It Has Been Five Years . . .

Five years.  The world has changed a lot since last time I wrote a blog post. It was before the pandemic . . . I was talking with someone recently about why I stopped writing.  There was a glitch in the program that I used to post them — it wouldn’t let me...

For Your Viewing Pleasure . . .

Our store sent me a link to a new Jennifer McGuire video on Distress Oxide Sprays — said it’s very well done (no surprise — everything Jennifer does is very well done), and has turned some customers on to Distress Oxide Sprays who had never...
An Audience With Royalty . . .

An Audience With Royalty . . .

While I was in Sevierville, Tennessee a couple of weeks ago, I got to spend a few minutes with my dear friends Picasso Gaglione, Darlene Domel, and Fred the Wonder Bear — they came to visit from their retirement villa in Knoxville.  How they got from San...
A Pleasant Stop Along the Road . . .

A Pleasant Stop Along the Road . . .

This started two weeks ago while we were setting up for a show in York, Pennsylvania – Pat Huntoon from Technique Junkies was across the aisle from me.  I heard her mention that she was doing a show in Sevierville, Tennessee the following weekend and a...
Mishaps . . .

Mishaps . . .

When you come into our booths at shows, you see the finished product that takes us hours to build.  But sometimes there are a few monkey wrenches thrown in along the way.  This story is from setup at the Syracuse show in May . . . and I should begin by...