This week we have a few gift guides and — be prepared — next week will be the (somewhat) annual Pen Addict Gift Guide podcast episode with an appearance from yours truly! I’ll have a link for you for it next week. Stay tuned!
Gift Guides:
- 2024 Holiday Gift Guide (via Yoseka Stationery)
- The T.G.S. 2024 Holiday Gift Guide is Live! (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- The Colossal Gift Guide is Here (via Colossal)
- Pens:Pocket Pen Converters: Has Kaweco Solved the Mini-Converter Problem? (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- Nahvalur Original Plus Matira Quartz Fountain Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
- Sailor Bespoke Pens Explained – Yoseka Stationery
- You need an oblique nib? – Chronicles of a Fountain Pen
- Everyone Wants This Leopard Print Highlighter (via Hyperallergic)
Ink:
- Ink Review #2663: KWZ Jurassic Treasure (via Mountain of Ink)
- Inky Madness – Diamine (via Rachel’s Reflections)
- Diamine Inkvent Calendars – the perfect portal to a magical world of fountain pen ink (via Nick Stewart FOUNTAIN PEN INK ART)
Notebooks, Planners & Paper:
- Digging back in to the archive: How many do you own? (via Philofaxy)
- Diary inserts for 2025 (via Philofaxy)
- Midori MD Cotton Notebook Review (via The Pen Addict)
- Morning Notes Journal (via Nero’s Notes)
- Dissolving Everyday Boundaries with Notebooking // José Naranja – Baum-kuchen
- The Paper Plane – Iroful 75gsm paper (via inkxplorations)
Art & Creativity:
- Doodle Your Knitting With These Illustrative “Doodle Decks” (via Brown Paper Bag)
- Starting a New Journal (via RozWoundUp)
- BOOK REVIEW: The Big Book of Watercolor: The Must-Have Guide to Painting by Mallery Jane (via Doodlewash)
- REVIEW: Paul Rubens Floral Watercolor Palette (via Doodlewash)
- Ranking All the Ways I’ve Stored Embroidery Thread (via Brown Paper Bag)
Books and Bookish Things:
- The Best Reading Supplies for Book Lovers (via JetPens Blog)
- Meet the artist behind the cover of this year’s Booker Prize winner (via Creative Boom)
Other Interesting Things:
- Jamie Hewlett recreates Tank Girl for the 21st century (via Creative Boom)
- 10 Useful Things (via Olive Octopus)
- U.S. Postal Service Provides Update On Peak Holiday Season Preparations and Readiness (via USPS Newsroom)
- Tips to Overcome Hand Cramps with Fountain Pens (via Chronicles of a Fountain Pen)
- CPC 2024: Authentically Me (via Dime Novel Raven)
- Struggling to keep up with your habits? Try these tips and tools (via Rediscover Analog)
- The Slow Communication Movement (via The Typewriter Revolution blog)
- Souvenirs of gratitude (via Austin Kleon)
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