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Color!

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Remember the first day of school?  Besides getting new shoes, my favorite item to start off school with was a brand new box of crayons.  Sometimes it would be a box of 48, but most times it would be a big box of 64 Crayola® crayons, with the built-in sharpener.  I was always jealous of the one boy, Jeffrey, who showed up with a box of 128 crayons every year.  I never, ever saw a box that big in any of my neighborhood stores.  I always took such good care of my crayons, putting each back in the same spot I got it from – an early sign of the meticulous engineer crossed with the artist in me!

I  have always loved color – the brilliant colors of fall make it my favorite season.  Fortunately, I have been able to indulge my love for color in both my decorative painting and jewelry careers.  It’s always a challenge to see what color palettes work well together, from a design viewpoint.  Today I was doing some research for my web site and spent hours looking through palettes at COLOURlovers.  If you love color, take a peek at the site – but be sure to have lots of time to spare – it gets addictive!

Beautiful Fall Color!

Beautiful Fall Color!

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Sad Story Happy Ending

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Back in one of the early posts on my blog, I outlined the reasons why I decided to put together a Business Plan.  Here it is again.  $2,000.  Yes, I put my Business Plan together as one of the requirements for a grant application.  The grant was being given by one of my women’s business groups, the Suffolk County Women’s Business Enterprise Coalition, SCWBEC.  More about them in another post.

I got my application together, including Business Plan, business registration, essay and associated paperwork.  I submitted my packet a day before deadline.  Then I waited.  But not too anxiously, because I certainly didn’t expect to win.  Well, maybe if no one else applied, there was a slight chance of my receiving the grant, but other than that . . .

So I waited.  The next week, I received an envelope from SCWBEC.  I opened it and guess what!  I didn’t win.  Don’t worry I wasn’t too disappointed.  What I realized at that moment is that I really DID win!  I had my Business Plan in hand – something I would never have put together, if not for the application.  I was now ready to start my business, with a blueprint in hand for every step.  I didn’t have to think – I could just start doing.  I was on my way!

Every woman who applied for the grant was a winner – even if she didn’t get that $2,000. women-winning

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A Painting Break!

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Yes, I’ve been neglectful here, my apologies.  Even with a flu shot, this nasty bug knocked me out for quite a few days.  So a short post today, until I am back on my feet.

In  a recent post, Know Your Passion, I added a photo of a mural I had painted during my decorative painting career.  I am thrilled that this same mural was featured in the Stencil Talk blog, today.  If you’d like to know a little more about my mural, hop on over there.  Carol Leonesio, owner of Paint It! and a principal writer of Stencil Talk has her own wonderful blog at Painter Girl.

I will be linking various art sites and blogs to mine, as I find design inspiration in everything – maybe you will too.

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