Friday, February 20, 2009

Call Me Crazy





Hey there,

Am I completely insane beginning blog #3???

It's a long story, wanna hear it?
I have had the business name Snow Pond Primitives since we lived in Maine 13 years ago and decided that the name with Primitives included was a little too limiting for me, although I am still using it for my carvings and folk art.
The quest for a new name can be an easy light bulb moment event or a daunting task like mine was.

I wanted something using my name, but CHUTJIAN doesn't go with anything unless I was a chef and I could rhyme it with kitchen.

Months and months went by and hubby and I were sitting on the porch at our old house outside of Charleston, looking at the completely overgrown flower bed that surrounded our huge Magnolia tree. Out of the blue he said we should put the bench,"under the Magnolia tree." At that moment as soon as I heard it, there was my name. (bench photo courtesy of Liss's friend)
Not wanting to give the hubs all of the credit, and since I thought it sounded better as "Beneath The Magnolia Tree" there it was.

So why the heck did I go with the name "Helena C Studios" you ask?
ummm, well, we could blame it on the fact that Matthew, our oldest son was in Iraq walking the streets of Fallujah and my mental state was teetering on the edge, or that the name had too many letters for Etsy to accept. Or the fact that I did want to use my name so I could never switch biz names again and drive myself and everyone around me insane... I can't really remember.
I would use this name in a second if I ever do decide to open my greenhouse, but for now it is for this blog. This blog that I have had trouble deciding what to put on it, so for now with Matt's insisting (and he isn't usually very insistent with my art) I will blog about my southern garden and bird photography...until I change my mind that is :)
If you're exhausted from reading this, I apologize:)

Hugs,
Helena