Lol, I'm glad you won Karen. I wanted to go to Carols but just not sure if I will be able to or not. We are trying to organize a thing on the fishing forum to take injured soldiers fishing and we have stuff going on for the last 3 weekends in May so it might end up being that weekend. I just don't know yet. If it looks like I might be able to go I'll give you a little more notice than an hour or two, lol.

I think she simply likes butterflies better. My experience is that many people don't notice details. One is more elegant and one is more simple and down home. The quilting work on the iris quilt is what I like the most, subtle yet elegant. You have to pay attention and take notice to get it's beauty.

Any one who wants to use the logo should be able to right-click on it and save it. If that doesn't work and you want it, send me an email. If anyone wants to design something else, that's fine. This was just an idea. I love the idea of having t-shirts or bags! Kate

We were interested in a stone from a stone-only place and asked the supplier/fabricator if they would cut it. No, for various good reasons. I don't know about the other way around, but you could ask. We ended up with a stone we love from the supplier/fabricator who uses a laser scan system to template. Your lady was incorrect about only measuring straight lines from point to point. This wall has a little dipsy-doodle between studs and here is how it came out: Which is good because that is where the peninsula meets the wall and there was never any tile planed for that wall. All our walls look like that. As far as a luan template goes, they are as good as the templater. Luan is kind of like really thin plywood, cheap, and easy to work with. If your luan pieces are cut to follow the actual contours of your wall (vs. a straight line which may or may not match well), it should be great. The experience and the fastidiousness of the templater will be key. It would be perfectly reasonable for you to ask to see work done by the particular fabricator who would be assigned to your job - they may have more than one. Considering how long it took you to find this unusual stone that you really like and the cost, you have nothing to apologize for in being picky about quality of fabrication. Here is a link that might be useful: Laser fabrication explanation