Okay, so you know I do lawn greeting displays. I rent them locally and sell them internationally.

Now just exactly what is a lawn greetings display?

First you start with a large character sign (ours are 74" x 42 and have the character graphics ON BOTH SIDES! for everyone's enjoyment) that is called a "yard card". Then you place smaller items that are theme related i.e. buzzards, cows, flamingos, frogs, candles, hats, flames, etc around the larger sign. All of these items go on the lawn in the wee hours of the morning, giving you a complete lawn greeting display. These special occassion displays are rented for birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, retirements, newborn announcements, welcome home, just about any occasion that you may want to celebrate. Each and every day, month and year of one's life is worth celebrating, the good times are the glue that holds us together in the bad times.

Locally with all of the different occasions we can cover, we have more than 60 different displays. Of those 60 sell currently sell 49 of them. We add new displays all the time.

Now for our sales, we offer both:

Wholesale to the lawn display industry, through A Happy Day Lawn Display, Inc. For wholesale we have a very limited number of items available.

Complete Business Opportunties. This is an dealership licensing opportunity for someone to own their own lawn greeting business using our copyrighted displays. Dealerships can choose from the 49 different displays we currently offer.



We had planned on offering a new display for baby annoucements, however this display has been thwarted by . . . . . . . . . .  well that doesn't matter. Instead we will soon be unveiling a FULL LINE OF COMPLETELY NEW and UNIQUE baby sign. This will not be just one sign but several unique displays that our recent market study has indicated will be a HUGE hit. So be watching for them.

I am sure the competition will wish that they had not thwarted the other design, because lets face it, they just make us more determind to come up with something so beautiful, so unique, so desireable that it will put a hurt on their business.



For those who pay attention, I did not walk yesterday or today. Between my heel hurting and not feeling the grestest I decided to sleep instead. Hopefully I will be back at the track tomorrow at  my usuall time (9am)

Ya know I really don't care to use the word hate in describing someone or another business, but there is one competitor out there that conducts business in a very unethical and malicious  manner that I absolutely HATE you and people who do business the way you do. It is not in the best interest of FREE ENTERPRISE! Know who you are.

Going about being a bully to be the control a certian part of the industry, is not helping any one not even your own people.

Get over yourself, you can't trademark an idea! Check out the law!












Natalie, you can b... me

Just thought I would pop in and give a quick entry, before we start our display pick ups. We had 2 displays out yesterday, which was mom's birthday, and today there are 2 again with a baby sign to pick up.

Now a note about what I do, let me give you a clue.

Lawn Displays for birthdays, graduation, anniversaries, welcome home, babies, and retirements. We have signs to cover all these happy occasions. Locally we rent them, internationally we sell them. Rentals are for Stark County OH, the business opportunities are available through out the US and Canada, I suppose we could and might even sell them to Mexico and other nations. With more than 13 dealerships in the northern hemispere we are looking to expand and spead happiness with our unique and colorful displays. What more information on rentals or our dealership business opportunities? The links to our websites are to the right, check us out.

Some of the displays we offer include a caveman, a hot chick, dinosaur, flamingos, moon'n'stars, frogs, a cake with candles and a fireman, old goat, old dog, old gray mare, race car, and more, many, many more.




Didn't walk yesterday, it was pouring down rain.


That's all for now. . . . . Catchya later. . . . . somewhere in the unwritten future . . . . . .ain't none of that happened yet.

Managed to get some of the loose ends tied up yesterday, and hoping to finish them all up today. Maybe by tomorrow I can work on the websites and I almost forgot that I really really need toget a newsletter out to the dealerships.

Get the first look at our newest design to be offered. Watch for this design on our "Obies" business opportunity page our version of the moon announcement sign our "Moon'n'stars" this sign is two sided and is designed to use our exclusive metal no pound sign supports.
Shown is the personalized side.

Had 2 displays out yesterday, 1 out today, took down the baby sign in my front yard last night and have the one down the street to come down today. I am kinda glad that we only had the one sign this morning as it is raining, and with my sinuses the way they are today, I don't really want to be out side, i.e. I will not be walking this morning.




catchya later. . . . . somewhere in the unwritten future. . . . . . . ain't none of it happened yet

Unless there is a change of direction my plan for this week is to finish up all the loose ends and small details of the last few orders placed by our dealerships right before and the week of the county fair. After I have them finished and out of the way, I plan to work some more on the updated websites for A Happy Day Lawn Display, Inc. and Clark Novelty Sign Sales,   Inc.

I had hoped that I would have 2 new baby sign designs to post, unfortunately there will only be 1. Our new moon'n'stars sign is finished and the first one shipped out to our Chicago dealership, so I will be posting that picture on A Happy Day Lawn Display's Obies page. Who knows maybe I'll get lucky and I will be able to post both new signs. The second design, will come in 2 sizes, which will be priced accordingly, the smaller size will be very economical for those looking to start a small home based business on a shoe string budget.

Clark Novelty Sign Sales, Inc.'s pages are getting a bit old and I have been working every now and again on an updated look, maybe I can get that finished up this week too.


I am amazed at how many visitors I get to this little blog of mine, but never any comments, curious, in my opinion, very curious.







I didn't walk this morning, after deliveries, and getting Kate to school, I decided sleep was just as important as walking, with this cold. Tomorrow is suppose to rain, I will walk if it is a light rain. So if anyone ever wishes to join me in my walk, e mail me first to make sure I be there.

*sigh*
First the business and the fair, then the most joyous event of the weekend.
The fair is over, what a long week.

It started out with nice weather on Tuesday, then on Wednesday, it was raining and chilly, Thursday was just as bad as Wednesday, then Friday came and the weather broke, the sun came out, the temps were up and the people came to the fair. The wet, chilly weather kept the crowds to a minimum, even on the night that Rodney Aktins was in concert. All in all I believe the fair was a success. We ran out of  our business card size magnets (we had 500) and we put a really good dent in our stock of business cards, brochures, large magnets and postcards. We meet many pervious customers and made some new ones. Hand wrote notes that referred customers to flamingoed.com and rentaflock.com more than 20 times (after the first couple of request I sat down and wrote out 20 notes so we would have the ready when someone asked) for companies where we don't have dealerships.

Glad the week is behind us though, doing the fair, running the office, delivering and picking up displays and then family stuff, I need about a week off, but that's not going to happen as it was back to work this morning, finishing a new design for Chicago.

Now for the greatest news of the weekend.

My first granddaughter arrived early Sunday morning, (making it even a harder to be at the fair, no sleep and wanting to be with Kara and Lilli) Arriving at 4:53am my new little sweet heart is the greatest baby there is! There is nothing better than holding her.


Tomorrow back to walking at the park in the morning until Kara goes back to work, then I won't be able to do that every day as I get to baby sit, (Yeah).

Gotta get back to work.

Catch ya later, some where in the unwritten future, because it ain't happened yet

Another day, full of delivering signs, and displays, and making signs and displays. Busy, Busy little worker bee. Who ever said that you can "work your own hours" when you have your own business, really never owned their own business, or at least a successful one.

Finishing up little things for dealerships so they are out of the way for the fair next week. Tring to get all the things together that we will need for the fair has been . .. . .  well so far I have a long way to go before Monday.

It's another early morning tomorrow.

So that's gonna be all for now.

Catchya later, somewhere in the unwritten future. Ain't none of it happened yet.







Personal Note:

Yea, I was able to walk this morning, did 2 and a half laps, not sure about tomorrow but I will walk on Friday, it'll probably be the last day until after the fair, I will miss my daily walks next week.

Wow it's only a week until the Stark County Fair, and there is soooooo much work to get done. For those who don't know we are going to do a booth at the fair this year for the first time in more than 12 years! Stop by and see us at booth 113 in the exhibit hall. This of course is for A Nete Idea Sign Service, it's a chance to meet some of our customers as well as advertise to all those potential customers that will be there. We are working hard on finishing up all of Clark Novelty Sign Sales, Inc's outstanding orders as well as those of A Happy Day Lawn Display. Busy, busy, busy.

Rentals and sales are both really up for the month of August which makes me very very happy with it being back to school time for Kate.

Well, that's all for now. .. . .  gotta get back to work

Catchya later, somewhere in the unwritten future.




Personal note:
Hey I was able to walk a lap and a half both yesterday and today, trying real hard to get to the track a little earlier so maybe I will get 3 whole laps in since I will not be walking at all next week.

It is Wednesday the only day this we where we do not have any signs to deliver. [a href="http://aneteidea.comcanton"]A Nete Idea[/a] rentals are right where they should be for this month, so much for anton being a dying city, but then when you have great designs and products and great customer service what to you expect. Offer your customers the best and they will rent from you, offer your customers just some less than professional lawn greeting display, and well. . . . .
you get some customers just because they want a display and mediocre is what you have available, not because they are getting the best possible displays out there This is where [a href="http://clarknoveltysignsales.com"] Clark Novely Sign Sales, Inc[/a] comes in purchsing a dealership from us and you will be able to offer your customers the best most professional displays on the market. Give me a call and I can tell you all about the wonderful fun-filled business opportunities we offer. There are baby signs, birthday signs, anniversary signs, and more. Whether your customer needs a sign in the yard for someone's 40th, 50th, 60th or something in between (even lower or higher) we have designs that cover them all. Professional quality yard card products for the lawn greeting professional.

A Proud member of the Lawn Greetings Association



That's all for now
Catch ya later somewhere in the unwritten future
The future is ours as none of it has happen yet





Personal note:

Didn't walk again this morning as much as I really really wanted and needed to. This really does not make my day. I miss my morning walks, by myself, it's my time to collect my thoughts and focus on what needs to get done. Besides we had the "Grinners R Winners" display down the street from the park yesterday and we ended up missing 5 small smilies, and I had planned on looking for them at the park, you know kids.
Better wear dark sunglasses as sad eyes don't lie.

Ok, so you ponder the title today. . . . . then you wonder what's up?

A Nete Idea is coming off a fully booked weekend, which is fantasic. Clark Novelty Sign Sales, Inc also had a good weekend with dealership's ordering new supplies and designs. Unforuntately A Happy Day Lawn Display's activity has been a little flat.

With business picking up so well, we will soon be moving forward with a problem that has been plaguing us for a couple of years now. We have asked nicely now it is time for action, they have had 18  months to say yes, but they have not so they have left us with no other choice.

Our "Grinners are winner's" smiley is out today, at a very very visible and high traffic business. So we will have to see what that does. I kinda of wish we would have waited until this morning to put up the baby sign, I know it would have been out of the way, and last night it wasn't, but then I would not have been home as early. I should be walking at the Herbert Fisher track this morning where I could gage so of the reactions to the display (we have they display about a half mile from the park entrance) however I am not because of pig headed people. I amn not sure when this week I will get to walk again.



That's all for now, gonna get busy.
Catch ya later, somewhere in the unwritten future.






Personal notes:

Kara baby shower is not coming together very well at all. To much to do, not enough free time or help. So much for her friends helping, should have known better.
As one can't live in the future, because it hasn't happened yet, and who knows what will happen