>>So I'm hoping that as far as signwriting goes, I'll get some commissions of the Rose & Castles stuff and that will also force/help me to practice signwriting from the drawing out stage to the painting stage.<<

Remember that thought if someone asks you to make 500 of the things for wedding favors. Because that's what it looks like to me, pretty roses and all. Well, maybe with a white background, but still, it looks like the things people hand out at weddings.