This week started with a bag of rice and a whole lot of glue. We are working on a logo for one of our clients, they are sponsoring a tent at the VA. Gold Cup Races this week.  This is one of the oldest and most prestigious steeplechase races in the country. We will be creating an Arabian Nights themed space for the company to host their guests at the races.  The company colors are orange and white. Smart me, I decided we would make the logo out of oranges and rice. This seemed like such a clever idea and one that tied perfectly to the theme.

Until the rice peeled off the board.

 

This unfortunately caused us to scrape all of the rice off the board and start over.

We scraped and we scraped, and then we started over.  After multiple attempts we got the rice to stick. We sealed the rice on to the board with heavy acrylic. Faux oranges and orange carnations will fill in the orange spaces of the logo. The logo will then be mounted on the top of the tent by my wonderful husband Evan.  We will also be draping the front of the tent with our new pipe and drape.

This is a really fun and exciting project for our team.

In addition to the arts and crafts projects, we have been receiving a ton of flowers.

Every single spot in our shop is covered with flowers, and the cooler is full.  Check the gallery below and see some of the lovely things we have  ” in the cooler” and see some of the designs we created yesterday.