Fashionable Friday: Pantone Color of the Year 2015 – Marsala

Every year, for the past few years, color experts Pantone chooses what it thinks will be the color of the year. This year, they selected a deep wine-y red they call Marsala. I immediately thought of all the inky possibilities available in the burgundy, red-black and deep berry range. There were so many to choose…

Fashionable Friday: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

While I haven’t actually decorated my home or desk for the holidays yet, that doesn’t mean I haven’t considered what pen, ink and notebook combination might be best for the holidays. Winter whites or maybe a red pen and a green notebook for all my holiday elf activities? Let’s get elf-y! Christmas ‘Happy Holidays’ Forest…

Fashionable Friday: Colors of the Season

Inspired by the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, and the last fleeting glimpses of the fall foliage, I thought I’d focus this week’s Fashionable Friday on the colors of Autumn. Gold, orange, russets and browns that make me excited for pumpkin pie and hot cocoa. Conklin Duragraph Fountain Pen – Amber  $44 (via Goulet Pens) J. Herbin…