This happy raccoon has received a delightful amount of fountain pen inks during the holiday season. I picked up the Diamine inkvent calendar, so I received 25 various inks. Most of them are shiny. Lots of shinies @.@ I've found if I struggle using the ink in my fountain pens, they will usually work just fine in my paint markers.

My mate also bought me a bottle of Monteverde USA Canyon Rust. I used it right away on a letter to my grandma. Thankfully my practice writing with the glass calligraphy pen my sis-in-law gave me last year has paid off so it should be mostly easy to read.

I'm planning on writing more with my new inks this upcoming year or at least making art with them. I received a lemon lime ink that would be nearly impossible to read if I tried using it normally.