I Love Kiwi!

I suppose they wanted to get into the bathroom............, so they tried to punch their way in. Not a pretty door to start with, but functional. I wasn't thinking to replace it until we remodel the restrooms.

Time to get creative. Remember the Birthday Frog? Friend and camper Yvonne likes to think outside the box. Me? I am thrifty. So, when I get stumped for ideas I like to pick her brain. The Birthday Frog was her idea. We liked the happy frog that was directing cars into the entrance drive. We took an opaque shower curtain out to the sign and created a template. Using that same template I drew the frog onto the plywood and instructed he who saws to get busy. He insists that I will cut myself with the jigsaw! I am so delicate...........

The great thing about crafty friends .............. free labor!!

This little froggy successfully covers the hole and reminds those who enter the building to not smoke. I can smell the smoke in the living quarters and cleaning the restrooms has required my inhaler of late. I wasn't sure if I should add the "no smoking" to the sign. It may just make them smoke more.........

Since the frog has no gender specific name, we bounced different gender terms around. Guys and gals, ladies and gentlemen, etc. In the end I stuck with the tried and true men and women. Took less letters, actually. Before you count the number of letters............ it took less different letters.

This color is Kiwi. I like it. Not really green and not really yellow. Grabs the eye, though. Yvonne's dad, Clare, is my new best boyfriend. He has been busy with his scroll saw and has made 37 of the shapes you see above. They are sporting two coats of Kiwi and are ready for the next step ............

this is what the table in my store is looking like lately.

These will be the new signs to number the sites.

The stars you see on the numbers is glow-in-the-dark paint! The signs will now recieve a couple of coats of polyurethane so that the paint won't wash away in the rain.

The old sign was barn red with yellow letters and was in need of a good washing and repainting. I did say that I love this new color, didn't I? I have been told by lost folks that they did not notice the sign with the park name on it. I think I may have solved that problem. What do you think?