Fun in Olympia
June 26, 2011
This weekend we were in Olypmia, Washington for a workshop. We choose Olympia because our very first customer ever, Dee Williams, has done an amazing job promoting tiny houses in her area.
Dee invited the entire class to come see her tiny Tumbleweed, and shared her story about living in a tiny home. I really enjoyed hearing Dee share her story about the Jay Leno Show. Recognizing that she was going to be seen by millions, she panicked that her house may not be legal. In a rush, she called the building department the day before taping the show. A very confused building department employee called her back within 24 hours and said everything was OK. So, with full confidence, she was all set to go and tell her story to the world … only to be bumped last minute because Lindsey Lohan made a surprise appearance after getting out of rehab!
Dee is still waiting for Leno to call back.
Tumbleweed Open House in Olympia
April 6, 2010
Visit Dee Williams’ Tumbleweed House in Olympia, Washington. Her Tumbleweed House was one of the first built, and Dee used many recycled materials. When all was said and done, her green building was constructed for less than $10,000. Dee is taking part in SOUTHsound Green Tour 2010.
When?
Saturday and Sunday, April 17 and 18, 2010. 10 am – 4 pm.
Where?
415 Olympia Ave NE, Olympia, WA
(map it)
Please be prepared to take off your shoes when entering Dee’s house.
Logo Contest Finalists
March 20, 2010
Congratulations to the winners of the logo contest. Originally, we were going to pick our 3 favorite designs and test them on our website. This turned out to be a problem since we like so many of the designs. So, we picked 4 designs. It was certainly a lot of fun, and 2 of the top 4 designs were created by amateurs who learned about the contest from our blog. The other two winners are professional designers. When we selected the winning designs, we didn’t know anything about the designers, and it was really exciting to discover that one of them has dreamed about owning a Tumbleweed Home. We also gave prizes to a few of the runners up … many of whom were also amateur designers.
Vote for your favorite logo
Below are the 4 logos selected with our current logo at the bottom.
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Logo #2 |
Logo #3 |
Logo #4 |
Current Logo |
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Jay Talks Tiny
March 12, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Jay Shafer discussed some of the economic and environmental aspects of our housing laws.
Logo contest update
March 4, 2010
In just over 1 day, we’ve had over 30 entries to our logo contest. Some really great ideas there. And we’ve been providing feedback to help refine the logos for our final 3 choices.
…more entries using our favorite pictures
However, almost all the logos have been of the same style. We are hoping to have more entries using our favorite pictures. If you’re thinking about designing a logo, but don’t feel the creative style, please work with these suggestions.
1. Create a logo using one of our 3 favorite images: the gothic window, the Weebee at Sunset, or the Lusby at the Valley Ford Rush Minute.
2. Create a long horizontal logo that will stretch across the top of our website that has our name and 3 of our houses, so it looks like a scene. Here is a really bad example. Obviously, the backgrounds would need to blend together. It could be set against a night sky with all 3 houses shown.
All the files needed are available at 99designs.com
Good luck! Can’t wait to see the results.
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