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Wow! My inks sure wish I'd give 'em such a nice place to stay!! By comparison, mine are livin' in the garage....

Life is too short to drink bad wine (Goethe)

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OMG, that is awesome. My inks are now petitioning for new accommodations.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Did you not think of making it open with a remote control . . . with a squirt of dry ice for good measure ?

 

And a soundtrack of angels singing in the background...(pretty sure I could hear them in the background of the video).

 

VERY cool.

Why are there fourteen samples of dark plum ink on my desk? Because I still haven't found the right shade.

Is that a problem...??? : : : sigh : : :

 

Update: Great. Finally found one I love (Lamy Dark Lilac) but I can't get more. Ah, life in my inky world....

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And a soundtrack of angels singing in the background...(pretty sure I could hear them in the background of the video).

 

VERY cool.

 

I envisioned something like this:

 

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I sometimes think that my obsession to collect inks is unnatural....

Life is too short to drink bad wine (Goethe)

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I read somewhere that sunlight may cause inks to deteriorate so I don't display mine at all. The inks are stored in lidded boxes, much thicker than a shoebox but about the same size. They're kept on a high shelf. This not only keeps sunlight away but prevents visiting grandchildren from creating a disaster.

 

My pens are stored away too, some in a drawer, others in a nearby case, so the 4 cats can't gnaw on them in the middle of the night.

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... others in a nearby case, so the 4 cats can't gnaw on them in the middle of the night.

Phenol, more phenol!

Life is too short to drink bad wine (Goethe)

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I envisioned something like this:

 

 

It's a good thing I'm alone in the office right now---I burst out laughing so loud, it would have scared my assistant half to death.

 

Forget angels. We're apparently going with choirs from the Dark Side. ;)

Why are there fourteen samples of dark plum ink on my desk? Because I still haven't found the right shade.

Is that a problem...??? : : : sigh : : :

 

Update: Great. Finally found one I love (Lamy Dark Lilac) but I can't get more. Ah, life in my inky world....

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I don't display my inks because I don't want my man (who lives separately but comes over to my place every day) to see how many inks I have. It's bad enough he sees my jewelry...my FPs and inks would give him fits, even though I have less than 10 of each!

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I have a new place to house my inks, with a little bit of a story. My father used to do a little woodworking as a hobby and he built a set of shelves for my mother to display small items. I kept these shelves when I was cleaning out their house after my parents passed away. I could never find the right thing to do with the shelves and just kept them in the basement. Unfortunately, we had a problem in our basement and the shelves sustained some water damage. I was going to discard them but my wife told me not to, and she had them redone by a local furniture restoration shop. I just put them up yesterday in my home office. With thanks to my father, my wife (and Hoffmann's Furniture), here they are:

 

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Lovely shelves. Drawer space is icing on the cake! Great story.

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Found this little shelf at a local thrift store a few weeks ago. My husband painted it white to match the other woodwork in the room and today he put it up. (it was a sort of a dusty rose color) These are most of my bottles of ink. (there are maybe 10 more I don't use as often or that are duplicates) The room is shaded and sees little sunlight.

 

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Found this little shelf at a local thrift store a few weeks ago. My husband painted it white to match the other woodwork in the room and today he put it up. (it was a sort of a dusty rose color) These are most of my bottles of ink. (there are maybe 10 more I don't use as often or that are duplicates) The room is shaded and sees little sunlight.

 

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VERY handsome. Looks like it fits the room beautifully.

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