Review by Tina Koyama Like many fountain pen aficionados, I have way more ink than I’ll ever use in this lifetime (but don’t worry, I have several more planned to take care of my stationery and art supply stash). I’ve been keeping a log book of sorts to track all the colors. The problem with…
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Ink Review: Platinum Classic Lavender Black
Review by Laura Cameron Up until a few weeks ago, I only owned one bottle of ink. I have been ordering samples of everything; every time I place an order for anything I throw in a few more ink samples. However, several weeks ago I saw the Pen Addict photos of Platinum Classic Lavender…
Ask The Desk: Art Supplies – Black Paper, Blacker Inks & Bleedproof Traveler’s Notebook
Catherine asks: Please can you tell me where I can purchase black paper that is lined? It’s for my sons Art GCSE. He wants to make his annotations on BLACK background and it’s taking so much time for him to mark and rule up for each piece of work. Any ideas? Would have to be…
Fashionable Friday: Sevens Years and Counting …Sheep!
Today marks the SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY of The Well-Appointed Desk. Yes, seven years! I can’t believe I’ve believe it either. To mark the occasion I decided to refer to the official anniversary gifts chart for a seventh anniversary and would you believe they are wool, copper, and desk sets? Well, of course they would be. So…
Link Love: Shhh, everybody’s sleeping!
Pens: TWSBI Eco Neon Green – Right Foot Oblique Medium Grind (via Alt. Haven) Video: Aurora Duo Cart (via The Pen Habit) Pelikan M205 Aquamarine Fountain Pen (via Pens! Paper! Pencils!) Video: The Lamy Safari – Then and Now (via Bleistift) MUJI Aluminum Fountain Pen (via Office Supply Geek) Inks: Painting with Robert Oster Inks…
Giveaway Winners: Blackwing Notebooks
Congrats to the winners of the Blackwing Notebook giveaway. Each of our winners was contacted directly by email. Thanks to everyone who entered and thanks to Blackwing for supplying the notebooks for the giveaway. In case anyone is curious, the figures in the photo are Momiji Birdie & Bowie. These aren’t available anymore but other…
From The Archives: PaperMate Inkjoy 0.7mm 14-Color Set
Review by Laura Cameron A few weeks ago, when I was writing my review of the Ghost notebook, I went out and purchased some fun pens to test out on the paper. I wandered the aisles of the big box office supply store until I came upon the PaperMate InkJoy Gel Pen set. At the…