Link of the Week:
- Pelikan Hubs 2025 Registration (via – The Pelikan’s Perch)
Pens:
- BENU Pixie Emerald Green Fountain Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
- The best fountain pen for beginners (via Extra Fine Writing)
Ink:
- 5 Inks for Summer (via Inky Imaginings)
- InkFlash – Robert Oster Red Orange (via inkxplorations)
- ink review : J. Herbin Iris Sagesse (via inkxplorations)
- Kakimori No. 04 Karari (via Inkcredible Colours)
- Monteverde Olivine Ink Review: A Versatile Olive Green That Holds Its Ground (via Pen Chalet Blog)
- Kobe Ginza Gold Sepia Fountain Pen Ink Review (via The Pen Addict)
- Travelling with ink: Iceland, June 2025. (via Fountain pen blog)
Notebooks & Paper:
- Archer & Olive Beneath the Willows Notebook Review (via The Pen Addict)
- Making and Keeping a Quotes and Poetry Collection Notebook (via Archer and Olive)
- Guest Post – Going to Personal from A5 – Zsu – Part 2 (via Philofaxy)
- Notebooks I’m Using Now: Summer 2025 (via Notebook Stories)
Art & Creativity:
- REVIEW: Aquafine 48-Color Watercolor Studio Set from Daler-Rowney (via Doodlewash)
- Chicago Trip, Part One: The Bean. (via Apple-Pine)
- Photography as a wordless diary: Yasuhiko Iida’s new photobook humanises London (via it’s Nice That)
- From Campervans to Containers: How Broaden built a DIY studio in Greater Manchester (via Creative Boom)
- The Elegant World of Georges Gaudy: Posters From the Belle Époque (via Design You Trust)
Other Interesting Things:
- Happiness is… a stamp collection: Royal Mail celebrates 75 years of Peanuts (via Creative Boom)
- Creative Coffee Date: Favorite Supply Storage Solutions (via The Postman’s Knock)
- Prime Day (week) Haul (via Fountain Pen Chronicles and More)
- Review – How to be a Victorian (via Rachel’s Reflections)
- 2025 Pacific Northwest Pen Show – Recap and Report Card (via The Pen Addict)
- Never Buying These Again (via Rachel’s Reflections)
- From the Archives: Early T.G.S. YouTube Videos and Overlooked Gems (via The Gentleman Stationer)
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