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Got Luck? Obama's Luck charm

January 9, 2009 | Austin, Texas | Vetting explained

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“This is actually my favorite,” is what Barack Obama said while revealing a handful of his current lucky charms to reporters. “It is like a little piece of luck.”

My friend Kaycee designed it and you can see a close-up at

http://www.metalmorphosisinc.com/product-p/tp-332.htm?Click=28

 

 

Barrack comments that he doesnt know why the Luck charm has braille. Kaycee Binns told me "we did the Braille because we want people to feel the words, not just see them. Basically, talk the talk and walk the walk..."

 

 

News Release

 

Atlanta,

Georgia – January 2009

 

“This is actually my favorite,” is what

President-elect Barack Obama said while revealing a handful of his

current lucky charms to reporters on a flight in late June. “It is

like a little piece of luck,” he added. Most recently in Time

Magazine’s Person of the Year issue Obama is featured holding his

lucky charms.

 

The bit of

luck Obama refers to is one of Kaycee Binns’ 12 Braille Word

Pebbles.

 

Kaycee Binns is the founder and chief artisan of Metal Morphosis Inc., an

Atlanta-based company who creates all of their metal art pieces in

the United States. Binns also fashioned eight Braille Phrase

Keychains that recently won “Best of Show” at the January New

York Gift Show

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