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The murals at the Letterheads on the Loose in Little Chicago have been completed...
Cosmic Ray
Jon Butterworth
Tony Segale
Nancy Beaudette & Noella Cotnam
David Butler
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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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Being in a Curling rink, looks like you all Really Pushed the Brooms(Brushes)!
Fantastic Work all around! Where will they all reside?
Any idea of a rough(won't hold ya to it...ha ha) total cost of all this Beauty!!??
John
wish i could be there for the John Jordan Tribute, he was/is an inspiration to All of Us.
-------------------- John Lennig / Big Top Sign Arts 5668 Ewart Street, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada bigtopya@hotmail.com 604.451.0006 Posts: 2184 | From: Burnaby, British Columbia,Canada | Registered: Nov 2001
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All very nice!! Gee I can't help but wonder who had their hand in the color combinations on the Vet mural. I love the monotone look of the Bushie mural. Nicely done folks.
Stevo
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Gorgeous, by far! The monotones and variety are very unique. You really pushed the envelope on this meet! I love the history behind these murals.
-------------------- Deb Fowler
"It's kind of fun to do the impossible - Walt Disney (1901-1966) Posts: 5373 | From: Loves Park, Illinois | Registered: Aug 1999
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Very awesome and very inspiring. It means alot to me to see people actually DOING, what I, for one , only dream about most of the time. I just makes me want to go out and DO SOMETHING. I just absolutely love seeing this type of work, and wish I could have been there.
I will not miss the next one, I can promise you that !
-------------------- Jeff Ogden 8727 NE 68 Terr. Gainesville FL, 32609 Posts: 2138 | From: 8827 NE 68 Terr Gainesville Fl 32609 | Registered: Aug 2002
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Dawgee's home after a very busy week in MJ. Kelly did a great job with a very big undertaking. It was so much fun to see old friends and meet new ones. Pictures will be coming tomorrow.... must sleep after 9 hour drive.
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Very nice work. A good feeling to it all. you all must be very proud and satisfied of this accomplishment. Moose Jaw will be an even more beatiful place to visit now.
-------------------- David C. Petri Flying Peach Custom Paint Green Bay, WI 54302 cell 920-246-7821 Posts: 79 | From: Green Bay, WI | Registered: Jun 2006
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It would be "beautiful" if I could spell correctly. No disrespect. Just another recovering perfectionist burning the midnight away!
-------------------- David C. Petri Flying Peach Custom Paint Green Bay, WI 54302 cell 920-246-7821 Posts: 79 | From: Green Bay, WI | Registered: Jun 2006
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My cell is 920-246-7821, while we're at it. Maybe Steve or Barb could change that for me. Thanks! Good Job Kelly and crew!
-------------------- David C. Petri Flying Peach Custom Paint Green Bay, WI 54302 cell 920-246-7821 Posts: 79 | From: Green Bay, WI | Registered: Jun 2006
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I made it back safely to the land of Maple syrup last night. A long journey capped off by a lightning and thunder show just over my house.
I too would like to offer up thanks to Kelly and her whole family for a great Walldog event. My host family was great and my "roomies" were also a treat to hang out with.
I was fortunate enough to be able to help out on David and Suzie's mural. It is always a joy to spend time with the Butler's!
I will try to do some pictures tonight after a day of rest at work! take care
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Oh what a fantastic time! Kelly had it all together. Cheers girl! There was a learning curve to the paint, but obviously it didn't hurt the end results to the murals any. They will now be clear and bright for 100 years. I gave Tony a hand with his chinese mural. He had his daughter and another young girl helping and I have never seen two teenagers with such persistance and diligence. Those two girls worked hard from beginning to end. The town itself had a lot of interesting perks. Underground tunnels for one. Our hosts were wonderful people. So accomodating and gracious. The scariest part was the ride home. Our little Jazz jet hit a thunderstorm that had us on a real rollercoaster ride. But we made it. Thanks Again Kelly. Your family were all wonderful hosts. You should be very proud.
-------------------- Deri Russell Wildwood Signs Hanover, Ontario
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I also forgot to mention the fantastic work that was being done by Pat Welter and his crew on the antique fire truck. Wow. Fantastic work. And over in the other corner Rodger MacMunn had a whole bevy of 3D work going on for the Burrowing Owls. I didn't get to see the finished results of that but they were coming wonderfully when I had to take my leave. Cudos guys!
-------------------- Deri Russell Wildwood Signs Hanover, Ontario
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Mom's always been a planner, organized 6 kids and a husband for the last 30 years, and continues to do so. I had no doubt that she would pull this off and it would turn out so great.
This was my third letterhead meet, and I never cease to be amazed at the incredible talent and passion that is put on display at these events. It is an inspiration to see so many people pursuing their love for art and it make me feel more confident about the option to make a career out of my passions.
Thank you to everyone for taking the time to mentor us "sign virgins and wall puppies" and showing us the ropes...I felt very privilaged to have been surrounded by such experience and talent and wonderful people from around the world.
Thanks mom
ps. I hope you all got pictures of me in my flapper dress...because that was the first and last time you will ever see me struttin my stuff in a dress that short!
-------------------- Jessie Zoerb Kel-T-Grafix Holdfast, SK Posts: 12 | From: Saskatoon, SK | Registered: Nov 2006
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GREAT murals!!!! Wish I could have been there!
-grampa dan
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Many thanks from upstate New York as well, Kelly! Awesome time from murals to ground squirrels and Bison! A real adventure, all around! And Jesse's legs go all the way to the floor! the tired Cat
-------------------- 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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I'll second the thanks from the virgin corner I had so many people help me, pat, tramp, sal, roger, russell kelly, bill hueg, bushie, murray... many more, I learned from everyone I talked to and had a great time.
It was great to see the murals come together and they're stunning! Congrats to all the designers, top shelf stuff.
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And thanks, too, for my door prize of Crazy Jack's pin striping manual- should be a great help here at home!
-------------------- 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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It was a pleasure to meet most of you, make some new friends and see some old ones as well. It was quite a honour to even be considered to be a project leader, especially knowing the work of the other project leaders, and having the pressure of putting something together of a calibur that might stand side by side in a 'gallery' of panels. I sincerely hope I wasn't too hard or pressured to many of you who worked so hard to put on this meet. It was quite a treat working indoors like one big family. I can't say enough about two special people on my team, put I should say more about the rest who helped to complete my panels...Deri Russell, Frank Maesen, Brenda Siemen, Robin Sherrard, Bob Hines and my 'wife' for the week, Nancy Bennett and our two daughters Erin and Megan. All you Canadian Letterheads who worked so hard to put this meet on, deserve a pat on the back. It takes a lot of work to put one of these walldog meets on, and you run into things you didn't expect, that happens. But the important thing is we did it, we finished the panels and the meet became a success. A lifetime book of memories. Congratulations!
In closing, did I ever tell you the story my grandpappy used to tell me? The one about the little birdy?
-------------------- Tony Segale Segale Fine Art & Gold Leaf Sign Co Lodi, CA www.tonysegale.com
""and he took that golden hair and made a sweater for baby bear" Posts: 216 | From: Lodi,CA,USA | Registered: Feb 2000
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Well Kelly & all. I am home in Nova Scotia. First they hit our plane with lightning. 4 hour delay. Sent us on our merry way in a plane that got just past Winnipegg & had to do a turn-around & land at winnipegg.Transfered to another plane that got us to the big T O at 4 in the morning.Gave us hotel accomadations until we were to leave at 6.55. Rescheduled my flight for 12.55. Don't know what time Nancy & Noella got back to Cornwall. Boy Kelly,you sure can put on quite an affair. When you host the next one, I will hitch-hike.
REALLY had a great time. Western hospitality, first class!! So much went into this meet for the two years previous to make it a success. You wore many hats for the week. Mother, wife, worden, referee, adult baby sitter & bar maid. A large THANK YOU. Say high to Moose Jaw. Maybe a trip east will help.
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Well Ruth and I finally home...Boy what a week...Monday was setup day and we were greeted by a hugh hail storm with hail the size of golf balls...then hit by a real heatwave the following few days, Made us glad we were doing all the murals inside under cover...A huge thank-you to all who came and participated and an even bigger thankyou to all the Living Sky heads who helped Kelly make this possible, from running last minute and getting scaffold to pounce powder and finding tin smiths to do some last minute shearing and bending so that all would be perfect and ready to rock once all the mural leaders arrived...As Tony said it was great having this all in one location, everyone could see all the murals in there progression, participate in and visit with each other often...Great seminars, as some of the newbies said how do you keep all this info from leeking out?...the Gold father banquet was incredible, with the link direct to Paul and his family, how cool tecnology can be...Bruce Ander and Rick Jansen great job on the 1915 REO Speedwagon and thanks to all who helped us complete this beauty...Thanks to everyone, we had a really good time. Pat and Ruth.
-------------------- Pat Welter Masterhand Signs and Designs Unity, Saskatchewan.Canada Posts: 1304 | From: Unity, Saskatchewan.Canada | Registered: May 1999
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My turn to say a huge thank you to Kelly and her family, and all the others that helped her pull things together. Thanks to all the project leaders and congratulations on so many jobs well done to perfection. Awesome work. You all shined in Moose Jaw this weekend......and did it in style. Kelly your Gold Father Banquet speech was perfect...and the presentation very heart warming, John Jordan will live in our hearts forever. Now back to the real world of work piled high and start saving to attend the Moncton meet....off to work I go.....hopefully see everyone in Moncton. Well done Kelly.
-------------------- Susan Banasky Source Signs Nanaimo, British Columbia sourcesigns@shaw.ca
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Kelly, looks like everyone had a great time, it was great to be able to talk to you at the tribute. I'm sorry I couldn't be there but I will do my best to come over and share some good times. The tribute to Dad looked great, we had trouble with the sound as well. My thanks to you and Dan for putting it together. The video clip of Dad looked terrific and all the photos made a wonderful tribute to a truly special Letterhead. Would it be possible to we get a copy so we could show the rest of the family. I will be posting photos of Scott and Bec's wedding as soon as I can get hold of some, being Father of the Groom is as busy as being Father of the Bride, I never had a chance to take any photos myself.
-------------------- Paul Jordan Jordan Signs http://jordansigns.com.au paul@jordansigns.com.au Australia "We don't stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing" George Bernard Shaw, I think. Posts: 166 | From: Caringbah, N.S.W., Australia | Registered: Nov 1999
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My turn to shout your praises! You pulled it off - it was just wonderful to be a small part of it. I am in awe of the talent that turns up to gatherings like this and admit to feeling almost a fraud in the sign business by comparison. As I was told to expect, I'm suffering a bit from post-meet blues - I miss everyone already!
Looking forward to the next one - see what you've done?!
-------------------- Graham Parsons Signs 'n Such Ltd Swift Current Saskatchewan Canada. www.signsnsuch.com
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Congrats to all! Looks like it was a great meet. Sorry we missed it.
-------------------- 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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