Post #194656 by pariartspaul on Tue, Oct 25, 2005 7:13 AM

Well, I saw it last night with a crowd here and everyone liked it. Thanks for all the nice comments! I liked the way they edited it, they added some funny stuff. We got a few hundred hits on our website yesterday from the HGTV's website link to ours and we got quite a few emails from people requesting quotes for signs. So all in all it was a lot of fun to do and we got some good publicity out of it.

People were asking how long it takes to make one of those signs because on the show I just zipped through it in a few minutes... Well it takes a couple of hours for cutting and assembly. One day for base coats letting it dry between coats. The final paint job can take a solid day or two depending on the complexity of the artwork. And all that is not counting the initial design work.

Swizzledd: Yes we made the tikis on the back wall there - Richard and I made those for our first luau some ten years ago. The are made of styrofoam and paper mache' with Durum's wood putty spooned on for texture. We have them in the living room in a wall display right now, but they are heading back to the workshop soon because Richard is changing the theme in the main room for the Holidays.

And Tikiwinebear - sorry we missed your Luau this summer, it looked fabulous and the pictures you sent were incredible. You put a lot of work into it - I bet it turned out great?! I've GOT to get out to your area one of these days, I haven't been out there (Russian River) since I was about 15 years old I think! I'm curious to see how it has changed. I've got to get out more, but you know I'm kind of a homebody these days...

Thanks again all,
Talk to you soon,

Paul