Summer began with Mark telling me that I had to get at least one day off a week - he was tired of not having any together time, so he made me promise to take off one Sunday to attend the air show at Andrews AFB. So - that meant I had to leave the shop in someone's capable hands, I picked Sarah! Sarah officially took over Sundays in June while on break, I took off -- everywhere!
It was a very cool show. I would encourage anyone who has never been to do this - it's free and if you don't want to join the Air Force when it's over, you weren't paying attention!
Then we altered our Diva Night's to include a little something, something extra...beginning with Loretta Brooks. Loretta gave two very enlightening presentations in June and July, the first about our health from the inside out, and then how to take care of our skin. Loretta also invited an associate in July that told our customers their "colors" so that they could dress in colors that would show off their best assets. Now, if you look in the pic you'll see we had a few guys that came too -- perhaps looking for dates? What do you think -- FireWorksMatch.com?
Then there were summer art classes -- we had projects ranging from acrylic splatter (Jackson Pollack style), to decoupage caress boxes, to watercolors with wax resist, ceramics, handbuilt clay, bird feeders, clocks, t-shirts with sandpaper transfers -- the list goes on and on. The kids had another great summer and we were very pleased to be able to have them here. Many were at camp last year and I take it personally that they returned this year (must mean they are having fun, right?)
July's Teens & Tweens Night brought us the Pajama Party where we partied until midnight, watching Bedtime Stories on the big screen at the studio, having free pizza and soda and dusting the floor with all the fuzzy slippers. My floor hasn't been that clean since I opened! I had a great time doing this party and I know Patricia (our other staff member) provided both the entertainment and clean up.
I do have to let people know that although my staff members do resemble me a bit, I am not their mom...granted all of us share the freckle-factor and blue eyes, and especially with Patricia having the same hair color and features -- I didn't have any girls. They are just two really great employees that I miss terribly when they return to school.
Patricia and I covered a table during Damascus Days -- probably the hottest of the summer up until that day! Many thanks to Dovetail for creating our banner in record time! The purple Camaro Z28 also provided the "wow" factor for car show participants even if we weren't able to cruise in and enjoy the show. If you did your fingerprint pendant at the festivities, don't forget to come pick them up...we still have lots of them! The donations were given to the Damascus Heritage Museum Foundation this week (finally!).
Having two college girls working for you can be very dangerous...for them, of course. We had our first off-site employee meeting at Rio for the midnight opening of Harry Potter's latest movie. As you can see we decided to bring out the company car for the event (don't I wish!) and we memorialized it before the movie began (and when we heard the sirens...but we won't talk about that part of the meeting). I really think Ferrari red accentuates the color of my eyes though.I think that's enough of the pictures this time - you'll have to watch for the monthly newsletter for more. I am very sorry that I didn't get pictures of last night's Diva Night. It was a great crowd, we had frozen drinks on hand, snacks and the best part was Faith who showed us the Miche bag. If you haven't seen this purse yet, ask me next time you come in (I HAD! to get one, lol). Faith is going to return to do another demo in November for Diva Night, so keep your eyes peeled - you won't want to miss it.
Tomorrow is Harry Pottery Day -- dress up like your favorite HP character and you'll get a 20% discount. We'll be showing all but the newest HP movies all day long, while we eat snacks and enjoy the air conditioning. This is a family event -- moms and dads allowed! (We know they love Harry Potter too!)
Until my next break to update everyone - remember, at FireWorks Art Cafe getting fired is fun!
