Troublemaker inks seems to be be everywhere lately – new dealers in the United States and the addition of several new inks as well. I’m showing off a couple of these new inks here – Butterfly Dream and Polar Lights. Troublemaker packages their ink in 60mL dark plastic bottles. I have found some variation in…
I get so excited when I find a new line of ink! The manufacturer of this line is Teranishi and I’ve come across two lines of their ink – Guitar and Taisho Roman. I have three of the Taisho Roman inks to show today. I picked these up from St. Louis Art Supply for $18.95…
ColorVerse has released an amazing variety of ink over the last year. One of the most recent inks is ColorVerse 2023 New Year. A big thank you to Dromgoole’s for sending this ink for this review! 2023 New Year is a fabulous bright green ink with lots of sparkle – the closest I have in…
Special edition or limited edition inks are incredibly difficult for me to pass up. I recently saw an Instagram post from Atlas Stationers showing off their store exclusive ink from Wearingeul – a dusty pink ink with blue sparkle – and I ordered it immediately. I have recently seen a few store exclusive inks…
Did you all see JetPens’ video about “over-engineered Japanese scissors”? Even as I chuckled at the irreverence, I found myself becoming increasingly fascinated by so many scissors and cutters that I didn’t know I needed! I managed to resist the Sun-Star 7-Blade Shredders (which look like they belong on the ends of Johnny Depp’s wrists),…
My new job required that I upgrade my “daily carry”. Partly this is a result of needing to schlep my laptop to and from meetings around the office and partly because I needed a safe way to transport my laptop and accessories back and forth from home. We can work from home a couple days…
For the last year and a half, I have been assisting the Dromgooles at various pen shows, selling and educating about ink. One amazing benefit of this arrangement is that I get to see firsthand which inks are the most popular and in demand; I also get a chance to review those inks! A big…
