2025 New Year New Notebooks (via A Fleeting Ripple). How are you using your new notebooks in the New Year?
Looking Back to Go Forward (via Pen Addict - Kimberly). Using stationery to set personal goals, and then revisit them at the end of the year while you plan for the next.
The New Year Diary, 2025 (via Fountain Pen Blog). A very nice diary/planner, from a local stationer.
Pen Resolutions Tag 2025 (via Rachel’s Reflections). I have not even begun to formulate my own pen and stationery resolutions for 2025. Better late than never, right?
2025 Theme: Let Them/Let Me (via From the Pen Cup). I always enjoy reading Mary’s posts, and this one is thoughtful as always. Looking forward to more in 2025!
Planner Set Up: Use It Up! (via Well-Appointed Desk). “Use it up” might be one of my own stationery themes for 2025, now that I’m thinking about it.
Montegrappa 007 Goldfinger (via Figboot on Pens). Yes, I know it’s ridiculous, but for some reason I love these Bond pens.
William Hannah (via Philofaxy). Many of you inquire about William Hannah disc-bound planners from time to time, and I’ve really enjoyed them, though I use mine more as a standard notebook. This post compiles a bunch of different resources on the brand for those who are curious.
State of the Collection (via Weirdoforest Pens). It’s that time of year when everyone begins to take stock of what they have, what they are using, and what they might want to move on from.
Visit to Yotsuba in Shizuoka, Japan (via Inkredible Colours). All of these stationery stores apparently have their own custom inks; these are made by Sailor!
Pilot Custom 823 (Amber) (via Scrively). The Custom 823 is one of my favorite pens on the market, and if I had to choose one to keep, it would be the Amber.
In Case You Missed It…
This week I did my final post on Inkvent/Colorvent, including my thoughts on who “won” this year’s calendar competition. (Spoiler: I personally think it was Colorverse.) I also reviewed an “old” pen for the first time: the Kaweco Perkeo in the “All Black” finish, and came away impressed.
This Week in the T.G.S. Curated Shop
Despite distributor shipments being somewhat slow at the beginning of January, as people count inventory and prepare for the upcoming trade shows. We did receive the Pilot Iro-Utsushi Dip Pens, and also have restocked Midori and Caran d’Ache, including the favorite Fixpencils! Finally, don’t miss new arrivals such as our line of Fisher Space Pens and Rite in the Rain paper.
Our brick-and-mortar shop was closed this past weekend due to inclement weather, but we will be open again this coming week during normal hours (unless we get another snowpocalypse, which at least for now looks unlikely).
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