So for a long time I’ve been asked about making bamboo style pens and I’ve always said no for different reasons.  So finally just a few days ago I decided, sort of on a whim, to make a pen with some bumps along the cap and barrel, that sort of looks like bamboo.

This was so much fun to make that I’ve decided to add it as an option.

These pens will start at $250, and like all my other pens price depends on material and nib options.

If you have any questions just holler.  [email protected]

Hi Everybody,

Time to announce income for June 2016 and the winner of the free pen picked from all of June’s entries.  You all donated $982.00, which is a great start for this year’s scholarship awards!

The winner from all 25 entries for a $225 credit/free nib grind/free shipping, is #5, Marla C!  Congrats Marla!  I’ll be sending you an email so you can begin to figure out what you want.  🙂

We have lots of great postcards to pick from, and every penny goes towards the scholarships.  Not only do you get great postcards, but you get the chance to win a custom pen, and the knowledge that every penny is going towards helping some deserving high school students with their college expenses.  If you’d like to be a volunteer to help read the essays this go round, please let me know and I’d be happy to add you to the list.

I’m actually wanting to do things a little differently starting this year and could use a little help or advice on where to start.  I’d like to invest some of the money you raise this year so that after a few years we’ll be able to reach out to more students and help with their expenses.

If you have any questions, please let me know – I’m easy to reach – [email protected]

Thanks!

I’m very excited to be featured in Pen World!  I want to share the article with you all to read.

Pen World article

Your Newton pen can come to you a couple different ways.

US shipping: USPS Priority insured.  Prices range from $12-26 or so.  You may pick USPS Express if you want it and I’ll figure out the cost.

International shipping: UPS uninsured, $40-60 or so.

Every Newton pen comes in a handmade cloth pen sleeve.  You also have the option of getting this travel mug with your pen in it. With this you you can enjoy that perfect cup of coffee, or relaxing cup of tea (or Bloody Mary) while writing and drawing away with your Newton pen.

The travel mug is a $15 option.  If you don’t want a mug, the pen will be shipped in a heavy kraft tube.  I use shredded chipboard (boxes from the grocery store for example) or balled up newspaper as packing material instead of bubble wrap.

Good Morning!

It’s that time again and I am very happy to announce two winners this month.  First winner for May is David P, who got #10.  David gets a $225 credit towards a custom Newton Pen.

Second winner – the winner of the Thomas Hall Shinobi-

is Andrew C.!  I picked from 1-12 (months of the year) and got 2 for February, and then picked from 1-40 from February’s entries, and #7 was picked.  I used Random.org for all number picking.

Thanks again to all of you for all the donations and postcard purchases.  We raised $780 in the month of May, for a total of $6280 this year!  We’re giving out 6 one thousand dollar scholarships.  And the local paper printed a blurb about our scholarships!  So cool!  The two names they didn’t print were kids from outside of Arkansas.

So now it’s June and it’s time to start fundraising for a new academic year.  You can contribute to the scholarship fund by purchasing postcards from here or by making donations.

New postcards are now available!!  Check em out!  Names of the artists, or the school they’re from, printed on the front of each card.

City Series 2 from our friend Michelle Leung’s husband.  These are from all over Japan.

Abstract Series – all student art

Set 2016 3 – student and donated art

If you have any questions please send them to me via [email protected]

Thanks!!

Hi Everybody, it’s time to announce the winners for the 2016 Newton Pens Scholarships!

We had 19 people submit applications and 13 volunteers read and score them.  Thank you all so much for your time and work.

The winners are Brad Foster from Auborn High School in Rockrod, Illinois; Taylor Preston from Lakeside High School in Hot Springs, Arkansas; Caleigh Currington from Mountain Pine High School in Mountain Pine, Arkansas; Colton Denman from McKinney North High School in McKinney, Texas; Steven Garner from Mountain Pine High School in Mountain Pine, Arkansas, and Marci Taylor, also from Mountain Pine High School in Mountain Pine, Arkansas.

Congrats to you all!  I’ll be in touch with you regarding getting the money to your future colleges.

To help raise more money for these and future scholarships you can purchase postcards or simply make a donation.

Thanks!  If you have any questions or comments, please send me a note – [email protected]

 

 

Hi Everybody!  It’s time to announce the winner of the free custom pen for April!  This month we had 43 entries, and from those the winner is #33.  Congrats to Rodrigo!

We have raised $5499.82 so far for scholarships this year, $367.81 of that just this month.  We’re so close to $6,000 again!  Thank you all so much for your participation.

We’re only a couple of weeks away from announcing the scholarship recipients, too.  In all we’ve received 19 applications from students.  Fundraising will go on through the entire month of May though, so keep on buying those postcards and sending those donations.

Remember, to enter the drawing and to help support the scholarship fund, all you have to do is buy a set of postcards, or you can enter for free by following the rules here.

Remember, by purchasing postcards you are automatically entered to win Thomas Hall’s first Shinobi in a grand drawing to be held at the end of May.

As always, if you have any questions about any of this at all, please send me an email.

Hey Everybody,

I’ll be at the Atlanta Pen Show this weekend.  I won’t be answering many emails from Thursday through Tuesday morning.

I’ll also have a new model to announce.  Maybe two.

Hope you can make it to the show if you’re close by.

Thanks!

Hi Everybody!  It’s time to announce the winner of the free custom pen for March!  This month we had 60 entries, and from those the winner is #34.  Congrats to Krista!  Since I did promise two winners last month thanks to the cool donation from Karas Kustoms, the other winner will be #33.  Congrats to Dominique!  Please send me an email to work out your prizes.  (Celeste, #46, asked that I pick somebody else)

We have raised $5132.01 so far for scholarships this year, $767.41 of that just this month.  Thank you all so much for your participation.

Remember, to enter the drawing and to help support the scholarship fund, all you have to do is buy a set of postcards, or you can enter for free by following the rules here.

And just to keep you all updated on the applications, so far I’ve received 16 applications from students.  I could still use a few volunteers to help read and score the essays if any of you are interested.  Shoot me an email and we can talk about it.  Thanks!

Remember, by purchasing postcards you are automatically entered to win Thomas Hall’s first Shinobi in a grand drawing to be held at the end of May.

As always, if you have any questions about any of this at all, please send me an email.