DIY Fancy Feather Quill Pen

Here's a quick & cheap gift for the writers in your life. Make your own feather quill pen and package it with a bottle of fun ink.

This is ridiculously simple and totally fun. Get the DIY Fancy Feather Quill Pen Tutorial after the jump...

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How to Make A Feather Quill Pen

1.  Acquire your materials.  A feather, a pen nib (from any art supply store), a scrap of ribbon, and some ink.  This ink has a super cute label and totally elevates your gift into awesome territory.


2. Use a dab of hot glue to attach your pen nib to the tip of your feather:


3.  Cut a tiny piece of ribbon and hot glue it around the place where the nib meets the feather:


4.  Umm, you're done.


So easy right? Now you just need to practice your calligraphy skills.