Link Love: Pencil Bouquets & Chicago Love

Pens:

• Wancher “The Dream Pen” Urushi Fountain Pen (via Pencilcase Blog)
• The Wancher Dream Pen (via On Fountain Pens)
• Franklin-Christoph Model 66 Fountain Pen Needlepoint Nib (via Gourmet Pens)
• Sailor Shikiori Tsukuyo-no-Minamo Fountain Pen, Shimoyo (Frosty Night) (via Pen Addict)
• Sailor Professional Gear Slim/Sapporo Mini (Medium-Fine Nib) (via Hand Over That Pen)
• New pen day! Taccia Spectrum, Opus Koloro 88, Wing Sung 601 (via UK Fountain Pens)
• Luminous and limited: the Kaweco Art Sport (via UK Fountain Pens)
• Platinum Carbon Desk Fountain Pen (via Scribble Jot)

Ink:

• Beaufort Inks Swatch tests (via Fountain Pen Inks and Bleach)
• Diamine Sapphire Blue (via Gourmet Pens)
• DeAtramentis Louis XIV of France, Antique Pink (via Pen Addict)
• Monteverde Topaz (via Alt. Haven)
• Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu-Syogun (via Winter Sharks)
• Kyo-no-oto #6 Adzukiiro (via Mountain of Ink)
• Glare Havana Brown (via Wondernaut)
• Pent Ebizome (via Macchiato Man)
• Monteverde Garnet (via Mountain of Ink)
• Kyoto Tag Kyo-Iro 02 (Ohara’s Morning Snow) (via Gentleman Stationer)

Pencils:

• Platinum Pro-Use 171 Drafting Pencil 0.9 mm (via Pen Addict)
• Viarco 1951 Super Desenho Pencil (via The London Parchment)
• Maped Globe Pencil Sharpener (via Art Supply Critic)
• Make your own pencil (for $593.75) (via Bleistift)
• How to Make a Valentine’s Day Pencil Bouquet (via CW Pencils Blog)
• No. 2 (via Letter Writers Alliance)

Paper & Notebooks:

• Col-o-ring Ink Swatchbook (via Calligraphy Nut)
• Kinda Sorta Bujo-in’ With a Hobonichi Weeks (via Economical Penster)
• My New Notebook Crush Revealed! (And Reviewed) (via Notebook Stories)
• Midori Traveler’s Notebook, an invaluable tool from Japan / Boing Boing (via The Cramped)

Art & Art Supplies:

• First Page of My Sketchbook (via Liz Steel)
• Official Portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald (via Colassal)
• One Minute Art History: A Hand-Drawn Animation in Myriad Historical Art Styles (via Colassal)
• Continuing the Sketchbook Conversation (via My Giant Strawberry)

Letter Writing:

• Valentine’s Day Political Postcard Writing Party (via Paper Pastries)
• Printable Valentine’s Day Envelope Liners (via Oh So Beautiful Paper)

Other Interesting Things:

• Chicago Gets An Upgrade! (via From the Pen Cup)
• Century Pens in Chicago (via Nina Johansson)
• Stationery Tourism: Paris Edition (via CW Pencils Blog)
• AP Chicago – We’re Hiring! (via Anderson Pens Blog)
• Thoughts on the WHSmith and Cult Pens Merger. (via The Finer Point)
• Free Downloadable Valentine (via From the House That Lars Built)
• Envelope Treat Box (via Letter Writers Alliance)
• Ask the Hallmark Historian: Esther Howland, the Original Valentine (via Think. Make. Share.)