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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 12h

Saturday Sampling - Marvelous Magentas! These are my favorite Magenta inks. Some lean more red/warm, some lean more blue/purple. All are rich and vibrant, which means they look great in any nib, IMO. Are there any other must-try magentas I have missed? #fountainpen

Ink swatches of 5 favorite magenta inks for fountain pens

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 19h

Waterproof: Platinum Carbon Black, otherwise Teranishi Antique Black, which is a slightly brown black with a hint of red sheen

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 1d

Friday Flowers - I have been waiting a long time to post this combo for Friday Flowers! My Leonardo Aster Bouquet with the flowers that inspired it, ‘Bluebird’ Asters #fountainpen

Fountain pen in shades of blue violet and turquoise on a turquoise notebook with asters and a small matching pouch

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 2d

Thursday Theme - Iris. Three inks inspired by irises, two gorgeous greeting cards from that show irises in different shades of purple, and my Namiki Sweet Flag and Moon, with its delicate maki-e irises. #fountainpen

Two Iris greeting cards and swatches of three inks in purple hues inspired by irises, and a fountain pen

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 3d

Wednesday Words - from Anne of Green Gables. I see this quote every October and every year it resonates. October is by far the best weather of any month where I live, pen: Scribo Feel Cenote ebonite. Ink: Sailor Manyo Akebi, showing a lot of sheen here in this wet, flexy nib #fountainpen

Quote about October written in magenta ink with an ebonite fountain pen

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 4d

🩵 Turquoise Tuesday 🩵 quartet of pens: Sailor x Bungubox Fujiyama Blue, Carolina Pen Co Turquoise Pen Club, Pilot x Bungubox Custom 823 Fujiyama Blue, Wood Wonders of NC Frenchie in Brooks Bohemian Rose Koi #fountainpen

Four turquoise fountain pens, two solid color, two swirly

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 5d

Monday Mugshot/Monday Match - I probably should have saved this for Turquoise Tuesday, but sometimes you just need some turquoise, some flowers, and tea to start off the week right! Fountain Pen: Magic Garden by Drewnem Pisane

Fountain pen with turquoise swirls and embedded pink flowers on top of a turquoise and pink tulip motif mug

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 7d

Saturday Sampling - today I am featuring the lovely Montblanc Homage to August Renoir Bleu Outremer, which means Ultramarine Blue. This ink isn’t really an ultramarine, but rather a gorgeous blue/lavender faded hydrangea color. Swipe for a comparison with some other blurples and muted blurples.

Ink swatch and a matching fountain pen, the Leonardo x Endless Hatch x @nibsandflourishes Aster Bouquet

Comparison swatches with other similar inks

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 8d

Friday Flowers - the lovely dahlia ‘Breakout’ with my Leonardo x Atlas Stationers LMZ in Brooks Golden Abalone. ‘Breakout’ blooms can get huge but since we have had almost no rain in two months these are more like salad plate size than dinner plate size #fountainpen

Two dahlias in tones of creamy yellow and blush pink, with a swirled fountain pen on a slab of wood

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 10d

Wrap-up of #30inks30days with - I had fun with this challenge, as usual,and a few of the new-to-me inks I tried will likely get a full bottle order. These are some of my favorites - which were your favorites? Did you add any inks to your wishlist based on my posts? #fountainpen

A grid of nine of my favorite 30inks30days posts

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 11d

🩵 Turquoise Tuesday 🩵 for Day 30, the last day of #30inks30days - and that’s a wrap! Today’s ink is Ink Institute Jade Vine, a blue leaning turquoise that is just slightly muted. Very pretty. The pen is my Sailor Pro Gear Blue Lagoon

Drawing of a jade vine plant with a coordinating turquoise fountain pen

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 12d

😂 just add a little water while it’s wet

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 12d

😔

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 12d

Monday Match for Day 29 of #30inks30days - Lullaby from the 2024 Diamine Inkvent calendar may not have been very holiday themed, but it’s quite a nice soft pinkish purple. It is a very nice match to my Sailor PGS Shirafuji. #fountainpen

Ink sketch of a sleeping baby with a pinkish purple fountain pen

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 13d

A little water mixed in helps a lot!

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 13d

Day 28 of #30inks30days - the ink is Tundra from the 2024 Diamine Inkvent Black. A quick abstract consisting of a water wash with ink drops for a neutral with cool chroma. For the water and the ink name I used a brush today, not a fountain pen. Yu-Sari paper because I like how the chroma looks on it

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 14d

I think this is the web site - not sure if they are still available in Amazon www.jumpingfoxdesign.com

Jumping Fox Design

www.jumpingfoxdesign.com

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 14d

It is from Jumping Fox - these notebooks were on a really good sale at Amazon a few years ago so I tried one. They are quite fountain pen friendly, but didn’t replaced my beloved Tomoe River paper

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 14d

It really is!

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 14d

Saturday Sampling for Day 27 of #30inks30days - Birmingham Fortune Teller is a pretty muted purple. The pen is my Retro 51 x Goldspot Autumn Leaves, which I particularly love using this time of year. Swipe to the the end for a comparisons with some other muted purples I own

Drawing of a crystal ball with hands on top of a purple notebook and with a purple metal fountain pen with copper colored leaves on the body

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 15d

Friday Flowers for Day 26 of #30inks30days - the ink is J Herbin’s Moulin Rouge from the Paris set, set off by helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’ and matched with my Esterbrook Estie Scarlet. The helianthus are in full, spectacular bloom right now in the garden (swipe to see) #fountainpen

Red fountain pen and ink drawing, decorated with lemon yellow flowers

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 16d

Thursday Theme for Day 25 of #30inks30days is Blue Birds - a bird themed ink with a Pelikan pen. Anderillium Indigo Bunting from the Avian series and my Pelikan m815 Metal Stripes Blue #fountainpen

Blue Pelikan fountain pen with an ink drawing of an Indigo bunting

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 17d

Garden break - my absolute favorite combo right now - helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’ and hyacinth bean vines going bonkers in the background on a trellis and on the moon gate

Garden photo of masses of yellow helianthus and purple hyacinth beans growing behind

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 17d

This a vivid orange-yellow ink, more legible than I expected, at least in my Fude nib. I mostly bought it for mixing, so I was surprised to like it so much! It is similar to Birmingham’s old Luna Park Marmalade ink. A bit more orange than R&K Helianthus, more yellow than Sailor Kin Mokusei.

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 17d

Day 24 of #30inks30days features To-ro (warm lantern) one of the newest Iroshizukus. I tried really hard to get the color right (hence my delay posting), but failed. Pen: Walltown Catsburg in Brooks Labyrinth Koi - thoughts on the ink in comments #fountainpen

Ink drawing of illuminated lanterns with an orange and yellow and pale pink swirl fountain pen

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