Today is the last day to enter to win a Brush Dance Journal.
Brush Dance supplied the Journals, I’m the President of Brush Dance, I’m biased, these Journals are AMAZING.
Comment below to be entered to win one of these pretties. Winner will be chosen randomly from all who enter. We’re giving away one Journal for every ten entries – up to ten winners!
Going to let the pictures do the talking today’s review of Pelikan’s Ink of the Year Edelstein Amber.
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| omg – I love it on this paper – omg |
The more I used it, the more I liked it – though after this initial fill, I’ve not been drawn to refill with this color. So – I like it, but it’s not love.
Earlier this week, I announced that I’m giving away a bunch of Brush Dance Journals.
I’ve received so many lovely comments about the Journals and wanted to take some time to answer some of the questions and comments. Remember, though, Brush Dance is my company, I had a hand in the design of these books, Brush Dance is supplying the books for the giveaway, and I am biased. Whew, that’s a lot of disclaimer!
Are these Journal/Notebooks Fountain Pen Safe?
You betcha! I’m a big ole pen/ink/paper nerd and I personally chose the paper that goes into the creation of these Journals.
Let me show you a couple of quick writing samples.
Where Are All of the Masculine Designs?
The vast majority of our customers are female, but that doesn’t mean that we don’t love you guys, too. We have some new projects in the works that will have more masculine designs. In the meantime, here are some items we have that the men we know say they like best…
Oh man. I hate this ink. Lots of others love it – and I’ll admit that I have nothing against it other than the color.
Sailor Jentle Epinard is just not for me.
It even has some pretty nice shading.
If you can get past the color. Epinard.
But I can’t.
I used a TWSBI with a stub nib for this review. I’ve mentioned before and I’m saying again, I don’t think stubs are for me, but that has nothing to do with this ink. I just don’t like it.
In fact, I loaded up my pen, wrote a tiny bit with it and immediately rinsed it right out my pen. So glad I only had a sample and not the full bottle.
Love it, hate it?
This is a tricky review for me because I can’t decide between..
Do I like it?
Do I love it?
I loved it at first – amazing color and saturation (the two most important things to me in an ink). There is some fun shading. It wrote well in the Lamy Safari.
But then I started wondering…
It’s a bit smeary. The water test as ungood (it’s a word).
So in the end – I didn’t buy a full bottle of Navajo Turquoise. I want to look at other turquoise inks and find THE one.
So let me ask you. Which is your favorite turquoise? Or maybe you love turquoise so much that you have many different bottles of various turquoise inks? Tell, tell.
Last week, Brush Dance (how I make money to fund my pen/ink/paper addictions) announced the release of eleven beautiful new Dreamer Journals. While we’re calling them Journals, they can also be used as a handy everyday notebook.
I am thrilled to have a bunch of these to hand out as prezzies – keep reading to see how you can get in on the action. Full disclosure . . . Brush Dance supplied the Journals for this giveaway, I had a hand in the design, I am biased, but really – they are pretty incredible and I know you’re going to love love love them.
You probably can’t read the teeny tiny text above in that top image, so let me tell you what it says….
Dreamer Journals from Brush Dance combine eye-catching modern designs with incredible functionality. Use as an everyday Journal or as a perfectly-sized notebook that will fit easily in most handbags.
Yum!
But wait…there’s more!
..136 lined pages
..high-quality 120 gsm interior paper
..wire-o binding
..stay-clean cover
..elastic band
..5″ x 7″
..Retail $11.95
Seriously, the only way you’re going to be disappointed is if you don’t win one of these pretties. Even then, you can go to the Brush Dance website and get one of your own for just under $12 – even less if you hurry because they are on sale as of this writing.
Here are some detailed pictures of some of the covers.
The interior pages are lined in a color that coordinates with the rest of the book – no basic black here.
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| Always Journey |
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| Courage Doesn’t Always Roar |
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| Paul Bond Art |
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| Oriah Mountain Dreamer |
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| Renee Locks |
I have up to ten of these great books to give away. For every ten people who leave a comment here, I will give away one Journal, but the maximum number of Journals I have is ten. In other words – if 50 people leave messages, I’ll send Journals to five lucky people. If 10,000 people leave comments (yikes!), I will send Journals to ten lucky people. Makes sense, yes? Winners will be chosen randomly, of course.
Because my blog is a tiny hobby and I’m convinced that only Mr. Pentulant reads it – I’ll leave the comments and contest open until Tuesday, August 31. Please only enter once – and, Mr. P., you are not eligible to win.
Leave a comment – be entered to win! Yippy!
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| Diamine Flamingo Pink |
Woooo!!!
This is my second look at Diamine Flamingo Pink. Here’s my first test run of this fabulous color.
Dude.
Go buy this ink.
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| Flamingo Pink Ink Swabs (3, 2, 1) |
I really didn’t think I’d ever buy a pink ink. I mean, seriously? Pink?
But how could I resist this perfect color? It’s bright! Bold! OMG! Serious color. Seriously serious color.
And do you see it? That pink-to-orange shading? It may be glowing a bit in my scans, but the color is there – it’s an orange-ish pink. And it is…wow. I’m swooning over here.
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| Handwritten Review of Diamine Flamingo Pink Can you spot the write-o? |
Sometimes, I want to play with my pens, inks, and papers, but can think of nothing to write.
The first step is to write the name of the ink and the name of the pen (see above). I just noticed that each ink is from a different manufacturer – nice.
Apparently, the last resort is to write things that I overhear from the television (see below).
It was actually quite a bit of fun – watching and scribbling, changing pens and writing a bit more. I love the way the entire sheet of paper looks – each color is pretty amazing on its own, yes?
Let’s take a closer look . . .
Above – DeAtramentis Alexander Hamilton. I love this purple. It’s so rich and deep in color – nice saturation. I don’t see this ink discussed much on the various forums, but I think this is a purple that could be used anywhere. (more on that another day)
Below – Private Reserve Spearmint. One of my favorite green inks. It looks a bit dark here to my eye, but it is usually quite cheery.
Do you have a guess as to which show I was watching at the time?
Below – Montblanc Hitchcock. A gorgeous blood red ink if I ever did see one. Some really pretty shading in there, too. I have to confess, I have a quite a lot of this in my cabinet. Shall I keep it forever? Use it as if I’ll never run out? Or maybe even sell some?
Below – Noodler’s Habanero. A favorite. That shading. The brightness of the color. Need I say more? Mm..wait, I already did right here.
By the way, the above quote is the one that seems like the one that would tell the secret of what I was watching. Have you guessed it yet?
Above – Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu-syogun. I wonder if I only could have one ink, if this would be it. Check out my big review here. It is crazy CrAzY to think that I, lover of bright and beautiful colors, would be so taken with a gray ink, but there you go.
Above – Diamine Majestic Blue. Easy to see why it’s one of my favorites, yes? So pretty.
And, so, there we have it – six pretty colors. All so different from one another and yet all so wonderful.
Which show was I watching? Downton Abbey, of course! Have you seen it? Highly recommended.
Oh. Goodness.
Gracious. Me.
Oh. My.
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| Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu-syogun Swabs (3, 2, 1) |
Have mercy.
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| Fuyu-syogun Shading |
But the more time we spend together, the more I liked you.
You were a bit wet in the Lamy Safari with a broad nib, but who isn’t? You were a little smeary, but I can deal with that.
But here’s the thing. You wrote great. And the water test? Holy smokes.
And you’re pretty. Oh-so-pretty. Just a tiny bit orange to make you softer than other reds. Totally different from Noodler’s Red.
The truth is, Morinda, after visiting with you for a week or so, I might be in love with you. We’ll see – I’m not quite ready to commit to just one red, but maybe…just maybe.
Love,
Pentulant
P.S. I am just about at the end of the reviews that I scanned before the highlight test – thank goodness. And, yes, I am just lazy enough that I didn’t go back and fix the issue. Haha.