Today’s Link Love is full of folks’ review and reveal from the various Inkvent and Ink Advent calendars so we will take a little break from Inkmas this morning — our own holiday ink review spectacular — to give you a chance to read some other recaps, reviews and ink dumps.
Enjoy and Inkmas will continue this afternoon!
Year End Wrap Ups:
- 2024 Year-End Review: Five Favorite Discoveries from the Past Year (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- My 2024 Top Tens (via Rachel’s Reflections)
- Year in Review: What happened with my 2024 Stationery Intentions? (via A Gathering of Curiosities)
- New Years Resolutions (via Philofaxy)
Pens:
- Zebra Sarasa Nano Vintage Color Set Review (via The Pen Addict)
- Pelikan M805 Demonstrator Fountain Pen Review (via BLAKE’S BROADCAST)
- Sakura Gelly Roll Retractable Metal Effects Gel Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
Ink:
- 24 Days of Dupes 2024 – Week 2 (via Rachel’s Reflections)
- Diamine Inkvent Days 5 – 11 (via CJs Wunderkammer)
- The Best Ink Swatching Supplies (via JetPens)
- Blood Stone Ink Review: Tono & Lims Earth Contact Line (via Pen Chalet)
- Ink Review #2681: Diamine Winterberry (via Mountain of Ink)
- Ink Review #2679: Diamine Sleigh Ride (via Mountain of Ink)
- Kingdom Note Eumicrotremus Barbatus (via Inkcredible Colours)
- Inkvent and Colorvent 2024: Recapping the First 10 Days of December (via The Gentleman Stationer)
Notebooks & Paper:
Art & Creativity:
- Finally, My Sketch Journal Sticks (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
- The Beginner’s Guide to Procreate: Part I – The Basics (via The Postman’s Knock)
- Unclogging a water brush (via Liz Steel)
- Best portable tablets for digital art (2024 edition) (via Parka Blogs)
Other Interesting Things:
- My monthly mixtape project is complete (via Austin Kleon)
- Billie Eilish’s Tiny Desk Concert (via Kottke.org)
- Monument Valley 3 is out today on iOS & Android and is free… (via Kottke.org)
- Recipe: Those Cinnamon Rolls (via Modern Daily Knitting)
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