Hi all!
Sorry to be so quiet but the family and I took a much needed vacation last week to Disneyland. Yay, what a wonderful time we had! I spent 7 years of my childhood living in California and Disneyland was my favorite place in the world. It still is. And what a treat to take my own children there for the first time and see them have such a great time.
I won't bore you with family photos but I will share with you one of the highlights of the trip for me. Hubby surprised me with an early Christmas gift when we visited the watch shop on "Main Street".
I adore Eeyore and fell in love with this the minute I saw it.
What is most exciting , when you purchase your time piece you also receive the original artwork used to make your watch.
Mine was created by artist, Dave Smith. It is watercolor on hot press paper. I love that you can see the pencil marks underneath the paint. This will soon be framed and hanging in my studio! Try to find Smiths' signature. See it? (click image to enlarge)
Unfortunately I missed meeting Dave but took a picture of Eric Scales who was working on a lovely Daisy duck illustration. I could have sat and watched him work for hours.
I will cherish my eeyore watch for years to come!
Found the signature!
We went last September to Disneyland, my kids' first time also. Now my 8 year old son gets upset if we sing Zipadee doo dah or It's A Small World because it makes him miss Disneyland so bad... a good sign that all had fun.
And, btw, no Disneyland pictures bore ME!
Posted by: garth | August 15, 2006 at 08:14 AM
How cool is that!? Thanks for sharing the fun watch piece, Roz. I like Eeyore, too!
Posted by: paula | August 16, 2006 at 12:25 PM
you goof! You came all the way out here and didn't ring my doorbell!
tssk tsskkkk.
:-(
I coulda got away from the inlaws--HA!
;-)
Posted by: Snowbear | August 16, 2006 at 02:50 PM
wow! that is sooooo cool that you get the original artwork... that must not have been cheap!! what a wonderful vacation... i hope one day i can go too haha!
Posted by: greenbeanbaby art | August 19, 2006 at 08:48 PM
What a treasure! Must have been neat to watch the artists draw too!!!
Posted by: Paige Keiser | August 21, 2006 at 01:08 AM
p.s. oh I finally found his signature - very sneaky of him! :-D
Posted by: Paige Keiser | August 21, 2006 at 01:10 AM