Saturday, July 5, 2008

Finally on Display

I finally got some photos to Weekend Treasures and with the help of Cyndie, have the note cards, bags and pictures displayed. I tell you what, it is work getting things ready so sell - organizing, pricing, etc. Charlie has always handled that part of the business and for a reason, he actually likes it. He has been working on the booth and the shelves on the stairs and I think he has done a good job. He is also painting a piece of furniture right now and it should be ready to go in the store very, very soon.
Here is what it all looks like:

If you don't know Weekend Treasures, it a great little shop right in downtown Griffin. I managed to get this picture of the front of the store right before the sky fell out with much needed rain.

If you are interested in any of the photos for note cards, bags or blown up to a larger size, just let me know what you would like plus the photo number. I plan to keep adding to the display so stay tuned!

I am also toying with the idea of doing custom pictures for folks. If you have a particular flower, etc. that you would like photographed to use for note cards, enlarged, etc. just drop me an email and we'll see what we can do.

Take care,
Chris

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Organizing and Sewing Again

You know, doing something with my photographs was an intriguing idea. Whew, actually doing it is a lot of work! I've cataloged the pictures, made some note cards, tags, gift bags and a purse - all of which took way more time that I thought! It was fun though. Now, to get everything to Weekend Treasures and displayed.
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I have had this plan in my head about making a purse with one of my pictures on it. Well, I found material, picked the picture and did all of the necessary steps to print it on my ink jet printer. I cut it out and got ready to sew. POOF - my sewing machine died. It wasn't worth the time, effort or money to repair so I started researching replacing it. I called Alice Young from Young at Heart and she gave me one to try out. Bless her! (I will be getting a machine from her.)
Last night, I finished the purse. See what you think. You can't see it in the picture but the lining matches the plaid around the picture.