Doing it right

Hey there!  Sorry I wasn't on here for the weekend, but it's starting to get hectic in herya!!!  Nick's baseball games and practice are taking over...but it's all good.  I am starting to work on my second custom sign order for my friend's pool.  I'm so excited that it's finally going along....hope it stays steady!  Anyway, the lady I made to first sign for just loved it.  I delivered it to her and she really loved it!  That's a great feeling.  I get nervous that my work isn't as good as I thought it was.....but so far...so good.  It's Tuesday already...soon school will be out and then where will we be?  LOL....whew..atleast we have 2 months left. 

So I am going to be creating some new stuff, and finishing my Garden Angel soon.  I will post pics soon too.  Hoping to be ready to join a craft fair on the first of June...I didn't make it in time for the one this weekend, but I would like to check it out.  I need help thinking of a good display for my "store"!  Anyone have any ideas??  Leave my any ideas you might have for displaying signs, birdhouses and Garden Angels.  I would appreciate any ideas out there.  Also if anyone would like to go to the craft fair with me give me a shout!  It's Saturday and Sunday till 4...in Milford. 

Thanks for taking the time to read...talk to you again tomorrow!

Signs...signs...everywhere are signs!

It's on now!  Just got an order for 2 more custom made signs!  And found out about another craft fair that I am checking into.  I think it's really starting to move now.  Wouldn't that be exciting??  How fun would it be to become the next "Gooseberry Patch" or "Country House"??  I love those catalogs...imagine the possibilities!  So todays plan is to measure and map out the new signs and deliver the one I finished.  Then I am trying to post on here everyday.  I missed yesterday but Nick was a super star in his baseball game last night!  All the Pirates were awesome!  But it sure is something when the other teams coach tells the outfielders to back up when your son comes up to bat!  He hit a homerun and 3 triples and made some outstanding plays in field that I was looking at him and thinking...."Who is this kid??".  Coach Keith would be so proud!  No Lego Star Wars talk this year!!!  LOL!

Anyway...I will be headed downstairs to work soon...my boss is a little "bossy" when it comes to clocking in!  LOL!

Have a blessed day everyone!!!  Leave a comment or 2 when you are finished reading, if you like.  ;)

Custom sign day.....Congrats Natalia and Tom!

This is the start of the custom sign! Put it together and paint it and this is what you get!

Love this saying...thank you Lindsey!  Congrats Tom and Natalia!  Many years of marital bliss wished upon ya! 

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Had a great day working and creating!  I love my job!!!

Ahhh the good old days

I can remember sitting around the painting table in my Aunt's attic studio.  We used to go atleast twice a week, I think, and there was about 4 or 5 of us learning to paint.  We would paint things like animals or flowers or eagles.  I painted this little girl with blonde pony tails once picking the petals off a daisy.  I think I still have it downstairs.  My Aunt was so patient.  I don't know how she did it with all the questions, because you know we had them, and all the talking, because you know we talked.  I laugh sometimes when I'm painting because I can hear her saying how to do it in my head!  I still go to visit my Aunt in Ohio and this summer I would love to sit and paint with her again.  She used to teach us one stroke.  And floating and all these technical techniques....all of which I wish I could remember.  Maybe I do and just don't know it?!  I love to paint.  It is very calming to me.  It is so easy for me to sit for hours and just paint away.  I am trying to rearrange my priorities so that I can get down there everyday.  It is my job anyway....so I should do it more than I have been doing it...don't ya think?  LOL! My only problem is that when I'm down in my studio all I can see is all the stuff I have to paint and I get side tracked!  FOCUS Melissa!  lol....Thanks Aunt Shelda!

Learning to Blog

I don't know how to do this.  Plain and simple.  I don't think my life is anything to write about, much less read.  I really like to create things...just don't know where to start this.  We just got back from vacation...the Tropical Island of Ohio.  Huh..I heard the laughs.  I laugh too.  But I love my in-laws!  As crazy as they are, they sure make you feel welcome.  And the food!  They have a wonderful restaurant Napoli's Italian Eatery in Canton, Ohio.  My son, Nicholas thinks he owns the place!  They all love him there.  Would do anything for him, and us.  We had a great time, if we didn't get sick it would have been better!

Now for this blogging thing....I am gonna give it a shot.  Just come and read this stuff and let me know how I'm doing!  I am also getting real serious on my crafting.  I am not going to be ready for the Mt. Haven craft show in 2 weeks, but I am rearranging my priority list and am not volunteering for a lot anymore, just so I can get downstairs and on here.  I hope I can get into this....because sometimes I can make sense.  Hahah...I said SOMETIMES!  Lol!  Enjoy the rest of this beautiful day!  Talk to you tomorrow!  Hopefully...if I remember!