Several years ago, entirely by accident, Jesi and I started a tradition of wearing matching striped dresses at pen shows, regardless of which tables we are working at. At the Dallas Pen Show was quite a delight because one of our co-workers at the Dromgoole’s table, Jessica, came prepared in her own stripey shirt and then our good friend Kim arrived in her own stripey dress. We were so tickled. Now I want a whole pen show of stripey shirts and dresses on Saturdays! Be one of us! Wear stripes on Saturday!!
We worked like crazy and had almost no time to walk around, visit or shop so these two pictures were about all the proof we have that we were even at the pen show. That, and selling cubic tons of ink. Hope you got your new favorite ink at the show!
Pens:
- Review: Asvine P20 Fountain Pen (via Inky Imaginings)
- The Ultimate Guide to Pen Refills (via JetPens Blogs)
- Fountain Pen Rotation: What’s in Your Cup this Month? (via Chronicles of a Fountain Pen)
- New Pen Day: Sheaffer Snorkel (via CJs Wunderkammer)
- Pelikan Pura P40 – A different kind of Pelikan for the Hub (via The Pen Addict)
- Pen Porn: Journey in Space (via Rachel’s Reflections)
- My Most Used Pens and Inks – September 2024 (via Inky Imaginings)
Ink:
- Spooky October Ink Palettes (via Mountain of Ink)
- Ken’s Night Moon River (via Inkcredible Colours)
- Ink Review #831: P.W Akkerman Chinatown Red (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
- Pelikan Edelstein Ink of the Year Golden Lapis Review and Pelikan Hubs 2024 (via Writing at Large)
Pencils:
- Uni Kuru Toga Metal Mechanical Pencil Review (via The Pen Addict)
Notebooks & Paper:
- Why the ISO paper sizes are great (via Stationery)
- wanted: mark’s flourishing days a5 notebook review (via A Fleeting Ripple)
- Confessions of a Notebook Hoarder (via Inky Imaginings)
- The Revenge of the Archivist, aka Backdating My 5-Year Journal // A.C. (via Baum-kuchen)
- Notebook Review: Miquelrius Logbook (via Notebook Stories)
Art & Creativity:
- BOOK REVIEW: The New Artist’s Guide to Drawing by Mark Liam Smith (via Doodlewash)
- How Robert Frank Pushed the Boundaries of Photography (via Hyperallergic)
- New Course: Unlock Your Creative Potential with Mood Board Magic (via decor8)
- Finding Treasures (again) (via Apple Pine)
- It’s Orange Season! (via Apple Pine)
Other Interesting Things:
- Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo Offers Stunning Seasonal Moon Projection (via My Modern Met)
- Explore the World of Studio Ghibli With This Printable Board Game (via My Modern Met)
- Autumn leaves (a September mixtape) (via Austin Kleon)
- Kodak and the Invention of Popular Photography (via Kottke.org)
- 2024 San Francisco Pen Show (via Olive Octopus)
- An inherited complimentality (via mnmlscholar)
- Unexpected stationery likes that were free or cheap (via Urban Adventure League)
- USPS Rate Increase for the 2024 Holiday Season (via Pirate Ship)
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