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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