Until recently, the pen show season is something that I have come to see as consistent, almost “set in stone”. For me, the first pen show of the year is Philadelphia and my last pen show is Chicago. The summer is a blur of pen shows too close together. But the pen show circuit does…
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Hack Idea: A Traveling Dip Pen
Dip pens are priceless when it comes to swatching inks, enabling the user to quickly and completely clean the nib between ink changes. There’s no other way to test several inks in a row. A great place to participate in such serial-ink-swatching is at pen meet-ups, either local or at more distant pen shows. Below…
2023: Making a Start
Happy New Year! Moving into 2023, as a stationery nerd, I use Dead Week and the first few weeks of the new year to start fresh with new planners, new journals and new plans for the coming year. The last few years have been a challenge for everyone. Family losses, illness, job changes and all…
Ink Review: Lapis Lullabies
Ferris Wheel Press has not been shy with the number of new inks they have released recently. Their latest collection, Alice in Wonderland, is part of the FerriTales line and recently concluded with Tears of Sapphire. But don’t worry! A new collection is beginning with today’s ink, Lapis Lullabies. I do love the detail in…
Inkmas Day 11: Scribo Vert Prato
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…
Inkmas Day 6: Diamine Blue Peppermint
Happy sixth day of Inkmas! I’m bringing back an ink from the Inkvent past – Diamine Blue Peppermint. This was the first ink of the first Inkvent calendar – way back in 2019. Remember that time? Blue Peppermint is a marine blue ink with a bright blue shimmer – every once in a while I…
Inkmas Day 4: Pelikan Edelstein Apatite
Just last week I reviewed my new Pelikan M205 Apatite, so of course I had to check out the matching ink. As you know, each year I audition inks for addressing my holiday cards. My family and my husband’s family celebrate different religions, so the challenge is always to find something that’s festive and fun,…