antique traveling inkwell
You must permit me to get a little romantic about writing and art supplies now and then. It’s hard to resist sharing about the delights of onion skin paper and Georgian brushes delicately made out of quills. I appreciate the combination of form and function that is lost in the modern plastic disposable pen. While my affection for writing and art supplies has been unearthed in just the past couple of years, I have appreciated beautiful, everyday antiques for years. Since I was setting up my first apartment as a newlywed, I opted for using antique jars to store flour and sugar and traded out our matching department store bedding for a vintage creamy white coverlet. I’ll always prefer old tools, wearing patina on their wood handles, to new ones. And I’ll always appreciate the patches, worn, used, old, and loved over something shiny and perfect. So, if a girl
