Merry Christmas everyone!!! As usual, I spent Christmas Eve waking up every hour until the kids came in at 6:00 a.m. to open presents. Yes, they’re in college, but it’s tradition!
The ink for Christmas Day is called Happy Holidays. It’s a shimmer and sheen ink, and it comes in a 30ml bottle.
Happy Holidays is a blue/purple ink (primarily blue but with purple/magenta sheen), and I believe the shimmer is silver (in close up pictures it looks light blue).
I love, love, love blue inks, so I’m happy that the December 25th ink is blue. And it’s a pretty spectacular blue at that. The cobalt color shows up well in any size nib and that magenta sheen is fantastic. As always, if you want the shimmer to show up, it’s best to use wide nibs.
So, we’ve come to the end of the Diamine Inkvent Calendar. Now all twenty-five doors are open and all the inks are revealed.
I did an inventory of the twenty five inks in terms of color distribution. There were
- Six blue inks: Blue Peppermint, Polar Glow, Jack Frost, Festive Cheer, Midnight Hour, and Happy Holidays
- Five red inks: Candy Cane, Ho Ho Ho, Noel, Mulled Wine, and Poinsettia
- Four brown inks: Triple Chocolaté, Nutcracker, Gingerbread, and Roasted Chestnut
- Four green inks: Mistletoe, Elf, Season’s Greetings (teal), and Holly
- Two purple inks: Winter Miracle and Purple Bow
- One yellow/gold ink: Gold Star
- One orange ink: The Embers
- One grey/silver ink: Snow Storm
- One grey/black ink: Winter Solstice
Of these, my favorites are: all the blue inks, Noel, Mistletoe, Winter Miracle, and Winter Solstice. What are your favorites? Let us know in the comments.
I hope you’ve enjoyed these posts. I tried to do more than just ink reviews. I incorporated some of my favorite Christmas memories--memories evoked by the various inks in the Inkvent Calendar. I’ve enjoyed opening each door with you for the past twenty-five days.
I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
(Cult Pens provided the Diamine Inkvent Calendar to Pen Addict free of charge for review purposes.)
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