By Jessica Coles In the latest newsletter from Pen Chalet, I caught a glimpse of their newest ink. However, this ink had a special twist – it is a collaboration between Pen Chalet and ColorVerse and a limited edition as well. Only 300 boxes of the ink duo will be available and only from Pen…
Review by Laura Cameron I returned from the Chicago Pen Show last week with tons of new items to review. Let’s kickstart that today with a sample of one of the new colors from Robert Oster this season, Dusky Pink (50mL for $17.00). Ed. Note: Silly me… I spent the whole review thinking it was…
By Jessica Coles Purple inks. Purple inks are by far my favorite. When I hear about another purple ink, it’s only a matter of time until I have it in my pen. I heard about Purple Rain from Diamine when it first came out, but I only came into possession of my bottle recently; this…
Review by Laura Cameron When I was in the ink mecca a few months ago I pored over the Robert Oster swatch books and selected Honey Bee (50mL for $17.00) to come home with me. I chose this one since I have a lack of yellows in my ink stash, and this one looked gorgeous.…
By Jessica Coles Today we continue down the path of Lamy Crystal inks. I picked up two of these cute bottles at the Dromgoole’s table in Atlanta during the Atlanta pen show; Lamy Azurite and Lamy Agate ($16 each for 30mL). I have noticed a trend across many ink brands towards more well made but…
Review by Laura Cameron When I was in Arkansas last month, I had the opportunity to spend some quality time with the Vanness walls of ink and, with some help from the friendly shop staff, I found a new to me ink: De Atramentis Deepwater Obsession Black-Red (35mL for $14.00). Deepwater Obsession Black-Red is a…
By Jessica Coles This last weekend I had the great privilege of attending the Atlanta pen show for the first time. I had a wonderful time (one that I will recount in another post, very soon), however, I was very impressed with one ink that I picked up during the show. The ink is Lamy…
