Author: newtonpens

A few new pens – and some reductions on older inventory.

I just finished a really cool commission this morning, and when making something really different I like to work out the design first, so that I now have a few prototypes available for sale in the same style.

Available at the site store now.  Under Orville, sort by new.

I’m also about to reduce prices on lots of older inventory, so keep your eyes open.  🙂

Scholarship auctions and some time in the shop

Happy Sunday!

Here’s just a little of what I’ve been up to the last couple weeks (mostly forgetting to record any video).  🙂

I went to talk to the seniors at Mountain Pine on Wednesday (that’s Nov. 1st) and two of the teachers asked me if I was up there to apply for the new art teacher job.  I mean I wasn’t of course, but it would be fun to teach again.

And Halloween was on Tuesday!  I love this one so much.  All the kids and their parents all dressed up!  It’s so much fun.  I had the traditional Halloween Pineapple out with me.  We gave candy to at least 300 kids.  I love this neighborhood for the holidays.

And the newest scholarship auctions- I’m always accepting new/old/used pens from every price range for these auctions.  We also accept stationery too, in case you have a few too many notebooks collected.  😉
Thanks!

 

New pens (and scholarship date changes again)

Hi Everybody!

I just finished another small group of pens using the last of the resins I picked up at DC.  Two from Turnt Pen Co (Tim Crowe) and four from Alex of Motor City Pens.

 

And I have not forgotten about the scholarship auctions.  I’ve received some amazing pens this month (thank you all so much!) and I’ll start posting those again hopefully tomorrow.

But the change I need to make is to the deadline.  If I had moved the cutoff back to January, LAST year, that would be fine.  But FAFSA doesn’t open until December, which they started THIS year.  So I’m going to move our deadline back to the beginning of April of 2024, and leave it there unless FAFSA changes their schedule later on.

So if you want to apply for our scholarships, or know a young person who should, send them our way!  🙂

 

Scholarship Time

I have my very own high school senior this year, and what I’m learning is that I’m way too late in the game compared to other scholarships.  So I’m opening up applications RIGHT NOW, and will take them until Jan. 5th of 24.

So check it out-

Scholarship Application – Rules and Info

Send it in.

If you want to help us read and score essays, please get in touch

[email protected]

If you know some kids who need some money, send them our way!

If you have any questions, please ask.

Thanks!

Shawn

 

Weekly roundup 2 weeks late?

Hey y’all!

I’ll get some scholarship pens up on ebay soon, but until then, you can always check out what’s new in my shop-

Everything

After the Dallas show I’ve been sort of getting back into the swing of things around here – again (same after every show isn’t it?) – and finally made a little video that I thought I had made years ago.

So here it is, for all of you who’ve forgotten, and all of you new to the hobby (welcome!), How To Fill Your Converter Fountain Pen.

See ya next time!

(and my next show is the Arkansas Show in March)

Dallas 2023

Hey Everybody!

I hope you’re all well.

I just got back from the Dallas Pen show and it was a great one.

I also had a raffle at my table, giving away 2 pens.  Winners picked here-

 

And while I didn’t have a lot of time to take pics, I did take a couple of quick videos both mornings.  🙂

 

 

 

I don’t know how many of you are in the Central Arkansas area, but our pen club meets each month-

Our monthly Arkansas Pen Club meeting will be NEXT Thursday, October 12th, at Corky’s restaurant in West Little Rock. We’ll be meeting starting at 6pm and everyone is welcome.  You do not have to RSVP or call ahead or anything like that.  Show up and we’ll be happy to have you.

This month we’ll have show and tell.  Bring in your newest penquisitions to show off.  After the Dallas Pen Show this weekend I hope to see some new stuff!
I’ll also bring in a pen to raffle off.  If you want to win you have to be there.

Saturday, October 14th, Vanness Pens is having an open house.

They will have free samples of unreleased ink, show you how to use those wax sticks AND we can pass around pens😁

I’ll be bringing some pens to this event, too, and raffling one off.  🙂

We still have a few bottles of our custom-made Cossatot Rapids green shimmer ink – made by Vanness. You can contact Tim Joiner to purchase – [email protected]

You can see ink samples here.

You can visit our Instagram page here
and our Facebook page here

Hope to see you at Pen Club!
Thanks!
Shawn Newton