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Modern street art as a source of inspiration.

My job is simple and sophisticated, so it is possible to describe and simple, and flowery language. I love the feel and sophistication of its superiority. I like people with a keen mind and at the same time easy to talk to. These qualities can be combined perfectly natural. However, things like people look miserable, if these properties are connected to them artificially. Modern design and a lack of love dilettantism. Looking for such designers, which all use a little beauty and no matter how much they looked around either; which you always want to do something else. Designers do not only image-makers, but also dreamers who tell stories and think. For me, all the things a good story is more important than its form. The designer must be an interpreter, and real and virtual needs must anticipate those questions of people that they do not think, and suddenly opened in the already created objects. For me, the design — it is the quality of life. Good design has little to do with trends. Tired of listening to how he try to give the status of a frivolous fashion phenomenon. In my opinion, the designer should strive to do more than separate things. — Antonio Citterio Minimalism has reached a certain critical point, the top. Where to go? I do not know. The main thing for the designer — to create things that are pleasing to him, the work brings satisfaction, and cooperation with the customer — satisfaction. We need to understand what the customer wants, and to connect it with your wishes and possibilities. To create something outstanding, we need the enthusiasm of both. I am a very happy person, because I worked with wonderful customers who have helped me very. Design — is not how the object looks, but how it works. Good design — is innovative. A good design — is as little design as possible. Good design — aesthetic. Think about the content that you want to invest in a created object, and only then will form. The thing is your spirit. A spirit unlike forms hard copy. Simple gallery I want to create beautiful things, even if it’s not necessary for anyone, as a fight against ugly things. This is my intention. Fast, cheap and good — from these three things you should always choose two. If it’s fast and cheap, it will never be good. If it’s cheap and good, it will never work out quickly. And if it is good and fast, it will never come cheap. But remember: of the three you still have to always choose two.

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Metal Working

Castaloy Website Upgrade Plus Free Shipping On Orders Over $60.00

Earlier this year I announced Bradshaw Consulting, Inc. was going to start upgrading its network of websites.  We started with the Alloy websites because I felt those sites were so old, it was causing the customer experience to be less than desirable.  Last year I have spoken to several of our regular buyers of these products and confirmed my hunch.  My wife and I have been so busy with all of the day to day operations with Quality Home Locator, Bradshaw Consulting, and The Hidden Lair, that we just did not have time to get everything done.  Over the last couple of years, we have focused on hiring quality people to help insure our customer base would be properly taken care of.  This has also allowed us to spend some much needed time with the family in general.  I promise my free time will not be spent on gardening, as my blueberry experience failed not just the first time growing blueberries, but also my second time growing blueberries.  The Mandarin tree died such a horrible death.  I just could not get rid of the mites, or whatever was growing on her.  My other trees however are doing a great job.  I will post updates on my Asian Pear Tree, Gala Apple Tree, and Tilton Apricot Tree later this year.   Although all three trees have gotten pretty good size, only the two apple trees have bared fruit. Alumaloy received a website upgrade first this past January.  Followed by Castaloy which got a website upgrade last month.  Steelaloy is being redone right now and should be announced later this month.  At this point I do not know which main website will get upgraded first, Quality Home Locator or Bradshaw Consulting, Inc.  I have separate teams working on their upgrades at the same time.  Based on customer feedback, we are also providing free shipping on orders over $60 dollars.  Once all three of the alloy websites are complete we will start rolling out new products such as non-lead based repair product for cast iron cookware.   We also have entire new metal alloys for metals such as copper. I can not get my head around the fact that it has been 6 years since the red carpet event at our house.  Oh man does time fly!

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Metal Working

Aluminum Repair Rod Website Upgraded

I have been so busy over the last few years that my websites have really suffered. My blog has not seen any updates from my family and almost every website has been untouched. The Hidden Lair and Quality Home Locator have been growing so fast, it has taken every bit of our time to keep up.  Dustin is stationed in Japan, Devin is living in Kansas working at Cerner, Jacob is about to finish diesel school, Jessikah will be driving this year, and the younger boys, Derrick and Connor, are both in Jr High.  Dustin is not in this most recent family photo due to his station to Japan.    We are very proud of the service he is giving to all of us, but having him away is hard.  Jessikah has been babysitting more lately and has started her own Facebook page for babysitting.   Derrick Jr. has been helping out at The Hidden Lair which has been a big help to Andy and Jesse. 2017 is going to be the year of upgrades and improvements. I have several new eCommerce stores that will be launching this coming year as well as all the current websites will be upgraded. I’m starting with Alumaloy, one of my alloy websites, which will be the first of several alloys to get an upgrade.  I even have a few new alloys that will launch this year.  I plan to also upgrade my other sites like Quality Home Locator which should go live in the next month.  Quality Home Locator will get virtual tours, updated photos, and floor plans for each house.  The design will also undergo a very dramatic change, but the logo will stay the same.   Bradshaw Consulting, Inc. and Hostexa will also get a full upgrade in the next couple of months.  While all the changes will get an extensive feature upgrade we are not sure how drastic the design will change on each site.

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Hobbies and Games

The Hidden Lair gives back to the community

The vision at The Hidden Lair has always been about providing a safe and fun place for people of all ages to share in the love of games. That is why we keep buying games and adding them to the free demo shelf. We do run a large amount of card game tournaments like Friday Night Magic, but the store also carries a large variety of board games for people of all ages. One of my very favorite games right now is Splendor, a very quick paced game using cards and chips. Set in the Renaissance time, players, (who are the merchants), try to buy gem mines in order to acquire points to win the game. It is very simple, easy to learn, and loads of fun! We have many customers come in to check out our games and among those have been a few teachers. They communicated to us how much they love using games as a learning manipulative for their students. This got us to thinking, and we have come up with Vote for Your Favorite Teacher Contest. The teacher with the most votes will win some cash to spend in the store and add some games to their classroom! No purchase necessary, just come into the store located on 121 in Mt Zion and cast your vote. The Hidden Lair has donated funds to some really great local organizations. Northeast Community Fund is one of those groups that really does a great job in our community. For the Month of December, we plan to donate some games to this amazing organization. Board games have provided many amazing memories for my family and I wish to pass that along to others.

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Hobbies and Games

Commander 2014 At The Hidden Lair

One of my favorite formats for Magic The Gathering is Commander. The rules are pretty simple, you construct a 100 card deck and are only allowed one of each non-basic land card. You have a commander, a legendary creature, that you can summon from your general zone. Each time that commander, or general, dies he costs an additional two colorless mana. He also does count as 1 of your 100 cards. Commander is normally a format played outside of Friday Night Magic, however, it can be played for FNM, or like our store it is played after the events ends. The Hidden Lair does have a Commander League that plays over a series of weeks having a total prize payout at the end. Last year’s Commander Decks were such a hit that Wizards of the Coast has produced its third year of Commander Decks. Unlike last year, these decks are Mono-Color and they have planeswalkers as Commanders! Yup, Planeswalkers! The Five decks are Guided by Nature, Forged in Stone, Sworn to Darkness, Built from Scratch, and Peer Through Time. You can read all about these decks at The Hidden Lair’s blog where Joshua W. Garrett has been writing about each of these amazing Commander Decks!

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Andrew Craig Brown in Fantastic Mr. Fox by Tobias Picker

Fantastic Mr. Fox in an opera that premiered at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on December 9, 1998 by Los Angeles Opera. Composed by Tobias Picker, this three act piece is based on Roald Dahl’s Children’s novel with the same name. This is a greatly family friendly opera that has a good friend of mine, Andrew Craig Brown as Farmer Boggis!

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