Kiwi in England. Any Letterheads meets? Sign shop visit?

[Jill Marie Welsh]

Anne!
Hey girlfriend hello there.
The only meet I know of is July 2012 in Ireland but there may be others.
Quite a few traditional painters on here, you’ll fit in just fine.
Take care.
Love….Jill

[Matty Goodwin]

Hi Anne

Your more than welcome to come and play with me…!

😳 😳

[Nigel Pugh]

quote Matty Goodwin:

Hi Anne

Your more than welcome to come and play with me…!

😳 😳

Lame, very very lame, go dunk yourself in the snow right now.

[Lynn Normington]

hello Anne welcome 😀 unfortunately we are not traditionalists, but you would be welcome to visit us, let us know when you get your trip planned.

Lynn

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[Anne McDonald]

How do I find out the dates for the Ireland meet? Do you know who the hosts are? I was born in england and have family all over the place. Some are most definitely in Ireland as my Grandfather came from there.

I’ll sort out a photo. As a brief intro…I’m 38, English born and was 20 months old when my parents came to NZ. I visited England briefly when I was 6 but have only snapshot memories….so I call myself a New Zealander (Kiwi). I’ve been working in the sign industry since I was 17…mostly vinyl sadly. 8 years ago I went to my first Letterheads meet and met Jon Jordan from Australia (some of you may have met him…he was called the Goldfather and went to quite a few European meets). Since then I’ve been doing my very best to learn how to use a brush etc. My biggest love is gold leaf work…especially water gilding.

I’m looking forward to hearing more from UK Signwriters 🙂

[Peter Normington]

Hi Anne
We had the honour to meet jon jordan in Scotland at the "trossachs" meet.
hosted by Stewart Mclaren

https://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.p … chs#156739

The 2012 letterhead meet in Belfast, will be hosted by james kelly,
Not sure if Rob will allow the website, but if you google sign pig you will see more info. we are going and it will be very interesting, I believe dave smith will be there, so if gold leaf is your cup of tea he is your man
http://vimeo.com/14985356

Peter

[Jill Marie Welsh]

I’ll be at the Ireland meet as well.
Will be my last time crossing the pond.
You should see if Elvis can make the Ireland meet.
😀
Watch out for Matty!
He always picks on me.
😳
I think you and I have probably each sat on old Jordo’s knee.

[Matty Goodwin]

I’ve never picked on you Jill!

I only have the uppermost respect for you!

Matt xx

[Harry Cleary]

Welcome Anne. 😀

[Shane Drew]

quote Jill Marie Welsh:

I’ll be at the Ireland meet as well.
Will be my last time crossing the pond.

Last time Jill? Why so?

[Jill Marie Welsh]

Cuz I’m getting too old!
Am taking Justis, it will be his first flight and first Letterhead meet
(other than when he was about 5)
PS
Got rid of my credit card this year and it will take me 2 years to save up the "real" money.
😳

[Anne McDonald]

oh lordy you’ve done it now. Snr Jordan told me if I ever could get to a meet with Dave Smith I absolutely had to go!!!!

Too excited to breathe now!!! Wait until Paul Jordan hears about this, you could get a kiwi and an aussie in Ireland 😛

Don’t worry Jill, I can handle Matty 🙂

[Anne McDonald]

oh darn, I just read your post again Jill and saw it was 2012 🙁 Ah well, I’ll just have to find out where Dave Smith lives!!! Note to self….read things properly before getting too excited
🙄

better get to work now….4 vehicles to do today…..whew it’s busy!!!

[Neil Davey]

Hi and welcome to the boards Anne.

If you get a chance to meet with Dave Smith, take it.

The guy does some awesome stuff.

Take a look at the LHF website, he designed that, his computer skills are awesome too.

Keep slinging the paint!

[Matty Goodwin]

Now you’ve got your pic up, I want you to handle me!!! Sorry Jill….Your still my number 1!!! 😳 😳 😳

[Martin Pearson]

Welcome to the forum Anne

[Robert Lambie]

Welcome to the boards Anne, great to have you here. 😀

[Anne McDonald]

Ah Matty, you’re a gem to be sure, to be sure.

Have just been to a mini meet in Oamaru (South of Christchurch in New Zealand). They had the most fantastic Steampunk expo going on. I told all in attendance about Ireland 2012 and I may have now upped the count to two kiwis and one aussie saving up to attend the meet in Belfast. Mum has kindly agreed that we’ll wait until 2012 so this is your early warning that the southern hemisphere will be on its way!!!!

Anyone know what the dates for the meet will be?

[Lynn Normington]

Hi Anne mid July not sure of exact dates look forward to meeting you 😀
did you check the link Peter put on for you ? that will show you Dave Smiths work.

Lynn

[Neil Davey]

There’s some info here……
http://www.handletteringforum.com/forum … f=2&t=2294

[Lynn Normington]

Neil thanks for that link hope we will see you there as well 😀

Lynn

[Anne McDonald]

Thankyou for the link. I have seen Daves website and of course have drooled all over LHF…I love the Carinna font. Have sent Dave an email after finding his details to let him know that there’s now more than just me wanting to come to the Ireland meet. 18 months is simply going to fly by. Can’t wait to meet all you guys!!

[David Rowland]

Hello there… 😉 Jill you have a sister!

Looks like Matty beat me, I’m slacking here with the welcomes

😳

[Robert Lambie]

quote Dave Rowland:

Looks like Matty beat me, I’m slacking here with the welcomes

Boards mate "Boards"… this is not uksignstalkers.com 😉

[Anne McDonald]

What a superb link…it sounds so exciting. A meet in a museum and trips around Ireland. WOW!!! My family heritage is all Irish. My maiden name is Swords which is a town in Ireland. Not sure exactly where it is…I fail at geography horribly. Hopefully its near to Belfast, I may get a chance to see it

[Lynn Normington]

Anne apparently Swords is in or near Dublin 😀

Lynn

[Harry Cleary]

Swords is outside Dublin on the way to Belfast Ann but quite a bit away…(although you may not think 2 hours driving is that far)

The big red dot showing the Nursing Home is co-incidental! 😀
Never heard anybody with the second name Swords….but there are plenty of McDonalds where I come from.

[Jill Marie Welsh]

You going to James’ meet then Harry?
Rob, Dave thinks this site is UKSignBroads.
PS
I see a Sutton on there, that was Grandma Welsh’s maiden name.
Nobody knows where the hell they came from though.

[Harry Cleary]

Certainly am Jill….never been to a Letterhead gig. Looking forward to it, great venue in a great city (or near it anyway).

My Uncle lives in Sutton…only Suttons I know off are the Seed people.
http://www.suttons.co.uk/

[Anne McDonald]

Darn it, I knew Swords would be too far away ( and 2 hours isn’t a long drive) but I will be from the other side of the planet!! Only got 4 weeks to pack a whole heap into and Mum wants me to see all of her favorite places in England.

I’m now divorced but kept my married name as no one in NZ can pronounce or spell Swords! It’s fun being a McDonald, I get given heaps about my farm EIEIO

I’ve been in touch with Dave Smith via email…thanks to everyone that’s posted links. I’ve been drooling all over Daves website and I checked out the info on the meet. I’m going to try and get hold of the host to nail down some dates etc.

I don’t know if any of you are members on other sites but I’m on an American one too and we’re trying to organise more people to come to Belfast. So far I have one Australian definite (Paul Jordan) and I’m trying to get some more kiwis.

Must go do some work now….ciao for now

[Neil Davey]

Can I come, sounds like it’s going to be a fun place to be. 😀

[Lynn Normington]

Neil I thought you were a definite for Belfast or did I miss something ?

Lynn

[Anne McDonald]

the more the merrier to be sure, to be sure 🙂

[Harry Cleary]

quote Anne McDonald:

the more the merrier to be sure, to be sure 🙂

😀 😀 you’ll fit right in! 😀

[Anne McDonald]

I’m thinking I should post a new thread, as its now kiwi coming to england/ireland in 2012

Does anyone have an email for James Kelly?

[Neil Davey]

Try here Anne….

http://www.signpig.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2

[Anne McDonald]

Cheers Neil and Lynn for your email. Hopefully James will get my message 🙂