Papier Plume Lake Michigan Summer. This blue-green ink was crafted by Papier Plume of New Orleans for the Chicago Pen Show, inspired by the blue waters of Lake Michigan in summer. It’s a beautiful color, and it really does make me think of a day at the beach.
Lake Michigan Summer is one of two special small-batch inks Papier Plume is bringing to the 2017 Chicago Pen Show next month.
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Fountain Pen Follies 
This reminds me a little of Herbin Vert Reseda, except this is more pigmented. Still shading, but the dark parts of the shading are deeper than with Vert Reseda. I like that! Reseda is a favourite of mine, but sometimes when I use it for notes (rather than headers and detailing) it can be a little too light to read easily, depending on the paper. This looks like it wouldn’t have that problem.
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This is very legible for me. In fact I love it in the Al-Star. I’ve never tried Vert Reseda, though. 😊
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Do you want some Vert Reseda? I’d love for it to get another fan. It’s really pretty! I bought it at the same time as Cacao du Bresil and got Rose Cyclamen soon after, and as I tried out the inks I realised they all created this slightly 1950s palette. Great inks!
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J. Herbin are favorites but I haven’t tried Vert Reseda. 😊
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Ugh what a gorgeous color. I neeeeed this ink. Neeeeed.
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How exciting that this is such a rare commodity and that you Chicagoans get your own Lake-inspired ink:) Wish I could be at the Chicago Pen Show. (Penvious).
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You know, I bet airfares would be pretty cheap right now on Chicago’s own United Airlines… 😬
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I bet you’re right! Somebody reads the news!!! 🙂
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I wish I could as well
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Looks like a lively fun summer color! Look forward to seeing it in person.
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I so look forward to seeing you there! Yay! 🙂
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This is my favorite color! I love these light blue/greens! I wonder if I can convince anyone in my Chicago clan to brave the convention to get me a bottle LOL.
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Totally! We’re really very nice. We might even convert them to fountain pen and ink use, and think how good that would be for you!
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That would be ahhhMAAAZing!
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Don’t forget to enter the giveaway, too. It’s up now. 👍🏻
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Thanks for the heads up! Entered 🙂
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Yay! But still send friends and family to the show! 😝
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This color is dreadful. Aaargh. It’s precisely the kind of hue that I viscerally hate 🙂 It’s cool they offer new inks but this one makes me clench my teeth )
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Sorry! There are some inks that do that to me, too, even though I know they are fine inks and fine colors — for other people. 🙂
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HAHAHHAH, you´re funny
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I think the color is gorgeous. It sort of reminds me of Diamine-Steel Blue too. Chrissy said Kaweco-Paradise Blue is close to that Caribbean Sea ink. I do love that color too. I really love the blue green, and green blue colors. I don’t know what it is, but I just LOVE THEM. Papier Plume has really been making some lovely colors. I’m quite impressed!
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Yeah there’s a whole post about Kaweco Paradise Blue and Caribbean Sea on the blog. Here it is.
This is a lovely color, especially in real life.
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