It’s hot. Let’s go to the pool! Pack some notebooks, pens and inks because its fun to journal poolside (or lakeside, oceanside or kiddie pool-side). Don’t forget your hat, shades and sunscreen! Ink: Robert Oster Blue Water Ice Signature Ink – 50 ml Bottle (via JetPens) Inkebara Special Edition – Water (via Vanness Pen Shop)…
Initially, I was attracted to this ink specifically because I used to live in New Mexico and I knew immediately that the color was inspired by the love for turquoise jewelry in New Mexico. I was too poor to purchase any turquoise jewelry while I was living there so I thought buying the ink would…
Laura and I have been attempting to fight an onslaught of comment spm. Our good friend Julia was even called in to help. The site was receiving so much spm that we were kicked off of Askiment’s Pro Plan and told they would only support us at the Enterprise level to the tune of $249/mo.…
I’ve been home for a little over 36 hours from DC and I am still a zombie. I was one of the many people who had delayed and cancelled flights and didn’t arrive in DC until about midnight Thursday night/Friday morning. I worked at the Vanness tables most of the time and then I taught…
I confess I’ve had Wearinguel ink samples but never a full bottle of ink and now that I have Wayfarer, I get the fuss. Wayfarer is a shading, shimmer ink — the base color is a turquoise/teal with purple shimmer. The shimmer particles can be seen in the bottom of the bottle. So pretty. The…
Oblation Papers & Press in Portland, OR released a custom ink for the Pacific Northwest Pen Show in collaboration with Anderillium Inks called Oregon Marionberry. Each bottle comes in a small 15ml brown glass bottle with beautiful letterpress labels. The ink is a burgundy, red-purple with a tiny bit of shading, no sheening and no…
I have always been a fan of Midori MD products so when I saw the new MD A5 Notebook featuring Paper Thick ($23.50), I knew I needed to try it out. The MD Paper Thick is listed as 141gsm which puts it into the same category as a lot of the 120gsm (and up) bullet…
