a little about usEveryday, in every way, we should celebrate “every day” life! We are the "every day life enthusiast" and our Proverb Greeting Cards and Theatre Troupe reflect that. Today's modern understanding of the world often renders the 'old fashioned' - outdated or even mundane. But for the everyday life enthusiast, contentedness, yes, even pleasure and happiness are found in the simple. There is a PROVERBIAL saying: if you want good advice, consult an old man. And while it is hard to argue with such wisdom - why do we have to wait to get old to be wise? Just millin’ around Proverb Greeting Cards are the perfect way to remind people of these wise sayings, some of which you will see for the first time in your life. an idea was born
Juste and Dalita met in the summer of 2005. Introduced by Dalita's cousin 'Rooni' (Arunas), they immediately cliqued and became friends. Since she was a young girl, Juste had been drawing pictures of everyday life. Dalita had a passion for Greeting Cards and loved creating her own(if anyone else suffers from this not so rare disorder - you know about the uncontrollable urge to buy uniqe greeting cards!).After seeing Juste's paintings, it was only natural to merge the two ideas – Juste’s paintings and would be matched with Dalita’s sayings. Dalita soon found that being a greeting card critic is easier than creating your own sayings. But something better popped into their heads. So many of Juste's paintings already depicted life’s everyday situations, and there were already sayings for them - proverbs. Thus - Juste's paintings were merged with proverbs, riddles and other cultural sayings. They did not want to limit themselves to only Lithuanian proverbs (which both had heard our whole lives - and learned to love!) They began matching up proverbs from all over the world with Juste’s paintings and to their amazement, 'they fit, like a hand in a glove." (See, we slipped one in there without you even knowing it!) what's with the windmill The idea for the 'Just millin around' tagline and logo came from a couple of my childhood friends Ruta (Sidrys) Kulbis and Vicki (Wenslow) Siliunas. I lived in California, they in Chicago. Ruta and Vicki were roommates. Besides being extremely amazing & talented young women, they had the funniest recorded message on their answering machine. Just picture this (or imagine what it would sound like):In the background, an accordion version of a traditional Lithuanian folk dance "malunas", 'the windmill' was playing, with Ruta's voice saying, "Hi, you've reached Ruta and Vicki's, we're out milling around, but leave your name and number etc... Very clever, right? For over 20 years, that recorded message has played over and over in my mind. Thanks Ruta and Vicki for the inspiration!!!
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