Wednesday, May 18, 2011

It was Friday the 13th

OK, my second day of restarted blogging should have been on Friday the 13th but when I signed in the blog from the 12th was gone!

Then life happened again and now it is Wednesday, almost a week later. We are in the season of school gifts, making gift items that celebrate and commemorate life events. It may be something for a graduation, or recognition and thanks to a great teacher. This week is kept busy with an order for 55 mugs for one school. If you are not close enough to come to our store in Webster, NY - then click the link below to see some great cards with our images at Greeting Card Universe.
Teacher Appreciation Cards on our Greeting Card Universe Page

We are in Webster, New York which is a suburb of Rochester, New York. Rochester is know for its Lilac Festival, click the next link to get to festival information.
Lilac Festival - May 13 to 22, 2011

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Restart My Blog

Now is the time... to restart the Zachary Bear blog!

As you can see it has been some time since my last blog. Blogging is like jogging or any other exercise program. You really need to do it on a regular basis to see any results. While I did start with good intentions to blog about Zachary Bear and all of our designs, it did not seem to spark any interest. Recently a friend who is a pastor encouraged 'friends on facebook' to get moving... Right now I am trying to walk on a regular basis and I will try to blog on a regular basis as well.

With a variety of things to write about in the areas of art, art shows, selling art, photoshop and raising a family, I hope to generate a greater interest in my future blogs. While I am writing under the banner of Zachary Bear, any views or opinions are my own. I am Ed at the Zachary Bear Store in Webster, New York. My background is in Audiovisual Technology, although AV Tech in 1974 was a lot different than what it is today. I learned to create page layouts in a cut and paste manner long before it was done on a computer. In recent years, I taught myself to use PhotoShop and have developed a variety of tips and tricks that I will share with you here. I also learned PageMaker layout software which became InDesign.

I have all good intentions of writing again tomorrow. We will see what happens. - Ed