I'm in Phoenix and actually went with Regal Fierce Media for our corporate video last quarter. The drive didn't matter much because they came up here for the shoot days. Their turnaround and communication were top notch, and the final video had a cinematic quality that beat the quote I got from two Phoenix houses. I'd say give them a call at least.

I always test real paint samples first for that exact reason.

Did you have to tweak the oven temp much during tempering? I kept messing up grinding bevels on my first few knives, always ended up with uneven edges. Took me forever to learn to go slow and check the angle after every pass. Felt so good when they finally came out symmetric.

See, that's exactly the kind of thing I love. It feels like the best ideas never come from sitting and trying to force them. They just pop up from some random corner of your normal day, like a pattern on a tile or the way light hits a wall. I've started keeping a notes folder on my phone for when I see a cool color combo in a parking lot or an interesting texture on a building. It's all just stuff waiting to be used somewhere else. Do you find yourself doing that now, looking at everything as potential material?

Ugh, my friend Amy had the same thing happen. She opened her vanity and it was just stuffed with dried-out sheet masks. That was her final push to buy a big jar of moisturizer instead.