KWZ 2025 St. Louis Pen Show Meet Me in St. Louis – 314 Blues ($20 for 60ml Bottle) is the limited edition ink available at this year’s St. Louis Pen Show. Each bottle is 60ml and there will only be 200 bottles available. The ink will be sold exclusively at the show (this weekend Friday…
Monday I reviewed the Ink Archiving Books from Dominant Industry and today, I have the inks that were released to compliment the collections. For each collection, there were two inks released. For the Log of Atlantis the two inks were Atlantis (shimmer) and Seaweed (standard). For The Log of Elixir the inks are both standard…
Patron Derek kindly interviewed me on his most recent video podcast episode. You can watch on YouTube or listen to the audio version only. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Check out some of the other great interviews with other pen community luminaries: Joe Crace (Gentleman Stationer), Jaclyn Myers (Kaleidosc,…
I forgot that Tuesday was the 15th anniversary of this little stationery project we call The Well-Appointed Desk. I started this project 15 years ago and it has grown from a Tumblr blog to a whole stationery life. I went from posting quick little posts about work spaces and the occasional product review to a…
Initially, I was just going to post and review about the new(er) Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book: The Log of Elixir ($31). Jesi posted a review awhile ago about the Log of Atlantis ($28) awhile back so I thought I didn’t need to write about it. But I acquired both Ink Archiving Books at the…
I cannot believe I have waited so long to write a review of the Kakimori Stainless Steel Dip Nib. Some of this may be that the nib was released in the last few years and I have a very established method for doing ink swatching and ink testing. That said, I can no longer ignore…
Today is my birthday so I thought I’d let you celebrate since I can’t give everyone a cupcake like grade school. I don’t normally do sales on the shop but for one day only, everything* is 20% off. Use the coupon code: MYBIRTHDAYTREAT on any order over $20 (*Sale does not include De-stash. Offer expires…
