I mentioned last week about the tendency in the stationery community to end up talking about the same things around the same time. Do we influence one another? Maybe its a new release? And sometimes, its just kismet like the two reviews about the Pentel Multi 8 Lead Holder that I recently reviewed as well.
In other news, the World Cup (for better or worse) is coming to America and I live in one of the host cities (Kansas City, if you’re curious) and I’ve been seeing the Fan Festival areas being set up on the lawn of the WWI Museum and World Cup merch in every shop imaginable. I don’t do well with crowds so I think friends will gather at various homes to watch a few games. Besides, tickets and venue food stalls are crazy expensive this year! Are you going to watch any of the games?
Pens:
- Workhorse Pens: Pilot Custom Heritage 92 Fountain Pen (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- Check it out, a weird little pen that looks like a coffee pot (via Extra Fine Writing)
- Review: Asvine V126 Fountain Pen (via Inky Imaginings)
- Happy Pride 2026! (via The Pen Addict)
Ink:
- Brown waterproof inks compared: Diamine Forever Ink, De Atramentis Document, SketchInk (via Parka Blogs)
- Ink Review #2906: Inkebara Caramel (via Mountain of Ink)
- Why Blue? A Rumination on Inks, Pens, and the People Who Love the World’s Favorite Color (via Pen Boutique Blog)
- Wearingeul The Autumn Night After a Thousand Years Ink Review (via The Pen Addict)
Pencils:
- Pentel Multi 8 Lead Holder Review (via The Pen Addict)
- Review: Pentel Multi 8 Lead Holder / Clutch Pencil (via Parka Blogs)
- Every Pencil in the New Blackwing LOTR Set! (via dwrdnet on YouTube)
Notebooks & Paper:
- My Solution to the “I’m Dead, What Happens to My Journals?” Question (via From the Pen Cup)
- Halfway Through the Year with a Sterling Ink Common Planner (via Dime Novel Raven)
- Historic Inserts (via Philofaxy)
- 2027 Planner Notification Sign-Ups (via JetPens)
Art & Creativity:
- Review: Ohuhu Cotton-top Watercolour Pad (via Parka Blogs)
- Color meditation: Painting the same shape over and over again (via Flow Magazine)
- BOOK REVIEW: Watercolor Made Simple Workbook by Nicki Traikos – Doodlewash®
- Don’t Call it Art is out now! – Austin Kleon
- Stencil Art Is Everywhere, and Here’s How To Do It Yourself (via My Modern Met)
- Blick Botanical and Earth Tones Palette (Tina Edition) (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
- Summer Watercolor Supplies (via An Inkophile’s Blog)
Other Interesting Things:
- New Exhibit in Mexico City Brings Together Historic Soccer Items (via My Modern Met)
- French Trio Reimagines Daft Punk as Medieval Bardcore (via My Modern Met)
- Sergio García Sánchez and Lola Moral’s “The Secret Life of Books” (via The Casual Optimist)
- This Artist Turns Birdwatching Into Fantasy Illustration With Real Ornithological Soul (via Design You Trust)
- USPS Reissues Popular Mister Rogers Stamps (via Kottke.org)
- Sixth Anniversary (via Inkcredible Colours)
- Barbie Stamps Set for Release At Collectors Convention This Summer (via USPS Newsroom)
- Travelogue Part 1: Choosing the Tools (via Line Variation)
- Calling it quits (via The Typewriter Revolution blog)
- Exploring LA’s 100 Year Old Central Library (via Atomic Redhead)
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Seattle is also a WC host city! Nothing against soccer, but I’ll be very happy when all these visitors go home so that we locals can enjoy our all-too-brief summer in peace!
100% — I live in a city that has a smal metro area and a vast suburban area. The young suburbanites invade the city for big events like this and are often rude, messy and loud. I feel like I wasn’t designed for “big city” living and should have moved to a small English village where I could be the nosy hedge witch who lived at the end of the lane.