Just two more days until Pelikan Hub 2019 and it feels like my whole world is revolving around this Friday night worldwide party. Of course, this is the first year that I am a hubmaster. Can you believe it? As an introvert, throwing a party makes me want to throw up so it’s taken the better part of a year to work up the energy and courage to do this. But I think I’m ready. I couldn’t have done it without help from Laura (my sidekick in blog writing, knitting, tea drinking, road tripping, and all-around best bud) and Bob (Husband #1) and many folks from our local pen club who have offered to bring food and drinks. It takes a village to organize a good party!
Pens:
- Platinum #3776 Century Rokka Fountain Pen (via The Pen Addict)
- Bastings Pneumatic glass fountain pen (via Too Many Pens)
- Opus 88 Koloro Demonstrator Fountain Pen (via A Better Desk)
- Kaweco Sport Orangina (via dapprman)
- Should I have stopped buying pens in November 2016? Thoughts on the Lamy 2000 Bauhaus (via UK fountain pens)
- Nakaya’s big brother: the 17mm (via UK fountain pens)
- Magically captured in time: the LAMY dialog urushi edition (via Inked Happiness)
- Montegrappa Tulip for Team Fox (via Inked Happiness)
“Oh, they don’t count” (via UK fountain pens) - A Vintage Gateway? Wing Sung 601 “Vacumatic” Filler (via The Gentleman Stationer)
Ink:
- Vinta Azure Maharlika 7107 (via Mountain of Ink)
- KWZ Sheen Machine (via Mountain of Ink)
- P.W. Akkerman Royal Akkermanblauw Ink (via Gourmet Pens)
- Cult Pens Diamine Christine Iridescink Review (via The Pen Addict)
- Organics Studio Nitrogen Blue (via Alt. Haven)
- P.W. Akkerman Parkpop Purper Ink (via Gourmet Pens)
- Sailor Manyo Inks (via Fountain Pen Follies)
- Mo Ink, No Mo Problems: Penlux Mò Tangerine and Plum (via Fountain Pen Follies)
Pencils:
- A Pocketful Of Bullet Pencils (via From the Pen Cup)
- Pencil Review: Masterart Wood 2B (via Polar Pencil Pusher)
- I think I’m turning Japanese (via Polar Pencil Pusher)
- Pencil Review: Musgrave News (via Polar Pencil Pusher)
Notebooks & Paper:
- Noodling about in a Norderly (via Nero’s Notes)
- Journaling exercises to help create a positive mindset (via Quo Vadis Blog)
- Week 34: Radiance (The Bullet Journal Method Book Club) (via Tiny Ray of Sunshine)
- Post-War Japanese Notebooks Recording Hirohito’s Regrets (via Notebook Stories)
- Stationery for Writing Letters – Original Crown Mill Fine Laid Paper (via Gourmet Pens)
- Coming Soon: Rhodia Wirebound dotBook! (via Rhodia)
- Techorui Toshoshitsu: A Library of Notebooks (via Notebook Stories)
- 10 Clever Examples of BuJo in the Classroom (via Bullet Journal)
- Solo Traveling with Rhodia (and Upcoming Giveaways!) (via Rhodia)
- New Notebook Alert: Yoseka Stationery (via The Gentleman Stationer)
Art & Creativity:
- My Journey with Travel Sketching. (via The Finer Point)
- The Six Stages of Learning Calligraphy (via The Postman’s Knock)
- What’s your favourite shadow grey mix? (via Liz Steel)
- Bronzite and Burnt Bronzite (Daniel Smith Watercolor) (via Parka Blogs)
- 15 Online Art and Photography Classes to Spark Your Imagination (via My Modern Met)
- Diary collages (via Austin Kleon)
- Rules of the studio (via Austin Kleon)
- Handknit and Handpainted: Tools (via Mason-Dixon Knitting)
- Josephin Ritschel presents architecture and its surroundings as a stage for storytelling (via It’s Nice That)
- These Quirky Characters are Guaranteed to Make You Chuckle (via Doodlers Anonymous)
Other Interesting Things:
- New Words That You Should Add To Your Vocabulary (via Design You Trust)
- Life lessons from novels (via Flow Magazine)
- Be kind to your body (via Flow Magazine)
- Knit to This: Colbert and Cooper in Conversation (via Mason-Dixon Knitting)
- Lego reveals first brand campaign in 30 years, Rebuild the World (via It’s Nice That)
- Polaroid launches Polaroid Lab, a new phone-to-analogue device (via It’s Nice That)
- Welcome To The Retro Racing At Goodwood 2019, A Classic Car Racing Festival Celebrating The Mid-Twentieth Century Heyday Of The Sport (via Design You Trust)
- Pre-order the Fujifilm X-A7 Mirrorless Digital Camera (via Tools and Toys)
- “The System” x “Space Cat” Pen Roll by Rickshaw Bagworks (via Tools and Toys)
- Collaborating with the Nazis: The Black Mark on Remington’s Typewriter History (via oz.Typewriter)
- Lochby Field Journal & EDC Travel Roll – Great Daily Carry Accessories! (via Gourmet Pens)
- Stamp Honors ‘Father of Modern American Poetry’ – Newsroom (via USPS)
- Parcel Boxes (via Letter Writers Alliance)
Ana, if my (admittedly limited) interactions with you at the Vanness table during pen shows is any indication, your hub will be getting an exceptionally good host this year. Best of luck, but I bet it’s going to be great!
I’m driving in from Emporia for the Hub on Friday, and I’m excited to see what you have in store for us!
Ana, with the help of Laura and Bob, hosted a fantastic Pelikan Hub. It was a wonderful time, and sets the bar for KC.
Thank you Ana for the drawing, the setup, the ink testing stations, the bags and tissue paper for the Pelikan swag. It was all done very well. I thoroughly enjoyed it.