Signed, Sealed, and Delivered

This morning the pictures that my friend took for me were waiting in my email.  I looked at the one picture again and again and started to have a bad feeling.  I surfed through my pics and remembered it was photo I'd downloaded and then solarized.  Okay - that's one down.  Then I looked at one of the other pics and the blues were off.  The photographer had seen it also and offered to reshoot the pic.  Which was SO generous but I just didn't have the time. 

So I hauled out my little Coolpix, put it on museum setting, shut the blinds, grabbed an old navy piece of material, get Jbird out of bed to hold up background and shot several pics.  One is "good enough".  Not the quality of my friend's professional shot - but it will do.

Name the pics - The Sixties Tango and Garden Times - to go along with the theme "Memories".  Burn the disc with pics on it, go to post office, run by the Quinlan, pay submission fee - and voila!  I am now being considered for entrance into the show.  Takes my breath away.  One thing I did learn big time - was the importance of considering what you want your signature to be and look like.  I've been struggling with that for some time.  Each painting has two different looks (bad bad bad) cause I was in the middle of trying different things.  And to tell you the truth - I may sign my next paintings another way all together.  Must discuss this with instructor - I may be backed into a corner already.

Drove down to Gwinnett to look at possible framing solutions for the one picture.  Let's just say I wasn't thrilled.  I came home and told Hubby the quality and price.  He told me that the father of one of his students just opened up a frame shop here in our town.  I was surfing out local news site and there was this coupon for $25.00 off from the very store Hubby mentioned.  Sounds providential to me.

Stopped by MIchael's and picked up two big canvasses.  Sonny boy says, "Just don't make any more lime green dogs!"  Okay - how about some electric blue trees?

And last but NOT least:  I got my book from Michele in the mail today.  Wow.  The card was lovely thanks Michele.  Thank you a thousand times.  But - Wow!  I started reading the first chapter and begain crying.  There I am in all my glory - lol.  I can not wait to continue to read this book and trust me you will hear more about it - "Barbara and Susan's Guide to the Empty Nest".  One problem though - man - this ladies look great - ummm - they have how many children and grandchildren?  Oh my!