Wow! I got this post finished and there are so many recaps, round-ups, and other wrap-ups for 2018 plus plans for 2019 that it might take the better part of a week to read them all. Luckily, we have all of 2019 to reminisce about 2018.
Year-End Rounds Up and Resolutions:
- 2018, Penwrapped. (via Leigh Reyes. My Life As a Verb.)
- My top 12 inks 2018 (via Nick Stewart, Fountain Pens Ink & Bleach)
- 2018 Pen Wrap Up (Top 5s!) (via Hand Over That Pen)
- 10 Stationery Podcasts in 2018 (via Mountain of Ink)
- State of the Union 2018: Fountain Pen Ink (via Macchiato Man)
- 2018 – An Inky Year in Review (via Looped Square)
- Chris’s Top 10 Inks of 2018 (via Anderson Pens Blog)
- The Best Fountain Pen Inks for Ordinary Paper, 2019 Review (via JetPens.com)
- My 2019 Analogue System (via Wonder Pens Blog)
- 2018 Annual Review, Part 2: Favorite Writing Accessories (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- 2019 Creative Goals (via Looped Square)
- 2018: My Favourite Tools. (via The Finer Point)
- 2018 Annual Review: What I Liked, Didn’t Like, and Want to See Next Year (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- The Ultimate New Year’s Resolutions Guide + Printable Goal List (via The Postman’s Knock)
- The most popular articles in 2018 on Liz Steel.com (via Liz Steel)
- December 2018 Roundup (via Parka Blogs)
- 2018 — a Year in Review (via My Giant Strawberry)
- Tina’s 2018 Top Products (Plus Fails) (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee:)
- My reading year, 2018 (via Austin Kleon)
- Best Nine of Instagram Posts (via Apple-Pine)
- New Year Vibes! Download free January 2019 digital wallpapers (via Think.Make.Share.)
- Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2018 (via kottke.org)
Pens:
- A Peak into LAMY’s 2019 Special Editions (via FrankUnderwater)
- Chinese Pen News You Need to Know Dec. 2018 (via FrankUnderwater)
- nake charmer: the Montblanc Rouge et Noir (via UK fountain pens)
- AmazonBasics, Gel Ink, 0.5mm (via Pens and Junk)
- Fisher Space Pen – Clutch (via The Clicky Post)
- The TWSBI Eco T (via The Pen Addict)
- Conklin Empire Stardust Blue Fountain Pen with OmniFlex Nib (via Gourmet Pens)
- Pilot crosses a hundred years of being in 2018, Platinum to follow in 2019 (via Inked Happiness)
Ink:
- Blackstone Red Kunzea (via Gourmet Pens)
- KWZ Chicago Blue (via Alt. Haven)
- 12 inks for 2019 (via UK fountain pens)
Pencils:
- Graf von Faber-Castell: 25 Years of the Perfect Pencil (via Contrapuntalism)
- Blackwing Volume 4. (via Pencil Revolution)
Notebooks & Paper:
- Setting up your bullet journal for the new year! (via Rhodia Drive)
- Notebook Addict of the Week: Austin Kleon (via Notebook Stories)
- Determining your Priorities for the upcoming year (via Quo Vadis Blog)
- Notes on overcoming writers block (via Ooh, I love your notebook!)
- Book Review: The Bullet Journal Method (via The InkSmudge)
- Popov Leather A5 Chocolate Brown Journal Cover Unboxing (via Gourmet Pens)
Art & Creativity:
- How to Learn + Create Modern Calligraphy: A YouTube Video (via The Postman’s Knock)
- How to Use Watercolor Pencils (via JetPens.com Blog)
- 200 Years of Typography and Letters Found Online (via Hyperallergic)
- Chuck Jones’s Trick for Drawing Animal Legs (via kottke.org)
- Updated sketching kit details (via Liz Steel)
Other Interesting Things:
- Should you get a matte screen protector for your tablet? (via Parka Blogs)
- The Unofficial Hand Lettering Society of Silver Spring celebrates the art of the word (via The Washington Post)
- Kokuyo Shellbro Pen Case (via The Pen Addict)
- Happy New Year, From the Rainbow Typewriter Warrior with a Creamy Underwood (via oz.Typewriter)
- What Is Glitter? (via The New York Times)
