Link Love Archives - The Well-Appointed Desk https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/category/link-love/ For the love of pens, paper, office supplies and a beautiful place to work Wed, 25 Oct 2023 12:13:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://i0.wp.com/www.wellappointeddesk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-WADicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Link Love Archives - The Well-Appointed Desk https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/category/link-love/ 32 32 40314258 Link Love: Postage Notes https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/10/link-love-postage-notes/ https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/10/link-love-postage-notes/#comments Wed, 25 Oct 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/?p=2126444264 Did you know that the USPS is doing stamp collaborations with Field Notes now? That’s right, you can get a Field Notes pocket notebook with the most recent stamp release on the front with the official cancellation. There are waterfalls, famous people, holidays, The Peanuts Gang and more available on a Field Notes. Check out…

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Did you know that the USPS is doing stamp collaborations with Field Notes now? That’s right, you can get a Field Notes pocket notebook with the most recent stamp release on the front with the official cancellation. There are waterfalls, famous people, holidays, The Peanuts Gang and more available on a Field Notes. Check out the current USPS Philatelic Catalog for all the current stamp releases. There are some really beautiful designs.

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]]> https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/10/link-love-postage-notes/feed/ 1 2126444264 Link Love: The One Where I Keep Losing My Pens https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/10/link-love-the-one-where-i-keep-losing-my-pens/ https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/10/link-love-the-one-where-i-keep-losing-my-pens/#comments Wed, 18 Oct 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/?p=2126443638 If you’ve been a pen collector long enough, eventually you lose or misplace a pen. Part of owning fountain pens is that we make a much more concerted effort to keep track of my writing tools. However, sometimes, one goes astray. When you are really unlucky, you discover that you’ve misplaced TWO in the course…

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]]> If you’ve been a pen collector long enough, eventually you lose or misplace a pen. Part of owning fountain pens is that we make a much more concerted effort to keep track of my writing tools. However, sometimes, one goes astray. When you are really unlucky, you discover that you’ve misplaced TWO in the course of two weeks. That’s what happened to me. In my case, neither pen was inexpensive. One was a limited edition color of a readily available pen design and the other was a bog standard fountain pen with a VERY SPECIAL nib. Sigh.

I have been panicked, sad, angry, annoyed and an array of other emotions since discovering that my pens were gone. But as the days have passed and they have not returned, my hope is that wherever they went, someone is truly appreciating their beauty and functionality.

Maybe, if my luck reverses, they will return to me. Can you all say a little prayer to the pen gods for me? I miss my pens.

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]]> https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/10/link-love-the-one-where-i-keep-losing-my-pens/feed/ 9 2126443638 Link Love: COLORPIK Pen — it’s back! https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/10/link-love-colorpik-pen-its-back/ https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/10/link-love-colorpik-pen-its-back/#comments Wed, 11 Oct 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/?p=2126443438 Buyer Beware! The “This Innovative Artist Pen Can Draw in 16 Million Colors” (via My Modern Met) is back! This is a product under a different name than previous tools but its another in a long list of products that tries to make it possible to have all the colors of the rainbow in one…

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]]> Buyer Beware! The “This Innovative Artist Pen Can Draw in 16 Million Colors” (via My Modern Met) is back! This is a product under a different name than previous tools but its another in a long list of products that tries to make it possible to have all the colors of the rainbow in one pen.

I am not going to link it anywhere except here in my intro because, honestly, I still don’t believe this can work and is there really a need for this? How are the colors cleared out or do you get gooey griege/poop brown/etc while the pen shifts from orange to green? I shake my head. Please, if you know of a real world need for this, let me know in the comments. In the meantime, I am just going to ponder a world where this is the kind of product development people are clamoring for.

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]]> https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/10/link-love-colorpik-pen-its-back/feed/ 2 2126443438 Link Love: Take a Deep Breath https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/10/link-love-take-a-deep-breath/ https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/10/link-love-take-a-deep-breath/#comments Wed, 04 Oct 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/?p=2126443080 Do you ever have one of those weeks that is so chock-a-block full of meetings, lectures and presentations that you do not remember what the outside world looks like? If not, let me be your cautionary tale. Go outside, feel the sun or rain on your face and the scent of unfiltered air, if only…

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]]> Do you ever have one of those weeks that is so chock-a-block full of meetings, lectures and presentations that you do not remember what the outside world looks like? If not, let me be your cautionary tale. Go outside, feel the sun or rain on your face and the scent of unfiltered air, if only for a couple minutes. Take a few deep breaths, in with fresh air and ideas, breath out and release you stress and anxiety. The five minutes you spend breathing in some fresh air will make heading back in for that meeting or lecture better.

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]]> https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/10/link-love-take-a-deep-breath/feed/ 1 2126443080 Link Love: SHITT (Should I Try This?) https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/09/link-love-shitt-should-i-try-this/ https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/09/link-love-shitt-should-i-try-this/#comments Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/?p=2126442546 This week’s title is borrowed from Austin Kleon who wrote a short post about SHITT (Should I Try This?). He claims that SHITT is a close cousin to FOMO and describes it as a condition that may plague many of us — the inclination to see or hear about someone else’s method for accomplishing a…

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]]> This week’s title is borrowed from Austin Kleon who wrote a short post about SHITT (Should I Try This?). He claims that SHITT is a close cousin to FOMO and describes it as a condition that may plague many of us — the inclination to see or hear about someone else’s method for accomplishing a task and then thinking to yourself “Should I try this?” I think every time we think we need to try a new type of fountain pen nib, journal-writing technique or planner layout (to name just a few) we are falling victim to the SHITT condundrum. What kind of SHITT have you gotten caught into recently?

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]]> https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/09/link-love-shitt-should-i-try-this/feed/ 1 2126442546 Link Love: Apple Spice Ink Party https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/09/link-love-apple-spice-ink-party/ https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/09/link-love-apple-spice-ink-party/#comments Wed, 20 Sep 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/?p=2126442075 It’s finally getting cooler here in the Midwest and that makes me pull out all my sweaters, drink spice teas and even crave the occasional pumpkin spice latte. Even my ink cravings start leaning more autumnal: browns, russet reds, pumpkin oranges and dusky greens. Oh, and have you seen the monrach butterflies migrating? We ooh-ed…

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]]> It’s finally getting cooler here in the Midwest and that makes me pull out all my sweaters, drink spice teas and even crave the occasional pumpkin spice latte. Even my ink cravings start leaning more autumnal: browns, russet reds, pumpkin oranges and dusky greens.

Oh, and have you seen the monrach butterflies migrating? We ooh-ed and ahh-ed at lunch today as butterflies flew over our heads. It was magical.

Are you ready for the change in the season wherever you are?

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]]> https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/09/link-love-apple-spice-ink-party/feed/ 1 2126442075 Link Love: Cracks in the Sidewalk https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/09/link-love-cracks-in-the-sidewalk/ https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/09/link-love-cracks-in-the-sidewalk/#comments Wed, 13 Sep 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/?p=2126441625 Can I tell you how mesmerized I am by the guerrilla crack repair done by the aritst Ememem (see the link below in “other interesting things”)? I love random acts of art like this. I love trees wrapped in knitwear, sidewalk chalk paintings and beautifully created murals. I love when the neighbor decides to repaint…

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]]> Can I tell you how mesmerized I am by the guerrilla crack repair done by the aritst Ememem (see the link below in “other interesting things”)? I love random acts of art like this. I love trees wrapped in knitwear, sidewalk chalk paintings and beautifully created murals. I love when the neighbor decides to repaint the garage door with flowers painted by their children. I love yards covered with statuary. I love the Watts Towers. This is art for the sake of art and for making the world a more beautiful place. Its like planting flowers in an abandoned field. What random acts of art making can I do? Or you?

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]]> https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/09/link-love-cracks-in-the-sidewalk/feed/ 1 2126441625 Link Love: Long Weekend, Short Attention Span https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/09/link-love-long-weekend-short-attention-span/ https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/09/link-love-long-weekend-short-attention-span/#respond Wed, 06 Sep 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/?p=2126441349 Long weekends throw my whole schedule off. Don’t get me wrong, having an extra day off from the jobby-job is great but everything else gets scrambled. Is it Taco Tuesday yet? When is Knit Night? Is it Link Love day already?!?! Where did the week go? What’s your best technique for getting back on schedule…

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]]> Long weekends throw my whole schedule off. Don’t get me wrong, having an extra day off from the jobby-job is great but everything else gets scrambled. Is it Taco Tuesday yet? When is Knit Night? Is it Link Love day already?!?! Where did the week go?

What’s your best technique for getting back on schedule after a long weekend?

Enjoy this week’s links which include recaps from both the DC and SF Pen Show, planner reflections and tips for fixing your typewriter carrying case. That’s all you need, right?

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]]> https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/09/link-love-long-weekend-short-attention-span/feed/ 0 2126441349 Link Love: Super Blue Moon Edition https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/08/link-love-super-blue-moon-edition/ https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/08/link-love-super-blue-moon-edition/#comments Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/?p=2126441138 Today is a Super Blue Moon and a BIG edition of Link Love. There are 5-year diary posts (two of them!), pen show recaps and some fun art supply reviews. Our Interesting bucket is overflowing with weird and wonderful posts like Austin Kleon’s college radio show playlist, a video of printed props for film with…

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]]> Today is a Super Blue Moon and a BIG edition of Link Love. There are 5-year diary posts (two of them!), pen show recaps and some fun art supply reviews. Our Interesting bucket is overflowing with weird and wonderful posts like Austin Kleon’s college radio show playlist, a video of printed props for film with Adam Savage, fancy pigeons and more. It’s a big list this week so enjoy and if you’re anywhere near inclement  weather today, stay safe. xoxo, Ana.

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]]> https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/08/link-love-super-blue-moon-edition/feed/ 1 2126441138 Link Love: Best Link Love Yet! https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/08/link-love-best-link-love-yet/ https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2023/08/link-love-best-link-love-yet/#comments Wed, 16 Aug 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/?p=2126440635 This Link Love edition has it all: 21 Pen Question responses, DC Pen Show reports, lots of art journaling content, great perspectives on pen buying, paper explanations and even a pop can nib demo! Without a doubt, this is an edition of Link Love you’re going to want to click EVERY link. Enjoy!!! #21PenQuestions: Nibby…

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]]> This Link Love edition has it all: 21 Pen Question responses, DC Pen Show reports, lots of art journaling content, great perspectives on pen buying, paper explanations and even a pop can nib demo! Without a doubt, this is an edition of Link Love you’re going to want to click EVERY link. Enjoy!!!

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