Trying a craft, but must stop because I haven\u2019t got the right ink\/pens\/stamp pads. Or just can\u2019t find such (quite possible though things are getting more organized). This, and I have other work to do… so off to do so while dreaming of nice ink & paper…<\/p>\n
Fun to test my carving with kids pens, washable ink pads though!<\/p>\n
Also, I bought these tool & materials thanks to you patrons. Thank you! ❤️<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Trying a craft, but must stop because I haven\u2019t got the right ink\/pens\/stamp pads. Or just can\u2019t find such (quite possible though things are getting more organized). This, and I have other work to do… so off to do so while dreaming of nice ink & paper… Fun to test… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phmexg-eQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":337,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/inktober-2014-1-quick-doodles\/","url_meta":{"origin":920,"position":0},"title":"Inktober 2014-1 \u2014 Quick Doodles","author":"Kir","date":"1 October 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I was given a new ink pen in a *beautiful* wooden box to hold pens, nibs, ink, for our anniversary. 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