New Link Love header this week. I got happy with an X-Acto blade and some safety lined envelopes. I am absolutely fascinated with the safety patterns on the insides of envelopes. Do you ever look at them? Great collage material. There’s a whole Flickr set dedicated to collecting them. Pens: Platinum #3776 Century Fountain Pen…
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Link Love: Ink is Where it’s All Happening!
This week, the ink is where it’s at! Oh, there’s still lots of other interesting things to read but between Macchiato Man’s overview of the Sailor 100 inks and Mountain of Ink reviewing the much revered Parker Penman Sapphire, the Ink category is this week’s hot ticket. Oh, and in honor of Chinese New Year,…
Link Love: Cheesecake Clip
Frank Underwater’s post about the Philly Pen Show is excellent, complete with videos of the pen mixer. Hoe includes quick snippets of Dandon’s hands drawing, Paul Erano talking, Ralph’s completely ink-stained hands and more. Quite a thorough review and a different perspective from our dear Jesi’s post last week. The Letter Writers Alliance once again…
Link Love: Topsy Turvy
It feels very topsy-turvy this week. The pencil links are sharpeners and after months of neglect, Kaweco is in our headlines. I have heard a story about one of Einstein’s famous fountain pens and it’s not any of the ones listed on the story below. Diamine release ink inspired by Les Paul guitars and the…
Link Love: Turning Over a New Book
With the start of a new year, there are lots of notebook reviews and there continue to be recaps for 2018 and plans for the new year. There’s also some sad news like the end of another paper edition of a magazine — Glamour. While you may not have ever read this particular magazine, the…
Link Love: Looking back on 2018 and forward to 2019.
Wow! I got this post finished and there are so many recaps, round-ups, and other wrap-ups for 2018 plus plans for 2019 that it might take the better part of a week to read them all. Luckily, we have all of 2019 to reminisce about 2018. Year-End Rounds Up and Resolutions: 2018, Penwrapped. (via Leigh…
Link Love: Boxing Day Edition
I spent the morning researching the origin of the term Boxing Day. Thank you, Wikipedia. If you’re not doing Boxing Day shopping, maybe you are ready for some of the year-end round-ups? Year-End Round-Ups and Lists: The 10 Most Popular Posts of 2018 (via Brown Paper Bag) Top 10 Posts of 2018! (via Quo Vadis…