Inkvent Day 2 Today's inks are a beautiful dark blue (almost black) with a hint of green and a bright blue one. The blue-black is "Northern Twilight," a 2018 special edition ink by KWL for the Scriptus fifth anniversary show.…
Day 2 – Inkvent 2020
Day 1 – Inkvent 2020
Inkvent Tools It's been a long semester -- feels like it started in January -- and I've had to put my stationery love on hold while I got things wrapped up. What kept me going was looking forward to swatching…
Holiday Gift Ideas for the Fountain Pen and Stationery Nerds in Your Life
There have been a few times in recent years when I have tried to share my fountain pen enthusiasm with some friends and colleagues with holiday gifts. A few years ago, I bought five or six Lamy Al-Star gift sets…
Cursive Italic Comparisons From Four Nib Grinders
One of the things that makes fountain pens extra special is the ability to customize the grind on the nib, so that your pen writes in its own unique way that suits you. My first experience with a grind was…
Why I Love Leuchtturm
First a quick note on how amazing Adriana's posts have been, especially her tips about starting out with more expensive fountain pens. More on that in a comment on her post. Leuchtturm 1917 bullet journal, tools, and stewed coffee. So,…
Tips for Fountain Pen Newbies: What I Would Have Done Differently When I Started Buying Fountain Pens
I started to get into fountain pens about five years or six ago, but I certainly wasn't a stranger to them. When I was a teen, my dad gave me one of his fountain pens, which I believe was a…
Lined Note: Checkbook style notepad, fountain pen friendly
A few months ago, I placed an order at Yoseka Stationery, which was originally founded in Taiwan almost 40 years ago, but is now in Brooklyn, New York. Yoseka's blog says its moving its physical store, which I'm not too…
If You Like Leather Goods, Check Out Makers South Leather Notebook Covers
Note: This is Adriana, and I recently stumbled upon this site from a post on PenAddict. I typically don't write about pens, paper, and my obsession with writing tools, but I was drawn in by reading another Chicana who loves…
Origin Story: My First Pelikan
A shorter version of this was originally posted as my first post to the fountain pen Reddit group. One of the courses I created and teach at CSU Dominguez Hills is on comics and graphic novels. Part of any super…
New Semester, New Month, New Bullet Journal
Given that this blog started in July, it's been a long time since I posted. I'm not writing this to excuse the absence -- this is a space for fun and is not my job -- but because July ended…
