Once again, my R2 unit and I will be heading across the country. This time, we are visiting Portland for the Pacific Northwest Pen Show and to help Dromgoole’s sell lots of ink, pens, paper and stationery. I don’t arrive to PDX until 7pm on Friday so look for me bright and early Saturday morning on the show floor. I’ll be bringing an assortment of Desk-designed stickers, stamps, washi tape and of course, Col-o-ring! See you soon!
Pens:
- Wednesday Pen Guide: Which Pens Would the Nevermore Outcasts Use? (via Pen Chalet)
- Sailor Que Será Erasable Gel Ink Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
- My Top 10 fountain pen brands in the world (and the pen that I love the most from their offerings) (iva INKED HAPPINESS)
Ink:
- Ink of the Week: Colorverse Office Blue (via Dime Novel Raven)
- The Largest Craziest Fountain Pen Ink Collection (via InkyRocks on YouTube)
- Travelling with ink, June 2026: Part II, Italy. (via Fountain pen blog)
Notebooks & Paper:
- Clairefontaine Pocket Squared Notebook (via Notebook Stories)
- Is this my new paper? (via José Naranja)
- Midori Yuru (Casual Life) Log Notebook B6 Review (via The Pen Addict)
- Cutting Paper (via Philofaxy)
- How to Create a Travel Memory Journal Spread | Scrapbooking with Stick (via Archer and Olive Blog)
Art & Creativity:
- On My Table: Beginning of July 2026 (via Apple-Pine)
- REVIEW: DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Watercolor 5ml Triad Tube Sets (via Doodlewash)
- How Ayame Uchima makes delicate drawings that look just like lace (via It’s Nice That)
- You Only Need to Know These Simple Shapes When Learning to Draw (via My Modern Met)
Other Interesting Things:
- 2026 St. Louis Pen Show Recap (via The Pen Addict)
- 2026 St. Louis Pen Show (via Olive Octopus)
- World Cup Wallpapers for Your Phone (via Kottke.org)
- I love the aesthetic of Fresco, a video game where you play … (via Kottke.org)
- Scouted: June 2026’s Most Interesting Carry (via Carryology)
- Review – Brigands & Breadknives (via Rachel’s Reflections)
- A3 Doodle Project – June 2026 (via Fountain Pen Love)
- Stationery Favourites – June 2026 (via Inky Imaginings)
- Typewriter ribbon inking machine (via The Typewriter Revolution blog)
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