2016 Newton Pens Scholarships – July
Hi Everybody! I hope you’re having a great summer so far. I just received the newest set of postcards to start the fundraising off. The old set is in the top row, and I still have 25 sets for sale. …
Making Pens and awarding scholarships since 2012
Making Pens and awarding scholarships since 2012
Hi Everybody! I hope you’re having a great summer so far. I just received the newest set of postcards to start the fundraising off. The old set is in the top row, and I still have 25 sets for sale. …
The question I’m asked the most is regarding the size of my pens. Here is a guide with lots of comparison photos. Diameter – Measured at the barrel threads. Slim – .45″ mm thick at threads with .427″ mm thick…
This last year in school I had been talking with one of my students about making pens and he had been working in Vo-Tech class (machine shop?) to make his own pen. He had a few barrels and caps and…
There were 52 entries this month and 36 got it. Congrats to Mary G! I’m going to put off starting the next bit of post card sales and pen drawing until July so I can work on getting a 501c3…
Hi Everybody! First I want to say thank you ALL for all you have done to make these scholarships possible. Without you none of this would have happened. There’s still a couple weeks left in May to raise money for…
I had a couple visitors come by the Shop in April and I think a few of you may know them. Leigh Reyes and Thomas Hall came by, Leigh all the way from the Philippines, to see a pen being…
Wow I’m a day late! I can’t believe it completely slipped by me. I was so sure that tonight was the last day of April. Yikes. Well, the winner is, picked by Random.org, #21! Congratulations Beth! Now the hard part,…
And the applications are all in! I received 30 in all this year. I’m excited to read through them all, too. Eleven people have volunteered to read the essays to help pick scholarship recipients. If you’re interested in reading to…
First of all, apologies for being late posting this, I thought I had posted on the 31st, but there must have been a bit of a glitch on my end, so here it is for sure this time. 🙂 So…
We took a trip to Garvin Woodland Gardens today. If you’re ever visiting Hot Springs, you should take a few hours to go walk the trails at the Gardens. Really beautiful place and enough trails to get away from any…