Post #693335 by danlovestikis on Thu, Sep 12, 2013 4:09 PM

littlegiles thank you so much. I feel a bit of a rush when a huge project is finished. We have decided to try to finish before the summer starts next year. Oh oh, we better get going on it tomorrow!

lunavideogames I should repeat my note to littlegiles. I sure do like those comments.

TikiAno Buzzy would like that. We root for him too. GROG is a photoshop pro but I like all the photos each of you have done.

hang10tiki you will get to see Dan's crawl mug collection after the crawl has ended in October. Next up will be some Tiki Bob conversions and then the next wish list will open. I have to get some things done here. I'm trying to make some room for myself but everywhere there are tikis and more tikis. But that's a good thing, right?

TikiAno I will be thrilled when GROG feels up to visiting my thread again.

Atomic Tiki Punk you too. Did you see the funny photo of Doug with your wife?

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Even when all the mugs are done there are more tasks to complete.

First I printed 55 photos of the mug so I can have a numbered and autographed one with each mug. Five extra for mistakes. I wrote 1/50, 2/50 etc. and Wendy Cevola on each one.

Dan taped the bottoms of all the boxes and stacked them on the couch which is covered with a sheet.

Then I wrote all the numbers on the boxes twice so I can find them easily when they are in my cars truck during the crawl. SCM = Sacramento Crawl mug.

All done and in order so I can match the mug to the box.

For Kele, she likes Dan's rear end. The mugs are everywhere.

The army.

The marines.

The house is a tiki mess.

Each mug is matched to it's card and held by a rubber band.

Dan wrapped each mug and sealed it in it's box and taped it shut. Behind him is a table of things we are selling to Mahalo Tiki for his shop. On the couch are things I sold on eBay (we lost our shirts). Our cat is clawing our furniture so I have cloth over each end of the couches to keep her away from them.

Now the mugs are really done. They are ready to go in the trunk of my car when the crawl is on and I sell them from there. I had one cancellation. So there is one mug left.

It feels really good to be at this point so soon. The first crawl mug I made was started in August and finished just before the crawl started. Every year we have begun earlier and this one was done sooner than any of the years past.

Many happy days ahead. Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2013-09-12 16:42 ]