Pen Guy makes it on the Smithsothian Blog

Girl in her toy pen car
My youngest daughter gets her very own Pen Ride

Wow how cool is that, I made it on the Smithosian Channel with a great article called Recycle Your Pens by Andrea Michnik. Great Job!!I have been taking it easy lately but have continued to collect pens often wondering what the next step will be. Just today I got charged up again and determined in my mind that I needed to get a hold of more pens. The funny thing is that this article came out for the world to see and know that I am man on the hunt for the worlds supply of old pens. Funny how things work out for good in the grand scheme of things.

I don’t know why I got in my head to do this and put it out there, but sometimes you have to follow that inspiring dream and not worry about the how. The journey is much more important than the end result and so far this journey has been amazing. I have met so many people who I would never had met if not been for the Mercedes Pens Art Car.

The only real plan for now is to just keep going, collecting and going after my dream. I do need all the help I can get and that is why I need you out there to collect and send in those pens. At some point I will need building space to house all these pens, to sort and begin the process of transforming these old pens into art and other useful stuff. I will need supplies, expertise, funds and a vast network of people who have caught the vision and want to be a part of something really big and at the very least, a pretty darn interesting experiment.

Pens from Chicago


A big thank you goes out to the person from Chicago who sent all these pens last Tuesday. It’s nice to know that someone would take the time to mail a bunch of pens to some yahoo in California with a crazy pen covered mercedes.

Pen Guy Supporters

Thank you all who have donated and continue to support this project!!!

Jay H. – Donated a 1981 Mercedes Benz 300SD A.K.A Mercedes Pens
Tony D – Donated a 1971 Ford Econoline Van for my next art car

Redwood Gospel Thrift/(ongoing empty pen donations)
1064 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa, CA
(707) 578-3512

VNA & Hospice Fndtn Thrift-(ongoing empty pen donations)
748 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol, CA
(707) 824-4712

Pick Of the Litter(ongoing empty pen donations)
1701 Piner Rd # A, Santa Rosa, CA
(707) 570-2590

VNA & Hospice Fndtn Thrift
(ongoing empty pen donations)
103 Morris St # R, Sebastopol, CA
(707) 823-0581

Also Special thanks to:
Mrs L. Stark for sending a box of pens all the way from
Conneautville, PA on 10-01-06
I am sending you a thank you card.
I just got to get it in the mail box.

Sign-A-Rama -(The sign on the back of my window )
Greg Beedon
5704 Commerce Blvd, Rohnert Park, CA
(707) 588-8202

Ace Hardware – Sebastopol for 2 tubes of silicone,
Wall Mart – Rohnert Park for 8 Tubes of silicone
Exchange Bank – Santa Rosa for 250 pens
Office Depot – for 1400 Pens

Performance Design Group – Sebastopol, CA – A Ton
Jacqueline Keywood – Sebastopol CA – A Ton
Golden Pacific Systems – Rohnert Park, CA – A Ton
Halls Executive Gifts & Awards – Santa Rosa, CA – A Ton

Greater Works Printing – Rohnert Park CA – A Bunch
Envisonary Design – Forestville CA – A Bunch
D & S Awards – Santa Rosa, CA – A Bunch

Piner Olivet School – Santa Rosa CA – 500
Sebastopol Christian School – Sebastopol CA – 500
Windsor Christian Academy – Windsor CA – 500
Don Cobb at The Light – Santa Rosa CA – 200
The Motherwells – A whole kitchen drawer

Erica Keppel and the U.S Team Hand Ball for the 2008 Olympics a ton of pens from the East Coast and Europe!!!!
Erica’s Site
And many others around town and beyond

If you would like to donate pens for the car email me to set up a pick up

Mozambique Pens Glued to Mercedes Pens

I finally found a nice spot for the pens donated by the the boys from the Mozambique Orphanage. I had to remove a bunch of old and tired pens. I took the tape off and re-wrote the names directly on the markers. Just in time beacuse Saturday the 28th I will driving in the Sebastopol Apple Blossom Parade with the newly formed “Sonoma County Art Cars”. The parade starts at 10:00 am. Again thank you boys for the pens!!!

I am in the process of putting together my first “Pen Guy” show, that will be posted on “you tube” and directly linked to this site. My goal is to produce a by-monthly show about the mercedes pens and all things related, pens, art ars, how to, q&a, and featured pen of the week. let me know if you have any suggestions or send me a cool pen that you think might be a great addition to the car.

Pens from Mozambique Orphanage Arrive!!!

Pens from Orphanage in Mozambique

Thank you boys for the great collection of pens!!! Now I have to figure out where to put them all. I think I will have to put them inside the Mercedes Pens so the names don’t get faded in the sun this summer. Stay tuned for more updates.