Some typographic and visual effects can only be achieved with a pen or marker. And what better way to personalize a page than with something inherently "you" as your handwriting? American Crafts has become almost synonymous with pens and markers; they are our specialty and we take them seriously.
With a variety of fine tips and the most popular colors of pigment ink, Precision Pens are the ultimate pen for journaling or general purpose writing.
Leave us a comment about what you want to be when you "grow up" by Friday September 12th and we'll randomly select one of you to receive each color and size of our Precision Pens!














When I grow up I would love to be a business owner, but the details are still a bit fuzzy.
love your pens, could not scrap without them!
Posted by: erika | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 01:13 PM
Gosh interesting question, I don't really have any set dreams for the future *LOL* I just want to be a better and improved me :)
Posted by: Peggy Severins | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 01:32 PM
I just love your precision pens!! When I grow up I want to own a cupcake bakery and I'd love to be on the AC DT again, too! Heehee! :)
Posted by: kristina | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 01:33 PM
When I grow up I want to be retired!
Posted by: Stacy B | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 01:33 PM
oh man, those are the BEST pens EVER!!! I use them for EVERYTHING.
what i want to be when i grow up is peaceful and happy. Kind and generous to others and loving towards everyone including myself.
Posted by: karen | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 01:36 PM
I don't want to grow up, but if I have to then I would love to be a happy person.
Posted by: maria c | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 01:39 PM
I still dream of becoming an archaeologist but I doubt that it will ever happen. A girl can dream (and be a general history nerd) tho, can't she?! :D
Posted by: Zarah | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 01:47 PM
when i grow up, i want to be a person who gets to read books before they are released to the public! does anyone know what the title is to that job and how i can get it, ASAP?!?! :)
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Posted by: lauren | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 01:50 PM
I would love to be a store owner when I grow up...not exactly sure what kind, but some sort of "pretties". :)
Posted by: mandie segura | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 01:54 PM
When I grow up (hey it's my bday today actually....still NOT GROWN UP YET!!! :p) I want to be known as someone who was nice and kind.
Posted by: ania | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 02:04 PM
When I grow up I would like to be loved...happy...blessed with children and a world traveler.
Posted by: Michelle | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 02:04 PM
LOVE the pens! When I grow up I want to be a Mommy ... :)
Posted by: jen w | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 02:05 PM
When I grow up, I would like to be the owner of the most admired shoe salon in the country...with customers calling (and ordering!!)from around the world to get the most fab shoes from my salon!
Posted by: Laurel | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 02:11 PM
When I grow up I want to be tiny. Or small. And I really want more time and space to enjoy scrapbooking!
Posted by: Kirsten | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 02:15 PM
I dream of being on a Design team for one of the top lines of paper (hint, hint) when I grow up. Don't know if it will ever happen but doesn't hurt to dream.
Posted by: Kendra | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 02:23 PM
When I grow up I want to be Tinkerbell :-D
Posted by: Pascallle | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 02:29 PM
I want to be Bioanthropologist and teach Bioanthropology at Berkeley (where I wen to College). In the mean time, I am working and getting my multiple subject credential to become an elementary teacher.
Posted by: Amber E | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 02:36 PM
Well, I am happy doing what I do now, so my future dreams are for when I am NOT doing that bc I am retired (this is not anytime soon, but it doesn't hurt to plan ahead). I'd like to have lots of time to craft, be someplace with nice weather, and travel!
Posted by: Cynthia | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 02:42 PM
When I grow up, I'd like to be a professional gambler...don't know why, other than I'd like to have the ability to handle all that money!!:)
Posted by: Amy Coose | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 02:44 PM
When I grow up I just want to be happy doing whatever it is I'm doing. It's going to change a few times.
Posted by: Amanda Susan | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 02:46 PM
I'm a high school junior right now and I'm studying to become a journalist! I really want to be in the magazine publishing offices.
My secret dream is to become a fashion merchandiser and get an internship with Vera Wang, Marc Jacobs, or Charlotte Ronson!
Posted by: Tiffany W | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 02:48 PM
When I grow up I want to be independently wealthy and travel the world taking photos of things that interest me. (And I get to take my whole family along, including grandkids!) Then I'm going to come home and scrapbook all the photos! Whew, there's a dream!!! LOL! Great giveaway! Thanks AC!
Posted by: Lorraine M | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 02:59 PM
what a tough question! i guess when i grow up i want to be self-employed. and travel more!
Posted by: stephanie | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 03:23 PM
Did you say pens? Did you say colour? Did you say giveaway??!!
When I grow up.. I don't ever want to grow up! I want to go to Never Never Land and fly around all day in my Pjs!
Posted by: Sharmaine | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 03:40 PM
i would love to just be a world traveler. oh how nice that would be. my dream would be to wake up in a new place every week or so.....
Posted by: Karen | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 03:42 PM
Thanks for giving a chance to win those unbeatable pens!
I've always wanted to be a doctor and go to countries like Kenya, Angola or Ethiopia & treat people there. I subconsciously crave for danger & chaos! lol
Posted by: Michelle Goton-Bertuzzi | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 03:42 PM
I always said that when I grow up I want to be a mom...and now I am, but I don't feel like I'm grown up yet :)
Posted by: Brianna | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 03:45 PM
Can't wait to be called "Grandma" when I grow up!
Posted by: Gail L | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 03:48 PM
I LOVE these pens! It would be so nice to have one of every color :)
I always wanted to be a Mommy when I grew up...still do and it's a good thing because I now have three amazing kids!!
Katie
Posted by: Katie | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 03:52 PM
I just wanna be ME when I grow up. :D
Neato pens!
Posted by: Jennifer Love | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 04:02 PM
I want to grow up to be a party planner!
Posted by: shaina | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 04:02 PM
ha grow up? Does that really happen? When I grow up and finish college, hopefully in 3 years I hope to be a mechanical engineer :)
Posted by: Courtney Kelly | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 04:03 PM
When I grow up I want to be someone who still loves life, who is happy, who has fun, who travels a lot, ...
Posted by: Inge Guillaume | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 04:29 PM
I want to be a great Mom when I grow up. It's that simple and that complicated!
Posted by: jen | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 04:29 PM
ah, free pens! you know how to reach a girl don't you? when i want to grow up, i want to be an artisanal cheese maker. really. the odds are pretty slim but it's good to have a goal :)
Posted by: tammy b | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 04:39 PM
When I grow up I want to be HAPPY.
♥
/Anna
Posted by: Anna | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 04:42 PM
When I grow up, I want to be a mommy!
Posted by: Kris B | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 04:43 PM
There's one little problem - I don't wanna grow up!! OK?!
Posted by: SusanH | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 04:57 PM
What do I want to be when I "grow up"? Well since it is a little too late for that...if I could go back and do it all over again, I would work harder in school, go to college, and become a marine biologist! I love studying the ocean, be it marine life, the geology, or whatever, I love it all!
Posted by: Marilyn | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 05:00 PM
I want to be a great mom...I'm already a mom, I just want to be a great one! Love your pens, by the way. Haven't tried precision yet, but love the others.
Posted by: Kristisb | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 05:02 PM
I'd like to be a photographer or a graphic designer--very different careers than the one I chose!
Posted by: Karen | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 05:05 PM
OH so AWESOME!! I've never seen these!!! but I would so love to have some!! Pick me pick me!!
Posted by: Bobbi in KY | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 05:06 PM
When I grow up (hmmm will that ever happen??) I want to be a pilot..or a stay at home mom...or a scrap artista...a travel agent...or the owner of a successful small business.....
Its good to dream :-)
Posted by: vanessa | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 05:06 PM
I don't know that I have figured it all out just yet but I am content with my current job. :)
No lie, though, I always wanted to be a pen tester...even a volunteer tester! LOL
Posted by: Candy | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 05:09 PM
What an awesome giveaway. I LOVE your precision pens.
When I grow up I want to be content.
Posted by: Avital | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 05:20 PM
What an awesome giveaway. I LOVE your precision pens.
When I grow up I want to be content.
Posted by: Avital | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 05:21 PM
A stay-at-home scrapper!
Posted by: Annie | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 05:45 PM
when i grow up i want to be a nurse.. which im working on right now.. i like taking care of the sick.. and i love the idea of AC giving away precision pens!!
^___^
Posted by: Bianca | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 05:46 PM
When I grow up, I'd like to be a bookstore owner who could read books until her heart is content.
Posted by: Erika M | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 05:47 PM
I love using your pens, they are fantastic!!! Grow up??? I have kids, do you really grow up, or stay a kid?
Posted by: Anthea | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 05:55 PM
When I grow up I want to create amazing pictures capturing life's precious moments and bring joy to the people in them.
Posted by: KatieH | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 05:57 PM
When I grow up - I want to travel the world.
Posted by: Kelly R | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 06:01 PM
I just want to be happy. Good family life, fun times with friends.. and full scrapbooks!
Posted by: Melissa | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 06:04 PM
Grow up?? Do I have to??? :( When I grow up I wanna be a grandma :)...seeing as I'm a Mom of 2 little ds :)
Posted by: Darcie | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 06:06 PM
When I grow up I want to be a kid again!
I would love a set of your pens to play with too.
Posted by: Janmarie | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 06:08 PM
I just want to better person, mom, wife and friend!!!
I love American Crafts pens!!!
Posted by: Karina | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 06:14 PM
I just forgot to write "be" before Better... Sorry!!!
Posted by: Karina | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 06:16 PM
I almost bought these the other day to try out!
(Since I didn't, maybe I will win them?)
I always wanted to be National Geographic photographer----but turned
into a speech therapist instead...
Posted by: Rudyanna | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 06:24 PM
WOW, those look fun!! When I grow up, I'd rather not, hehe, but I would LOVE to make money doing what I love, SCRAPPING!!!
Posted by: Alecia Castro | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 07:05 PM
do I have to grow up? What I want to be is happy & fulfilled in whatever path life takes me on. And to have some precision pens to journal about it with...
Posted by: Donna | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 07:31 PM
When I grow up, I'd love to be a world traveller. There are so many places that I find so interesting and I hope to be able to go there someday in the future!
Posted by: Geralyn | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 07:33 PM
when i grow up, i'd love to be a mom. :-)
Posted by: christine c | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 07:43 PM
When I grow up I want to be a designer and get to color, stamp, scrap and play for a living! :)
Posted by: Jen | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 07:45 PM
I want to be a humanitarian aid worker when I grow up! Either that...or...make my living through scrapbooking.
Posted by: Jingle | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 07:56 PM
I want to be a restaurant critic when I grow up! I love to try new places!! How fun would that be to eat your way through a menu :)
Posted by: pegg | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 08:05 PM
When I grow up I want to be a scrapbooker who is never behind and is currently scrapbooking things that only happened last week instead of last year.
Posted by: Denise Hytonen | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 09:00 PM
I just love your precision pens!! When I grow up would love to travel, enjoy life completly, scrap from when I wake up to when I go to bed! That would make me happy!
Posted by: Stéphanie Pouliot | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 09:06 PM
When I grow up I want to be a person who knows what they want to be when they grow up!
Posted by: Kristin Faust | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 09:10 PM
what would I want to be want I grow up. when i'm in my primary school, i wanted to be a teacher.
Now, i hope to have my own business, related to my hobby/interest hopefully, also to be a good mother, wife, sister and daughter
Posted by: Irene | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 09:39 PM
When I grow up, I want to be a mom for the third time.
And when that's done, I want to travel... a LOT!
Love your pens, thanks for the chance to win some!
Posted by: Claude | Friday, September 05, 2008 at 10:51 PM
Tough question...well, I don't know the exact job yet, but I want to be able to be creative and responsible and work with people, probably as a web designer or something like that..
I'm all into colours and journalling, I used to write poems and texts as a teenager and still try to put my soul in my scrapbook-texts.
Posted by: Sandra | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 12:25 AM
I don't want to grow up; I like where I am right now!
Posted by: Tami | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 12:34 AM
I would love to be a super-duper photographer. I'm working on that one, just not there yet!
Posted by: sarah MacKenzie | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 12:57 AM
I'd love to be a professional scrapbooker!! :)
Posted by: Polinka | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 01:00 AM
I want to be a photographer and a wife, and to be on the AC design team someday!!
Those are all just dreams, but 2 out of 3 will probably come true! :)
--Christina
Posted by: Christina Wofford | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 02:49 AM
I want to be successful and happy. Living the American dream. King of the castle!!!
Posted by: angela | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 03:42 AM
I seem to be growing 'out' not up since I had kids LOL!
Posted by: SharonW | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 05:17 AM
When I grow up I want to be the first woman football coach in the NFL:) I love fall, football, & AC!!!
Posted by: Julie | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 05:26 AM
I want to become a writer of childrens books, a world traveler, host my own B&B, a photographer, a make-up artist, a Spanish teacher, and so much more!! I'm 24 now, so maybe 1 of these things will happen when I grow up!
Posted by: PippiPebbles | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 05:47 AM
I want to be a studio photographer
Posted by: Laura Stewart | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 06:04 AM
When I grow up I want to LIVE! I want to be able to let fears aside and ENJOY!
Uhhh I hope I win! I would simply LOVE to win some lovely pens!
Posted by: Stine H Maansen | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 06:23 AM
I love those pens. When I grow up, I want to be a mom!! My husband and I are both finishing grad school and we have decided to wait to start a family. But we still dream of the little munchkins running around, who they will look like, etc...
Posted by: Charlotte | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 07:06 AM
When I grow up, I want to be a real scrapper. I'm still working on that. LOL
Posted by: shelly | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 07:10 AM
Half the year as a teacher here in the states and half the year as a teacher in sub-Saharan Africa...and scrapping both worlds...my fantasy job would be so cool!
Posted by: Dedra | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 07:11 AM
When I grow up I want to proud of myself for what I am and what I have been.
Thank you far sharing your nice LO's full of inspiration for us.
Posted by: alice | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 07:14 AM
when i grow up i would love to own a papercraft/unique gift- store that would enrich our neighborhood and have a house big enough to have my own scrappin/crafting room. thanks for a chance to win! jen t.(mjk02@comcast.net)
www.jentscrappysideofme.blogspot.com
Posted by: jennifer taylor | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 07:22 AM
When I grow up I want to be well read, well traveled, and well loved.
Posted by: lisa | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 07:29 AM
hmmm...what to be when i grow up? i'd love to be a photographer. i love capturing special moments and everyday stuff. love your products! keep them coming!
Posted by: Erin | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 07:55 AM
A graphic designing, novelist who love to sew for vera wang in her free time! It's good to dream BIG!
Posted by: charity.sorrells | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 08:30 AM
I feel pretty grown up right now. I guess I would like to be a more organized version of me!
Posted by: JoEllen | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 09:08 AM
Hmmm, when I grow up I'd like to spend every day crafting and baking with my grandchildren. My daughters only 9 so I'll have to be patient, lol.
Luv these pens! I have a few of them now and would definitely like to have more. Thanks for the great giveaway.
Posted by: Shawn Wenrich | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 09:18 AM
I have one of these pens and I LOVE it! I need more. When I grow up I want to be either a famous cake decorator like Duff from Ace of Cakes or a sports, travel, concert photographer, I can't decide!
Posted by: Carinh | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 09:23 AM
I want to be a professional organizer when "I grow up!" I adore Precision pens, btw...I use them all the time!!!
Posted by: Jenni | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 09:41 AM
When I grow up I would like to be a wealthy, retired, Woman wearing Purple that is still in love with my husband, and lives near her kids and Grandkids!
Thanks for the chance at this pen Giveaway!
Posted by: Erin Glee | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 09:50 AM
LOVE these pens - I use my trusty black on all the time!
Posted by: Jayne | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 10:26 AM
Oh gosh...what a tough question(well not really). I would really love to be doing something creative. Creating makes me HAPPY as do your Precision Pens!!! I would love to have them in every color & size.
Posted by: Jen D. | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 11:04 AM
I want to grow up to be a professional scrapbooker :)
Posted by: Jenny Alfonso | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 11:10 AM
Love to try these beauties, I have never seen them. When I grow up...I would like to be a photographer and travel the world doing it!
Posted by: Tara Cole | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 11:38 AM
oh boy...what a fun question. I want to be a special ed teacher for deaf students! :) LOVE THOSE PENS!
Posted by: Sonda T | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 01:40 PM
I love your pens!! I guess since I am doing what I want right now I would say I want to someday be a world traveler! :)
Posted by: Jen K | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 01:47 PM