Link Love: 15 Years and Counting

I forgot that Tuesday was the 15th anniversary of this little stationery project we call The Well-Appointed Desk. I started this project 15 years ago and it has grown from a Tumblr blog to a whole stationery life. I went from posting quick little posts about work spaces and the occasional product review to a staff of writers, developing products for the community and now a Patreon with a freakin’ podcast! For a little introvert, that’s a big life change, for sure. This is now my full-time job, can you believe it?

I don’t know where we will go in the next 15 years. Heck, I don’t know where I’ll be in 15 minutes but thank you to everyone who has read our posts, watched our videos, listened to our podcasts or bought our products. As long as you keep tuning in, we will keep doing this.

Thank you.

Pens:

• Video-Review: OMAS Bologna Galassia (via Scrively)
• Majohn/Moonman V60 (via dapprman)
• Fountain Pen Rainbow 2025, Bi Edition (via Rachel’s Reflections)
• Pen Porn: Cypress Maki-e Goldfish (via Rachel’s Reflections)

Ink:

• Currently Inked June 10, 2025 (via Mountain of Ink)
• ink review : Sailor Manyo ukikusa (via inkxplorations)
• Van Dieman’s Pink Fairy Orchid (via Inkcredible Colours)
• Ink Review #2777: KWZ Azure 4 (via Mountain of Ink)

Pencils:

• Blackwing Lab 5-13-25 (Metallic Gold/Silver Cores) (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)

Notebooks & Paper:

• 2026 Planner Notification Sign-Ups (via JetPens Blog)
• The transition from A5 Filofax to Personal Size Filofax (via Philofaxy)
• Do Notebooks Destroy Memorization Skills? (via Notebook Stories)
• Ask TGS: The Best Inks for Cheap Paper (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• MD Paper Products Pop Up at Kinokuniya (via Inkcredible Colours)

Art & Creativity:

• On Sketchbooking: A Creative Chat With Jess Greenleaf (via The Postman’s Knock)
• People Sketching: Protests (via Apple-Pine)
• Reading Notes: Thinking on Paper (via Apple-Pine)
• #30×30, 2025, Day 13: Cheat Day! (via Citizen Sketcher)
• In for a penny: This exhibition showcases 99 artists’ interpretation of the humble piggy bank (via It’s Nice That)
• How creatives are surviving the 2025 slowdown (via Creative Boom)
• Brooklyn Storefronts: Artist Creates New York City Street Scenes In Miniature (via Design You Trust )

Other Interesting Things:

• The pleasure of craftsmanship: the Alfie tray (via A Gathering of Curiosities)
• Minimalism by any other name (via A Gathering of Curiosities)
• Elderflower Cordial Days (via Attic24)
• Beach Bags That Perform: No-Fuss Access, Smart Storage, Sand-and-Sun Tested (via Carryology)
• Eight Years and Here’s to Many more (via Rachel’s Reflections)
• (un)Plans: May & June Notes (via Line Variation)
• Pilot Vanishing Point with Special Alloy Nib Review (via The Pen Addict)
• A Day Redeemed By the Smallest Of Things (via From the Pen Cup)

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