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Author Archives: Jay Helser
Segway Tour Winners
We are excited to announce the six winners of the Atlanta Segway tour drawing held just before noon today.
Mark Schultz, CJ Hunt, Robin McCallister, Athena Hatch, Sue Sifakis, and Paul Van Noy will enjoy a 2 hour Segway tour of downtown Atlanta with Mark and I this Wednesday evening. Congrats to you all, we are [...]
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Segway Tour In Atlanta
We have booked a 2 hour Segway tour of downtown Atlanta and have room for six more friends!
As a fun way to encourage folks to sign up for our Facebook fan-page and subscribe to whyhelser, we are offering two ways to enter.
You will find a form here at whyhelser.com and another form on the Helser Brothers Facebook page. [...]
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Point 2 Point Field-Test Results
In an earlier post we offered a very cool contraption called a Point 2 Point Layout tool to any reader willing to test it in the drapery workroom and report back. Annie Davis answered the call, and here is her report….
I was so excited to get to use my Point to Point today! I was making [...]
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“I’m With The Brothers” – Vision 2010 VIP Pass
If you were not planning to go to Atlanta because of the admission fee, you just ran out of excuses. Fill out the form and we will send one of these beauties. See you there!
If you would kindly fill out this form it would be just super.
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Dana’s Diggin’ It
Dana at Parmers Fine Furniture in Redding, CA seems happy with her Helser Brothers Experience and was nice enough to let us post her comments. This kind of thing is a bit awkward, because the last thing we want is to seem haughty, but designers have lots of choices these days so by golly it’s [...]
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Helser Brothers Is 98 (Dog) Years Old!
Our crack team of public relations professionals have advised that we not admit that we have just turned 14 years old. The fear is that you may subconsciously associate us with that disrespectful, defiant, and hormone-crazed little freak with the saggy britches down the street who keeps texting your daughter after ten on school nights….which would not be good for business.Instead, [...]
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Tableaux Specialist Jocelyn Fields Foul Ball
Jocelyn brought her “A-game” to the ballpark this weekend and caught herself a nice souvenir.
I was going to say something about how reliable and accurate she is when processing Tableaux orders and work in some reference to how she never drops the ball, but that would be extremely cheesy, so I won’t.
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Cool-Tool Field-Test: Point 2 Point Layout Tool
In Percy Jacksons “The Lightning Thief” there is a scene where the heroes find themselves trapped in a place filled with such fascinating wonderment that all the spellbound occupants completely disregard time and never leave.
That is exactly what happens to me regularly at establishments like Cabelas, Bass Pro Shops, Electronics stores, and tool shops. Shopping (typically frowned upon by men and [...]
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Creative Camper Connie – Day 2
My word for the day–Clip, clip, clip..
Have you ever had a time when you felt like your brain was growing? A time when “growing pains” were exploding in your head? In a good way believe me…
The Creative Camp is truly just that – you are stretched to your creative limits, pushed to expand your thoughts [...]
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Isabella Chuck
How much Isabella could an Isabella chuck chuck, if an Isabella chuck could chuck Isabella?
Isabella drapery hardware is made entirely from wood. We just kinda thought you should know that….. in case you were wondering. Thanks for reading.
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Jane Helser (probably no relation) Makes Super Bowl Footballs
Associated Press Feb 2010: Jane Helser sews together the full ball in the process of making the official game balls for Super Bowl XLIV. “I take a lot of pride in the job I do,” Helser said.
I found this on the AP wire and was not going to post about it, but as I [...]
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