Ink Preview: KWZ St. Louis Pen Show 2025 Meet Me in St. Louis – 314 Blues(@stlpenshow)

Ink Preview: KWZ St. Louis Pen Show 2025 Meet Me in St. Louis – 314 Blues(@stlpenshow)

KWZ 2025 St. Louis Pen Show Meet Me in St. Louis – 314 Blues ($20 for 60ml Bottle) is the limited edition ink available at this year’s St. Louis Pen Show. Each bottle is 60ml and there will only be 200 bottles available. The ink will be sold exclusively at the show (this weekend Friday…

Inkmas Day 8: Diamine Blue Edition Jack Frost Shimmer & Sheen

Next up on my audition list was to find a good blue. Blue works exceptionally well for my holiday cards because my family is Jewish and my husband’s family celebrates Christmas, meaning it works as a somewhat neutral but still winter-ish, holiday-ish color. This year I was fascinated by the idea of Diamine Blue Edition…

Inkmas Day 5: Birmingham Pen Co. Winter Garden Snowflake

Inkmas Day 5: Birmingham Pen Co. Winter Garden Snowflake

How holiday-centric is an ink with a name like (Winter Garden) Snowflake by Birmingham Pen Co. ($17 for 60ml bottle)? Pretty dang holiday, I say! It is currently being bottled as just “Snowflake” so don’t be confused by the label on my bottle. Snowflake has a lovely reddish sheen over a cool blue aqua/turquoise. When…

Ink Review: Vinta Inks Collections (Neon & Vintage)

Ink Review: Vinta Inks Collections (Neon & Vintage)

The new Vinta Inks Collection sets have recently arrived and I couldn’t be happier– despite a little inktastrophe. There are two collections, Neon and Vintage, and each include three-15ml bottles in a divided tray in a decorated slip jacket. The Neon Collection features a bright pink (Tagpuan Electric Pink), a bright cyan (Magnetic Blue) and…

12 Days of Inkmas: Ferris Wheel Press Ink Timeless Blue Special Edition 2020 (We forgot Day 8!)

12 Days of Inkmas: Ferris Wheel Press Ink Timeless Blue Special Edition 2020 (We forgot Day 8!)

Huge apologies for skipping Day 8 on Inkmas this year. Thankfully, one of our readers noticed the oversight. So, we have decided to bump this out to be our post-Boxing Day Inkmas post. There’s no reason that the holiday festivities can’t continue, right? The Ferris Wheel Press Ink Timeless Blue Special Edition 2020 ($18 for…

Ink Overview: Sheaffer Inks

Ink Overview: Sheaffer Inks

So often, we focus on the newest inks and ink colors. Today, we thought we’d do an overview of an ink classic: Sheaffer. There are eight basic colors: Black, Purple, Red, Brown, Green, Turquoise, Blue, and Blue-Black. Each ink is available in 50ml bottles for $10 each or in Sheaffer proprietary cartridges (I recommend the…

Ink Overview: Manyo Inks by Sailor

Ink Overview: Manyo Inks by Sailor

By Jessica Coles Last week I presented a post featuring an overview of the Taccia Lip color ink collection, rather than focusing on a single ink in the line. Since several new ink collections have come out recently, I decided to again present an overview – let me know if you enjoy this type of…