Thank you LaQuisha for the review. I have officially renamed this pen "Glamorous Moon" in your honor, have added it back to the website and will be making more in the future.
I love your enthusiasm for your pens! I also love the fact that you shared some of the things you learned with your viewers. You are definitely a teacher, as well as a learner!
Welcome to the wonderful fountain pen community! I live in your area and we might share the same birthday month. There are two pen groups here; one in DC and the other in Baltimore. I fell deep into this in 2020 when I attended the Baltimore show. I am now thoroughly entrenched. I watch stationery and fountain pen streamers on Twitch and YT. I follow them on IG. I had to slow my spending. There's so much I wanted to get. Lisa Vanness is the person who taught the intro class at the Baltimore show. She posts an IG live each week to show the latest products in their store. Your haul is beautiful. It makes me happy to hear your enthusiasm. Again, welcome!
Thank you for watching! Yes, Lisa and I became friends the day I took her class, lol! I’m super excited to continue my FP journey with this new knowledge under my belt! 🙌🏽🥳 Happy birthday to you and hoping to see you at a future event!
😄🤣5 minutes in so I am thinking you never cleaned out your pens and that's why they stopped working. This was awesome and hilarious!!! love this sharing. How wonderful! NO shame, you didn't know. I usually try to clean my pens out every month or so. OOOHHH how fun Japan. Are not pen shows the absolute best! Yes, Kirk is the best!! Love him in Colorado!
I am so happy for you because you had so much fun and learned so much. I do remember my first pen show and the wonderful world of learning about them (I started with Goulet Pens)! It's tons of fun! What a sweet husband you have to buy you a ticket to something he knew you would love - he's a keeper! I hope he enjoyed your haul too! LOL (Subscribed now😍).
😅🤣 Because it was my birthday, I was able to get away with this haul… I don’t know what’s going to happen in August, lol! Thank you so much for joining me here-I hope to see you at a future event! 🥳
Welcome to the fountain pen rabbit hole. Lamy pen and other Western fountain pen makers use nibs wider than the Japanese brand ( Pilot, Platinum, Sailor). Yes, fountain pens gives you a great writing experience as the Original gel/ballpoint / roller ball pen. Just so you know fountain pen paper also makes a lot of difference where you'll be able to see the shading ( different shade in a ink). color. This way the writing experience is fun as you have learned. Yes , cleaning a fountain pen whenever you want to change the ink color in the pen and when you want to put the pen into storage. Wow, you went all out and spent a lot of money on your pen collection. fun fact Brian from Esterbrook Pen was the one who started the Annual FOUNTAIN PEN Day . Just keep in mind that you don't have to press down hard when you use fountain pen. Use ground coffee to soften your hand and callus. Inks have different properties like shading, glittery shimmering. Just keep in mind that with the glitter inks that you are going to have to clean the pen out more often. Nib meister are great and they can fix a nib to whatever nib width you want👍 to your liking. Last note, Goulet Pens, Ink Guy, Jets Pens, Anderson Pens, Vaness pens have you tube channels along with other fountain pen enthusiast s. Love for laughter, 😂😅 cackle and voice. Happy birthday🎉
Hey dear! Wow, I just learned more from reading your comment, lol! Thank you so much for sharing! I have a few Jet Pens videos saved! 🙌🏽 I really liked the Rhodia paper. Is there a paper you prefer? Thank you for the birthday wishes-this was certainly a memorable one! 💜🥳
We have one coming our way and just weren't sure it was worth it. Hearing about your experience really has me excited for what I could learn so thanks for sharing!
La Quisha - really enjoyed your video. This was my first time at tjhe Pen show as well. I was in your Fountain Pen class. I sat behind you. The session was very helpful and I finally learned how to use the pen cleaning kit that I bought a few years back. Good luck with your calligraphy. I am currently taking a series of online calligraphy classes.
It’s me Loretta :) the pink one is Moon Jellyfish and the teal with purple shimmer is Parrot Fish, both by Van Dieman’s. It was so fun to meet you, you got so many great pens! Amazing birthday haul. See you at stationery fest :)
The algorithm decided this morning for me to see your show. I haven’t finished watching because I have to get ready for church. I just had to tell you that my first pen show is next weekend. And it is in Little Rock, Arkansas. I will be going to Vanness’ shop and I’m sure she will be at the show. I can’t wait!! I will do my best to pay attention in church this morning because I will want to get back and finish watching your story. I feel like I met a new friend. I’m sure there will be some binge watching going on also.
I made it to the pen show in Little Rock Arkansas. I met your friend Dave Dollar. He told me to tell you hi. This is a very small show and I haven’t bought anything except some ink. I will go back tomorrow and see what I can find, I will also go to Vanessa’s store. Can’t wait.
@@ConfidentCanvas I did go back the second day and I got another TWSBI. I had a great visit with Vanness and we talked about you. No one was in the store so we got to visit. I really enjoyed meeting her. Her store sells more ink samples than any other store in the United States so I bought several ink samples at her store. Also, a leather individual pen holder. I think that was all. Thanks for responding. I just finished watching your haul from Japan. Not sure I will ever get there, but it is on my bucket list. I did spend the night in Tokyo when I was a kid. We were moving to Okinawa and had a lay over there. lol. Thanks again for responding. Kathy
@@kathywilliams015 ohhhh, I am so, so happy to hear you connected with Lisa and got some more toys to play with!! LOL! I love TWSBI (as you know, lol!). What color did you get? Kathy, I pray you are able to go to your dream location. I once thought Japan was out of my reach as I desired to go since I was 14… I’m 43 now and God saw the desire of my heart through. Don’t give up on whatever you have-hold on to it TIGHTLY! I’m cheering for you! 🥳
Happy Belated Birthday! What a great way to celebrate your birth and pens!! I LOVE and am drooling over your Glamorous Moon Pen!!! Yum! It was delightful to have you come up in my TH-cam feed! I have not been to a pen show, I was going to attend San Francisco in 2023 but didn't have enough money saved up! (I KNOW I will spend at a pen show!) I am looking forward to attending my first one this year! And now I might even take classes!
Yay!! So happy you came across this and will get to attend a show (and take a class or two!) I am so excited for Glamorous Moon-Dave Dollar officially renamed it! 🥹🙌🏽💜
Thank you so much! Also, London! WOW! I wonder how your pen shows might differ in better ways than ours in the U.S.? I hope you get to take a class in the future. 🙏🏽
Sounds like you had the blast at the pen show and made some friends. You are going to have so much fun swatching and trying out all these inks and pens for the next couple of weeks.
I love your enthusiasm and I think I saw your birthday pen show post on one of the fountain pen facebook groups that I'm in. Happy Birthday! I'm planning to go to the DC pen show too. I went last year for the first time and it is MASSIVE. Before that I went to my local pen show in NC which is way smaller. But I'm looking forward to going to both and hoping to get my pen ground and take a few classes, both of which I've never done before. Thanks for sharing your experience and I'm looking forward to your next video when you swatch the inks.
Glad you had such a wonderfully fun birthday celebration. Fountain pens are extra special with care & attention needs! Says one who did the very same thing when I started using them in high school. (You know, the age where you know everything and no one can tell/teach you otherwise? Yep, that was me.) I found out after I tossed them! I know you will create beautiful things with the confidence you have always had, Laquisha!
This was a fun watch. I've gotten to the point where I can't justify any more pens so now I'm into inks. In order to not contaminate my ink bottles, I have a few sample vials that I use to hold ink that I removed from pens. I put all the blues together, all the greens, et cetera, and I use those inks in my dip pens to do art with. Nothing is wasted.
So clever! Someone recently shared sample vials as a way to save ink-thank you for sharing! I understand about the pens… I’m still trying to decide which one to ink first from the haul, lol! 😅
Hi LaQuisha I met you and sat beside you in that class!! I enjoyed meeting you and I'm enjoying your haul video! I will be attending the D.C. show in Aug. I hope to see you there.
I will look for you as well. Hopefully we will have more time to chat at the D.C. show. I am watching all your videos and you are such a blessing! @@ConfidentCanvas
@@Jesus.Coffee.Planning no problem! I would start with a TWSBI because they write well, are easy to ink and come in many colors and different size nibs! Here’s a link to one as an example: amzn.to/3VdaYoW. Let me know what you decide! 😍💜
I watched the WHOLE thing while I cooked dinner. When I come visit, imma borrow Bora Bora!🫣😆😆😆 This pen haul/sharing, educational, enabling video was AMAZING! Totally worth the wait! I wonder if Vegas has pen shows? I bet they do! This was fun!😜💜💙
What a fun video! Learned a lot about calligraphy, thank you. Great haul. Not many pen shows in Canada. I wonder what my husband will say of my future pen show travel plans😅
I rewatched the video. U bought 7 pens at your first show?? U gonna need to strengthen your resilience for the DC show. It’s gonna be WAYYYYYY more vendors items etc at the DC show it’s one of the largest. Sending positive vibes 🤘🏽
Omg I’m on my third viewing lmao at Calligraphy class I love how we be knowing what we doing and the ppl that really do it be like girl….go pratice lol
Honestly, you don't clean normal pens (gel, ballpoint), so not realizing you have to clean fountain pens is entirely valid! I probably would've thought the same since I only used disposables before getting my first "real" fountain pen had a friend of mine who also likes them not mentioned it! I had no idea about putting ink back into the bottle being bad! I always do this and never thought about it. I'll stop doing that going forward now, thank you for sharing some of your new knowledge, it's really helpful! I've been using fountain pens for a year and I didn't even know that.
@@ConfidentCanvas I got 3 pens: a Lotus, a Jonathan Brooks and a Visconti Mythos. The rest of my stuff was from the freebie table. I’m going to do a video later today.
If you don't want to throw away the rest of the ink in your pen but want to change colors, you could empty it into a sample vial. It's still usable, it's in a container you can see through and check before inking a pen with it (including a sniff test), and it doesn't contaminate your whole ink bottle. I don't do it often, but I have done it a couple times without issue. As for the not cleaning your pens thing... It's not necessarily obvious that it's necessary, so unless you're told, why would you know? It's why pen cleaning is something I stress with folks I get into the hobby. But... tbh... I don't always do it if I'm putting more of the same color in lol. (it's such a shame it led to you leaving your pen for years, though, considering how easy a fix it is (and how easy the problem was to spot for someone who knows as soon as you started talking about just swapping cartridges)) It was good to hear your experiences - I'm starting to regret not having requested the weekend of the local show off when I had the chance. Ah well, I guess there's always next year.
I appreciate you sharing this!! Omgoodness, I definitely thought I either need to use or lose my ink-thank you for the sample vial suggestion! 😮💨 #ImStillLearning 🤣 Thank you for this perspective! I did see a few posts in a FB group about people cleaning their pens but they didn’t say I HAD to clean them-I thought this was something more established FP owners did. I was also scared if I took mine apart I wouldn’t know how to put them back together, lol. So I really, REALLY appreciate the “how would you know” thought. 🙏🏽 I hope I can meet you at an event in the future-you sound like my kind of people! 🙌🏽💜
What a great video! Thank You for sharing your experiences 🙂. I am a complete newbie to fountain pens, but I am slowly getting hooked. I enjoy journaling with just a touch of creativity and the fountain pens have really upped that game and made it even more enjoyable. The pens you got at the show are beautiful (I loved the purple one)! The tiny pens were cute, but I'd like to know how someone actually writes with one of those!! I have big hands and I don't see that being an easy task! I have looked for pen shows in my area, but unfortunately there isn't much (I'm in a very rural area). I would love to go to one......and I will keep looking as maybe one day there will be one close enough to be doable.
I haven't been into fountain pens for long but I am definitely going to the Portland Oregon pen show just to take some classes. Do you have to pay for the classes in advance? Rachelle in Seattle
Hi Rachelle! I did have to pay for the calligraphy class ($70) but the rest of the classes I took were free with reservation-until filled! When is the Portland OR show? I’m excited for you! 🥳✒️
I haven’t been but heard it’s 3 times the size of the Baltimore show. For that reason (and because stationery day is that Saturday), I’m only going on Friday, lol.
@@GrawRious Sorry, it’s Stationery STORE Day and it’s celebrated every year on the first Saturday in August. Stationery stores will participate on August 3rd this year and I’m going to the Paper Herald in Baltimore.
I enjoyed your enthusiasm. Be careful, or you'll wind up with so many pens that it will be hard to decide which one to write with. I got some glitter ink as a free sample and I won't use that kind or ink (shimmer either) because it plugged the feed; I had a hard time cleaning the pen afterward. Good luck with your calligraphy. I'm no good at it, so I gave up. I admire people who are good at it.
I think you mean converter, not cartridge. A cartridge is a pre-filled plastic ink storage thing-y 😅 Thank you for letting me know not to put ink back into the bottle, done it in the past.
You tickle me bc you get tickled talking about the pens. I love writing utensils (it can be embarassing if someone needs a pen and you pull out a suitcase full of them 😂). You have some lovely pens though!
🤣 Thank you, sweet friend! I was absolutely tickled! And Debbie, not only pull out a suitcase, but also dig through them to find the ONE they can borrow, lol. 😂
I laughed out loud when you said you hadn’t cleaned your pens ever. I’m sitting here with ink on my hands after squeezing a cartridge too hard! We all do silly things 😂 Thank you for the charm and chuckle! (It’s abalon-ee. Long e. But glamorous moon is WAY better!)
Thank you LaQuisha for the review. I have officially renamed this pen "Glamorous Moon" in your honor, have added it back to the website and will be making more in the future.
🥹🥹🥹🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 Thank you so much, Dave $!!!!!
Came for the pens, stayed for the chuckles.
Entertaining video, thank you!
🤣 Thanks so much for watching!
Hahaha, you’re so hilarious! “Y’all, I never cleaned my pens!” New subscriber here, love your energy, lady! 😂
😂🤣😅 Welcome and thank you, dear!
A birthday weekend as a VIP at the Baltimore pen show sounds like a last! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching! I truly did have a blast! 💥
I love your enthusiasm for your pens! I also love the fact that you shared some of the things you learned with your viewers. You are definitely a teacher, as well as a learner!
Thank you so much! I appreciate your encouragement and watching my recap-bless you. 💜
I’m so glad you had a great experience
Thank you! 🙏🏽
Welcome to the wonderful fountain pen community! I live in your area and we might share the same birthday month. There are two pen groups here; one in DC and the other in Baltimore. I fell deep into this in 2020 when I attended the Baltimore show. I am now thoroughly entrenched. I watch stationery and fountain pen streamers on Twitch and YT. I follow them on IG. I had to slow my spending. There's so much I wanted to get. Lisa Vanness is the person who taught the intro class at the Baltimore show. She posts an IG live each week to show the latest products in their store. Your haul is beautiful. It makes me happy to hear your enthusiasm. Again, welcome!
Thank you for watching! Yes, Lisa and I became friends the day I took her class, lol! I’m super excited to continue my FP journey with this new knowledge under my belt! 🙌🏽🥳 Happy birthday to you and hoping to see you at a future event!
😄🤣5 minutes in so I am thinking you never cleaned out your pens and that's why they stopped working. This was awesome and hilarious!!! love this sharing. How wonderful! NO shame, you didn't know. I usually try to clean my pens out every month or so. OOOHHH how fun Japan. Are not pen shows the absolute best! Yes, Kirk is the best!! Love him in Colorado!
😆😅 I got it now!! Lol. So grateful! I can’t wait to go and will share about my experience here. Thank you for watching! 🫶🏽
I am so happy for you because you had so much fun and learned so much. I do remember my first pen show and the wonderful world of learning about them (I started with Goulet Pens)! It's tons of fun! What a sweet husband you have to buy you a ticket to something he knew you would love - he's a keeper! I hope he enjoyed your haul too! LOL (Subscribed now😍).
😅🤣 Because it was my birthday, I was able to get away with this haul… I don’t know what’s going to happen in August, lol! Thank you so much for joining me here-I hope to see you at a future event! 🥳
It sounds like you had a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing your own show finds. 😊
It was a pleasure! Thank you for joining me here! 🫶🏽
Welcome to the fountain pen rabbit hole.
Lamy pen and other Western fountain pen makers use nibs wider than the Japanese brand ( Pilot, Platinum, Sailor).
Yes, fountain pens gives you a great writing experience as the Original gel/ballpoint / roller ball pen.
Just so you know fountain pen paper also makes a lot of difference where you'll be able to see the shading ( different shade in a ink). color. This way the writing experience is fun as you have learned.
Yes , cleaning a fountain pen whenever you want to change the ink color in the pen and when you want to put the pen into storage.
Wow, you went all out and spent a lot of money on your pen collection. fun fact Brian from Esterbrook Pen was the one who started the Annual FOUNTAIN PEN Day .
Just keep in mind that you don't have to press down hard when you use fountain pen.
Use ground coffee to soften your hand and callus.
Inks have different properties like shading, glittery shimmering. Just keep in mind that with the glitter inks that you are going to have to clean the pen out more often.
Nib meister are great and they can fix a nib to whatever nib width you want👍 to your liking.
Last note, Goulet Pens, Ink Guy, Jets Pens, Anderson Pens, Vaness pens have you tube channels along with other fountain pen enthusiast s.
Love for laughter, 😂😅 cackle and voice.
Happy birthday🎉
Hey dear! Wow, I just learned more from reading your comment, lol! Thank you so much for sharing! I have a few Jet Pens videos saved! 🙌🏽 I really liked the Rhodia paper. Is there a paper you prefer? Thank you for the birthday wishes-this was certainly a memorable one! 💜🥳
We have one coming our way and just weren't sure it was worth it. Hearing about your experience really has me excited for what I could learn so thanks for sharing!
Yay! I do think you will be inspired at the least-have fun! 🥳
La Quisha - really enjoyed your video. This was my first time at tjhe Pen show as well. I was in your Fountain Pen class. I sat behind you. The session was very helpful and I finally learned how to use the pen cleaning kit that I bought a few years back. Good luck with your calligraphy. I am currently taking a series of online calligraphy classes.
Yay!! Good to see you again here! I’m so glad we connected-we both have clean pens now, lol!! 😆 🙌🏽
It’s me Loretta :) the pink one is Moon Jellyfish and the teal with purple shimmer is Parrot Fish, both by Van Dieman’s. It was so fun to meet you, you got so many great pens! Amazing birthday haul. See you at stationery fest :)
Frienddddddd, heyyy!!! Thank you for the ink sample names, lol. I am so glad I got to spend time with you and I can’t wait to see you again!
Wordsworth & Black Premium Lavender Purple ink would match your purple pen beautifully. I enjoyed this video.
Thank you!! 💜💜💜
The algorithm decided this morning for me to see your show. I haven’t finished watching because I have to get ready for church. I just had to tell you that my first pen show is next weekend. And it is in Little Rock, Arkansas. I will be going to Vanness’ shop and I’m sure she will be at the show. I can’t wait!!
I will do my best to pay attention in church this morning because I will want to get back and finish watching your story. I feel like I met a new friend. I’m sure there will be some binge watching going on also.
I made it to the pen show in Little Rock Arkansas. I met your friend Dave Dollar. He told me to tell you hi. This is a very small show and I haven’t bought anything except some ink. I will go back tomorrow and see what I can find, I will also go to Vanessa’s store. Can’t wait.
Hey lovely new friend! Just discovering your comment! How was the pen show? Any more finds other than ink?
@@ConfidentCanvas I did go back the second day and I got another TWSBI. I had a great visit with Vanness and we talked about you. No one was in the store so we got to visit. I really enjoyed meeting her. Her store sells more ink samples than any other store in the United States so I bought several ink samples at her store. Also, a leather individual pen holder. I think that was all. Thanks for responding. I just finished watching your haul from Japan. Not sure I will ever get there, but it is on my bucket list. I did spend the night in Tokyo when I was a kid. We were moving to Okinawa and had a lay over there. lol. Thanks again for responding.
Kathy
@@kathywilliams015 ohhhh, I am so, so happy to hear you connected with Lisa and got some more toys to play with!! LOL! I love TWSBI (as you know, lol!). What color did you get?
Kathy, I pray you are able to go to your dream location. I once thought Japan was out of my reach as I desired to go since I was 14… I’m 43 now and God saw the desire of my heart through. Don’t give up on whatever you have-hold on to it TIGHTLY! I’m cheering for you! 🥳
Happy Belated Birthday! What a great way to celebrate your birth and pens!! I LOVE and am drooling over your Glamorous Moon Pen!!! Yum! It was delightful to have you come up in my TH-cam feed! I have not been to a pen show, I was going to attend San Francisco in 2023 but didn't have enough money saved up! (I KNOW I will spend at a pen show!) I am looking forward to attending my first one this year! And now I might even take classes!
Yay!! So happy you came across this and will get to attend a show (and take a class or two!) I am so excited for Glamorous Moon-Dave Dollar officially renamed it! 🥹🙌🏽💜
That new pen case is stunning! Amazing haul! Thank you for sharing. 😍🤩
Thank you for watching!! 🙏🏽😍
This brought me so much joy! Congratulations on your new pens! 💖
Awww, thanks sis! 🫶🏽💜
What a great video! So fun to hear how excited you are about all the things you have learned. I wish there were workshops at the London Pen Show!
Thank you so much! Also, London! WOW! I wonder how your pen shows might differ in better ways than ours in the U.S.? I hope you get to take a class in the future. 🙏🏽
Sounds like a great show Queen! I learned so much about pens just with this video. I’m new to using fountain pens, thanks for the tips!
Yay!! You will love them! So glad you could watch this! 🙏🏽💜
G💜RG collection
“You won’t touch these” 😂🤣
Very educational…will not be going down this rabbit hole!
🤣😂 If you have regular pens you already like, you are safe! Lol.
Sounds like you had the blast at the pen show and made some friends. You are going to have so much fun swatching and trying out all these inks and pens for the next couple of weeks.
I truly did have a blast and I have plenty to play with-too much excitement, lol! 🥳🙌🏽
You are simply charming. It was a pleasure to hear and see your pen show experience. :)
Thank you so much for tuning in! 🙏🏽💜
I'm going to my first pen show in August and just discovered your channel and i'm so glad i did! Thank you!
Yay, welcome dear!! Are you going to the DC show?
@@ConfidentCanvas I'm going to Yoseka Stationery's Stationery Fest in August in Brooklyn!
@@erinmikail Omgoodness, me too!! 🙌🏽🥳
I loved this video! Thanks for your honesty and for sharing your joy with us.
Absolutely! Thank you for watching! 🙏🏽
I love your enthusiasm and I think I saw your birthday pen show post on one of the fountain pen facebook groups that I'm in. Happy Birthday! I'm planning to go to the DC pen show too. I went last year for the first time and it is MASSIVE. Before that I went to my local pen show in NC which is way smaller. But I'm looking forward to going to both and hoping to get my pen ground and take a few classes, both of which I've never done before. Thanks for sharing your experience and I'm looking forward to your next video when you swatch the inks.
Thank you for watching!! I heard about DC-I’m up for the challenge! (I think… lol) 😂 😅🥳
I love the clear and purple pen.
Thank you! 💜
Thank you. Subscribed…. Your joy is so noble.
I appreciate your support and encouragement! 🫶🏽
Glad you had such a wonderfully fun birthday celebration. Fountain pens are extra special with care & attention needs! Says one who did the very same thing when I started using them in high school. (You know, the age where you know everything and no one can tell/teach you otherwise? Yep, that was me.) I found out after I tossed them! I know you will create beautiful things with the confidence you have always had, Laquisha!
Awww, thanks so much, lovely! I am so excited to expand my knowledge in FPs! 🥳
Yes love my pen show so fun
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This was a fun watch. I've gotten to the point where I can't justify any more pens so now I'm into inks. In order to not contaminate my ink bottles, I have a few sample vials that I use to hold ink that I removed from pens. I put all the blues together, all the greens, et cetera, and I use those inks in my dip pens to do art with. Nothing is wasted.
So clever! Someone recently shared sample vials as a way to save ink-thank you for sharing! I understand about the pens… I’m still trying to decide which one to ink first from the haul, lol! 😅
Those Puchicos are so dickens! Thanks for sharing! Im glad you had a great time and happy birthday! 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you!! 😊
Love this!!!!
Thank you! 🙌🏽
“It was not Christ-like” 😂😂😂 I am CACKLING
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Me too. I have remember that one. Also " listen linda"
@@kellyandthehorses2877 that’s my favorite!!! 🤣
8 minutes in and I’m loving your energy ✨ New subbie 🤗 TFS 💗
Awww, thank you, Michelle! I’m so glad you’re here! 💜
Hi LaQuisha I met you and sat beside you in that class!! I enjoyed meeting you and I'm enjoying your haul video! I will be attending the D.C. show in Aug. I hope to see you there.
Hi Barbara!! You were also so helpful that day-I’m so glad you found me here! I plan to attend that Friday only in DC. I will be looking for you! 😍🥰🥳
I will look for you as well. Hopefully we will have more time to chat at the D.C. show. I am watching all your videos and you are such a blessing! @@ConfidentCanvas
This video is so relatable! Thank you!
Ohhhh, how I appreciate you!!! 🙌🏽🙏🏽😅
Love your new pens! Thank you for sharing🙋🏻♀️
Thanks for watching, sis! 🙌🏽
@@ConfidentCanvasyou welcome! If you could please share for a newbie what pen would you recommend as a starting point? 🙋🏻♀️
@@Jesus.Coffee.Planning no problem! I would start with a TWSBI because they write well, are easy to ink and come in many colors and different size nibs! Here’s a link to one as an example: amzn.to/3VdaYoW. Let me know what you decide! 😍💜
@@ConfidentCanvas Thank you and okay 🙋🏻♀️
I watched the WHOLE thing while I cooked dinner. When I come visit, imma borrow Bora Bora!🫣😆😆😆
This pen haul/sharing, educational, enabling video was AMAZING! Totally worth the wait! I wonder if Vegas has pen shows? I bet they do! This was fun!😜💜💙
Thanks B!! Let me know if you have a local show! 😍🥳
What a fun video! Learned a lot about calligraphy, thank you. Great haul. Not many pen shows in Canada. I wonder what my husband will say of my future pen show travel plans😅
Yessssssss!! Come here!! 😅 Thank you so much for watching! 💜
Benu Euphoria is my one that I'm saving for. I also love that Glamorous Moon pen!
They are both so beautiful!!! 😍
I went to my first pen shows last year ATL & SF. This year I’m doing ATL and Miami. Glad you enjoyed the show
So exciting! Thank you! 💜
I rewatched the video. U bought 7 pens at your first show?? U gonna need to strengthen your resilience for the DC show. It’s gonna be WAYYYYYY more vendors items etc at the DC show it’s one of the largest. Sending positive vibes 🤘🏽
@@potandpens good thing I’m only going 1 day… lol!
Omg I’m on my third viewing lmao at Calligraphy class I love how we be knowing what we doing and the ppl that really do it be like girl….go pratice lol
@@potandpens didn’t he!? 🤣😂 and I am going to do just that: PRACTICE! Lol.
Honestly, you don't clean normal pens (gel, ballpoint), so not realizing you have to clean fountain pens is entirely valid! I probably would've thought the same since I only used disposables before getting my first "real" fountain pen had a friend of mine who also likes them not mentioned it!
I had no idea about putting ink back into the bottle being bad! I always do this and never thought about it. I'll stop doing that going forward now, thank you for sharing some of your new knowledge, it's really helpful! I've been using fountain pens for a year and I didn't even know that.
I appreciate you understanding my thinking, lol!! I’m so glad I know now! 🙈🤣
Thank you so much for telling us about cleaning the pens. I didn’t know that either😂
I’m so glad I’m not alone, lol! You and I are officially PEN pals, lol!! 😆✒️
Aba-low-Knee pronounced 😊 it’s a sea shell type. Very pretty!
Thanks Joi!
Beautiful pens. I noticed your Duke Charlie Chaplin. I have one in blue. I was at the pen show as well.
Thank you!! That Duke Charlie Chaplin is the heaviest, least expensive pen I’ve ever bought, lol. What did you get at the pen show?? 😍
@@ConfidentCanvas I got 3 pens: a Lotus, a Jonathan Brooks and a Visconti Mythos. The rest of my stuff was from the freebie table. I’m going to do a video later today.
@@drawinsscribblins5326 I can’t wait to see your haul! 😍
lol. Queen. I can’t believe you haven’t cleaned those Lamys 😂
🤣😂🤷🏽♀️ I didn’t know, cousin!! They are clean now, lol…
If you don't want to throw away the rest of the ink in your pen but want to change colors, you could empty it into a sample vial. It's still usable, it's in a container you can see through and check before inking a pen with it (including a sniff test), and it doesn't contaminate your whole ink bottle. I don't do it often, but I have done it a couple times without issue.
As for the not cleaning your pens thing... It's not necessarily obvious that it's necessary, so unless you're told, why would you know? It's why pen cleaning is something I stress with folks I get into the hobby. But... tbh... I don't always do it if I'm putting more of the same color in lol. (it's such a shame it led to you leaving your pen for years, though, considering how easy a fix it is (and how easy the problem was to spot for someone who knows as soon as you started talking about just swapping cartridges))
It was good to hear your experiences - I'm starting to regret not having requested the weekend of the local show off when I had the chance. Ah well, I guess there's always next year.
I appreciate you sharing this!! Omgoodness, I definitely thought I either need to use or lose my ink-thank you for the sample vial suggestion! 😮💨 #ImStillLearning 🤣
Thank you for this perspective! I did see a few posts in a FB group about people cleaning their pens but they didn’t say I HAD to clean them-I thought this was something more established FP owners did. I was also scared if I took mine apart I wouldn’t know how to put them back together, lol. So I really, REALLY appreciate the “how would you know” thought. 🙏🏽
I hope I can meet you at an event in the future-you sound like my kind of people! 🙌🏽💜
Hopefully we can make it to the same event one day, that would be delightful 😊
Looks you have an amazing time.
I truly, truly did! 🙏🏽🥳
beautiful spring colors!
Thank you! 🍃🌸🍃
So enjoyed this. I’m ordering 2 of the puchico as gifts for my nieces. Can you share the name of your colorful pen case?
Yay, they will love those mini FPs! The case is from Pen Realm: www.penrealm.com/product/japanese-cloth-pen-pouch-4-pen-slots/
What a great video! Thank You for sharing your experiences 🙂. I am a complete newbie to fountain pens, but I am slowly getting hooked. I enjoy journaling with just a touch of creativity and the fountain pens have really upped that game and made it even more enjoyable. The pens you got at the show are beautiful (I loved the purple one)! The tiny pens were cute, but I'd like to know how someone actually writes with one of those!! I have big hands and I don't see that being an easy task! I have looked for pen shows in my area, but unfortunately there isn't much (I'm in a very rural area). I would love to go to one......and I will keep looking as maybe one day there will be one close enough to be doable.
Hey dear! Thanks for watching! How far are you willing to travel to attend a show?
where did you get that lovely pen case that you are showing
Thank you! ☺️ The case is from Pen Realm: www.penrealm.com/product/japanese-cloth-pen-pouch-4-pen-slots/
I love your new japanese pen pouch. Could you share the brand or link please?
Thank you! The case is from Pen Realm: www.penrealm.com/product/japanese-cloth-pen-pouch-4-pen-slots/
Watching!👀 (I’ll be back for comments!😜)💜💙
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I haven't been into fountain pens for long but I am definitely going to the Portland Oregon pen show just to take some classes. Do you have to pay for the classes in advance? Rachelle in Seattle
Hi Rachelle! I did have to pay for the calligraphy class ($70) but the rest of the classes I took were free with reservation-until filled! When is the Portland OR show? I’m excited for you! 🥳✒️
@@ConfidentCanvas The Portland Oregon pen show is July 11th....I can't wait
BINGO found a show coming to Dallas in September ❤
Uhhhh ohhh, lol!! It’s ON NOW, queen!!! 😆🤣
Enjoy Dallas, it is the best deal in pen shows. Dromgools is probably the best pen shop in the US.
I want to go to this year’s DC pen show, it’d be my first one. I’m unsure of what’s the best day to go or try all 3 days
I haven’t been but heard it’s 3 times the size of the Baltimore show. For that reason (and because stationery day is that Saturday), I’m only going on Friday, lol.
Oh what’s stationary day? O;
@@GrawRious Sorry, it’s Stationery STORE Day and it’s celebrated every year on the first Saturday in August. Stationery stores will participate on August 3rd this year and I’m going to the Paper Herald in Baltimore.
And speaking about Little Rock, they will have a pen show March 22-24 that will be my first pen show.
Wow!! Have a blast!! Will you also visit the Vanness Pen Shop?
Are you going to the DC Pen show?
I am!! Only that Friday… 🙏🏽 You?
Thanks!
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I enjoyed your enthusiasm. Be careful, or you'll wind up with so many pens that it will be hard to decide which one to write with. I got some glitter ink as a free sample and I won't use that kind or ink (shimmer either) because it plugged the feed; I had a hard time cleaning the pen afterward. Good luck with your calligraphy. I'm no good at it, so I gave up. I admire people who are good at it.
Thank you!! We will see if I can be good at calligraphy, lol! 😅
Where did you get your new pen case?
I got it from @penrealm!
Wow. I always save my ink lol.
You can still save it, just don’t mix it with your fresh ink! Someone suggested putting the used ink in sample vials… hope this helps! 🫶🏽
Hi, can you give me name of tiny pens? There so cute!
Hi! They are the first 2 pens linked in my description (the Wanchers). Let me know if you don’t see them!
Who made the new pen pouch you bought?
It’s from @penrealm8345 but I am unsure of the specific designer’s name. If I see a tag inside, I’ll let you know!
Thank you!
I think you mean converter, not cartridge. A cartridge is a pre-filled plastic ink storage thing-y 😅 Thank you for letting me know not to put ink back into the bottle, done it in the past.
Yes, I meant converter… thanks for the clarification.
Also, try using empty sample vials for used ink. 🙏🏽
Can you tell me where you got that beautiful blue pen case please?
Yes, it’s from Pen Realm: www.penrealm.com/product/japanese-cloth-pen-pouch-4-pen-slots/
@@ConfidentCanvas Thank you s much
Hey Hey Hey That mug is awesome... Next time I need to go with you... Beautiful, enable me
Next time! I would love for you to join me! 🫶🏽
Girl you need some color. lol. I’m commenting as I watch the video. 😂
😂🤣😅 I’m working on it!!
Me too. I want to learn copperplate.
I’m practicing… 😮💨😮💨😮💨
Oh…full disclosure…”I will NOT be enabled”❌
We will seeeeeeeeeee… 👀🤣
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@@VannessPenShop heeeeeyyyyyyy friend!!!
I bet!!! 🤣🤣🤣🫶🏼
You tickle me bc you get tickled talking about the pens. I love writing utensils (it can be embarassing if someone needs a pen and you pull out a suitcase full of them 😂). You have some lovely pens though!
🤣 Thank you, sweet friend! I was absolutely tickled! And Debbie, not only pull out a suitcase, but also dig through them to find the ONE they can borrow, lol. 😂
@@ConfidentCanvas hahaha!!! 😂 That’s genius!
I had to cast this to my BIG TV so I didn’t miss a thing lol
🤣😂 I feel like it looks grainy… it didn’t look that way while I was recording. Lawwwddddd.
@@ConfidentCanvas no ma’am not GRAINy at all. I got popcorn it’s a movie lol
@@brigettemajor7946 😂🤣😘
Your dupe pens 😂
Duke, cousin!! Duke… lol
I laughed out loud when you said you hadn’t cleaned your pens ever. I’m sitting here with ink on my hands after squeezing a cartridge too hard! We all do silly things 😂
Thank you for the charm and chuckle!
(It’s abalon-ee. Long e. But glamorous moon is WAY better!)
Thank you for watching!! I had ink on my hands the entire pen show weekend-you are not alone, lol! 😅🫶🏽✒️