Last week, Jesi, Laura and I cleaned up at the Chicago Pen Show, now it’s your turn. One lucky reader has the chance to win a whole pile of swag from some of our favorite shops and vendors. The giveaway package includes three bottles of fountain pen ink, a notebook, stickers, our special edition Chicag-o-ring…
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Fountain Pen Review: Lamy Pastel Mint Glaze
By Jessica Coles Each year, Lamy announces a new color of their best selling Safari (plastic) and AL-Star (aluminum) pens. From the moment I first heard the colors for the 2019 special editions, I started counting down until I could get them in my hands. 2019 was the first year that not one but three…
Ink Review: Diamine Purple Rain
By Jessica Coles Purple inks. Purple inks are by far my favorite. When I hear about another purple ink, it’s only a matter of time until I have it in my pen. I heard about Purple Rain from Diamine when it first came out, but I only came into possession of my bottle recently; this…
Notebook Review: My Graphic Notebook
By Jessica Coles I recently came into possession of a new notebook named My Graphic Book ($16 at Vanness) that lives up to the name quite well. This notebook consists of six sections, each featuring a different kind of graph in various bright colors. My first thought was that this could check several boxes for…
Ink Review: Lamy Crystal Azurite
By Jessica Coles This last weekend I had the great privilege of attending the Atlanta pen show for the first time. I had a wonderful time (one that I will recount in another post, very soon), however, I was very impressed with one ink that I picked up during the show. The ink is Lamy…
Pen Review: Silo Ballpoint Pen by Caravan Designs
By Jessica Coles A while back, Ana asked me if I would like to review something a bit different than my usual; it was the Silo ballpoint pen from Caravan Designs ($25.00 for the pen, sleeve, and refill). I was excited to try a new kind of pen – Every Day Carry (EDC) items are…
My Arkansas Pen Show Purchases
Since Laura wrote a more extensive recap of the Arkansas Pen Show, I thought I’d just share a little about my experience and my purchases. Since the Arkansas show is much smaller than most of the shows I attend, its different for me in two ways: first, I have my own table and second, I…