Diamine Inkvent Calendar Day 10

(Susan M. Pigott is a fountain pen collector, pen and paperholic, photographer, and professor. You can find more from Susan on her blog Scribalishess.)

There are certain colors we associate with this time of year: red and green, of course, are the primary ones. But there are others--gold, silver, white, and blue. Me? I like unusual color combinations, such as the lime green color of the Grinch and Whoville’s vivid pinks and purples.

Diamine somehow managed to capture this combination in today’s ink: Winter Miracle. Winter Miracle is a gorgeous deep purple, but it is a shimmer and sheen ink. So, it also contains vivid lime green sheen and gold shimmer.

Winter Miracle is a brilliant shade of purple on its own. But when you add in the green sheen and shimmer, it really is quite miraculous. Even on the Rhodia paper, which sometimes doesn’t show off sheen or shimmer, Winter Miracle’s properties are evident in all their glory.

I’m really taken with Winter Miracle. I love purple anyway, but the addition of lime green sheen makes me smile, and that gold shimmer adds an extra-special touch. If I do send out Christmas cards (I’m really, really bad about doing so), this is the ink I’ll use to address them. Or . . . maybe I’ll send out New Year’s cards. Or . . . Easter cards. On second thought, I’ll just use this ink to sign my Hogwarts students’ diplomas.

(Cult Pens provided the Diamine Inkvent Calendar to Pen Addict free of charge for review purposes.)

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Posted on December 10, 2019 by Susan Pigott and filed under Diamine, Inkvent, Ink Reviews.

Leuchtturm1917 A5 Weekly Planner 2020 Giveaway

One week closer to a new year, and one week less to decide what planner to use for the upcoming year! I think the Leuchtturm1917 A5 Weekly Planner 2020 has one of the more functional layouts I’ve seen, with a two-page spread for each week as the core of the planner. In addition, it has monthly and yearly overview sections, project pages, and perforated pages for notes.

I have one planner to give away, in the Nordic Blue colorway, so read the rules below and enter away.

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Brad Dowdy and filed under Leuchtturm, Giveaways.

Diamine Inkvent Calendar Day 9

(Susan M. Pigott is a fountain pen collector, pen and paperholic, photographer, and professor. You can find more from Susan on her blog Scribalishess.)

Every Christmas when I was growing up, my mom would fill a big bowl with unshelled mixed nuts--Brazil nuts, walnuts, hazelnuts, pecans, and almonds. We had this metal hinged nut cracker that was appallingly bad at cracking nuts. But that was part of the fun: conquering the shell and getting to the yummy meat of the nut.

Today’s ink is called Nutcracker. It’s a rich, deep chestnut brown with good shading and a bit of green sheen, even though it’s a standard ink.

Nutcracker is a darker shade of brown than Triple Chocolaté from a few days ago. And it has a slight reddish cast to it whereas Triple Chocolaté leaned more toward the yellow-brown spectrum. Nutcracker is a satisfying brown, especially in broader nibs and in flex nibs because of the shading.

Nutcracker’s shade reminds me most of those huge Brazil nuts in the Christmas nut bowl. I haven’t eaten a Brazil nut since I was a teenager living at home. Maybe I should reignite the tradition this year. I inherited the pitiful metal nutcracker, so why not let the family enjoy the challenge of cracking nuts and pinching their fingers? Fa la la la la!

(Cult Pens provided the Diamine Inkvent Calendar to Pen Addict free of charge for review purposes.)

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