Sunday Reads: September 30. 2018

Stuff I Looked At Elsewhere & Read

• Homemade peanut butter cups - Brown-Eyed Baker. Oh, and the best chewy chocolate chip cookies.
• Marbled raspberry pound cake - Smitten Kitchen.
• Healthy peanut butter rice krispie treats - Ambitious Kitchen.
• Botanical: A Collection of Impressionistic Plant Specimens Captured Against Greenhouse Glass - Colossal.
• Yellow cupcakes with frosting - Hungry Girl Por Vida.
• The Neon Archives: An Exploration of Hong Kong’s Fading Neon Landscape - Colossal.
• 5 minutes that will make you love classical music - NYT.
• A giant crawling brain: the jaw-dropping world of termites - The Guardian.
• 2018 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards - Sad and Useless.
• Wicked espresso cake - Sprinkle Bakes.
• DIY citrus, coconut, and brown sugar scrub - A Beautiful Mess.

Stuff I Apparently Did This Week

• Vlog #5 A Short One - Things I Read & Just Rambling
• Scrittura Elegante at Tilburg, Brussels & London Pen Show - Discounts and Giveaways!
• Kunisawa Japanese Find Notebooks & Stationery
• Ink Shot Review: KWZI IG Mandarin
• Wordless Wednesday
• PENtastic 3 in 1 Combination Folded Pen
• Pelikan Edelstein Olivine Ink Review

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Pelikan Edelstein Olivine Ink Review @AppelboomLaren @Pelikan_World

Thank you to Appelboom for sending this ink for a review!

ABOUT

Color: Green
Bottle: 50 ml
Price: $14.47 USD
Where to buy: Appelboom

 

Discount Code (excludes Montblanc, though): friend

PROS

• Legible green for all your nibs!
• Work appropriate.
• Easy to fill from bottle - nice wide mouth.
• Attractive, heavy glass bottle. Great because you're less likely to tip it while filling!
• Beautiful shading.
• Pretty easy to clean.

CONS

• A larger bottle of ink costs quite a bit.
• The color is not quite what I imagine a true olivine to be, but I am not a gemologist. 

OVERALL

Olivine is not quite the color I pictured when I was imagining what Pelikan would create for this gemstone. I pictured something lighter with more shading, all on top an olive base. That doesn't mean it's not a beautiful color. It really is, and it's well-behaved and has some goodness going for it. What do you think?

I received this item/these items free of charge for the purposes of this review. I was not compensated monetarily for my review. Everything you've read here is my own opinion.

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