Misfill, Butterflies Edition

Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:

— May Butterflies Ink Palettes (Mountain of Ink)

— Please Do Not Eat the Zines (KBBBlog)

— Lamy Petrol (2025 version) (Inkcredible Colours)

— Live from the 2025 Chicago Pen Show! (Inkdependence)

— Q1 2025 Carries (Everyday Commentary)

— Everyday Karas Basik.001 Review (The Poor Penman)

— Paper Systems and their Uses (Rachel's Reflections)

— Discarded Packaging and Labels Find New Life in Kelly Kozma's Vibrant Patchworks (Colossal)

— How Will Tarrifs Affect The Skate Industry? (Jenkem Magazine)

— Hooligan Georgia (Figboot on Pens)

— Finally a fountain pen you can use as a tactical baton (Extra Fine Writing)

— Ink Swatch Wednesday: A Hodgepodge (Cheryl Lindo Jones)

— The Paper Mind Tranext Notebook Review (Blake's Broadcast)

— Notebook Review: Logical Prime (Notebook Stories)

— Outsized impact (Stationery🍕)

— Ink review: Endless Alchemy Mocha Mousse Delight (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— "Emigre Fonts: Type Specimens, 1986–2024" Book (Core77)

— April-May’s Currently Inked Fountain Pens (Writing at Large)

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Misfill, Typewriter Letter-Writing Edition

Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:

— Typewriter Letter-Writing at The Paper Mouse: a Fun Event! (Paper Blogging)

— Aurora Optima Blue-Green (UK Fountain Pens)

— Diamine Bilberry (Inkcredible Colours)

— I Have 4 More Exclusive Inks! Tributes to our cats, past and present! (Inkdependence)

— Bloggiversary VIII!! (Weirdoforest Pens)

— Pen Review: Kuretake ZIG Clean Color Dot Marker - Mild Smoky 6-Color Set (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— MAD about pencils (Bleistift)

— The History of the Pocket Slim Filofax, Part 2 (Notebook Stories)

— Ask TGS: Five Benefits to Buying Fountain Pens In-Person (The Gentleman Stationer)

— Writing About Art is HARD (Comfortable Shoes Studio)

— Some Things John Waters Collected (greg.org)

— A Book of Studies in Plant Form (feuilleton)

— NYTimes "T Magazine" Japan Issue (Tokyo Fashion)

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Misfill, Ceramic Edition

Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:

— Amiee Byrne turns discarded everyday items into hyper-realistic ceramic artworks (It’s Nice That)

— Fountain Pen Companion turns 8 today (April 17th) (Fountain Pen Companion)

— Diagnosing and Adjusting a Poorly-Writing Fountain Pen Nib (SBREBrown)

— Best Fountain Pen Stores in Europe (Figboot on Pens)

— Five Years in the Making, a MiG-21 Fighter Jet Gets a Glow-Up from Tens of Millions of Glass Beads (Colossal)

— Take Note! Chicago Stationery Shops Enjoying Revived Interest in Analog Communication, Fueled by Social Media and Celebrities (Chicago News - WTTW)

— And Now For Something Completely Different (Rachel's Reflections)

— This very fat pen will make all your dreams come true (Extra Fine Writing)

— Which Sharpener is Best: It's a Sharpener Showdown! (Inkdependence)

— Yes, Micarta for me! I finally got my hands on Some Micarta Pens, Plus My Own Special Edition (The Gentleman Stationer)

— My New Blue Wallet (Inkcredible Colours)

— Re-examining the Sebenza in 2025 (Everyday Commentary)

— 10 Thread-Bound Tomoe River Notebooks Worth Trying (Rediscover Analog)

— My Spring Cherry Blossom Stories - Blooming (The Penguin Post)

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