Review by Tina Koyama Opaque white pens: The bane of my sketching existence. Intermittently during my 13 years of sketching, I’ve tried various white gel pens for those infrequent occasions when I want to make white lettering on a sketch or draw thin highlights. Though not without its faults, the Sakura Gelly Roll has long…
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Sailor Jentle Peche (spoiler alert – it’s not peach!)
Recently Ana handed me a few more samples for the “peach files” that I’ve been putting together this year. But the spoiler is that today’s ink isn’t peach at all, it’s pink! I find that particularly confusing, because I assumed Sailor Jentle Pêche meant peach (pêche means peach in French). On the other hand the…
Exploring Creative Journaling: A Class with Tom of Sugar Turtle Studio
One of the things that I was most excited about at the St. Louis Pen Show was taking a class. While I’ve certainly taken advantage of classes to learn more about fountain pens in the past, I really felt like this year’s offerings were expanded in breadth. One of the ones I took the plunge…
Laura’s St. Louis Pen Show Recap
This past weekend I was delighted to attend the St. Louis Pen Show. I attended the inaugural show there in 2018, and hadn’t been back since. There was the pandemic, and then the last two years I had travel conflicts. Actually, this was the first pen show I’ve been back to since the pandemic! The…
Do you need blotter paper?
A few weeks ago, when I ordered the Esterbrook x Bungubox Kachofugetsu Flower Fountain Pen, Esterbrook included a set of their Esterbrook Nature Blotter Paper ($13.95) as a free gift with purchase. Since blotter paper isn’t altogether a commonly used item these days, I thought today I’d talk a little about blotter paper in general.…
Help me choose an ink color for my new pen!
Ana’s gorgeous post got me hook, line and sinker and I just had to have the Esterbrook x Bungubox Kachofugetsu Flower Fountain Pen. It arrived yesterday and I was faced with a big decision: what to ink it with? As it turns out, I don’t know if I have the right ink! I decided that…
First Look: Lamy Safari Summer Editions
This weekend we were treated to a preview of the new Lamy Safari summer editions: Cherry Blossom and Pina Colada! While the colors certainly look summer fresh, Ana and I couldn’t decide if we were yay or nay. We joked about the rumor that they’re putting together random parts in inventory to make new color…