Letters by Lydia: At Home Pen Haul

Welcome back y’all! I hope everyone had a great break and isn’t feeling too overwhelmed about getting back into school.

As I’m sure you’ve all realized by now, the size of my pen collection is a bit absurd, and definitely not the most conducive to college housing.  I had to leave a lot behind when I came to school, so whenever I go home, I get really excited to use them all again.  I have a lot at home right now, and a little more room than I thought I would for pens, so I thought it would be fun to show you guys how I went through them all and picked what to bring back to Ann Arbor.  For the major pen sets, I included their swatches and my opinions on them below.  I know the swatches for some of the smaller pens are really tough to see, but I hope you can at least kind of see the colors and the size of the nib.  I did also bring home the posca set you can see in the box picture, but I forgot to take pictures of those swatches.

After that came all the random, individual pens.  I tested a ton, but here are the ones I brought back.  From left to right:

Pentel Tradio Stylo Sketch Pen: so smooth and precise, very fun to write with

Uni Ball Signo 207: Very smooth and a great pen for writing, plus I have the rest of this set in Ann Arbor anyway

Bcmini Donut Bear Pen: Besides being adorable, this pen is so incredibly smooth and fun to write with

Uni Posca: Posca pens are amazing, don’t know why I left this behind in the first place

Campus ViviDry: these are also super smooth and similar to the uni ball signo

It was really hard for me to be so picky and not bring back everything, but I’m super happy with the ones I chose and can’t wait to do some reviews for you guys!  Enjoy the week 🙂

 

 

lydnas

Lydia (she/her) is a sophomore at umich studying English. Her favorite things are usually creative, emotional, colorful, and adorable. She's currently working on her pen addiction, but has a growing fear (hope?) that this blog series will be the start of a relapse. You can see more of her handlettering work on Instagram (@letters_by_lydia). Thanks for stopping by!!

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