May's Sticky Cap selection shows off the many sides of green with Marina, Algae, Sword Fern and Mallard. Plus we brought back two favorites - Concord and Stormy Blue. Explore these cool colors with a forest or seascape painting. We also brought back some favorites in ink. Treasure is our most popul.ar drawing ink. Use it with brushes or dip pens, but skip it for fountain pens. The mix of metallic micas will make whatever you're working on look fancy. Banana Slug and Mauveberry are back after a bit of a hiatus. Both are fountain pen inks. Banana Slug is great if you want to write with a yellow and still be able to read it after it dries. Mauveberry is a fabulous color that's hard to pin down. Is it purple? pink? peach? It's a little bit of each of those. And last we introduced Bauble. The name is from one of our Holiday Sticky Caps. We've been experimenting with colors and this one was so lovely that we had to add it to the collection. It's a sparkly blue that will go great in medium or broad nib pens. 

And for our Deluxe subscribers, we included one of our new mini accordion sketchbooks. These are made with 100% industrial waste. Even the paper! It was rescued from the recycling bin of a local publisher. These are great pocket book to capture your inspiration on the go. 

April's boxes were full of sparkle. We sent out 6 sparkly Sticky Caps. A set of 4 colors that are the Mermaid limited edition set. We only made 21 of these and don't have plans to bring them back. 
​There was also Taxi Cab, a warm sparkly yellow and Cherry Bomb, a sparkly magenta gouache. 

For inks we sent out two that haven't been made for several months - Ponderosa Pine and Grackle. More sparkles with those! Bark pairs perfectly with Ponderosa Pine. Cosmos is one of our favorites. It is intentionally not waterproof and has a lovely lilac that breaks away from the ink when you add water. 
And did you notice Grackle has a different bottle? After getting some leaky shipments, we decided to explore other bottle options and we like this so far. Let us know what you think at [email protected]. 
And last, a beautiful sketchbook with artwork by Kiriska that we recently came out with went to all Deluxe subscribers. 
​We hope you enjoy all the new art supplies!

March subscribers got two special Sticky Caps this month - Pyrrol Orange and Benzi Orange. These are both only available to subscribers. We want your feedback on if they should be added to our lineup of standard series watercolor half pans. March also came with three new colors - Berry Sorbet (super sparkly deep pink), Oxalis (it's purple and green at the same time - how?!), and Tidepool (the softest blue green). Plus a popular Cap to restock your collection - Ruby. Ruby is featured in the Shine On Sticky Cap Set. 

Deluxe subscribers got this risograph printed journal. It features fountain pen specialty paper and is printed by us. The artwork is by Push/Pull's own Kaylyn Chileen. 

Ink subscribers got two of our most popular inks, Raven and Cypress. A warm black and a deep teal that we can never have enough of. Plus there's two new inks (so new their art for labels wasn't done yet). Magic Wand is a sparkly deep brown. Bubblegum is a bright pink. We're especially excited about Bubblegum since making this pink has been a challenge. 

Seattle got a big something to celebrate recently and we decided to join in the celebration with two special paints just for our subscribers. If you get a box with Sticky Caps, then you also got this glow-in-the-dark green and halfpan of Phthalo Blue Red Shade. Thanks Seahawks for giving us Seattleites something to smile about and a reson to make a few special colors. These colors are only for subscribers.

Another ACAB. This one is a little special. We received a huge wholesale order of ink at the beginning of the week and this meant that instead of having 3-8 colors make up an ACAB, we only had two. We loved the resulting color and are trying to figure out how to make it on-purpose.

A first look at a new blue ink. Leave it to us to make half a dozen blues and not a single one without sparkles. Stormy Blue is inspired by the Sticky Cap of the same name and is a beautiful rich blue with zero sparkles. This ink is great for journaling, everyday writing and sketching.

Two greens. Because even though the offical start of spring may be a few weeks away, everything is already turning green. Secret Moss and Douglas Fir are two of our most popular greens. Secret Moss is fun to write with but also makes a great highlighter. Douglas Fir is a subtly sparkly deep green. 

Vegan Sticky Caps! What makes our Vegan Caps vegan? There's no honey. Instead we use vegetable glycerine. The result is a slightly different texture that's silky smooth and granulates less. The Fur set is earth tones specially selected because they are great for painting furry creatures. Each color has a bit of shimmer to give life to your paintings. 

We're starting the year by testing out some small changes in our fountain pen ink formula. You're getting two inks this month that feature the slightly altered formula - Raygun and Faraday. Let us know what you think by sending us an email at [email protected]. The two other inks in boxes this month are Faerie Dust - a top-selling color for 2025, and Elderberry - an underappreciated wine red. We hope you'll like them as much as we do. 
​

Deluxe subscribers got two extra watercolors this month. The first is Phthalo Teal. We love the punch of this bluish green and think it pairs well with the other warm colors you're getting. The other extra watercolor is Pale Prussian. This one is extra special because the only other way to get this color is in a set, it's not available for sale as a single half-pan. It's a reformulated Prussian Blue that gives a more subtle, moody feel. 

We're starting to get festive for November's selection of Sticky Caps. This month features our annual Tannenbaum Holiday set. For the featured inks we picked out 3 colors that felt like they fit the weather we've been having. Ennui is definitely the color of the sky, Wet Branch is all of the wet barely green things, Ochre reminds us of the last of the fall leaves hanging on and giving us a bright color to contrast all the grey. Our Deluxe boxes also got the first look of some new greeting cards printed on our Risograph duplicator and designed by Maxx FG. 

August boxes have gone out into the world and it's time to unveil special colors for Spooky Season. First up, four new fountain pen inks that went out to the Ink and Deluxe subscribers. Black Lagoon is a very dark teal-green. Bloody Good is a rich red with lots of silver sparkle. Bat Winged Newt is a fountain pen ink version of a previous seasonal drawing ink, a golden olive. And last up is Trick-Or-Treat, a green and purple ink. 

Of course we didn't leave Sticky Caps out of our Spooky Season lineup. Sticky Cap and Deluxe subscribers are the first to get these new four colors - Lycanthrope, Plague, Bathory and Paimon. These delightful demonic colors granulate and sparkle to give all your autumnal art shine and texture.

For July we did it again and made a ridiculously sparkly watercolor set. This 4 color set is created by Mx Morgan and includes goddess-inspired colors to add a little magic to your watercolor painting. 

What's in the bag? I don't know! It's our mystery watercolors. These are so popular in the store that I thought our subscribers would enjoy getting in on the fun. Everyone gets a unique pair of watercolor paints in a reusable drawstring bag. 

For inks this month, it's all fountain pen ink. Hellebore is a deep pruny purple. It's a subtle color and great for general writing when you want something close to, but not, black. 

Mauveberry is inspired by the longtime favorite watercolor that is bursting with purple mica and juicy color. Is a mauveberry a real thing? No, I made it up.

Rook expands our collection of corvid inspired inks. What bird will we do next? If you have a suggestion, send it to us at [email protected].

Cub is a beautiful bright orange and part of a bear themed set that is coming soon. The other color we have available right now is Beary Nice, and we're still working on a polar white (name may change).

I hope you enjoy this month's selections!

Maxx FG