As we head into July, stationery and pen fans tend take a moment to rest, enjoy the summer holidays and then re-evaluate their planner or other analog set-up. It’s just how we roll. This week, several posts feature reviews and reflections on goals and stationery plans that were set into motion in January. How have your stationery or planner approach changed since January?
Also, two more sites have taken time to play along with our #21penquestions tag. Some great answers!
Links of the Week:
(although some people — who shall remain nameless– don’t deserve it!)
- One more for the community’s exploration of #21PenQuestions (via mnmlscholar)
- 21 Pen Questions – Answered (via The Pen Addict)
Pens:
- Sailor King of Pen Fountain Pens Explained! (via Yoseka Stationery)
Ink:
- Ink Review #2239: Dominant Industry Earl Grey Tea (via Mountain of Ink)
- My 10 Favorite Teal Inks (via Mountain of Ink)
- Lennon Tool Bar Watermelon (via Inkcredible Colours)
- Wearingeul World Literature Part 2 (via Mountain of Ink)
- Ink of the Week – Papier Plume Bayou Nightfall (via Fountain Pen Love)
- Musing on Limited Edition Inks (via Dime Novel Raven)
- An ink you like is too wet or dry – do not throw it out (via dapprman)
- Anderillium Inks – Inspired by Nature (via Pen Boutique Ltd)
- Pennonia Ink Lab Swatch Tests (via Nick Stewart’s FOUNTAIN PEN INK ART)
- Proprietary Ink Cartridges: Endearing or Annoying? (via The Gentleman Stationer)
Pencils:
- Vintage Colored Pencils: Caran d’Ache Supracolor Fine (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
- Mechanical Pencil Lead Size Comparison (via JetPens Blog)
- Henry Petroski, 1942-2023 (via pencil talk)
Notebooks & Paper:
- How do they do that? (via Nero’s Notes)
- Team Yoseka’s 2023 Mid-Year Planner Update: Changes for 2024??? (via Yoseka Stationery)
- How to Start a Simple Bullet Journal (via Bullet Journal)
Art & Creativity:
- Design Notes on the Alphabet (via Kottke.org)
- How Wes Anderson Uses Miniatures to Create His Distinctive Worlds (via Kottke.org)
- Successful creatives share how they won their first client (so you can too) (via Creative Boom)
- 40+ Best Free Procreate Stamp Brushes (incl. Paid Versions) (via The Designest)
- Fashion Illustration Jobs: Traditional vs Digital (via Glamour Daze)
- Sydney Opera House in Edges, Shapes and Volumes (via Liz Steel)
- Overly Grand Manners: Volker Hermes Exaggerates Historical Portraits with OstentatiousAbsurdity (via Colossal)
- Tin Can Knits App! (via tin can knits)
Other Interesting Things:
- What Tom Bihn Backpack Should I Buy? (via Carryology)
- Be wary of unofficial sites impersonating TRC USA (via TRAVELER’S COMPANY USA)
- StationeryFest (via Bleistift)
- Where Does An Inkophile Search For Ink And Pens? (via An Inkophile’s Blog)
- Stationery On the Go, Train Edition (via The Pen Addict)
- 2023 Mid-Year Recap: Six Favorite Posts from the First Half of 2023 (via The Gentleman Stationer)
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