Happenings at A Place in Time on 4-21-15

Aloha Everyone,

It's almost time for Fran's class. This Saturday, the 25th, will be a fun day. So, if you haven't signed up yet I believe there is still a seat or two available. Give me a call.

 I always have to smile a bit - you see after class is over and the tables are cleared it takes Priscilla about 1 day to fill them up with her crafting projects. Mind you, that's 2 eight foot tables. And they stay full until morning of the next class in the following month. I figure those tables are among the best investments we ever made.

In my last blog I mentioned that we are engraving black acrylic and then applying a gold fill. I thought you might like to see another sample of that technique.

The client usually wants their logo on the name tag and we have to covert the image into the language that the laser recognizes. That usually means I have to redraw the logo on the computer. It's fun and challenging at times. Recently, we did a name tag for a school teacher at Enchanted Lake Elementary. The photo below is my black and white drawing that the laser will use to to engrave the wood name tag.

 

Our laser is a tool that can give an amazing amount of detail in the engraving. You can see that in the sample below of the Aztec Calendar. The calendar is a sample I got from Epilog - the person who drew the calendar is probably still recovering from his task :)

I may have mentioned in a previous Blog, that we recently replaced (with Art's able assistance) the laser tube in our machine. It was a great decision because it is now allowing us to do things we couldn't do in the past. Ha! I've had to relearn the speed and and power settings. Guess you can teach an "old dog" something new. Recently, a friend asked if we could engrave the Chinese symbol on a chop. I think I found a solution and that's what we do in the Laser Den - find solutions.

That's all for now. We're currently working on our Web Site, Facebook, and other elements so that we can reach and help more people. I'll keep you updated as we proceed.

Have a great day,

Bill

A Place in Time
1079 Liku Street
Kailua,  HI  96734
1-808-261-2882
wotsearch@hotmail.com

Happenings at A Place in Time on 4-14-15

Aloha Everyone,

It's the middle of April and I've been extremely busy in my Laser Den. Our regular customers like the Four Seasons, Eco Solar, Starbucks, and Kumu Kit keep us busy with requests for name tags and electrical labels. Most recently, we done some work for individuals from the Queens Hospital, the Rotary Club of Lana'i and Subway. You may see some of our newest name tags being worn by a few people at 1st Hawaiian Bank in Kailua. I am always looking for something new and Sara at Aloha Salad got me to thinking about chalkboard name tags. Some companies use them because of a high turnover in employees. I experimented with a glossy black Acrylic and found that it can be engraved and also written on using a gold leafing pen. It provides the best of both worlds with a gold filled logo and names in gold also. An employee leaves, just erase the name and reuse the name tag. So far the people I've shown it to seem to be very pleased. Look for it over at the Starbucks in Kailua also.

It's fun for me to redrawn a company's logo in the language of the laser so that it can be engraved

Black Acrylic with the Gold Fill - I think it has a real elegant look

This name tag "proof" was done in the black acrylic - everything that you see in black was gold filled

And you might recognize the signs we engraved on Koa for Lanikai Juice

Now for the real purpose of this Blog entry. Fran's Next Class - it will be a two-part class. The first segment will be Saturday, April 25th. You will be creating cute punch art.  There is still room and you can RSVP by emailing Fran at scrapnhawaii@hotmail.com or calling me at 261-2882. The 2nd class will be on Saturday, May 30th. In that class you will create an album for the punch art. You can sign up for one class or both. The cost is $20.00. The cost for the May 30th class is yet to be determined.  The following items are what you will need to bring to class: black pen, white pen, scrapbooking chalk, scissors, tacky glue (and toothpicks), crop-a-dile, and of course your imagination. Optional items include: Dreamweaver's Picasso. You might also want to bring some "bling" and/or dimensional tape for the punch art.

This is so cute it makes you want to smile. 

Well, that's all for now. Please give me a call if I can help you with anything.

Have a great day,

Bill
A Place in Time
1079 Liku Street
Kailua, HI  96734
1-808-261-2882
wotsearch@hotmail.com