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Work and Funtime!

My Market Consultant is away at her other job this summer. Poor me.  I'll have to figure stuff out alone...which actually hasn't been too bad!

I have more work!! I finished my sister's shirt, birthday present in time for her Birthday this past week! Or is it next week? Interweb stalkers, you have been foiled in your stalking attempts, haHA!!!

I was looking for the local bead store, and in asking for directions and wandering around like an idiot (which I do oh, so well!) I found this cute little artsy shop called 2 B Inspired.  It prides itself in helping out local artists, half the inventory is from locals.  So of course, being shameless, I ask if there's room for another artist.  YUP!!!! Now I need to work up a biography or blurb about my process, already I have a couple copies of paintings for the owner to hang up with a notecard about what I do.

Now I'm also knitting some scarves for her store! WOOO!!!! Maybe market bags too, I just need to make sure I have yarn in the right style for her store.  It's modern, and classy and most of my stuff is more practical than fun, but heeeey working on it!

As if that weren't enough, I'm working on some illustration-type stuff for a kids book!! I'll give more details on that when I get permission from the author.

AAAAAND!!!

I may get a commission to knit something SOON!! A conversation came up and well...she wants a vest.  I will knit it. 

I still need to work on those stupid palm trees.  Taping up some paper to work out some....wait...I could use...DAMMI...uh...dagnabit! I gave away my newspr...no I didn't.  CHARCOAL FUNTIMES!!!!

I'll post pics of some of the work I've done and link an album for some research photos for the kids book. At some point in the next...year...

Well, my goal is to have it done today, so check in tomorrow and yell at me if I've not gotten it done!

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