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I'm sure that if anyone here has read my posts for the past 6 months they could see that I was in pretty dire straits. Had to get a "real job" up the street to help pay the bills. Have to wait on sign customers who think I've given up the biz. Have to wait on the local "sign makers"....man that's the hardest. Well things are looking up! I have been getting so much more work that I will gradually phase out the "real" job. Today I had two clients to deal with after work. In days past, I would have designed in front of them and printed each out a sketch. In fact, I did exactly that for one of them years ago, and he never got the sign! The reason he came back to me was that he loved the pizza mural that Stevo and I painted last summer. I've learned a lot about "service" not just from this BB but from my day job. I told both clients that I no longer provide instant sketches. In fact, since the first man was only ordering a poster, I won't do a sketch. He said he trusted my taste, and his poster will be done on Saturday. The second man expected a sketch. I reminded him of the last time he'd been here, and told him I could email him a sketch after he gave me a deposit. He laughed and said he'd be back with a check tomorrow. So things are looking up. I feel as if I've been tested by fire and came back hardened yet shiny. (sorry to sound Dan-like) People are finally starting to respect me for my 20 years in the sign biz, and I've needed that all along. But it took leaving my house and getting out into the real world to make the difference. Love....Jill PS Glantz dropped off a new type of ER banner for me to try a few weeks ago. Haven't had time to paint on it. Tonight a woman called, whose son is coming back from Iraq. I gave her a special price for using this "test" banner. We'll both benefit.
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i'm sooo glad you are busy and life is looking creative again!! i can totally relate to you!! november and december were just crazy for me...i was way too busy for one person, had paint and product failures and it was the holidays to boot. sometimes the dust just has to settle...then we get into the groove again! i think we are baaaack!!!
-------------------- Karyn Bush Simply Not Ordinary, LLC Bartlett, NH 603-383-9955 www.snosigns.com info@snosigns.com Posts: 3516 | From: Bartlett, NH USA | Registered: Jan 2001
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We are pulling for you. The thing to remember is it may be dark for a while, but the sun will come out, and your gonna shine.
-------------------- Mark Kottwitz Kottwitz Graphics Ridgely, MD www.SeeMySignWork.com -------------------------- Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein Posts: 746 | From: Ridgely, MD | Registered: Oct 2000
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well, I was just lurking from my moms dial-up computer here on vacation... but just had to login to say how happy I am to see you moving back into being a sign chick as the rule rather then the exception. that's the way it should be forever more for you Jill!
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"... spread that sign shine all over the place..."
WTG, Jill!
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design Saint Cloud, Minnesota
"Things work out best for the people who make the best of the way things work out." - Art Linkletter Posts: 6451 | From: Saint Cloud, Minnesota | Registered: Jun 1999
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Glad to hear it Sweetheart! But why the post title "Vindication" - doesn't that mean being cleared of guilt or justification of a past action.....where does that come from. In any case keep smiling, that's the Jilly Beans the world needs.
-------------------- “Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?” -Winnie the Pooh & A.A. Milne
Kelly Thorson Kel-T-Grafix 801 Main St. Holdfast, SK S0G 2H0 ktg@sasktel.net Posts: 5496 | From: Penzance, Saskatchewan | Registered: May 2002
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-------------------- Signs by Alicia Jennings (Mudflap Girl) Tacoma, WA Since 1987 Have Lipstick, will travel. Posts: 3814 | From: Tacoma, WA. U.S.A. | Registered: Dec 1999
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quote:1. To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim. [R.]
Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain? The birds of heaven shall vindicate their grain. --Pope.
2. To maintain or defend with success; to prove to be valid; to assert convincingly; to sustain against assault; as, to vindicate a right, claim, or title.
3. To support or maintain as true or correct, against denial, censure, or objections; to defend; to justify.
When the respondent denies any proposition, the opponent must directly vindicate . . . that proposition. --I. Watts.
Laugh where we must, be candid where we can, But vindicate the ways of God to man. --Pope.
4. To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies. --Milton.
5. To liberate; to set free; to deliver. [Obs.]
I am confident he deserves much more That vindicates his country from a tyrant Than he that saves a citizen. --Massinger.
That's what I meant. Love.....Jill
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Glad things are turning around for you,Jill. You go girl!! Judy
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Live simply...Love generously...Care deeply...Speak kindly...Leave the rest to God. Posts: 2621 | From: Albany,GA,USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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(by the way- just do an ahhesion test on the banner first- I've just spent 2 days redoing two banners at my cost. They were new ones provided by the customer (red flag#1), and it turns out the maker used scraps of some great 'nothing will stick to it' tent & marquee material. Dealing with adhesion on this was a real headache for us!)
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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That's great Jill - I have had many customers tell me they appreciate my service - it's real simple - just do what you say you gonna do - you might be surprised how many business people DON'T follow that simple rule. . . .
-------------------- Carl Wood Olive Branch, Ms Posts: 1392 | From: Olive Branch,MS USA | Registered: Nov 1999
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Imagine, Eh!.....get back, get back, get back where you belong...Making Signs!!
all the Best, Jill!
John
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Fantastic! The sebatical was just what you needed! Glad you're back with a vengence! love... Cloudy
-------------------- Catharine C. Kennedy CCK Graphics 1511 Route 28 Chatham Center, NY 12184 cck1620@taconic.net "Look at me, Look at me, Look at me now! I't's fun to have fun, But you have to know how!" Posts: 2173 | From: downtown Chatham Center, NY | Registered: Feb 2004
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Way to go!! We KNEW you would be back with the $$$ rolling in soon enough!
-------------------- Jane Diaz Diaz Sign Art 628 W. Lincoln Ave. Pontiac, Il. 61764 815-844-7024 www.diazsignart.com Posts: 4102 | From: Pontiac, IL USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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Not to sound VINDICTIVE.... But I just heard that Sign-O-Rama went belly-up!!! Now is this a reflection of the state of the sign industry in my area, or does it just go to show that people are growing tired of licky-stickies? Love.....Jill
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Good for you Jill! It's always good to get out, to be seen; let em know you're alive and kickin.
I've had 3 plotters & a digital printer crop up within 5 miles of the shop in the past year+. I'm stickin with my tag lines: If You're Serious About Your Image... Distinctive Design & Quality Craftsmanship.
-------------------- Bill Dirkes Cornhole Art LLC Bellevue, Ky. Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are. Posts: 591 | From: Bellevue,Ky. US | Registered: Aug 1999
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