Writing at Large)
• What to do with last years inserts? (via Philofaxy)
• Strategic Paper Replacement: Adventures in E-Ink, Part I (The Physical Writing Experience) (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Back to Hobonichi: My Daily Journaling Setup for 2024 (via The Gentleman Stationer)

Art & Creativity:

• On My Table: Beginning of January 2024. (via Apple-Pine)
• Taking the Long Cut (via Abigail Halpin)
• Exploring the rise, and evolution, of analogue design techniques (via It’s Nice That)
• New Anti-Money Laundering Law Can Send Self-Employed Artists to Jail (via Hyperallergic)
• Ainur Berkimbayeva: Carousel Collection (via Purl Soho)

Other Interesting Things:

• Paul Hollywood & Prue Leith Judge the Best American Snacks (via Kottke.org)
• New Year Present Campaign (via TRAVELER’S COMPANY USA)
• 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 677)
• The Boy and the Heron surpasses Spirited Away record at UK Box Office (via It’s Nice That)
• Lucasfilm is doing a Mando movie: The Mandalorian & Grogu. (via Kottke.org)
• The 25 Best Films of 2023: A Video Countdown (via Kottke.org)
• Enhance your audio experience: the latest headphones and speakers for creatives (via Creative Boom)
• Why WHSmith is 2024s First Lesson in Rebranding (via Dieline)
• For the people out there who really miss their Blackberrys,… (via Kottke.org)
• Learn How to Dance Like David Byrne (From Byrne Himself) (via Kottke.org)
• These Are the Most Borrowed Books of 2023 According to Public Libraries (via My Modern Met)

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