Kobe Hummingbird ($35 for 50ml bottle) is a collaboration between Vanness Pen Shop and Nagasawa Kobe inks. The color was inspired by the Arkansas hummingbird plumage and came about when Lisa Vanness was speaking with the team at Nagasawa Kobe and discovered that hummingbirds do not exist in Japan. So to share the love of…
Earlier this month I went to quilt guild meeting and a fellow knitter/spinner/quilter/pen-lover came up to me and handed me a ziplock bag full of ink samples to try. I had brought her 2 little vials, so the trade was quite uneven, but I was delighted. (Thank you K!) Since then I’ve had fun getting…
If you’re like me, you have a LOT of inks. Like, so many inks that sometimes I think I need to declare a moratorium against acquiring more. So when I was browsing at JetPens several weeks ago and came upon Kakimori Pearlescent Solution ($33.50, 35mL), I couldn’t resist. The pearlescent solution is made to be…
I met Titanium, the maker behind Penultimate Inks at the Dallas Pen Show and felt like kindred spirits. I was so excited to see the selection of unique ink colors all named after D&D characters like Paladin, Barbarian, and Cleric. Are these the perfect ink to use for your gaming journal, Gamify planning or just…
A few weeks ago when I was preparing a yarn and ink palette I realized that I didn’t have any mint or sage green in my ink stash. I’ve got bright grassy greens, kelly greens, greeny teals and forest greens. But nothing muted or minty. I immediately went to JetPens and remedied that; I purchased…
I recently picked up a bottle of Dominant Industry Leaf Green ($17 for 25ml bottle — $1.47 per ml). I must have been inspired by the Oregon landscape with this deep green, forest-y vibe ink as I had just been there for the PNW Pen Show. When swatched, the ink is deep green with a…
Dromgoole’s released a new collection of inks for the Portland PNW Pen Show. The set was a collaboration with Monteverde x Dromgoole’s Trailhead Coffee and Cathedral Grove (30ml ink set + 30ml Pen Flush for $23.04 – 0.25 per ml) and were inspired by the Pacific Northwest. Trailhead Coffee: Trailhead Coffee is a rich, earthy…
