I confess that for all my love for beautiful pens and gorgeous ink colors my true love is a notebook, planner, journal or sketchbook. The potential between the covers of any blank book is infinite. I could write letters, reflections, a novel, draw pictures, sketch a new product or paste layer after layer of ephemera. Isn’t this why we all have a shelf, cupboard, box or whole room full of blank books — just in case?
Pens:
- So Many Sailors… Part Six! (via Pen Boutique Blog)
- Sakura Gelly Roll White Gel Pen Swatch Test (via Stationery Nerd)
Ink:
- ink review : Teranishi Guitar – Traveling Sepia (via inkxplorations)
- September Skies Ink Palette (via Mountain of Ink)
- Inkebara No. 1306 Kopi-O Kosong (via Inkcredible Colours)
- The Best Green Fountain Pen Inks (via JetPens Blog)
- Robert Oster FranklyX Ink (via An Inkophile’s Blog)
Planners, Notebooks & Paper:
- Last mill standing: how I fell in love with James Cropper’s coloured paper (via Creative Boom)
- The Best Planners for 2026 (via JetPens Blog)
- Hobonichi Techo vs. KOKUYO Jibun Techo DAYs (via JetPens Blog)
- Betwen the Lines: KOKO & LYNN Undated Illustrated Journal (via Penquisition)
- FULL REVEAL Of The Archer & Olive 2025 Halloween Collection (via Archer and Olive)
- Archer and Olive versus Oops a Daisy: Which B5 dot grid notebook is better? (via All About Planners)
- Zero-Effort Journaling© (via Notebook Stories)
Art & Creativity:
- Junk Journaling is Having a Moment (via Craft Industry Alliance)
- 8 Pieces That Helped Me Fall in Love With Calligraphy (via The Postman’s Knock)
- Gouache Reconstitution Process (via Apple-Pine)
- On My Table: Beginning of September 2025 (via Apple-Pine)
Other Interesting Things:
- De Minimis and the Changing Retail Landscape (via The Pelikan’s Perch)
- The Rise of the Traveling Third Space. “Traveling third spac… (via Kottke.org)
- A thoughtful essay about e-bikes as a metaphor for AI, augme… (via Kottke.org)
- 2025 San Francisco Pen Show Rating (via Rachel’s Reflections)
- The dangers before the fountain pen and ink industry in India in the times of AI-led disruption (via INKED HAPPINESS)
- (13) 2025 San Francisco Pen Show Haul Video: Glass Pens, More Glass Pens, and a Drillog! (via The Gentleman Stationer on YouTube)
- 2025 San Francisco Pen Show Recap, Part II: Panel Takeaways (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- Why our house is a library (via Austin Kleon)
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