Sunday Reads - September 21. 2014

• Quadruple chocolate shortbread cookies.
• A Fool With A Pen reviews the Pilot Knight fountain pen. 
• Write To Me Often reviews a Fabio Ricci notebook.
• Pens! Paper! Pencils! reviews Private Reserve's Black Cherry ink. Sounds yummy. Looks yummy.
• From The Pen Cup reviews the pretty Palomino Blackwing Pearl pencils. 
• Ed Jelley reviews Organics Studio The Real Teal ink. 
• The Gentleman Stationer reviews the Uni-ball Signo DX gel pen. 
• My Pen Needs Ink covers some Stationery Choices For Your Letter Writing.
• FP Quest reviews the Sheaffer Crest fountain pen.
• SBRE Brown sizes #5 and #6 nibs. 
• JetPens' guide to choosing a felt tip marker pen.
• The Well-Appointed Desk reviews Pelikan Edelstein Ruby ink cartridges.
• East...West...Everywhere! reviews the Monk Paper A4 Soft Cover sketchbook. 
• My Coffee Pot reviews the Sailor Realo Professional Gear fountain pen. 

And don't forget you can get 10% off at Pen Chalet until the end of the year on your purchases! (Not an affiliate link!)

Sunday Reads - May 25. 2014

• Inktronics reviews the Pilot Metropolitan fountain pen.
• Shades of Neon - some pen p0rn over at A Penchant for Paper.
• Pens! Paper! Pencils! review the Palomino Blackwing Pearl pencil. Check out the review for a great sketch as well. Have a look at Ian's review of Pilot Iroshizuku's Ama-Iro, too.
• The Clicky Post talks about why the Retro51 Tornado is a great "first pen", which I agree with. They're addictive, but they're also encouraging. 
• What else to do with ink bottles?
• Everyday Carry Essentials: Keychains, at Gear Patrol. Ooooh the EDC bug is chomping...
• FP Physicist reviews Organics Studio's Join or Die Sepia, which is a very peculiar colour!
• The Pen Addict reviews a white Lamy Pico, which I have been curious about for a long time - small pen, portable, adorable refill (although proprietary), ballpoint...
• Are you against wildlife trafficking? You don't have to answer. But this is worth a watch. 
• Want to order a Clicky Post Dudek Modern Goods tee?
• SBRE Brown reviews this ridiculously cute Peter Pan micro fountain pen. 
• Write To Me Often reviews the adorable Sailor Sapporo Mini fountain pen with a zoom nib. 
• The Gentleman Stationer does a mega review of the Nock Co. cases - Part I, Part II, and Part III.

And don't forget you can get 10% off at Pen Chalet until the end of the year on your purchases! (Not an affiliate link!)

Sunday Reads - May 4. 2014

• GIVEAWAY! 
• Pens! Paper! Pencils! and Twiss Pens!
• Submit your articles for the Carnival of Pen, Pencil, and Paper!
• Pen Habit reviews the Montegrappa Expressione fountain pen.
• An interview with John Twiss of Twiss Pens, at Pens! Papers! Pencils!
• The Clicky Post reviews the Pelikan M205 fountain pen. 
• Scribalishess reviews the gorgeous Caran d'Ache Delicate Green fountain pen ink... I need it.
• A magnified drop of seawater, at Colossal. 
• Pen and ink city scapes, at Colossal.
• One of my favourite Pilot Iroshizuku ink colours - Tsuki-Yo, reviewed by Ed Jelley. 
• A Fool With A Pen reviews Akkerman Hague Brown - a yummy chocolatey brown that looks seriously tempting. 
• Bleistift reviews the gorgeous Pelikan M101N Tortoiseshell Brown fountain pen... I love the tortoiseshells...
• Pens! Paper! Pencils! reviews Organics Studio Nickel ink - a teal ink that I myself rather fancy. 
• The Pen Addict lists some of the worst pens he's ever reviewed - chime in and add to the list!
• The Unroyal Warrant reviews a pretty stunning Nakaya fountain pen. 

And don't forget you can get 10% off at Pen Chalet until the end of the year on your purchases! (Not an affiliate link!)

Sunday Reads - September 1. 2013

• An Organics Studio giveaway - 20 bottles of ink and a pen?!
• Buttermilk pancakes with buttermilk syrup. My god. I may need to eat these. 
• Anderson Pens present the Franklin-Christoph 02 Anderson Pens Edition!
• We need to learn more about bees. Bees are crucial. I had no idea bees existed in these stunning colours.  
• The Clicky Post reviews the Retro 51 Tornado "Jefferson" Vintage Metalsmith pen.
• Palimpsest is seriously making me drool with this stationery store - R.S.V.P in Berlin. I'm obviously living in the wrong country.
• Cole reviews the Viarco ArtGraf Watercolor Graphite Set. 
• Ed Jelley reviews the beautiful Sailor Sapporo fountain pen, as well as P.W Akkerman Vorhoot Violet fountain pen ink.

Review: @OrganicsStudio Emily Dickinson Posie Pink Ink

Shout out to Tyler of Organics Studio for sending this delectable pink ink for me to review and share with you. My god. Is it ever spectacular. 

ABOUT

Color: Pink
Bottle: 55 ml
Price: $14.00
Price/ml: $0.25/ml
Where to buy: Anderson Pens

PROS

• Exquisite flow.
• Wonderful pink colour.
• Gorgeous for broad-nibbed calligraphy.
• Lovely shading, especially in a flex pen.
• Dries quickly, despite being such a wet ink.
• Very legible, even in fine nibs.

CONS

• None. Seriously. I absolutely adore this ink.

OVERALL

Hey. This is a gorgeous pink ink. Seriously. Look at it. Okay, if you don't like pink inks, then you're biased to begin with. I happen to like pink ink, but I'm also very particular about my pink standards. This one blew me away with its wet flow, which I absolutely love. I also love the bottles, which are not glass. I like a nice glass ink bottle, but I worry a lot less about dropping and breaking this one (um, yes, I have dropped glass ink bottles. Fortunately, none have broken thus far...). Do not be disturbed by my taste test. You don't need to lick your ink to use it. I very highly recommend this ink!! Pick yourself up a bottle from Anderson Pens - or just a sample if you're nervous about a bottle of PINK ink.

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This ink was provided free of charge for review (and ridiculous enjoyment) purposes. Wasn't paid, y'all. I'm completely honest. I mean, look at the taste test.  

Mailbox Goodies: I Should Go Away More Often.

I was away from my mailbox for three weeks. I didn't have time to prepare this post last Monday, so it had to sit and wait for an extra week, so this is actually only three weeks of waiting. Only, she says.

This is what was waiting for me on my desk when I got back. The first thing that was opened was the tube, which contained the most fascinating letter I've ever received (pictured in this post, I'll point it out). Speaking of letters...

Tallia, girl, you know my taste. Thank you!!

I FINALLY broke my three month pen and ink-buying hiatus - you know, the one that Eric challenged me to way back when. Okay, not way back when, but three months ago. I finally bought myself the Pelikan M400 white tortoise, a pen I have wanted for a long time now. I have the BB nib ground to a stub by John Mottishaw. And then I had to wait an extra two weeks to come home to it, which was torture. And I still haven't had time to ink it.

Some inks and an eyedropper pen (my favourite) from Organics Studio - reviews to come.One of these are pink. Yes. Yes. If you can't wait for reviews, pick some up at Anderson Pens for yourself. I won't judge you. Thank you Tyler!

From JetPens, I placed TWO orders. Well, I broke the hiatus. May as well go all out, right? I actually took the plunge on another Noodler's pen. That ink is Diamine Graphite.

Some awesome surprise stamps from my pal Steve!! Note the circle resembles the logo in my banner!! I will have to incorporate this into some artistic logo art somehow! Thank you so much Steve.

Andy sent me the super cute pink Clairefontaine notebook and Calepino notebook - which you will see up on FPGeeks but not for a little while. Thank you Andy! Adorable, right?

Here is what was inside that mysterious tube - a scroll of a letter, with more letter around it, and some ink samples, including Parker Penman Sapphire (which I had, shockingly, not yet tried!!). One of the coolest pen pals ever. If you're reading this Bill, thank you.

Thank you everyone, for the wonderful letters, surprises, parcels, random things... thank you. You are all so kind, so generous, so thoughtful. I appreciate you all so much.

Sponsor Highlight: @AndersonPens !

Lovely readers! I know most of you are fountain pen crazed. I know this because I am. And I spend hours staring at them online because I have problems and petting them because I have even more problems. If you don't already know about the lovely team of Brian and Lisa Anderson, of Anderson Pens, I present... well... Brian and Lisa of Anderson Pens!

At Anderson Pens, you will find many goodies, such as:

• Pen storage
• Pens
• Nibs
• Ink
• Paper
• Repair
• Writing Accessories

Check them out - they have a great variety of things you won't be able to resist (I know this because I don't resist), and you can also contact them with any inquiries and they'll be awesome and super happy to help you out or point you in the right direction if they can't. Like, if you ask where to buy an elephant or something. Well, maybe they can't help you with that. But I bet Brian can help you find a pen without a nib.

Follow the AndersonPens blog, Twitter, and Facebook! You can also catch the hilarious duo on their Tuesday evening podcast. (Really...they're hilarious.)

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Inkventory: January 2013

Um... I took these pictures but now they're dated. Because my ink collection has grown since these days... These were taken at the end of January. I really will have to reign in my ink buying or I'll have nowhere to put all my (future) inks by the end of the year. That's disgusting, I know.

Anyway, this is just a bunch of ink porn. I have no life, okay? WARNING: Image heavy post ahead.