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Though I have made samples for display before, this is the first sandblasted cedar sign I've ever sold. White cedar with gold leaf and carved HDU fish. Big thanks to Rodger MacMunn for cutting and blasting the panel and to Murray for the carving advice.
The customer requested the colours (matching the building), but liked the very first layout and never even hesitated about the price. I wish I had more customers like him!
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Nice! That's one to be proud of. It's fancy and friendly at the same time. Bet it brings in many more sign jobs. love....Jill
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I was looking for the button that made the fish start singing, but couldn't find one. Just kidding, Nice work!
-------------------- Charles Borges de Oliveira Borges Lettering & Design Snohomish WA Posts: 352 | From: Snohomish WA | Registered: Mar 2003
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Looks great Lotti, but the picture doesn't do the fish justice. Well done girl.
-------------------- “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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I wish my first sign was that nice, beautifull work. Lotti, we have never met, but let me tell you, you have your finger right on it... I don't know what your main market is, but you said "never hesitated about the price", that is the key...
You probably had more fun doing it, you've probably were never so proud about a job you did and the money was good with little experience...
Start to filter out the jobs that don't make you proud, the ones you're not sure are lucrative and those who require an upgrade every 6 month.
I don't even own a plotter anymore, I focus on what I want my life to be and I wish you the same (if you desire it)... Remember, the money you don't have to spend... you don't have to earn !
-------------------- Rose Davidson Sleeper Woods Design Honoring Tradition with Technology Lakeport, CA 95435 Posts: 104 | From: Lake County, California | Registered: Nov 2005
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quote:I was looking for the button that made the fish start singing, but couldn't find one.
Lol, I can just hear one of his beer buddies say: You spent how much on this thing? I bought the wife a fish just like that for last Christmas. Twelve bucks at WalMart and IT SINGS, man!
-------------------- Dan Sawatzky Imagination Corporation Yarrow, British Columbia dan@imaginationcorporation.com http://www.imaginationcorporation.com
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An excellent job Lottie, the fish is very realistic.
-------------------- Bill Riedel Riedel Sign Co., Inc. 15 Warren Street Little Ferry, N.J. 07643 billsr@riedelsignco.com Posts: 2953 | From: Little Ferry, New Jersey, USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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Thank you Beth. The font is Victorian, with a slightly modified M and C, plus I made it a little bolder than the version I have. I don't remember where I got it from in the first place, but I found it for you here .
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Really nice, they be proud when that's up ....don't know what there gonna do with the fisherman hanging around trying to catch it tho lol....THANK YOU & ENJOY LIFE
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Thanks for the font info...will have to check out the rest of that site, too!
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