Category: Pentopia

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Magical Pentopia Store Seeking Investors with Vision.

Pen Donation from Sebastopol

I went out today to pick up some pens dropped at the Sutter VNA Thrift Store in Sebastopol dropped by my facebook friend Scotty M. I then went to Starbucks on 962 Gravenstein Avenue to have some coffee and write in my journal. That’s when I saw the perfect 648 sq/ft space for lease and got me thinking again about opening up Pentopia.

Pentopia is the magical land of pens, new and used for sale of every kind. There are regular pens, specialty pens, crafts made from used pens, and works of art called pentings. Its a place to hang out, buy a pen, make a craft, color on the walls, be transported into another world and be uplifted.

Its what the Willy Wonka factory would look like if it made pens instead of candy. Painted walls with hills, plants, trees and sky. Grassy path ways leading you around the various pens covered plants and trees. Wall murals covered in pens and a place to hang out, enjoy the view and explore the wonderful world of pens.

Drop off your old pens, stay and make a pen craft or help out with the latest pen mural. Buy a regular pen or find a special one for that special someone, a pen for everyone and for every occasion. Then go next door and get some paper to go with your new pen.

I believe Pentopia is an amazing place and it needs to happen, I have a couple of weeks to raise the necessary capital to start this thing here in Sebastopol. I have been thinking about Pentopia for about three years and believe that now is the time to step out in faith and make it happen. I need resources to get going in this venture so I am seeking investors who have caught the vision to step forward with me to provide capital and the materials necessary to make Pentopia a reality.

I have a detailed plan for Pentopia and would love to share my vision with you. If you or someone you know wants to partner with me on this amazing project please email me and lets make Pentopia happen.

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Collect A Million Pens – Pen Guy’s plan for re-using pens


Recycled Felt Tip Marker Bag

In the past three and half years I have managed to collect over 10,000 pens that I glued on my Mercedes Pens Art Car and people ask, “now what?” So far I have not found anyone out there who has a better solution for the millions of pens that end up in the land fill each year. There was a recent article called Refillable vs disposable pens written by Michael Bloch that addressed this problem and according to his article the number of disposable pens used each year in the USA is a staggering 106 billion. He concludes by mentioning that the “Pen Guy” yours truly, is the only one out there re-using and recycling pens. If I am the only solution out there then why not kick it up a notch by collecting a million pens and then make stuff out of them. I have a journal full of ideas, pen art, pen sculpture, pen furniture, pen jungle gyms, and my favorite “Pentopia” a road side attraction to house all my pen creations.

Whether its the ball point pen, the marker, the dry erase, the felt tip, what ever you call it, the boring pen to the fancy pen, I want to fill an entire warehouse and then spend the next twenty years figuring out and making beautiful things with them. How about a house built entirely from old pens? Insulation made from the crayola foam part that holds the ink? what of clothing died with ink extracted from old pens? what of pillows filled with pen springs? An article written by DIY life called 15 uses for old pens is another 15 ideas I found thus far but we need more.

The One Million Pen Project starts today, so collect your old pens and send them in.