a new look in town

got my box samples! my fabulous young designer in Portugul has given me a whole new look....one i will unvail slowly......according to the level of my bank account. but i am excited! here is a peek at the new look/box that will go with the purchase of my smaller work.
and while i was at it i got some samples of miniature black and white marble bases i will also offer for my little hands and feet........

samples

it just occurred to me the other day when i was about to order some of my work cast in aluminum and have some boxes made for my smaller work that i should order samples first............!!!
hello! being an artist in business does wonders for one's self esteem . that is 'said' with sarcasm in case you are wondering.....

life's little secrets

not that i have any,,,,or at least none that i want to share here...but i do want to say i read a great little essay by barb johnson and i want to do a blatent plug of her book"MORE OF THIS WORLD OR MAYBE ANOTHER" i bought a copy on amazon and am loving it. anyhow she wrote this article about being a late bloomer, and i was thinking of the quote on our fridge my wife got me for my birthday that says "life ripens all things" ......and i thought, i am in a perpetual state of feeling like i will never be there.....wherever there is.......and then i thought of my best friend telling me that never being there, is of course all that there is.

as my father likes to say

if your ship never comes in, swim out to it. so since my last packaging guy didnt work out, guess he is doing other things. i went searching on the web and found this amazing young award winning graphic designer out of Portugal. i cant believe how technology has made the world such a small place. we are in the final steps of creating an exciting new look for my work......which of course i will reveal here first....hah!

my father also replied, when i asked him the other day,

"hey dad, is the glass have empty or half full?"

"depends on which glass."

anne ricketts: Thank God for Serendipty

anne ricketts: Thank God for Serendipty: http://dlabrecque.com

Thank God for Serendipty

i have decided to take the packaging plunge. i did a mini survay of some of my stores and then asked the fabulous jeweler margaret solow "http://nightingalejewelry.com/home.html"> how she does hers, which i love. but unlike me i soon realized she has the gift for gift wrapping and i don't. my idea of a gift wrap/packaging is to stick it in an old Ralph's shopping bag and call it a day. you should of seen me last Christmas, somehow i got the gift wrapping work shift......not a pretty sight under our tree. my wife on the other hand is an amazing wrapper.....oh well. so after i came to terms with my lack of ability in this area...a persons strength is in recognizing their weakness...hey that has to be a quote from somewhere....lord only knows where my brain scrapped that one up from. anyhow i contacted my old -as in i have known her since college days- friend. the super stylish Donna Labrecque. check her out! http://dlabrecque.comshe teaches branding at Art Center in Pasadena....just so happens she is working with a packaging person now......life is sweet. i love serendipity. i will update you on this process.

my packaging now and hopefully soon to be much inproved.........

mommy mush brain -who would have thought it would come to this

i just spent the last five minutes trying to log on to my own blog account because i couldnt remember my password.....from two nights ago. now this sort of term memory loss used to really upset me til today when i went swimming with my best friend. we both have 2 kids seven and younger and above and in between their yelling and splashing, my friend and i were trying to have a semi adult conversation about current affairs- i know- why bother right? the sad truth is that it wasnt a conversation. neither of us could remember anything. the topper came when we couldnt remember for at least five minutes the name of that angular faced fellow with the turban .....world trade center....oh yeah ben laden. i feel better though cause i was the one who actually remembered his name. she was still stuck on it starting with an 'H".