UPDATE: ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED.
We hope everyone is having a great summer so far. Here in
Arizona we are on the cusp of the monsoon season where we have hot, sunny
temperatures mixed with dark clouds, and lightning filled thunderstorms. You
can be getting sunburned one minute, and drenched in rain the next. It makes
for some beautiful scenery and once you experience it, you will never forget
it.
This yearly seasonal weather pattern has inspired our latest
experiment in pen-making. We have been experimenting for a while with different
materials and finishes and have come up with some pretty cool results. This new
pen represents the Arizona monsoon season, but in pen form. The orange body
represents the heat/sun, the grey cap represent the storm clouds and silver
grip sections represent the lightning that so often comes during our monsoon
season. So, to celebrate some of the success we have had with some of the new
finishes, we are going to try something new. Instead of our usual method of
product testing, we are going to include more community members to give us
feedback on our latest endeavors.
Here is how it works. We are going to, through different
means, give (yes, give) away a small number of this pen to gain feedback on
materials and finishes. We want to hear it all. The good, and even the bad. The
point of this is to be more in touch with our customer base and their wants and
needs. So, if you are interested in getting your hands on one of these “Monsoon”
pens to review, here is how to do it:
Choose from the following options:
- Write us a short original essay on the topic
“Made in America” and email it to us with the subject line “Monsoon Essay”. You
don’t have to be a great writer, just tell us a story.
- Create original artwork inspired by “Made in America”
and share it with us via email (subject line “Monsoon Artwork”) or Instagram
(#monsoonreview). Please create something new, nobody says it has to be fancy,
but don’t reuse old artwork. Artwork from all ages, including children, is
encouraged.
-
Take an original photo or video depicting what
“Made in America” means to you and post it on Instagram with the hashtag
#monsoonreview and tag @karaskustoms and @karaspenco. We can’t wait to see what
you come up with.
We will be choosing 3 people per category
in a completely biased method based on our tastes and preferences. This is not
a contest, we will pick our favorites in each category and that is who will
win. Each category will be judged by a different employee, so you can enter
each category to increase your chances of winning. Enter as many times as you
want, but each entry must be unique. We will post the winners and their entries
on this blog (
http://blog.karaskustoms.com/).
We will announce the winners on
August 12th, 2016 Tuesday, August 16th . You will have 48
hours to respond before we choose another winner.
We are asking all winners of this giveaway to provide us
with a review of the Monsoon pen. This can be as simple or as complicated as
you wish, we just want to hear your thoughts. Good and bad, it doesn’t matter,
but we want to hear from you. We obviously can’t make you review this pen if
you are chosen, but it would be awesome if you did.
Once again, we will choose the winners on Friday, August
12th Monday, August 15th. Good luck!
