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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Blog Carnival - SATeam - Story Behind The Name

I am part of a group ... I know right ... someone likes ME!! 
Anyway - this is a jewelry group - they do blog carnivals.
We pick a subject & post on it & link to everyone ...
So here is my first.



My business name - where did it come from?
Well many moons ago  .. tee hee .. not really but several years back I was a stay at home momma & started painting.  I laugh now at some of the first things I painted .. yuck!  But I became very good & sold my painted items on eBay.  I loved doing this.  I had my own little desk & everything.  I never made much money at it - enough to keep doing what I loved. 



But back to why.


I had to have a name for my eBay account ... I wanted cute & catchy but I am NOT creative in that way at all.  So I played with it until I just said ok ...



So I was 'Paintin' - my best southern english.
'By' - well ....
'Faith' - my middle name, what I hold onto all the time!  You have to have FAITH!


So when I started making jewelry.  I tried to come up with a new name.  I even had one.
SassaLou's Bijou - when I was lil' they called me Sassa Lou. 
But I have so many online friends that know me as PaintinByFaith - so I hated to change.

Now that I have kind of found my own style ... I see it as using small pieces of metal as my canvas - like I am using metal like paint.  Making a piece of art.  So it works!


Be sure to stop by some of my friends blogs & see how they came up with their name!

8 comments:

  1. Thanks for your story. I think your jewelry does look like you are painting with metal. You have a very distinct style and I think the name works :)

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  2. Vanessa, I love this story. I guess I didn't realize you actually painted too! I love your work, it's cozy and friendly. Just the kind of thing someone would want in their home to make it look like a home. I think of your jewelry the same way... your pieces have such a "loved" look to them.. like it's your best friend around your neck. Make sense? Great post!!!

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  3. My computer is in a sunny room on the South side of the house and I can't read the yellow text on the green at all...

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  4. Good morning! It's nice learning where your name came from. I was never sure if it was part of your given name or part of your believe system....now I know it's both!

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  5. Great story Vanessa. I like your country style decorative art as well as your rustic jewelry. They both have a wonderful impression of comfort, like an old friend.
    I am also a painter. it's amazing how one art leads to another isn't it?
    Bonnie
    www.thefamileejewels.etsy.com

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  6. I love the double play on your middle name. It's great that you were able to work it into your business name like that.

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  7. Lovely background story. Wonderful painted creations. Love them.

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  8. Never realised that you were a painter but gathered by your name you must have been one at some stage, you are right - your pieces are miniature paintings using a different medium, great post.

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