Author: newtonpens

all you have to do is send $10 check or money order or with paypal to [email protected] and I’ll assign you a number based on the order you buy in.  If you’re #10 to buy a ticket, then you’ll be #10.  May 3rd – 9PM – I’ll use a random number picker to pick from all the numbers taken, for example 1-32, and the winning number will get a pen!  And the money collected will go towards helping a high school student realize their college goals!

 

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The drawing is getting close! Go to the Fountain Pen Community and enter for a chance to win! All you have to do is contribute $10 to help with hosting/website fees, and you’re entered.

My wife was busy with pen wraps today and I’m very pleased with them.  I can’t wait to see them with strings and buttons.  🙂

And my finger – still a bit sensitive, and hurts if I bang it on something – but better.

Only a couple nights left! Drawing is May 3rd – 9pm Central US time. Get in while you still can. 🙂

Money pulled from paypal and a check made out to my school.  This is going to help a couple kids out with college.  I’m so proud to be able to give this.  🙂

Thanks everybody!

Cleaning plastic junk away from the tool rest is not important.  For over a year I’ve been brushing away bits of plastic junk with my finger.  This morning my finger got cut.

Caught between the turning blank and the tool rest.  Hurt.  The pain wasn’t so bad.  I was putting a band aid on and had to remind my oldest boy to go brush his teeth.  So my head was with it.

I went to sit down and everything started spinning and went black.  My kids were talking to me, asking me what happened, why I yelled in the shop.  All I could hear was mumbling.  A few minutes later I went and laid down on the couch under my youngest boy’s spiderman blanket.  He didn’t like me using his blanket so he came and laid down with me to make sure I didn’t mess it up.  Yes – he said that.  🙂  My kids are so cool.

So that was a couple hours ago and I just woke up from a weird nap where several of my students came to my house to CLEAN it.  I guess the thought of them in my house scared me awake.  😀  Hehehehe…

But I learned a little lesson and I’m going to go back to work now.  🙂

I’ll take a picture when I have the guts to take the bandage off…

We just reached $2000!  That means the scholarship is A GO!
All the money raised after that will go towards next year’s scholarship.  Remember, that one will be available nationwide.  I’ll put up an application on my website to download and fill out in the next week or two.

Thanks everybody!!

New from Newton Pens!

Pouches!

All of your pens will now come in little home made pouches.  My wife has told me for months that if I bought her a sewing machine she would make pouches for your pens.  And here they are!  😀

Well… here are the first attempts.  She’s having a great time figuring out ribbon and draw string and flaps and folds and just having fun.  🙂

 

Remember – all you have to do is send $10 check or money order or with paypal to [email protected] and I’ll assign you a number based on the order you buy in.  If you’re #10 to buy a ticket, then you’ll be #10.  May 3rd I’ll use a random number picker to pick from all the numbers taken, for example 1-32, and the winning number will get a pen!  And the money collected will go towards helping a high school student realize their college goals!

 

Total money raised as of April 25, 2013 –
PayPal balance:   $83.12 USD after withdrawing the $2000 for the scholarship.

Anyone, anywhere in the world can participate.

Here are pics.

The rest can be seen here.

If you have ANY questions, comments, or concerns, please let me know.  [email protected]

Hi everybody,
It’s been a while since my last and a lot has happened.
Newton Pens has it’s own Employment ID number (EIN) – YAY!
I’ve figured out a way to get the scholarship money to students, and after this year, I’m going to make the scholarship available to kids anywhere in the country.  I’ll have to start my own non profit I believe, but I think I have a friend or two who can help me get the paperwork together and filled out.

Since I started making pens I have made two pens for very nearly every order – I lost track a while back, but I’ve made lots of twins – and these pens have been given to dozens and dozens of deserving high school students at my school and several other schools around Arkansas.  I have ten or so more student pens to make, and then I’m going to call it quits for student pens.  Instead I’m going to focus on the scholarship.  Starting this summer, every pen you buy will have a portion of the money sent directly into the scholarship fund to join the money made from raffling pens off each month.  This will help to grow the scholarship and help more students achieve their college goals.  Each recipient will get a pen and a couple bottles of ink of course.

This also means my prices will be changing a little bit – more on that later when I’ve figured out exactly what I’m going to do. I’m going to get rid of the 15mm pen reducing my lineup to four sizes with four main styles for each size and any style full custom you come up with for me. 
My plan to select students for the scholarship is to form a group of like minded pen nuts to go through applications and pick recipients each year.  Any advice here would be greatly appreciated.  🙂  I still have to figure out what the requirements for being selected will be.  Hopefully some of you brilliant pen lovers will have some good ideas.  If so email me – [email protected]

The next pen starts tonight.  The pen isn’t finished yet, but here’s a sneak peak…

This has raised $310 so far!  Thank you!
Total money raised as of April 25, 2013 –
PayPal balance:   $2,002.35 USD

Finished pen pictures.

will end May 3rd so I have time to get a check from Paypal to my school for two lucky students before graduation.
So far you’ve all helped raise $1,701.67 USD.

 

So if all that sounds good then you can buy as many as you want payable through paypal to newtonpensscholarships@gmail.com.  Be sure not to send payment to my email address.

If you have any questions or concerns please let me know and I’ll get back with you asap.
This purchase is not tax deductible.

Thanks.
Shawn

 

More hard rubber to choose from when you’re ordering a pen.  🙂