Year in Review: Stationery Highlights 2024 (via A Gathering of Curiosities). I love reading everyone’s year-end recap posts as they come out, especially for those who thoughtfully add to their collections.
If I Could Only Have One Fountain Pen (via Stationery Pizza). Definitely one of the better choices for a “one pen” carry.
If There Would Only be One Pen I Could Keep (via SBRE Brown). The answer to this question is so different from person to person! I didn’t see this one coming.
Visit to Maruzen Nagoya in Nagoya, Japan (via Inkredible Colours). The fact that multistory stationery and bookstores like this exist continues to amaze me.
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like INKMAS! (via Well-Appointed Desk). Don’t miss Ana’s annual ink series in the leadup to Christmas!
Ensso Roiro Urushi (via Figboot on Pens). So apparently Ensso is now dabbling in limited edition urushi releases! These pens are sold out but I found the review interesting.
On Keeping This Blog Going (via Urban Adventure League). People often reach out to me about blogging: how to get started, how to keep writing, why write a blog when Instagram, etc. I really enjoyed this post as it attempts to answer some of these same questions.
What Does Your Local Architecture Student Carry? Too Much (via A Fleeting Ripple). Too much? Never. I love that it all gets used.
Sterling Ink Notebook Review (via Notebook Stories). I’ve never used a Sterling Ink notebook but probably should. High page volume and Tomoe River Paper have plenty of people interested.
Last Minute Gift Ideas for Notebook Lovers (via Notebook Stories). I added this link because the referenced book, so far, is very, very good. I’m only a chapter in but enjoying it.
Pilot Silvern Fountain Pen Review (via Pen Addict). Maybe the only Pilot model I haven’t tried?
In Case You Missed It…
This week on the blog, I recapped the first 10 days of Inkvent/Colorvent! I’ve been posting each days ink reveals to Instagram Stories, along with a poll asking people to vote yay, nay, or blah for each ink. This post reveals the top three inks from each inky advent calendar for the first three days, and also adds one that I think was grossly underrated. I’ll plan to do another recap around Day 20, and then a final recap once “Inkvent” ends.
I also posted the first of my annual year-end recaps, discussing my favorite product “discoveries” from the first part of 2024. I’ll be doing more of these as the month continues, before we start fresh after the New Year!
This Week in the T.G.S. Curated Shop - Get Your Holiday Orders In! Plus Holiday Hours to Close Out December.
It’s Holiday Season crunch time, and it’s been great to see so many of you in person visiting the shop. We will continue extended Holiday Hours (Thursday and Friday 1pm-6pm, Saturday 10am-7pm, and Sunday 12-5pm) until 6pm on December 23, when we will close until after Christmas for some much needed days off. We have all sorts of new arrivals available both in-store and online, including recently arrived inks from Taccia, a Roterfaden Taschenbegleiter restock, new TWSBI ECO Amazonite’s set to arrive Monday and Tuesday (but available for pre-order), and more. Be sure to check out this week’s Thursday Drops post for all the details.
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