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17 years ago

I had to go to the hospital today for a scheduled cardiac catheterization....well, the nurses that were there, were so friendly and funny...and when i was signing the papers while leaving, one of the nurses was surprised that the other one let me use "her pen" LOL! I guess it was the other ladys favorite pen and she let me use it and left it with me...it must be an ongoing joke with her and her pens..LOL. So I want to make a pen holder with lots of cute pens.....I know she likes the medium point and it was the heart lab at the hospital, so am looking for neat and unusual ideas to make a pen holder and make the pens neat looking....

And since this is the place i love going to, I am hoping you all will help me out with ideas

I really appreciate it. I want to make it in the next week or so and deliver it to the hospital soon.....

Thanks so much!

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ivamae
17 years ago
What a great idea!!! But I don't have any ideas to pass a long
User
17 years ago
Would somthing like this work? You could change it a bit.

Here is a link that might be useful: notebook pen holder
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maybee_gw
17 years ago
I'll bet you could go to a florist's shop and see if they would dig out something left over from Valentines Day. I was thinking about a heart-shaped vase in which to put the pens...
ilene_in_neok
17 years ago
My grandson's doctor's office has a big problem keeping people from walking off with their pens. They tape plastic spoons to the pens and draw faces on the spoon part.

Where I used to work we taped silk flowers on the pens. While they were in the pen holder, which was a small clay flower pot, they were quite decorative.
msmarion
17 years ago
I was about to tell you about the pens with the flowers in a flower pot filled with dried beans but Ilene bean me to it! LOL
Deb_from_Pa
Original Author
17 years ago
WOW...great ideas.....thanks a LOT!!!!!!!
dilly_dally
17 years ago
Maybe get a personalized pen holder? This one below can have the Nurses name and title added for a dollar more on the ceramic tile.

Then get some unusual pens for it. If you Google you find fish pens and frog pens and every imaginable type.

{{!gwi}}

I always keep oddball pens for customers to use. That way they don't steal it. When I confront them they find it hard to tell a lie and say it was their pen although some still do try that. The thing to do is not to get an oddball pen that is too nice or you actually get even MORE of them stolen.

I had pens like these thinking they 'wouldn't walk away' but they all got stolen.

Here is a link that might be useful: Nursing Pen Holder
User
17 years ago
Check out these links. I've made fuzzy headed pens before with BIC pens with lids instead of the click type pens. I personalize them by adding ties or collars.

http://www.allfreecrafts.com/kids/fred.shtml

http://ponderingsofpaula.blogspot.com/2009/04/kids-craft-fuzzy-bunny-pencil-topper.html

http://www.daniellesplace.com/HTML/bugs.html
Deb_from_Pa
Original Author
17 years ago
oh wow...thanks a lot.....dilly dally and adella

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