THREE ANNOUNCEMENTS

First, Sharon has written a post about my Jimmy Chew painting that I did for her!
She loved the painting and she loves my bad little Jimmy.
Her words and all the wonderful comments made me cry.
But they were HAPPY tears.
You can read her sweet post HERE

Second, I got a call from a place that I had put my name into more than a year ago.
It's a place that showcases Art and Antiques.
The owner is trying to get more Art into her place.
She apparently had several spaces open up.
Spaces for booths and also wall space.
When I originally put my name on the waiting list I had a plan to sell my Art AND painted furniture and things.
But then I got into the other place and sold some of my accumulation of furniture and things but found that it was taking too much of my time away from what I really wanted to be doing.
Which is creating Art.
So when she called, she asked if I was interested and if so, could I stop in and let her know what I wanted to sell.
So after work yesterday I brought her two little paintings of mine that had been hanging up at work.

I showed her those and then photos of some of my work that I had on Instagram.
She said she didn't have anyone doing animal related Art and I said that was all I did.
She then showed me the wall space and I talked about my vision of how I would display my work.
I said it would be paintings and prints and I planned on doing some "cards" and maybe some little boxes.
Things like that.
Small things.

Then she told me she had called A LOT of people from her waiting list.
That she wanted something new, different and CUTE.
She said she loved my little paintings and was excited.
So.....I'm going to have my Art there.
I'll give more details about the place later but, I'm rather excited.
And the rent is surprising LOW!
At least compared to the other place I had my furniture and stuff at.
But then again, I just need a wall and a bit of floor space in front of it.
I instantly had ideas on what I would do for the display.
I have a few things that I couldn't bring myself to sell at the other place....just in case.
I asked when she wanted me to bring in my things and she said as soon as I'd like.
I had to let her know that I didn't really have much stocked up at the moment so we agreed on mid-month.
I work half days on Wednesdays, so February 17th is the day!
I best get busy!

Third, I'm currently working six days a week.
Some days I can leave a little early if it's not busy.
But Friday was a nightmare. Super busy and I'm not sure why,
unless it's because people want their dogs out of the house during Super Bowl.
It was physically exhausting and mentally too.
Mentally because I learned that some people have been being very hard on my niece Lily.
I knew her life couldn't be easy, working with who she does but I didn't realize to what extent.
I won't got into details here but I'm not happy about this and I need to think on this as to how to help her.
I need to stay calm and breathe deeply and figure out an adult calm way to fix this situation.

                                       (source)

Truth be told, info like this makes me see RED and I'm glad I have had this weekend to settle down and think straight.

I've talked with my sister and we feel ultimately it will all be fine.
Even if it means that Lily might need to find a new job.
Which saddens me so much. She loves animals with all her heart.
But then again, there are other opportunities out there...
and she's lucky because she has my sister to have her back.
If the worst happened, she could always move home.
But all this consumed my thoughts and stifled me.
Even after the great news of getting into this place, I couldn't create last night.
Today, I have my head on straight and I realize I need to hustle and get my Art and the display done in the limited amount of time I have.
So that means my third announcement is that I'll be pretty scarce for the next 10 days.
I would say that I'll be off-line but that would probably be a lie.
I'm addicted but I just need the time to be spent elsewhere right now.
I'm gonna try to stay away and
GET IT DONE.
Thank you for understanding!