Link Love: First Day Jitters

First, I want to remind everyone that this weekend, Laura is participating in a knit-a-thon to raise money for food charities. She’ll be knitting for 12 straight hours and you can still help support her efforts. Looking forward to cheering her on from my bench seat.

Second, today is my first day at a new job. I’m nervous to start a new job with new people in a new place. I want to do a good job, be creative and clever and all those things. But… I am also worried about a lot of the dumb stuff that you worry about on your first day too like will there be a place to microwave my lunch or should I bring a salad instead? Do we get a lunch break or does everyone eat at their desk? Should I take anything to put on my desk like, you know, GOOD pens and a nice notebook? And then there’s modern day concerns like which mask should I wear? Plain or something with a pattern that shows a bit of style? I know it’s crazy to worry about this kind of thing but I do. Doesn’t everyone? So, while you all are tucked up at home working in your jammies or going about your daily routine, send me a little good luck mojo. Thanks!

Pens:

• Kaco Alpha gel pens (via Bleistift)
• Schon DSGN insert-laboured-pun-here Brass in Pocket 6 (via United Inkdom)
• Gravitas Knotwork fountain pen (via Too many pens)

Ink:

• L’Artisan Pastellier Encre Classic Ocre Jaune (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
• Ferris Wheel Press Pink Eraser on Rhodia (via Inkcredible Colours)
• Kaweco Pearl Black (via Mountain of Ink)
• Tokyo International Pen Show Blackness High Tea (via Macchiato Man)
• PenBBS #159 Bitter Herb (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)

Pencils:

• Wagner: The All American Pencil Company (via pencil talk)
• Mechanical Pencil Review: Ohto Sharp APS-280E (via The Gentleman Stationer)

Notebooks & Paper:

• The Scale of Paper Absorption: Part 3 (via Left Hook Pens)
• Carriage House Papermaking Kit: A Review (Part 2 of 2) (via The Pen Addict)
• Yoseka Stationery’s Guide to Traveler’s Notebooks (via Yoseka Blog)
• Esc. Goods 160 GSM Bullet Journal Notebook Review (Including Pen Test) (via All About Planners)

Art & Creativity:

• Revisiting my coloured ink collection (via Liz Steel)
• Grateful: Noise-Canceling Headphones (via Apple-Pine)
• 21 Watercolors That Show How The Sun And Shadows Change Cities (via Design You Trust)

Other Interesting Things:

• A Short History of Grand Central Terminal, a New York City Landmark (via My Modern Met)
• The Pen Punk Podcast. (Via PENCIL REVOLUTION!)

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