I’m still in recovery mode from the On The Paper Trail LIVE event this week. I spent the last two days just trying to get on top of my to-do lists, rest a little bit and give those kitties all the love they missed while we were away. I guess I just don’t bounce back as fast as I used to when I was younger. Sigh…
Pens:
- New Pen and Ink Day: Sailor TUZU Adjust Crystal Violet and Robert Oster Soft Kitty, Warm Kitty (via CJs Wunderkammer)
- Reducing and Reorganising my Fountain Pen Collection (via Inky Imaginings)
- Sailor Pro Gear Regular Fountain Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
- The Best White Ink Pens (via JetPens Blog)
- PSA: Diligently clean your L’il Dipper (via CJs Wunderkammer)
- A look at the semi-vintage Parker 65 Custom fountain pen. (via Fountain pen blog)
- Choosing the Right Work Pen, Part 1 (via Line Variation)
- Halloween Appropriate Pens & Inks, again (via Fountain Pen Chronicles and More)
Ink:
- First Look at Sunlit Steel: Duluth Shop Exclusive (via Dime Novel Raven)
- Ink Review #2911: Pennonia Hajnal Dawn (via Mountain of Ink)
Pencils:
- some news about pencils (via pencil talk)
Notebooks & Paper:
- Inserts for 2027, 2028 and 2029 (via Philofaxy)
- Review: Maruse A5 Leather Journal Cover (via Parka Blogs)
- A New Notebook will fix Everything… right? (via Dime Novel Raven)
- Hobonichi Interview: Hobonichi’s History, Designs, and Future (via JetPens Blog)
Art & Creativity:
- Checking In: An Inktober Update (via From the Pen Cup)
- Marker vs. Pencil: Japanese Maple (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
- REVIEW: LIGHTWISH Travel Watercolor Set, 24 Colors Compact Art Kit (via Doodlewash)
- Big Refill Part II (via Apple-Pine)
- Playing with new paints (via Liz Steel)
- Stitching Beauty — Inspiration from Minä Perhonen and More! (via LoopKnitlounge)
Other Interesting Things:
- New book from James Gleick about the history of the telephone (via kottke.org)
- The trailer for Blade Runner 2099 (via kottke.org)
- Where You Should Live: Five Factors to Keep in Mind (via kottke.org)
- The Case for Quitting: The Surprising Benefits of Opting Out. (via kottke.org)
- ArtCraft is building open source versions of Adobe apps (via kottke.org)
- See the process behind Laika’s stop-motion fantasy fable, Wildwood, in London exhibition (via It’s Nice That)
- Carolina Incerti’s A Book for Making Books is designed to be torn apart and remade (via It’s Nice That)
- Design disasters or creative solutions? The self-made paper signs replacing wayfinding in Singapore’s railway stations (via It’s Nice That)
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