When reflecting back on 2021, a year many of us spent working from home, I thought it might be nice to reflect on the things that worked — and the things that didn’t. While this post is not pen and ink related, I suspect a lot of folks can relate to the need to upgrade…
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Happy Holidays!
Whatever you do, wherever you are, we here at The Well-Appointed Desk wish you happy holidays and look forward to more pens, ink and stationery in 2022!
12 Days of Inkmas: Day 12 Birmingham Blizzard Twinkle
I absolutely love that Birmingham Pen Company took their ink making process in house. Over the past year, they have been fine tuning and streamlining their process and getting a crash course in the fine art and chemistry of ink making. Of their several different formulas, their Twinkle inks seem most appropriate for the holiday…
12 Days of Inkmas: Day 11 Pen BBS No. 401 Afternoon Ink
For today’s Inkmas, I finally get to recommend an ink that is still available: (I lied. It’s out of stock. I am THE WORST!) Pen BBS No. 401 Afternoon Ink ($8 for a 15ml bottle). This color was part of a series of daylight and nighttime colors that included the Pen BBS 398 Morning Ink featured…
Link Love: Looking Forward, Looking Back
The end of the calendar year always provides a mix of posts looking back over the year and looking forward to the new year. I can’t help but filter 2021 through the lens of the pandemic. The news of the Omicron variant has only exacerbated the likelihood that 2022 will be our third year in…
12 Days of Inkmas: Day 10 Ferris Wheel Lady Rose In Gold
I was a real pr*ck this year when I picked my Inkmas inks. Ferris Wheel Press LadyRose in Gold ($20 for 38ml bottle) is the second ink I chose that is/was a limited edition ink. I didn’t do this to torture you, I promise. I just wanted to share some of my favorite inks with…
12 Days of Inkmas: Day 9 Kala Island No. 38 Sweet Potato Balls
It’s hard to decide what my favorite food is at the holidays, but I admit that my family’s sweet potato casserole is really high up there on the list. We steam fresh sweet potatoes, then add peaches, pecans, brown sugar, butter and a few toasted marshmallows at the end. It’s sweet and decadent and I…