Creating an Artist Book with Inkvent Inks (via A Gathering of Curiosities). I love seeing how everyone has used their Inks, especially making beautiful gifts like this one.
Diamine Inkvent 2023, Closing Thoughts (via Cheryl Lindo Jones). While 2023 did indeed have a bit of a slow start, there were some great colors in this year’s set!
Diamine Inkvent 2023 Summary (via Writing at Large). I followed the daily posts over at Writing at Large throughout December!
Visiting Stationery Shops in Japan (via Inkredible Colours). Bookmarking this for later this year. (Hopefully….)
Bokumondoh Urushi Studio (via Figboot on Pens). Lots of us received pens back from Bokumondoh in 2024, and I’ve enjoyed reading everyone’s reactions.
Lamy Cursive Nib: Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me? (via Cheryl Lindo Jones). One of the best-kept secrets in “nibdom”! We still have several in stock, just sayin’….
Papier Plume Iron Lace (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist). I purchased a bottle of this ink during my last trip to New Orleans and absolutely loved it! Blacks and greys with subtle undertones of other colors were my kryptonite this year.
Greatest of All Time (GOAT) 2023 (via SBRE Brown). Another post long-awaited by many each year!
Personal Fountain Pen Roundup for 2023 (via Dapprman). We’ll likely be seeing many more year-end wrap-ups as people evaluate their collections. I appreciate the trend of people being more deliberate with their acquisitions.
A Planner and a Plan (via Pete Denison). I’m still in the process of firming up my own plans, but some of us are well on our way!
In Case You Missed It….
I’m not a huge “New Year’s Eve Person,” preferring instead to spend my day resting up for Jan. 2. You can read a bit more about what I’m up to in yesterday’s post, and it’s mainly cleaning, reorganizing, and, of course, shipping all your orders. ;) Earlier in the week, I wrote out my personal reflections and intentions for 2024, which hopefully my new journaling/planning strategy will reinforce. More on that later this week!
Last week I also did some 2023 year-end recap content, which you can catch up on here if you’ve been offline due to the holidays.
This Week in the T.G.S. Curated Shop
Restocks (finally) slowed down a bit this week, since most distributors are giving their employees a well-earned vacation prior to inventory counts this week! You can also help us out in this regard by shopping our year-end inventory clearance sale and New Year’s special, in which you can take 10% off all Notebook Systems through 11:59pm tomorrow night (January 1, 2024) using the coupon code “NEWYEAR24” at checkout! All orders over $75 still ship free, and many “last call” items have been marked down. That’s not to say there weren’t some new arrivals - we received a fresh shipment of Nakabayashi scissors, Logical series notebooks, and more!
Help Support T.G.S. in 2024!
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