NAPW -Cape Coral- #Halloween meeting

It was 'Spooktacular" as professional photographer #RobBricneo , as the Joker greeted the guests.

#CarolWonderly of Wonderly Home Staging gave us tips and tidbits.

And Chapter President, Nanette Todd ( aka Betty Boop ) ate spiders !

Event was hosted by #MartyWisher of Swan Studios Inc

Jello'd "Bloody hands"

Marty gave Carol what she asked for...a "Big Glass" of wine

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NAPW ( National Assoc of Professional Women) Cape Coral Chapter - Halloween meeting

Date of Event : 10-22-2013
Time : 6pm-8-pm
Details :
National Association of Professional Women Cape Coral chapter monthly meeting. Connect and promote your business. This month Carol Sperlak Miller Wonderly will be showing how to make your place a true "Wonder" with her staging tips. Event is ladies only. Please let your fellow women owned businesses know of the event .Be sure to bring your business cards. Please RSVP so food and beverage can be planned.
.....ladies 'tis the season...so come in costume !!!!

General location : Cape Coral, Fl

Specific location : for details, please rsvp to : marty.swanstudios@gmail.com

#NAPW #CapeCoral 
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http://www.wonderlyhomestaging.com/
http://www.swanstudio.net/

Help My Wall's On Fire!

Anyone I've painted with or for has heard me say repeatedly “It’s only paint”….meaning, what’s the worst that can happen, re-paint again, right? Painting a room is not a life and death situation. Oh sure, occasionally I find out that furniture is arriving days sooner than expected and I may have to paint late into the day to accommodate. But no need to shed tears…………….But sometimes….panic sets in for a client. You know, life changing events like a mother-in-law coming to visit, or a client finding out that Thanksgiving dinner has been assigned to their house last minute. And there was that one harrowing night when my next door neighbor interrupted dinner…………………

The kids and I had just sat down to late dinner when we heard a knock at the door. It was our neighbor next door in tears! My heart sank, obviously thinking some tragedy had befallen. It took a few minutes to understand her through the sobs. Seems she had decided to faux paint a focal wall in her living room and it wasn't turning out right. OK, first, Praise the Lord, no one is injured or dead. Secondly, and I actually asked her this…why didn’t you just ask me to do it for you to begin with? She said she didn’t want to over ask favors since I’d already done four rooms in her home. That’s silly, but let’s go see what’s going on in the living room….I mean, how bad could it be,right?

Oh my soul! I had never seen such a botched up paint job. Now her home was fairly new and this ”focal wall” had already been painted by with a flat finish standard white latex paint by the builder. Somehow, some way, this frottage faux was bubbling up and seemed as if the only thing holding any of the paint on the wall were the gusts of air from the ceiling fan. I asked to look at the base color paint can. It was a deep red color, latex paint. She said she had painted on several coats. OK, that can’t cause this problem…..Then she had painted on a glaze mixed with a more orange shade latex paint. I inspected those products. Absolutely fine, that shouldn't cause this either….by now the kids were having a grand ole time peeling the paint off the wall creating shapes of continents….and in walks her husband. I told him I was baffled. None of the products could have caused this and that it appeared as if there was something between the original wall paint and the red paint, …. something oily. They looked at each other. “What”? I asked. The husband then said “ Well, I did paint a primer on the wall yesterday could that have caused this”? “Doubtful, You used wall primer, right? What brand”? He told me (I won’t mention the brand name since the product was not the culprit) It was the best brand to use.  Hmm…. Then he sheepishly asked if it mattered how old the product was. Well, all the cans I’m looking at had just been purchased……………except I had yet to look at the wall primer can. He had already tossed the can out………and then admitted he had the can for many years. Seems it was from his house prior and it had been going stagnant in our sweltering Florida air. …Oh, but it gets better… He then admits he didn’t even shake it up. He thought it would be OK to paint the top layer clear separated portion onto the wall !!!! Are you kidding me?! Who does that?! She ranted at him. I told him I couldn't look at him. He left. She poured a cocktail .And the kids and I stayed up til the wee hours of the morning fixing the now properly painted beautiful frottage focal wall.

Tip: Yes, It is good to use a primer. Use the right primer for your wall type or situation. And make sure that the product is new and well shaken.