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**WINNER: Congrats to Dmassekula D. (Entered on our blog). Monday Matchup is taking a break until 2019, but don't worry, we'll have great new content & giveaways throughout the rest of the year!** Hi guys! Adrianne from the Customer Care team here! I did my Monday Matchup this week with the ONLINE Slope-Wild Berry (F nib) and the Monteverde Garnet ink. I choose this combo for a few reasons. First, I wanted to try the Online Pen, as I really liked the look of it. Secondly, we have the amazing offer going on with Monteverde Ink and I thought what [...]

**WINNER: Congrats to Kim C. (Entered on Facebook). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Hello all, Adam here again to bring you my latest Monday Matchup. This week, I was given the Stipula Tocco Fero and Monteverde Horizon Blue ink to use. Read on to hear about my inspiration and my impressions of this pen and ink. I was excited to try out the Tocco Ferro pen because it has been such a big hit with our customers, so it was fun to see what all the hype was about, outside of how awesome it just [...]

**WINNER: Congrats to Beth C. (Entered on Instagram). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Hi everyone! Jenn here again with another Monday Matchup drawing for you. This week, I got to use the TWSBI Go in Smoke and Noodler's Cardinal Kestrel ink. Read on to hear about my piece and what I thought of the pen and ink. I was pretty excited to try this pen and ink. I love my TWSBI 580ALs, Eco, and Mini, but I’d never used the GO. And shockingly enough, even though I’ve worked at Goulet for 2.5 years, I’ve never [...]

**WINNER: Congrats to Joseph S. (Entered on Twitter). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Hi there, friends! It's Lydia, bringing you my latest Monday Matchup. This week, I had the pleasure of using the new Kaweco AL Sport Rose Gold and Diamine Twilight. This dusky muted blue ink felt perfect for a rainy day sketch. Read on to hear more about my inspiration and what I thought of this pen and ink. I really wanted to do a baseball themed drawing and quote for this Monday Matchup, especially because my Red Sox are currently playing the [...]

**WINNER: Congrats to Lori J. (Entered on the blog). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Hi everyone, Andi again bringing you my latest Monday Matchup! This week, I got to use the Monteverde DC Supershow Blue with a Monteverde Mountains of the World Black Mountain fountain pen. I love getting the chance to use new products. If you'd like to learn more about why I'm excited about this matchup, keep reading! Today is my birthday! So, I wanted to do a drawing based on something important to me. I have always been a big fan of [...]

**WINNER: Congrats to Gustavo M. (Entered on Facebook). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Hey pen friends, Sarah here! I got the opportunity to try out two new products, the Faber-Castell Essentio and the new Kyo No Oto Aonibi ink. I photograph a lot of new products every day and love whenever I get the chance to try them out! The Kyo No Oto Aonibi ink reminded me of water, but honestly, I couldn’t figure out what I wanted to draw. It has been raining every day for almost two weeks now and the soft blue [...]

**WINNER: Congrats to Jessica (@pens.and.puppers on Instagram). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Hi! Susan back again, bringing you the Diplomat Traveller Flame and Monteverde Copper Noir ink. I'm psyched for a chance to write a bit more with a Diplomat, as a new line my experience thus far has been limited. The Monteverde inks never disappoint, and hey, I just love getting to hang out with you guys! My inspiration for artwork is almost always the same, I can't draw to save my life so what can I trace or what is so easy even [...]

**WINNER: Congrats to Daniel B. (Entered on Facebook). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Hello, everyone, my name is Adrianne. I am a Customer Care Specialist and I just joined the Goulet Pen Company team a few months ago. The whole experience of joining this company has been a bit of an adventure to me and this Monday Matchup is no exception.  For my first matchup, I chose the Platinum PTL-5000A in a medium nib and Colorverse Laurel for my pen and ink. I wanted to try a smaller sized pen with a gold nib to [...]

**WINNER: Congrats to MATT (@Smidnoy on Twitter). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Hi, y'all, it's Whitney! For this week's Monday Matchup, I chose an Opus 88 Picnic Brown in Fine, and Herbin Rouille D’ancre ink. Read on to hear about my inspiration and what I thought of this pen and ink! Spoiler: I find the Opus 88s super classy and Rouille d’Ancre is an amazing color. I’m booking a trip to Paris for the winter, and I’ve got Paris on the brain, so that was my inpiration this week. Plus, Audrey Hepburn is gorgeous and [...]

**WINNER: Congrats to Josh B. (Entered on Facebook). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Hello, fountain pen fans, Adam here again. This week, I got to work with the TWSBI 580ALR and Robert Oster Smokescreen for my Monday Matchup. Read on to hear what I thought of this pen and ink! I went through a lot of ideas before I finally arrived at drawing a dragon. Ever since I can remember, I have been a huge fan of high fantasy, science fiction, and role-playing games. I grew up on the Final Fantasy series of games, I’ve [...]

**WINNER: Congrats to Diya T. (Entered on Instagram). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Hi there, fountain pen fans! Jenn here, bringing you my latest matchup. This week, I got to use the Karas Kustoms Fountain K in Orange Aluminum and the new Jacques Herbin 1798 Cornaline d'Egypte ink. Read on to hear about my inspiration for this purr-fectly comfy kitty and what I thought of the pen and ink! The orange ink kept bringing to mind an orange tabby cat. I love kitties (I have 3 at home), but I wasn’t sure how I wanted to [...]

**WINNER: Congrats to Josh B. (Entered on the blog). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Hi fountain pen friends, Lydia here! Welcome back to Monday Matchup! We took the month of July off from the contest to host our #GouletOnHoliday giveaway, which was so much fun! If you haven't yet, be sure to check out our blog to see some of the great entries showcasing pens out and about all around the globe. A big thank you to all who participated. Now we are back to our usual weekly magic of pairing pens and inks to [...]

Congrats to @BlueStu424 on Instagram on his win! Hi there, fountain pen friends! Andi here, and this week, I'm excited to bring you my matchup of the Kaweco Classic Sport- Blue and Robert Oster Thunderstorm. Read on to hear my thoughts on this pen and ink, hint: it was great! My inspiration for this piece came from a recent backpacking trip where I brought along my own Kaweco Sport. One thing you should know about me, I love doing things outside! Whether it be camping, kayaking, or even taking my dog for a walk, I’d much rather be outside than [...]

**WINNER: Congrats to Daniel B. (Entered on Instagram). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Hi there, fountain pen fans, Whitney here. This week, I'm excited to bring you my pairing of Diamine Blue Velvet and the LAMY Accent in Rubber. Read on to hear about what inspired this piece and how I felt about this pen and ink. My inspiration for this piece came from the fact that it's Ray Lamontagne's birthday. He came out with a new album this year and this matchup is a set of lyrics from one of his new songs. I [...]

**WINNER: Congrats to Robin T. (Entered on Facebook). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Hey fountain pen friends, Sarah here! I am so excited to be the artist for this weeks Monday Matchup because it involves the beautiful discontinued Lamy Safari Dark Lilac fountain pen and ink. The mysterious and moody ink has a gorgeous gold sheen, and as you all probably know by now, I love any chance to use Lamy pens. The dark ink reminded me of stormy skies and the inspiration of a lighthouse in the middle of a raging sea came to [...]

**WINNER: Congrats to Dave M. (Entered on the blog). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Greetings! Susan here again, and today I have the new Traveler’s Brass Pen with Monteverde Fireopal cartridges.  Let the games begin! My inspiration this week was fountain pens. If you are reading this, you clearly love them as much as I do, so you can't deny that they are a pretty solid source of inspiration. If you have seen any of my previous Monday Matchups or Quote of the Week offerings, you know that I am not artistically inclined.  Indeed when [...]

**WINNER: Congrats to Vanida K. (Entered on the blog). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Margaret here with today's Monday Matchup! I love TWSBI fountain pens, so I got the chance to ink up with the new TWSBI Precision with a Medium nib with Diamine Wild Strawberry. Here's what I thought... I was stumped on what to draw so I got my inspiration from the name of the ink. I starting by looking up drawings of strawberries and found this cute phrase "I love you berry berry much" and decided to write that out. I need to [...]

**WINNER: Congrats to Marguerite B. (Entered on Twitter). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Hi all, Adam again. This week, I chose the Goulet Exclusive, Edison Nouveau Premiere 2018 Spring Edition ‘Purple Reign’ (no longer available). I paired that with Rohrer and Klingner ‘Cassia’. Want to learn more about my experiences with this pen and ink? Read on! I chose the Edison Nouveau Premiere for a few reasons. First, I’ve never actually written with an Edison pen before, so I wanted to see for myself why this is one of our most popular pens. Purple isn’t necessarily [...]

**WINNER: Congrats to Amy (Entered on Instagram). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Hi, everyone. It's Jenn. This week, I used two pens and two inks to create my Monday Matchup, so the winner will be doubly lucky! Read on to hear about my experiences with Colorverse Matter and Anti-Matter and the 0.8mm Stub nib Clear and 0.6mm Rose Gold Nemosine demonstrators I used. You can enter at the end of this blog to win them for yourself! I really struggled to find inspiration for this drawing. I knew I wanted to do something with a lot [...]

**WINNER: Congrats to Susanne N. (Entered on our Blog). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Hi, everyone, Lydia here again with another (surprisingly not baseball related) Monday Matchup! This week, I was given Colorverse Andromeda and the Faber-Castell Loom in Metallic Grey with a Fine nib. I have not had a ton of experience with the Looms and I was super excited to get my hands on the Colorverse ink. Keep reading to hear more about my experiences. My parents are both big Nat King Cole fans and I grew up listening to a lot of his [...]

**WINNER: Congrats to Jensan (Entered on our Blog). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Hi, everyone, my name is Andi. I am the Video Production Specialist here at Goulet. I am excited to bring you my first Monday Matchup today.  This week, I used the Monteverde Invincia - Nebula with a fine nib, and Organics Studio - Santiago’s Sea Blue. Want to hear how I created this piece and what I thought of the pen and ink? Read on! You could win this pen and ink too... The inspiration for this piece kind of came about by [...]

**WINNER: @Meejasaurusrex (Entered on Twitter). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Hi there, everyone. Whitney here, bringing you my latest matchup. This week, I got to use a Visconti Rembrandt Twilight in Extra Fine and Visconti Black ink. Read on to hear about my inspiration for this week's piece, as well as what I thought of the pen and ink. Today is the birthday of Selena Quintanilla-Perez. Not only was she an incredibly talented vocalist with a contagious million-watt smile, but she took the Tejano music genre from being something very traditionally Mexican-American and male-dominated and mixed [...]

**WINNER: Brian R. (Entered on Instagram). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Hey friends, Sarah here! Maya Angelou was celebrated a few days ago around the world for what would have been her 90th birthday and I will be remembering her words with my Monday Matchup today. Her writing on creativity, self discovery, and understanding is nothing short of inspiring. For this pairing, we have a LAMY 2000 gift set, complete with LAMY Blue/Black ink. Somehow, in my entire fountain pen life, I had never used a LAMY 2000- until now. Crazy! Given all of the hype, [...]

**WINNER: Nico B. (Entered on our Blog). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Greetings! Susan from the Customer Care team here. Today, I have a LAMY Joy with a 1.1mm Stub nib and a bottle of J. Herbin Rouge Opera to play around with. I love LAMY and I love stub nibs so this matchup is right up my alley. Let the fun begin! What inspired today's piece? Coffee! You know once, my doctor found blood in my coffee stream and nearly admitted me to the Juan Valdez Memorial Hospital for IV coffee STAT! (For you folks [...]

Goulet Pens hosts the Monday Matchup Giveaway almost every Monday afternoon to give our amazing fans and customers a chance to bring home a great fountain pen and coordinating ink. We get just as excited about this opportunity as all of you do. This giveaway gives our team the option to use pens and inks we may not have considered before. We recently got to wondering what happens to these prizes after they go to their new homes. Check out these responses from a few of our winners to see how winning Monday Matchup has brought about some exciting new [...]

**WINNER: Katy B. (Entered on Facebook). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Hey there, friends! Margaret here, wishing you a happy spring. This week, I had the chance to use the TWSBI Vac700R with a broad nib inked with the new Graf von Faber-Castell Electric Pink ink, and ended up loving this matchup! I've been writing "hello" on a lot of our Goulet notecards that go in each order, and for whatever reason, I think it's such a fun word to write. Since we just welcomed the first day of spring, and I had a bright and [...]

**WINNER: Janine (Entered on Instagram). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Hi all, Adam here to bring you my latest Monday Matchup drawing. This week, I chose a Pilot Prera, Light Green, with a Medium nib and Pilot Iroshizuku Chiku-Rin. I tried to find an ink that was as close as possible to the color of the pen, and Pilot Iorshizuku Chiku-Rin was remarkably close. I thought it was nice to keep it in the same product line. Read on to hear about my drawing and what I thought of the pen and ink! When I first put [...]

**WINNER: Court (Entered on Instagram). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Hi there, Jenn, here again, to bring you another fun Monday Matchup. This week, I used a LAMY Nexx M Opal Green in Extra Fine and Diamine Spearmint Diva. Read on to hear about my inspiration and what I thought of this pen and ink pairing. My kids were celebrating Literacy Week at school while I was working on this drawing, which inspired me to create something related to books. My youngest son is 5 and he loves Dr. Seuss; “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” is [...]

**WINNER: Sarah D. (Entered on Twitter). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Hey there, fountain pen peeps, it's Lydia. I'm back this week with another fun and festive Monday Matchup for you this week. It's the beginning of spring training in the Major League Baseball world and, for me, that means the whole world comes alive again. Read on to hear about my experiences with the Monteverde Regatta Sport Blue with a Medium nib and Organics Studio Nitrogen ink, as well as my inspiration for this grand slam piece complete with some great sheen! When I was [...]

**WINNER: Chelsea (Entered on our blog). Check back next week for another awesome Monday Matchup Giveaway** Hi, y'all, Whitney here, bringing you my latest Monday Matchup, the Monteverde Invincia Deluxe Rose Gold and Diamine Ancient Copper. In honor of Johnny Cash's birthday today, I recreated this picture of him and his wife, June, along with a letter he wrote to her. Read on to hear about my process and what I thought of the pen and ink. Today is Johnny Cash’s birthday. As I was thinking about this, I became interested in his relationship with June Carter because it’s something [...]

Hey friends, Sarah here! Valentine’s Day is two days away so I’m dishing up some fuzzy feelings with my Monday Matchup today. The upcoming holiday isn’t my favorite, but I love to use it as an excuse to make a special card for my loved ones or celebrate with my gal pals. This Monday Matchup is dedicated to my husband Ross (who also works here at Goulet Pens in Customer Care!), who I always sing this song to. :) I’m in love with all of the Robert Oster inks and I was especially excited to try African Gold, with its [...]

Greetings from the Customer Care team, Susan here with a TWSBI Mini 1.1mm Stub and the glorious Diamine Apple Glory ink. As I've said in previous Monday Matchups, I strongly prefer stubs and italics and I was so glad to be able to use one this time around. Keep reading to hear why this ink truly lives up to the name Apple GLORY in my book. It's not surprise to anyone around the office that I drew inspiration from the Great American Pastime AKA the greatest sport on the planet. Baseball is my reason to make it through the holidays [...]

Hey there, Fountain pen peeps, Jenn here! This week, I'm excited to "leaf" with you my tree drawing I completed using Monteverde Onyx and a Conklin Duragraph Purple Nights with a Medium nib. Read on to hear my thoughts on this pen and ink and how I completed this piece. I was not initially super inspired when I got this black ink to use this week but as I was completing this piece, the buzz around the office was a flurry of snow discussion from the storm we had about a week ago. I’m a transplanted Southern Californian who loves [...]

Happy 2018, Fountain Pen Friends! Lydia here with another fun Monday Matchup pairing to share with you. This week, I stepped out of my juicy medium nib comfort zone and tried out a Platinum #3776 Century in Chartres Blue with an Ultra Extra Fine nib, coupled with Diamine Tudor Blue. Read on to hear my thoughts on this unique writing experience! I really wanted to get my hands on this pen so I feel more knowledgeable when talking with all of our wonderful customers who are looking for a super fine, crisp writing experience. This pen did not disappoint. Even [...]