I am headed to Charm City tomorrow to help the Dromgoole’s at the BWI Pen Show. But I gotta ask, why isn’t the Baltimore Pen Show called The Charm City Pen Show? That just seems like such a fun name for a pen show?!!?
Come find me, say hello and bring me your most challenging ink questions. I love to match ink to a pen!
I will then be in my home office for one week before I head off to the Chicago Stationery Fest. This will be the third show in 6 weeks and I think I’ll look forward to a bit of time at home once these are done. I guess its a good thing I never decided to be a fight attendant. Too much travel wears me out!
Any tips for keeping your energy up when you travel a lot? I could use all the help I can get.
Pens:
- LAMY safari: A Comprehensive Guide (via JetPens Blog)
- Hongdian M2 Space Grey Unboxing and Review (via Penultimate Dave)
- Quick first impressions of the Flexible Nib Factory ebonite feed (via CJs Wunderkammer)
- Highlighters and Printer Ink Smear Testing (The best highlighter brands) (via All About Planners)
- Sailor TUZU Adjust Fountain Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
- Fountain Pen Rotation: What’s in Your Cup this Month? (via Fountain Pen Chronicles and More)
Ink:
- 5 Ink Brands I Want To Try (via Inky Imaginings)
- Ink Review #2719: Ink Institute Jadeite (via Mountain of Ink)
Notebooks & Paper:
- The Paper Plane – Nakabayashi Yu-Sari paper (via inkxplorations)
- Levenger Freeleaf Paper: A Brand That Started It All for Me (via The Gentleman Stationer)
Art & Creativity:
- What is a Junk Journal? How to Get Creative With Everyday “Junk” (via My Modern Met)
- Artists Say Goodbye to Joann as Craft Stores Shutter Permanently (via Hyperallergic)
- Pro tips for reigniting your career in midlife, and beyond (via Creative Boom)
- How to Make the Perfect Watercolor Color Chart (Template Method) (via The Postman’s Knock)
- Sans Serif Lettering with Flourishes Worksheet + Video Demonstration (via The Postman’s Knock)
- OneWeek100People, 2025 Day 02 (via Citizen Sketcher)
- Experiments with Cheapie Paint Markers (via Comfortable Shoes Studio)
- The Right Tool for the Job (via Comfortable Shoes Studio)
- Apple-Pine: On My Table: Beginning of March 2025.
- When is my art polished enough? (via Drewscape)
- BOOK REVIEW: “Doodle Fantasy Worlds” by Amy Latta (via Doodlewash)
Other Interesting Things:
- Stationery Favourites – February 2025 (via Inky Imaginings)
- Creating Project Chaos (via Dime Novel Raven)
- Desk Accessories: What’s on My Desk, at Work and at Home? (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- Patrick & Shawn Update their What We Use Page (via The Cramped)
- This Artist Creates Uplifting Illustrations For Mental Wellness And Positivity (via Design You Trust)
- Traveler’s Company Stamp Caravan at Cityluxe (via Inkcredible Colours)
- Lennon Tool Bar Verdant (via Inkcredible Colours)
- The Best of Japan’s Stationery Awards 2025 (via JetPens Blog)
- London Spring Pen Show 2025: my haul. (via Fountain pen blog)
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