Review: Daiso Fluently marker
The Daiso Fluently illustration marker showed up at my local Daiso a few months ago. They’re alcohol-ink markers packaged in ten sets of two, for nineteen colors total and a blender marker.
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I write too much.
The Daiso Fluently illustration marker showed up at my local Daiso a few months ago. They’re alcohol-ink markers packaged in ten sets of two, for nineteen colors total and a blender marker.
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