{"id":871,"date":"2008-04-30T10:09:11","date_gmt":"2008-04-30T14:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=871"},"modified":"2008-04-30T10:09:11","modified_gmt":"2008-04-30T14:09:11","slug":"sweet-signs-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/sweet-signs-of\/","title":{"rendered":"sweet signs of spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/04\/30\/v_originals7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"V_originals7\" alt=\"V_originals7\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/04\/30\/v_originals7.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a>Meet <span face=\"Comic Sans MS\">Phyllis Vaughn, creator of V. Originals in Roswell Georgia.&nbsp; She creates pretty painted signs adorned with popping posies. <a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/04\/30\/v_originals5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"V_originals5\" alt=\"V_originals5\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/04\/30\/v_originals5.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span face=\"Comic Sans MS\">Some of her sayings include, &quot;Of course there&#8217;s such a thing as angels, Only sometimes they don&#8217;t have wings&#8230; and we call them friends&quot; and &quot;The more grateful I am, the more reasons I find to be grateful&quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/04\/30\/v_originals4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"V_originals4\" alt=\"V_originals4\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/04\/30\/v_originals4.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span face=\"Comic Sans MS\">Her inspiration for becoming an artist\/designer came at an early age when she loved creating treasures from whatever she could find&#8230;colored paper, snippets of yarn, flower petals, paper clips. But her first \u201ccommercial\u201d attempts to apply her passion started in Paris after college where she began to create evening bags with the beads and lace she found in the French flea markets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span face=\"Comic Sans MS\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span face=\"Comic Sans MS\">Phyllis also has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voriginals.com\/index.html\">retail shop and studio<\/a> which is a colorful place filled with charm, happiness and humor. When people visit the shop, She likes to imagine they feel as if they have stumbled upon a secret world of magic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span face=\"Comic Sans MS\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"V_originals1\" alt=\"V_originals1\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/04\/30\/v_originals1.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/04\/30\/v_originals6jpg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"V_originals6jpg\" alt=\"V_originals6jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/04\/30\/v_originals6jpg.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span face=\"Comic Sans MS\">A number of her posy signs also have delightful sayings that will make any mom feel loved like&#8230; &quot; Mothers are the gardeners who make our souls blossom&quot; and &quot;There is nothing sweeter than a mother who is also a friend&quot;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span face=\"Comic Sans MS\">Since each sign is one-of-a-kind, Phyllis&#8217; work is only available at our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopcatchingfireflies.com\/letstalk.htm\">Rochester and Berkley locations<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"body\"><span face=\"Lucida Sans Unicode\"><span style=\"color: #cc3300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #996600;\">Do you like to reading about women who follow their bliss?&nbsp; Then don&#8217;t miss out on upcoming inspiring <\/span><span style=\"color: #996600;\">features.&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"color: #996600;\">S<\/span><\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/catching_fireflies\/2007\/05\/get_catching_fi.html\"><strong><span style=\"color: #996600;\">ign up<\/span><\/strong><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #996600;\"> to receive these blog posts in your email inbox today!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/04\/30\/v_originals3_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"V_originals3_2\" alt=\"V_originals3_2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/04\/30\/v_originals3_2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/sweet-signs-of\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/sweet-signs-of\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Phyllis Vaughn, creator of V. 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