People often tease me that “back-to-school” season is my favorite holiday and I fully own this. So much so that when I get emails about the Sept. 1 launch of Hobonichi’s 2022 line-up, I get the same giddiness that we got as kids when the Sears Christmas Catalog would arrive and we would start dog-earing the pages and circling what we hoped Santa would bring.
Well, its on! Hobonichi day is here! If you are not a Hobonichi fan, don’t worry. This is just the starting gun for planner season. There’s a link below for Yoseka’s planner available. And a reminder that big box stores will be moving the school supplies to the clearance aisle this week and filling those prime spots with Halloween merchandise this weekend.
Pens:
- Back to basics with round nibs (via mnmlscholar)
- Esterbrook JR Paradise with Scribe architect nib: the feelgood hit of the summer? (via UK fountain pens)
- Pen Review: Esterbrook JR Pocket Pen (Paradise set, Tuxedo and vintage Esterbrook J) (via Macchiato Man)
- Introducing the Caran d’Ache 849 Rollerball (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- Do Your Pens Make You Want To Write? (via An Inkophile’s Blog)
- Fountain Pen Review: Platinum Curidas Gran Red (via Rants of The Archer)
- Epitome Pens Liberty Fountain Pen (via Gourmet Pens)
- Pilot Acroball Spotliter 3+1 Multi Pen and Highlighter Review (via The Pen Addict)
- The Best Pastel Highlighters (via JetPens)
Ink:
- Isn’t grey just wannabe black? (via mnmlscholar)
- Birmingham Pen Company ink swatch tests (via FOUNTAIN PEN INK ART)
- Ink Review #605: Tono & Lims Earth Contact Line: Turquoise (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
- Ink Review #1628: Van Dieman’s Blackened Seas (via Mountain of Ink)
Pencils:
- Pencil Review: Dixon Metrico 1910 (No. 2) (via Polar Pencil Pusher)
Notebooks & Paper:
- Envelope Art: 8 Easy Ways to Kick It Up a Notch (via The Postman’s Knock)
- 2022 Planner Lineup (via Yoseka Stationery)
- Crown Mill laid writing paper (via Nero’s Notes)
- When is a good time to buy a new Filofax? (via Philofaxy)
- Merging Digital with Analog (via Bullet Journal)
- Lemome Notebook Review (Fountain Pen Love)
Art & Creativity:
- Demonstration Review of the Pilot Shunpitsu Pocket Brush Pen (via RozWoundUp)
- Reflex sketching with Paul Wang (via Liz Steel)
- What is on my table? End of August 2021. (via Apple-Pine)
- Vermeer Restoration, Finally Complete, Reveals a Painting Within a Painting (via Hyperallergic)
- The Superb Pop Collages and Artworks by Rafael Bergamini (via Design You Trust)
- Full Spectrum Q&A with author Adam Rogers (via The Pen Addict)
Other Interesting Things:
- My Experience at the 2021 DC Pen Show! (via Notebook Joy)
- San Francisco Pen Show: Day 1 Recap (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- Back to Work Check-In: What I’m Using (2021 Edition) (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- Nandi Bushell Performs ‘Everlong’ Live With Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters (My Modern Met)
- Zen Gardens by Yuki Kawae Interrupt Doomscrolling with Meditative Patterns (via Colossal)
- A Brief History of Nautical Fashion (via Charm Patterns)
- “I’ve managed to break a few boundaries along the way”: Meet the blind photographer who captured this year’s Paralympians (via It’s Nice That)
- Black Daguerreotypists Highlighted at the Smithsonian (Via Hyperallergic)
- Care Home Residents Recreate Popular Album Covers (via Design You Trust)
- The Endless Life Cycle of Book Cover Trends (via Eye on Design)
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The Sears Christmas Catalog! Thank you for that memory.