Sunday Reads: June 25. 2017

Stuff I Looked At Elsewhere

• Meet the Milky Way: A Timelapse Video Shot From the Cockpit of a Swiss Airliner - Colossal.
• Marbled rainbow toast - A Beautiful Mess.
• Gluten-free Cinnamon Hazelnut Chocolate Chunk Muffins - Snixy Kitchen.
• Brown butter and toffee chocolate chip cookie - I am a food blog.
• Tokyo Aglow timelapse by Justin Tierney.
• A comprehensive guide to the Uni-ball Signo at JetPens.
• DIY hanging planters - Tell Love and Party.
• Fast Company - inside the unicorn economy. Are you yay or nay for unicorn things?
• Raspberry white chocolate cupcake - Bakers Royale.
• A video crash course on watercolors - The Postman's Knock.
• ICYMI: Stephen reviewed the Aurora 88 Satin with a supreme stub nib!
• Rose rose cookies - My Name Is Yeh (following up on that cake I recently shared).
• Go Pens Blog - Currently Inked.
• Anderson Pens blog: thINKthursday Robert Oster Sublime.
• Whisker fatigue - NY Times.

Stuff I Apparently Did This Week

• Ink Shot Review Diamine Flowers Pansy
• Wordless Wednesday
• Ink Shot Review: Robert Oster Peppermint
• Franklin-Christoph Flex Nib Teaser Video

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Franklin-Christoph Flex Nib Teaser Video

Franklin-Christoph sent me their new flex nib (14kt gold, fine) and their SIG flex nib (14kt gold, SIG grind, fine) to play with. This is not sponsored - I was not asked to make this video or even post a picture of the nib or writing samples. I was just feeling creative and had shot a few videos and pics, so I sat down to share some of that fun!

Visit Franklin-Christoph for a flex nib of your own, and I definitely recommend the SIG grind. It's a lovely combination of italic and flex! Please visit me on YouTube and subscribe & like if you enjoyed it!

Ink Shot Review: @RobertOsterInk Peppermint @NoteMakerTweets

Notemaker was on the hunt for a new Robert Oster ink to add to their stock, and in a vote for popular colors, Peppermint was one of the favorites. So here's a review of this gorgeous green!

ABOUT

Color: Green
Bottle: 50 ml
Price: $12.51 USD
Where to buy: Notemaker

PROS

• Peppermint... it makes me think of mint leaves in some romantic Christmas setting.
• Easy to fill from bottle.
• Easy to clean.
• Amazing sheen.
• Gorgeous color with great shading!
• Shades well.
• Looks so good in a clear pen!
• The label on top of the cap of the bottle has the name of the ink printed on it, as well as a tiny ink swab so it's easy to spot in your ink drawer/cabinet.
• Easy to store bottles.
• Robert Oster is a really nice guy, so I feel happy to support his creations.

CONS

• Nope. I love this color.

OVERALL

Peppermint ticks all the right boxes for me. I think this is a gorgeous green, especially in broad, wet nibs. It's so deep and saturated, and the sheen is so delectable. It's such a seductive ink! It shades really well because it's not so dark that it's just a dark green, so you get a nice green range. Also awesome for art purposes.

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I received this item free of charge to help Notemaker select a winning ink, but I'm also now using it for the purposes of this review. I was not compensated monetarily for my review. Everything you've read here is my own opinion.