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 8 Kingdom Note Dangouo Konpeito
For my next Inkvent adventure, I thought I would spend some time with an ink that’s a little more obscure. I scanned my ink collection with one goal in mind: could I find an ink that would be new to both Ana and Jesi? Pretty lofty goal, but let’s give it a go. I remembered…

Giveaway Winner: Well-Appointed Holiday Giveaway
Thanks to everyone who entered our Well-Appointed holiday giveaway. The coveted golden ticket (gift certificate) goes to: Congrats to Kara! I think the gift certificate will cover your whole wishlist! And thanks to everyone else who entered. We’ll have more giveaways in the New Year.

Ink Review: TWSBI Forest Green
TWSBI released 5 new colors in their ink lineup – Grape, Tangerine, Navy, Crimson, and Forest Green. I purchased a bottle of each at Vanness where the 18mL bottles were $6.50 each, coming in around $0.40 per mL. Today I’ll be showing Forest Green. Don’t forget to read about Grape from last week! Forest Green…

Well-Appointed Holiday Giveaway
This year it seems appropriate to give a little back to our fabulously supportive readers. In the spirit of giving, I am giving away ONE (1) $50 spending spree to either our Big Cartel OR Etsy shop. (That’s right our international readers can enter this one too.) TO ENTER: Leave a comment telling me (1)…

Ink Review: TWSBI Grape
TWSBI has new colors! Most of the time, this announcement means a new 580AL or Eco from TWSBI, but today I’m showing one of the new TWSBI ink colors. TWSBI released 5 new colors in their ink lineup – Grape, Tangerine, Navy, Crimson, and Forest Green. I purchased a bottle of each at Vanness where…