Link Love: It’s My Birfday! You get a treat!

Today is my birthday so I thought I’d let you celebrate since I can’t give everyone a cupcake like grade school. I don’t normally do sales on the shop but for one day only, everything* is 20% off.

Use the coupon code: MYBIRTHDAYTREAT on any order over $20
(*Sale does not include De-stash. Offer expires Jun 13, 2025 @ 12:00 AM Central)

Pens:

• Stanford Pen Studio Model Comparison (via Rachel’s Reflections)
• Review: pen-shaped abomination – by Ricardo (via Extra Fine Writing)
• Workhorse Pens: Vanishing Point or Decimo for a Capless Fountain Pen? (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• The Best & Worst of 2025 – Fountain Pen Brands Tier List (via BLAKE’S BROADCAST)

Ink:

• Ink Swatch Wednesday: June’s Currently Inked Pens (via CJs Wunderkammer)
• Ink Review: An EPIC Anderillium Inks Swatch Session with the New Ichthyoformes Series (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Grey Shimmer Ink Comparison: 6 Inks That Prove Neutral Doesn’t Mean Boring (via Pen Chalet)
• Diamine Sailor’s Warning Ink Review: Shimmer on the Horizon (via Pen Chalet)
• Birmingham Catamaran (via Inkcredible Colours)
• Pilot Iroshizuku To-ro Fountain Pen Ink Review (via The Pen Addict)

Notebooks & Paper:

• How to Create a Monthly Overview in your Bullet Journal (via Archer and Olive)
• Papier Platz Notebook Review (via Notebook Stories)

Art & Creativity:

• Peony is a May Flower – Part 3 (via Apple-Pine)
• Alphonse Mucha’s Beautiful Vintage Posters of the Late 1800s (via Design You Trust)
• Making Pigments for Paints (via Comfortable Shoes Studio)

Other Interesting Things:

• A Cult Pens Haul (via Inky Imaginings)
• Study Ties Coffee Consumption to Healthy Aging in Women (via My Modern Met)
• Big Cartel’s big rebrand by How&How throws caution to the wind (via It’s Nice That)
• Fifth Anniversary (via Inkcredible Colours)
• Packing For a Trip (via Wonder Pens)
• Happy Pride 2025! (via The Pen Addict)

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