The best job ever and the coolest friends that I ever had were when I worked at a restaurant called the Heartthrob Cafe. It was in downtown St Paul, Minnesota and was so fun! Today we had a get together to catch up and reminisce. This is one of the many good things about facebook, finding people that you wished you never lost contact with. So, today my post is the buttons that I made for this event. We had 'flair' that was a lot more fun and cool than a restaurant chain that I will not name here. We danced and sang birthday songs. The girls wore poodle skirts and we did all of this while wearing in line skates. We were a crazy family and honestly this was one of the best times in my life. Ahhh...memories. In the time spent there somehow the button machine came into my possession. In honor of our gathering, of course I had to make pins. Here are also two murals that I painted at the restaurant. Let me tell you they were tricky! The murals are on glass and when
This is the finished chair for the Parrot head auction in March. Typically any where from 225.00 - 350.00 is raised from the auction for the chairs that I paint. It is a great way to use my talents to help others without a monetary donation because I am not always able to give money. I generally don't have much extra after the bills are paid but doing this makes me feel good and gives others enjoyment. Here are a few views of the chair. Here you can see the gecko design that inspired my painting. The places listed on the seat are either in Jimmy Buffett songs or locations that are associated with him and his music. St. Minnesomeplace is the Minnesota club that I do all of my painting for. The website with more information about the club and the causes it supports is: st-minnesomeplace.com.
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