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New Plan!

Since I've only managed to post about once/week, I think that I post text once/week, and pictures of my progress once/week...although I will be posting long-overdue photos of many of my projects tomorrow.

Well, I've now finished one knitted dishcloth for the farmers market booth, as well as several flowers.  O's scarf is done! I want to buy more yarn to make more hot pads, but must complete more projects before I'm allowed.  Maybe even make some money with the commissions I STILL haven't finished. So the commissions are what I focus on this week. 

1. H's dogs, 7x10
2. H's sunset(sunrise?) of Lake Superior, 24x36
3. Princess Fiona, 5x7(2 of them)
4. Princess Fiona, 8x10
5. Luvie, 9x12
6. Molly, 9x12
And a new one!
7. Florida Coast, 22x30

As for knitting, I'm going to work on flowers and focus on finishing my poncho to free my #10 needles for placemats.

Oh and work on that watercolor bed that Artworks is willing to take on consignment!
Have yet to hear back from Blick's, but when I saw the manager, he said he'd give me a call in a few days and that I was not forgotten! Speaking of, I have 3 paintings at Blick's for them to print on Aquerelle paper. Yay!

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  1. RahXMarch 14, 2012 at 12:36 PM

    How do you print a painting?

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    1. E. KramerMarch 14, 2012 at 1:34 PM

      It's scanned in to the computer and then printed with a special ink on paper of your choice. Well, you choose from a selection of paper.

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