Merry Inkmas! Keeping with our traditional celebration, we are sharing some of our favorite inks for 12 days. Today I’m showing off the first ink from the Diamine Inkvent calendar 2021, so if you are still waiting to open day 1, avert your eyes! I’ve had so much fun opening up a small bottle of…
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12 Days of Inkmas: Day 3 Kobe Bauhaus Orange
Last year Jesi bought me a ginormous book (see pic below for scale) on the Bauhaus art movement and the matching Kobe Bauhaus Orange Ink. I’ve been hoarding the ink, as you do with limited edition ink that was given as a gift. But I thought I’d share this treasure with you. The ink came…
12 Days of Inkmas: Day 2 Van Dieman’s Styx Valley Forest Green
This year for Inkmas I decided to search out new-to-me ink brands in colors appropriate for the holiday season. The first of these is Van Dieman’s Styx Valley Forest Green (30mL for $12.95). This rich, foresty green is a perfect winter holiday green. It reminds me of pines and holiday boughs on the mantle. The…
12 Days of Inkmas: Day 1 Colorverse Shiny Black & Ornament Yellow
Welcome to The Well-Appointed Desk annual Inkmas. Inkmas was born before Inkvent calendars and other inky countdowns so we have decided to continue our tradition as it is — a mix of new inks and old favorites which may or may not have been reviewed here before (we’ve been know to review the same inks…
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…
12 Days of Inkmas: A Robert Oster Holiday Part 2 (Day 11)
Yesterday, I made a Col-o-wreath of the Robert Oster limited edition 2020 Holiday inks from Vanness Pens: Santa’s Hangover, Choc Pudding, Silent Nite, and Elf’s Cap. Today, I’ll show off the inks a little more with different tools and papers. For the tools, I used a few of the unconventional tools I’ve become fond of since I…
12 Days of Inkmas: A Robert Oster Holiday Part 1 (Day 10)
Yes, I know. Robert Oster has already been featured several times (Day 2, Day 4, and Day 7) in our Inkmas countdown. But when I finally opened my package from Vanness Pens and remembered I had ordered the new, limited edition Robert Oster 2020 Holiday inks, I couldn’t resist. It’s now or never. Earlier this…