One of the projects I've worked up over the past year (about as fast as either glacial advancement or melting... ) is creating Greeting Cards from some of our photographic art. The initial thought is getting something into an affordable price range which is also attractive and could bring more sales. After all, there are two means (as it were) to ( Read more... )

Paying attention? Looking for the weekly State of teh Artist post? Not seen one for a couple weeks? One of those weeks is on me, I stipulate I didn't make the time. One, however, is on a list of weeks some folks would ask for a do-over. I don't ask for such. I won't ask. I don't want to do the past week over. Nothing happened we can't cope with, ( Read more... )

I'm working on two applications for Autumn weekend festivals. The lead time for most of these is such that yes, in the Autumn I'm working on the Spring, and in at least late Spring I'm working on the Autumn. At any rate, after going through the process for one of these in the Spring entirely on-line, I'm perhaps a bit jaded. Or some other word. ( Read more... )

Roof Metal and MoreRoof metal delivered for the roof replacement on the Big house. Driver got stuck in our North Central Baja Jorja sugar sand, but not permanently. Offloaded about half the metal on his trailer, which lightened it enough to get unstuck, then reload our delivery to place it where we want it. Then I helped him reload the other ( Read more... )

This past week felt slower, rather delightfully considering the build-up to the Spring Arts Festival. Mostly I've covered some of the Ranch things which need covering and which we postponed temporarily for the Arts Festival. One of those items didn't occur this week, it should though tomorrow. We both helped out some friends who need it, our ( Read more... )

The 44th Annual Santa Fe Spring Arts Festival started for me on Friday past, when I went over to the site to set up the Booth Pavilion. I transported only the 'physical plant' as it were consisting of Pavilion and Weather Walls, Art Sidewalls, the folding matted work stands, a folding chair and a bar stool I usually use in Studio as a posing stool ( Read more... )

( Because This Got Long - Framing and Packing )

Good progress indeed. Only two more large prints to frame, I've made my shopping list for what I need for those two pieces, and then I start sorting through the last six or so in the 8x10 range, all Herself pieces. I could simply mat and sleeve those, though there are a couple I feel rather strongly about framing anyway. We shall see; at this point ( Read more... )

We've been out to do an abbreviated rounds this morning, earlier than maybe usual, because of the weather. Storms rolling in. So the hogs and horses are fed, and birds fed and watered. Goats didn't even come out of their shelters, though they did complain a bit. That could be why were other animals getting noms and not them, or more likely 'Do ( Read more... )

I've been thinking, in the back of my mind, based on previous experience with my earlier Epson ink-jet printer that printing our photographs would take some learning time on the new Mr. Printy (name stolen shamelessly from Ursula Vernon, known as ursulav here on LJ. Stolen because hey, I like that name ( Read more... )