Just when I thought there couldn’t be a new notebook that would entice me, the Midori Soft Color Notebooks arrive on JetPens. These A5 dot grid cahier-style notebooks come in five pastel colors and white for $3.50 each. There are 28 sheets (56 pages) in each book. I decided to try the gray but it…
On the last day of Inkmas, we ate Sweet Tater Pie ($14.75 for 30ml bottle). Okay, we’ve discussed this before. Do NOT eat or drink the ink no matter how tasty it looks or smells. Though it is hard to resist an ink that you want to top with toasted marshmallows and dig into with…
We are getting close to the end of Inkmas! Today is frigidly cold here (a high of -6 degrees F) so I’ve chosen a bright and cheerful ink that makes me warm inside. Scribo Vert Prato is a bright yellowish green ink that makes me smile. Scribo inks come in huge, heavy glass bottles that…
Today is Winter Solstice, AKA Yule, which means it is the shortest day of the year. It’s a good time to embrace the dark and prepare for longer days, even if, for many of us, we will be facing many more cold, dark days as January will bring snow and cold. I plan to light…
If there’s one thing I love more than fountain pens, it would have to be cats. So, when I heard about the Wonder Pens signature ink collaboration with Dominant Industry to immortalize their beloved cats with ink, I could not resist. (I must paws — pun! — here to admit that these inks are already…
When I was perusing inks for potential holiday card candidates this year, I came across Diamine Blue Edition Happy Holidays Shimmer & Sheen ink. (50mL for $22) Originally developed for Diamine’s 2019 Inkvent, this color was popular enough to join the permanent collection. The ink is supposed be a “medium velvety blue fountain pen ink…
I had a lengthy discussion with Carol at Luxury Brands about good permanent black inks. As the distributor for both Platinum (known for my beloved Carbon Black ink) and Colorverse, she recommended I try Colorverse Permanent Black ($15 for a 30ml bottle) from the Colorverse Office Series. This collection of inks features those everyday staple…
