This week is the exciting start to “planner season” but many retailers’ shipments of Hobonichi got trapped in customs so we will all have delayed enjoyment. Luckily, we don’t need out new books until January so we can wait.
Pens:
- Fountain Pen Rotation: What’s in Your Cup this Month? (via Fountain Pen Chronicles and More)
- Home Front — August Notes #2 (via Line Variation)
- My Pen Picks for San Francisco Show & Tell (via The Pen Addict)
- Acrylograph Paint Pens: Tips + How to Get Pens to Flow Again (via Archer and Olive)
Ink:
- 2800 Inks (via Mountain of Ink)
- Ink Review: Color Traveler Miyajima (via Mountain of Ink)
- Ink Review: Color Traveler Saijo (via Mountain of Ink)
- Ink Review #2814: Colorverse Vermont Long Trail (via Mountain of Ink)
- (3) Review: some weird inks from Seattle – by Ricardo (via Extra Fine Writing)
Pencils:
- A Star Is Borne (via The Leadhead’s Pencil Blog)
Notebooks & Paper:
- Planner Season Reframed (via Baum-kuchen)
- Hobonichi again? (via Stationery)
- Plotter Mini5, But Make It A Wallet (via The Poor Penman)
- Planner season isn’t even on my radar (and I think that’s a good thing) (via Casual Crossings)
- How to Journal: Writing Tips, Journal Topics, and More (via JetPens)
- AI doesn’t belong in journaling | The Verge (via The Cramped)
- At Your Own Pace: Weekly Spreads for Busy Days // A.C. (via Baum-kuchen)
- Hobonichi 2026 – FAQs (via Yoseka Stationery)
- Reading Journal Set Up & Adding A Book Review Entry (via Archer and Olive)
- Philofaxy at 20 years young (via Philofaxy)
Art & Creativity:
- Inbetween Space (via Abigail Halpin)
- Summer Travel: Toronto – Airport Sketches (via Apple-Pine)
- My evening routine (via Drewscape)
- André Breton After the Surrealist Manifesto (via Hyperallergic)
- Tips from creatives on how to handle cashflow stress (via Creative Boom)
Other Interesting Things:
- Introducing the Flourished Athletic Shoe Worksheet (via The Postman’s Knock)
- Love for Analogue // Frido (via Baum-kuchen)
- Stationery Favourites – August 2025 (via Inky Imaginings)
- San Francisco Pen Show Saturday Update: Come See Us If You Can Fight Through the Crowds! (via The Gentleman Stationer)
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