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Well, we finally got into the space that the wine shop is going into. Wow. Stacked floor to ceiling with “stuff”. One the upside, there is more storage room than we expected in the bathroom, which means room for the dishwasher in there as well. It will be interesting to see how long it takes [...]

Yet another business card for my wallet: Check out the website place holder at http://www.madronawinemerchants.com and click on the FaceBook like button so we can get a shorter URL for links. We need 25 unique likes! The logo still isn’t final for the vinyl (for the storefront), but since we have two wholesale wine tastings [...]

Before I get to today’s workaholic post, here is a picture from yesterday when Jeffey stopped by: With both of our toys out in front of the house. His is a little more expensive than mine: And now back to the little afternoon party to fold, gather, stitch, stick and stuff. Sorry it’s a little [...]

The day started out rather foggy and overcast. I actually had the heat on running to the grocery store up the hill. Got all the stuff organized for tomorrow’s Stick, Fold, Stich, Bitch, and Stuff work-party to complete the photo directory for the Summer Gathering. A week and a half before I’m still squeezing that [...]

In preparation for the directory party on Sunday I’m printing all the directories… well, I thought I was. Managed to blow through a full black toner cartridge on the monster black and white printer. Actually it would be the tail end of one, and another full one. And trying to print it on the color [...]

More and more logo work for the wine shop�— this time we are working with a mock-up of the store front that I had to Photoshop out a tree and a bus sign to get a feel for how it will actually work. The cell phone shot: With the tree and sign removed (and a [...]

Work, work, work, meet, meet, meet, bank, bank, bank. We hit the bank at the wrong time. Three people in front of us. That hour I put in the meter (meter said $2.00 an hour, but charged $3.75 an hour�— city budget cuts for new signage). Two hours later we are out of the bank [...]

Today’s two projects. More work on the box (note brass corners): All that’s left is to redo the felt on the inside (switching to black fabric on the suggestion of Wonderful) and the final sanding, which I may do at Breitenbush. Project number two. Securing my front license plate on all four corners so it [...]

It’s a good thing the gathering isn’t for two weeks yet as the box is demanding more and more attention. Today it was the clasps to keep the lid on: Tomorrow it’s the start of the walnut trip around the bottom, or maybe I’ll just get some more brass hardware for the corners, or maybe [...]