Misfill, DIY 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:

— My 2020 DIY Address Book (Polar Pencil Pusher)

— Omas Paragon (Old) Arco Bronze (Flex & Other Follies)

— Why handwritten letters are becoming more precious in an increasingly digital world (ABC News)

— Ink Review #995: PenBBS 361 Zhan (Mountain of Ink)

— Review: Opus 88 Omar Demonstrator Fountain Pen (The Pencilcase Blog)

— Hear Every Sample on the Beastie Boys' Acclaimed Album, Paul's Boutique--and Discover Where They Came From (Open Culture)

— What I’ve learned in the first year of running a subscription newsletter business (The New Consumer)

— Highway to pen (Bleistift)

— Diamine Inkvent Calendar Day 25 (Writing at Large)

— Heaven Sent! Diamine Inkvent Calendar Swatch Test Cards (Nick Stewart)

— 2019’s 20 best comics (The A.V. Club)

— Starting From Scratch (From the Pen Cup)

— Leonardo Officina Italiana MomentoZero Pietra Marina (SBRE Brown)

— The Fate of Office Depot (Original Content Books)

— Chronodex Weekly Planner Jan-Jun 2020 Released (Scription)

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TWSBI ECO Transparent Purple Fountain Pen Giveaway Winner

The TWSBI ECO is not only one of the best value fountain pens on the market, it is one of the best fountain pens, period. I love using mine, and I especially love giving them away, like this wonderful Transparent Purple limited edition. The winner of this giveaway is:

Congrats Ben! I’ve sent you an email to collect your shipping address.

Diamine Inkvent Calendar Day 25

Merry Christmas everyone!!! As usual, I spent Christmas Eve waking up every hour until the kids came in at 6:00 a.m. to open presents. Yes, they’re in college, but it’s tradition!

The ink for Christmas Day is called Happy Holidays. It’s a shimmer and sheen ink, and it comes in a 30ml bottle.

Happy Holidays is a blue/purple ink (primarily blue but with purple/magenta sheen), and I believe the shimmer is silver (in close up pictures it looks light blue).

I love, love, love blue inks, so I’m happy that the December 25th ink is blue. And it’s a pretty spectacular blue at that. The cobalt color shows up well in any size nib and that magenta sheen is fantastic. As always, if you want the shimmer to show up, it’s best to use wide nibs.

So, we’ve come to the end of the Diamine Inkvent Calendar. Now all twenty-five doors are open and all the inks are revealed.

I did an inventory of the twenty five inks in terms of color distribution. There were

• Six blue inks: Blue Peppermint, Polar Glow, Jack Frost, Festive Cheer, Midnight Hour, and Happy Holidays
• Five red inks: Candy Cane, Ho Ho Ho, Noel, Mulled Wine, and Poinsettia
• Four brown inks: Triple Chocolaté, Nutcracker, Gingerbread, and Roasted Chestnut
• Four green inks: Mistletoe, Elf, Season’s Greetings (teal), and Holly
• Two purple inks: Winter Miracle and Purple Bow
• One yellow/gold ink: Gold Star
• One orange ink: The Embers
• One grey/silver ink: Snow Storm
• One grey/black ink: Winter Solstice

Of these, my favorites are: all the blue inks, Noel, Mistletoe, Winter Miracle, and Winter Solstice. What are your favorites? Let us know in the comments.

I hope you’ve enjoyed these posts. I tried to do more than just ink reviews. I incorporated some of my favorite Christmas memories--memories evoked by the various inks in the Inkvent Calendar. I’ve enjoyed opening each door with you for the past twenty-five days.

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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

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