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People always say to me,
“You have the most funnest job in the world!”

Well, yes. I do.
At least most of the time.

One of the reasons it’s the most funnest job in the world is the fact that no two days are ever the same.
I wake up in the morning and go to work without any inkling whatsoever as to what I’ll be doing for the day.

That might sound like there’s no planning or scheduling, but that’s not true because without a calendar and a schedule nothing gets done and out the door when it should.
What it DOES mean is that through the course of the day I get to talk to many different people about many different projects and solutions to many different needs.

This time of year my life has mostly revolved around banners for the County Fair. Banners of all shapes and sizes. Most planned weeks in advance, a couple last minute (yesterday, Ack!)

This bit of loveliness (I love this one so much!) that I present to you was ordered in plenty of time so that we could work our designer magic and create something that was way beyond our customer’s expectations.

Dragon Wings and Sparkly Things

(I love it when I pull the banner or sign out and the customer bursts into happy tears.)

I really do have the funnest job in the world.

Just in case you’d like to have something this gorgeous for YOUR craft booth or business, click on over to Writings on the Wall and drop me an email, or give a call – and before you know it you’ll have tears in your eyes too. No extra charge for tissues.

Ahhhh…. summertime.

I’m reminded of a song from my Sunday School days:

Oh what do you do in the summer time? Do you  (I can’t remember the list of things, but it was long and made up of stuff that kids do in the summer.)
Oh what do you do in the summer time? Is that what you do? So do I!

Ballgames, camping, working in the garden, slapping mosquitoes, endless hours laying by the pool waving for the cabana boy to refresh your juice drink…

Family reunions. Weddings.
Is that what you do? So do I!

We put together these two bits of gorgeousness for our friend Trudi. One for Mother’s Day and the other for her mother in law’s 99th birthday.
Trudi brought us a big stack of really cool photos to look at, but she already knew which ones she wanted to use.  So we scanned them and  arranged them and made a nice little montage with an antique background  for each block. Then we printed and mounted them to the blocks.
The photos were not originally sepia toned, but by tinting them it made them blend together better.
(Pay no attention to that messy worktable in the background.)
Wouldn’t these make a wonderful giveaway or presentation for a family reunion?
How about a wedding?  Anniversary party?

Now that you’re all inspired to make something like this for your own family, click over to Writings on the Wall to this page right here and see how we can make this happen for you.

Glass blocks ain’t just for Christmas, you know!