[freya]

So, last Thursday we had some really fierce wind here, and, when I got home from work that afternoon, part of the roofing from one of my dormers was in the back yard. So, I called the people (big company locally) who put the roof on like 12 years ago, and they put me in touch with this guy who does their little touch-up stuff for them.

I called him on Friday, and he came over this morning to look at it and give me quote. Well, he was a super-nice guy, but a little different from most roffers I've dealth with...chatting about the history of the neighborhood (I live in an historic district), playing with the cats, etc.....and then he gave me his business card, and it was, literally, the most beautiful business card I've ever seen that wasn't an artist's card. It was very pastelly, and had 3 tools (a hammer, a screw-driver and something else) in some kind of jar, but it was all very impressionistic. And the whole thing was just very striking and beautifully laid-out.

I was quite impressed, so I said so and asked him who had done it for him.

And he goes: "Oh, my partner. He's a stay-at-home-mom now (little chuckle here), but he does some free-lance graphic design work."

Very cool.

freya