When Ana developed the original Col-o-ring in 2017, she knew she wanted to make it the perfect ink testing swatch book. She spent months testing the paper, and swatching her own samples. But she had no idea how everyone would use them. From gorgeous swatches to doodles and sketches, we’ve all loved seeing how you…
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Paper Review: Midori Autumn Silk Screen Printed Pads
When browsing for paper recently, I was absolutely taken with the Midori Autumn Silk Screen Printed Pads ($7.00-9.50). The designs were beautiful, and the message pad and letter pad (with matching envelopes) called to me. I ended up purchasing the Japanese Maple Message Pad ($7.00) and the Dahlia Letter Pad ($9.50). These top bound pads…
Book Review: One Color a Day
Review by Tina Koyama Looking around at Wet Paint’s online shop recently, I came across a unique book: One Color a Day: A Daily Art Practice and Visual Diary by Courtney Cerruti ($16.99). Unlike a traditional sketchbook, its focus is not on drawing but on color. “Within the book’s orderly gridded layout . . .…
Planner Review: Midori 2022 Pocket Diary Slim- Ojisan
Even though I’ve more or less figured out what planners work best for me, I’m still eager to try new ones when I see them. So when I perused Vanness Pens a few weeks ago, I was intrigued by the Midori 2022 Pocket Diary ($11). Even though I keep many appointments in my electronic calendar,…
NaKniSweMo
Last week on the Pen Addict podcast, Brad talked at length about NaNoWriMo. If you aren’t familiar with that term it stands for National Novel Writing Month. Each November, many many intrepid writers gather together to write a novel (or 50,000 words) between November 1 and November 30. The organization that supports it (which is…
Yarn & Ink: Halloween Frankensocks
In September a lovely friend sent me a belated birthday present, a Frankensocks kit from Knitterly Things. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Laura Cameron (@fluffykira) Knitterly Things is known for dying self-striping sock yarn. That is, she dyes the yarn such that when you knit it up you get delightful stripes…
Fountain Pen Ink Review: A collection of yellows.
For the past few years, I have taken to collecting inks in the Pantone Color of the Year. This year there were two colors, Ultimate Grey and Illuminating, a bright yellow. A few years ago I spent my Inktober focusing on 31 shades of grey, so I knew if I was going to do anything…