Link Love: Cotton Candy FTW

Today, Jesi and her daughter will arrive in Kansas City on their way to Saint Louis for the Saint Louis Pen Show. They will stay here for the night and go with Laura and I to our local pen club. Needless to say Laura and I are ridiculously excited to have three-quarters of the Desk staff in one city.

Remember, you can find Jesi and I at tables 220 and 221 all weekend in St. Louis so please stop by and say hello! Buy some lovely restored Esterbrook Pens from Jesi and get your Col-o-ring and Col-o-dex from me, along with a great assortment of paper goods from Skylab Letterpress. We even have vintage pencils, a couple typewriters, vintage Rolodex and more. I’m pretty sure I’m bringing more than will actually fit on the table!

As a result of pen show preparations, Link Love will be short this week. So I leave you with the fastest way to eat cotton candy:

Girl crushes a cotton candy eating contest ❤️. pic.twitter.com/AiEATAWBQH

— DestinyDelight (@DelightDestiny) March 15, 2018

Pens:

• Aurora Talentum “Full Black” Fountain Pen (via Ed Jelley)
• EK Tools Journaling Pen (via Pen Addict)
• Uniball Vision Needle with Waterproof Fade-proof Ink (via Parka Blogs)
• Jeffbona In[k]ception, Gel Ink, 0.4mm (via Pens & Junk)
• Final Round of The System Tornado Rollerball – (and Pencil!) (via Clicky Post)
• Video: Ystudio Brassing Fountain Pen (via Scrively)

Ink:

• Monteverde Caribbean Blue (via Gourmet Pens)
• Krishna Inks Jungle Volcano (via Gourmet Pens)
• Graf von Faber-Castell Olive Green (via Alt. Haven)
• Diamine – November Rain (via Fountain Pen Inks & Bleach)
• Ancient Song Winter October (via Mountain of Ink)
• Montblanc Swan Illusion (via Mountain of Ink)

Pencils:

• Blackwing Volumes 10001 (via Irv’s Stationery)

Paper & notebooks:

• Notebook vs. washing machine (via Austin Kleon)
• Field Notes “Three Missions” Edition (via Tools & Toys)
• How to Keep an Everyday Journal (via Seaweed Kisses)
• One Book July (via Philofaxy)
• Field Notes Signature (via The Finer Point)

Art & Creativity:

• Watercolor Tips for Beginners from Top Watercolor Artists (via Doodlers Anonymous)

Other Interesting Things:

• Views From The Shop: Behind The Instagram (via CW Pencils Blog)
• Daily Journaling Prompts for July 2018 (via Quo Vadis Blog)