Link Love: Back at the Desk!

I was going to post about the DC Supershow but I realized two things. First, as always, I am so busy helping people during the show that I completely forget to take any photos. The only images I could show you are the ones I “borrow” from other people. And second, all anyone (including the internet) can talk about today is Stationery Fest currently taking place in Brooklyn. Between the long lines and the rainy morning weather, it look slike there may have been some challenges for the start of the event but everyone seems to be in good spirits and excited for this inaugural event. I recommend checking out posts on instagram under the hashtags: #stationeryfest2024 or #stationeryfest. If you want to find photos from DC, check out #DCpenshow2024

Pens:

• How to Troubleshoot a Fountain Pen (via JetPens Blog)
• Tactile Turn Vice Side Click Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
• BENU Viper Fountain Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
• It’s a new month, what’s in your pen cup? (via Chronicles of a Fountain Pen)
• The Manuscript Calligraphy Pen: early thoughts. (via Fountain pen blog)

Ink:

• Wearingeul Mad Hatter Ink Review: Everyday Shading Ink (via Pen Chalet)
• August School Ink Palettes (via Mountain of Ink)
• Lennon Tool Bar Moo-sin-a (via Inkcredible Colours)
• Ink Omakase: July 2024 (via Inkcredible Colours)
• Ink Review #2595: KWZ Red 1 (via Mountain of Ink)
• Vinta Inks Azure Maharlika Ink Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Two more Diamine Exclusives for Art from the Heart (via FOUNTAIN PEN INK ART)
• Ink Review #823: P.W Akkerman Voorhout Violet (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Journaling to Improve Handwriting and for Posterity (via The Postman’s Knock)
• Back from the wilds… (via Nero’s Notes Blog)
• Guide to Paper Sizes for Fountain Pen Enthusiasts (via Pen Chalet)
• A Kodak Photo Printer (via Wonder Pens Blog)
• My Journal is Full, Now What? (via Chronicles of a Fountain Pen)
• Setting Up My Traveler’s Notebook (via Inky Imaginings)
• Here Comes Planner Season (via Dime Novel Raven)
• Downsizing to Pocket (via Philofaxy)
• Filofax Fever (via Notebook Stories)
• Empowering Youth with the Bullet Journal Method (via Bullet Journal)
• A case study in digital writing (via The Typewriter Revolution blog)
• A case study in writing on paper (via The Typewriter Revolution blog)
• 100 Percent Cotton Paper Does NOT Mean It’s Great (via RozWoundUp)

Art & Creativity:

• Just show up (via Drewscape)
• Summer-ized (via Abigail Halpin)
• Warm-up With These Art Prompts (via My Modern Met)
• REVIEW: 20 New Watercolors from QoR Artist Watercolors  (via Doodlewash)
• POV: In a “sea of sameness”, taste and storytelling will become vital creative skills (via It’s Nice That)
• Does screen time help or hinder creativity? (via It’s Nice That)
• Vivid, Translucent Quilts by Wally Dion Stitch Together Indigenous Culture and Making Traditions (via Colossal)
• On My Table: Beginning of August 2024. (via Apple-Pine)

Other Interesting Things:

• What’s In the Box? (The Olympics Medalists’ Box) (via Kottke.org)
• Cooking with Pixar, a playlist of videos with recipes inspir… (via Kottke.org)
• Stunning Photographs British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker (via Design You Trust)
• Public Work: A Fast Search Engine for Public Domain Images (via Kottke.org)
• Roll for Purchase: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Stamps Released Today (via USPS Newsroom)
• My Most Used Pens and Inks – July 2024 (via Inky Imaginings)
• 2024 D.C. Pen Show Recap and Class Resources (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Choosing Accessories and Arranging Space: Starting an Office from Scratch (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Hidden for Centuries, Rare 17th-Century Miniature Papercuts Have Been Discovered Under Floorboards in Hackney (via Colossal)
• Flavor Flav Becomes a Sponsor for the U.S. Water Polo Team (via My Modern Met)
• Anticipation and recall (via Austin Kleon)
• A 2,000-Year-Old Marble Mosaic Floor Emerges from the Sea in Italy (via Colossal)
• The Olympics Then and Now: Watch Side by Side Comparisons (via My Modern Met)
• Waste books (via Austin Kleon)
• Baby Bird Is Rescued Using a Warm Tortilla (via My Modern Met)

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