I’ve been home for a little over 36 hours from DC and I am still a zombie. I was one of the many people who had delayed and cancelled flights and didn’t arrive in DC until about midnight Thursday night/Friday morning. I worked at the Vanness tables most of the time and then I taught four workshops in-between. The show is so big now that I could not make it to TWO of the four ballrooms. I was able to see the main ballroom, one additional ballroom and the vendors in the hallways around the main ballroom. I don’t know how attendees manage to make it to all the vendors before they hit overwhelm, exhaustion or financial ruin. Since I am working most of the time at the show, I don’t have the time or the energy to shop. I did make a little time to say hello to some friends.
And of course, things get a little goofy after hours:
I’m going to rest up and get my feet back under me so I’ll be ready for the insanity that will be SF Pen Show. Will I see you there?
Pens:
- Pilot Custom Heritage 912 – Ranking the Nibs (via The Pen Addict)
- Nib Design Appreciation Post (via Rachel’s Reflections)
Ink:
- Visit to Hands (Suntec outlet) in Singapore (via Inkcredible Colours)
- Ink Review: Akkerman Dutch Masters 1, 2, & 4 (via Mountain of Ink)
- Pure Pens Platinum Purple (via Inkcredible Colours)
- DIAMINE FOREVER INK Featured in Leisure painter magazine (via FOUNTAIN PEN INK ART)
- Ink Swatch Wednesday: Birmingham Pen Co Cold Snap II (via CJs Wunderkammer)
Pencils:
- The Craftsman Conundrum Solved (via The Leadhead’s Pencil Blog)
Notebooks & Paper:
- 2026 Planner Season Is Here! (via Yoseka Stationery)
- My Kyoto Specimen Card Collection // A.C. (via Baum-kuchen)
- Hobonichi Preview Party & Pop Up at Yoseka – August 22 to September 7 (via Yoseka Stationery)
- Life Stationery Noble A5 and B6 Notebook Review (via The Pen Addict)
- Vintage Journal Ethics (via Notebook Stories)
Art & Creativity:
- Brown Paper or Chipboard and Drawing on Trash (via Comfortable Shoes Studio)
- “The first task is going to be regaining your confidence” (via It’s Nice That)
- Combining pictures with text to communicate the story (via Drewscape)
- On My Table: Beginning of August 2025 (via Apple-Pine)
Other Interesting Things:
- Fountain Pen Rotation: What’s in Your Cup this Month? (via Fountain Pen Chronicles and More)
- Everything About the Eerily Hypnotic Sounds of the Theremin (via My Modern Met)
- The Dickens Illustrated Gallery: A Legacy Upheld Through Art (via My Modern Met)
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