Abigail
Administrator
You Might Be an Engraver’s Wife If….
1. Your husband's fingernails are always a dull grayish brown color, no matter how hard you scrub.
2. You have learned to ‘announce’ that you are entering his workshop or studio from several yards away. You know to never enter the room suddenly or unannounced because one mustn’t startle the ‘artist’.
3. Your friends and family members always have just one little favor to ask such as “could he just put my initials on this miniature thimble that I found at Kmart?â€
4. You notice he looks at the picture frame instead of the picture, noting how the scrollwork is laid out.
5. He protects his hands like Ginger Rogers protected her legs.
6. People ask you if your husband can fix their watch/bracelet/necklace or melt their gold jewelry down to make something else out of it.
7. He has weird friends.
8. Your husband cannot leave an antique store until every bit of carving, engraving or embellishment has been fully studied, evaluated and possibly photographed.
9. Your husband is willing to spend $5000 on a microscope, but only $1500 on a car.
10. Your husband’s engraving is neat as a pin but his work shop looks like it was just hit by a tornado.
11. He knows how to layout and engrave beautiful designs for jewelry but he can’t match his own clothes.
12. He puts weird things in the microwave.
1. Your husband's fingernails are always a dull grayish brown color, no matter how hard you scrub.
2. You have learned to ‘announce’ that you are entering his workshop or studio from several yards away. You know to never enter the room suddenly or unannounced because one mustn’t startle the ‘artist’.
3. Your friends and family members always have just one little favor to ask such as “could he just put my initials on this miniature thimble that I found at Kmart?â€
4. You notice he looks at the picture frame instead of the picture, noting how the scrollwork is laid out.
5. He protects his hands like Ginger Rogers protected her legs.
6. People ask you if your husband can fix their watch/bracelet/necklace or melt their gold jewelry down to make something else out of it.
7. He has weird friends.
8. Your husband cannot leave an antique store until every bit of carving, engraving or embellishment has been fully studied, evaluated and possibly photographed.
9. Your husband is willing to spend $5000 on a microscope, but only $1500 on a car.
10. Your husband’s engraving is neat as a pin but his work shop looks like it was just hit by a tornado.
11. He knows how to layout and engrave beautiful designs for jewelry but he can’t match his own clothes.
12. He puts weird things in the microwave.
