{"product_id":"a-year-of-ink","title":"A Year of Ink","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne payment of $204 CAD for a full year: twelve monthly envelopes, January to December 2027.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery month you receive a numbered collector's tin holding three cartridges of that month's fountain pen ink, the story behind the colour's name, and a blank postcard to send to someone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYour first delivery also includes a Kaweco Classic Sport fountain pen in navy, so you can begin writing straight away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives each month\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA collector's tin.\u003c\/strong\u003e Three short standard international cartridges in that month's shade. The label is swatched by hand and numbered in the ink itself.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe story of the colour.\u003c\/strong\u003e A letter from the house about where the shade's name comes from. Each story appears in \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/the-letters\"\u003eThe Letters\u003c\/a\u003e on the 15th of the month.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA blank postcard.\u003c\/strong\u003e For someone you'd like to write to.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGiving A Year of Ink\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome gifts take a year to open. When you give A Year of Ink, we write the recipient a handwritten announcement and post it to them, so they know a year of ink is on its way and who it is from.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn January their first envelope arrives with the pen, and a new shade follows every month through December.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo give it, enter the recipient's name and address as the shipping address at checkout. In your cart, open the gift note and add your name and a short message. We'll write it into their announcement by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrder by Friday, 18 December for the announcement to arrive before Christmas.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCanadian postage included; shipping outside Canada is added at checkout. The cartridges fit Kaweco, J. Herbin, Graf von Faber-Castell and other pens that take short standard international cartridges; not Pilot, Platinum, Sailor, Parker or Lamy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/which-pens-take-short-international-cartridges\"\u003eWhich pens take our cartridges?\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/faq\"\u003eQuestions\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/the-letters\"\u003eThe Letters\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bien à Vous","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54726942458140,"sku":"BAV-YEAR-2027","price":204.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0967\/5276\/3164\/files\/bav-tin-letter-4x3.jpg?v=1792349751","url":"https:\/\/bienavous.ca\/products\/a-year-of-ink","provider":"Bien à Vous","version":"1.0","type":"link"}