by P. M. Starr | Feb 26, 2022 | Aesthetics & Style, Black, Clear, Colors, Diplomat, Fountain Pens, Green, Multicolor, My Collection, My Colors, My Fountain Pens, Parker, Platinum, Pure Pleasure, Under $10, Under $20, Under $30, Yellow
Fountain Pen Pleasure Trio I love taking these three favorite fountain pens out and seeing them next to each other: Three of my favorite affordable starter fountain pens: left to right – Diplomat Magnum, Platinum Preppy, and Parker Vector I love high-contrast...
by P. M. Starr | Feb 18, 2022 | Aesthetics & Style, Brown, Colors, Ink, Inspiration, Investing, Mark-Makers, MATERIALS, Wisdom, Wishlist
BROWN The beautiful color brown. Loving, valuing, and WANTING brown adds urgency to acquiring and using fountain pens. Mmmmmmm …. makes me hungry for root beer barrels, caramel & maple syrup on fluffy pancakes!This is sunlight shining through a bottle...
by P. M. Starr | Feb 13, 2022 | Aesthetics & Style, Amazon, Black, Brick & Mortar, Buying & Browsing, Finisher Secrets, Investing, Journaling, My Experience, paper, Reviews, Silver, Stores & Sellers, Top Flight, Top Flight Paper
Three Daily Notebooks There are three (note)books I (try to) carry with me and write in daily: 1) SPIRAL NOTEBOOK For Journaling For daily journaling, brain-dumping, and morning pages I rely on good old-fashioned spiral-bound school-purposed notebooks. I love...
by P. M. Starr | Feb 9, 2022 | Brown, Colors, Ink, Pilot
As previously mentioned, I *love* the color brown; my desire to have eternal access to luscious brown ink is a big motivator in my fountain pen hobby. So far I haven’t realized that dream, but this morning I feel like I’m on my way with two sample vials of...
by P. M. Starr | Feb 8, 2022 | Black, Blue, conversion, Curiosity, eyedropper, Filling System, Fountain Pens, My Experience, Platinum, Problems, Under $10
Advanced Mess-Making You know how I say “write more … clean less”? And tell you it’s entirely possible to use affordable fountain pens on a daily basis for DECADES without EVER making an ink mess? It’s totally true! I know because that...
by P. M. Starr | Feb 6, 2022 | $50 to $99, Aesthetics & Style, Aqua, Blue, Buying & Browsing, cartridge, Colors, Filling System, Fountain Pens, Multicolor, Narwhal, Orange, Philosophy, piston-fill, Pure Pleasure, Silver, Vanness Online, White, Wishlist
Color Swirls Bring JOY! What’s next on my to-buy list? I’m trying to prioritize buying entry-level good-for-beginners fountain pens. For research, so I know best what to recommend, and because there are tons of great reasons to expand my collection of “cheap”...
