Happennings at A Place in Time on 5-24-15

Aloha Everyone,

I received an email from Fran this morning containing the details on her upcoming class on Saturday, May 30, 1:30 - 3:30pm. The cost is $23.00 and I know there are a few seats still available. The supplies you will need to bring to class include: Tacky glue, adhesive of choice, paper trimmer, scissors, bone folder and scoring tool (small size is ok), corner rounder, ruler (Fran recommends Tim Holt idea-ology), pen or pencil, and a crop-a-dile. You will be making the album only. The punchart from the last class will be available for purchase. Take a look at the photos below, Fran has done a really great job. You will be very pleased using this album as a gift or just for yourself. Give me a call if you would like to sign up.

We've engraved a few more flasks since my last Blog. The stencils we designed when we had the store in the Old Craig's Bakery are coming in handy. We engraved the Petro Family on one of the flasks. On the opposite side we engraved the Royal Hawaiian Seal. The look on the flask came out very nice.

The actual engraving is much nicer than my humble photo taking ability

That's all for now. Please give me a call if you have any questions.


See you on Saturday,

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

Happenings at A Place in Time

Aloha Everyone,

It's a bright and beautiful Thursday morning and it reminds me of a day in Oregon when it doesn't rain. In my last Blog I mentioned that Priscilla loves gardening. I found a photo of a Japanese Lace leaf maple that we had in our yard and I thought it would be fun to share.

Fran's class is on the 30th (Saturday) and there is still a few seats left. She emailed me this morning and said that her sample would be finished this weekend. As soon as I receive the photos I'll post them on the Blog. Please give me a call if you would like to sign up for the class.

Around my Laser Den, I have been kept busy with a variety of projects. Lately, a lot of people have been bringing in their Hydro Flasks for engraving. Fran came by and surprised me with a gift of a Hydro Flask in the pint size. I had not seen them before and naturally had to test it for engraving. The flask color is a beautiful golden brown. I chose to engrave one our stencil designs (Palm Moon B). I think the engraving turned out great. You can be your own judge.

The engraving is actually silver in color. The tone on the photo shows the reflection from my maple desk top.

Every once in awhile we get a request for a plaque. We don't carry brass in the shop, but we do carry a brushed gold acrylic. I prefer it because it won't tarnish or turn green with time. We will cut and engrave the labels to your specification. You can see a sample that we did for one organization below.

 

Name tags remain a large part of the work we do. Recently, I did a name tag using the black acrylic and gold fill. I think the combination of the black and gold has an elegant look.

Most of the name tags we do are still made out of the wood we carry in the shop. I had a call this week - more name tags for officials associated with USA Swimming. I've completed the initial order of 68 and am waiting for the lists from Kauai and the Big Island.

Because of the times we live in, I'm reluctant to show things we've done because it has a personal information on it.  The wood plate and the Hydro Flasks we did for the tennis coaches show the engraving without the names.

My thanks to Art for showing me how to edit in Photoshop and to Darryl for showing me
how to use the Macro setting on the camera for better/clearer close ups. 

That's all for now. I'll follow up in a couple of days with Fran's information.

Have a great day,

Bill

A Place in Time
1079 Liku Street
Kailua,  HI  96734
1-808-261-2882
wotsearch@hotmail.com
website: go to google and type in laser engraving kailua

Happenings at A Place in Time

Aloha Everyone,,

In a recent Blog, I showed the image of a Ram stencil that Art had designed for his sister. His idea was to have it engraved on a Hydro Flask as a surprise gift. Priscilla took that same image as a stencil and created a greeting card. I think that you will agree with me that she did a fantastic job.

It's a nice use of ink, embossing powder, and heat gun. It's easy and,
depending on the colors you choose, it works for both man or woman.

One thing that you may not know is that Priscilla has a passion for gardening. When we lived in Oregon she was somewhat spoiled in that she had about a 1/4 acre to work with. She did a wonderful job. The array of different plants, the wonderful scents that filled the air, and the music of flowing water was a pleasant surrounding. One of my favorite plants was the variety of bamboos. She still likes to get her hands dirty, but doesn't always have the time. Recently, as birthday gift to her mother they went to a local nursery and chose plants and pots. Mom wanted to see them placed in the front yard. The following are photos of the result of their effort.

It was only a couple of days after planting that we were seeing the results. Mom was very pleased with her 89th birthday gift. She's already planning on buying more pots.

That's all for now. As information comes in regarding Fran's class I'll keep you posted.

Have a great week,

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