On Saturday afternoon I attended at the Three Peaks Gallery, here in Sorell, for my first half day stint as gallery minder. When one becomes a member, one is obliged to attend the gallery for a set number of hours each month, to "mind the shop"...I was very glad Tim accompanied me, as he already knows how to manage eftpos, lay-by, write up the sales in the daily log, deal with the petty cash,. the lock up procedures et al, as he and Chris have already attended.
Even though it was a windy, showery day, sales were pretty good. I guess as we draw closer to Christmas, more folk will be popping in to find a gift. One couple were from Virginia, visiting family in Tasmania...one of the nicer aspects of this sort of involvement is the social componants. I also met the President of the group, as she had been attending the morning session and handed over to us. She told me she had purchased one of my journals and was very complimentary and shared with me how she was using it as a memory collector...it is so nice to hear back form folk who are actually using your crafty bits and bobs...
This week we visit Honduras and I have chosen Rhyncholaelia digbyana, a large whiskery green orchid found in Honduras, for my flower this week. It is also the National flower of this country.
I was rather drawn to an image of Psychotria elata, commonly called hot lips, or hookers lips, due to their shape and colour, as the plant is endangered. However, I am sure the image I found that best demonstrated these attributes had been photo-shopped, and I have been using red flowers rather a lot in the past few weeks, so I left that one out...
For the mat for the Honduras inchie, I used a part of the cover page for a book written in the eighteenth century, long considered to so fantastical as to be a work of fiction rather than an accurate account of harrowing and exciting adventure...
Don't forget to check out the other wonderful inchies over at Every Inchie Monday...
However, as I now have a legitimate venue to dispose of them, I have begun to feel enthusiastic enough to start on a few more. The one I am working on at the moment has a theme of birds and has a "soft" cover, which I don't usually make...so watch this space...should have some images by next weeks post.
James called me during the week to request a card for the mother of an old school friend of his, who has recently undergone knee surgery...I made a bright little scribble flower card for her...using up the last few metallic scribble embellishments I had remaining from my previous session...it is always satisfying to use up these little remnants...the boxed sets of scribble flower cards I had made for the gallery were amongst the first to sell, surprisingly.
Sarah and Karina are flying off on a holiday later this week and so Hollie will be making a return visit for about ten days. I hope the girls have a lovely time...they are both working hard now so the break will be good for them.
Also, friends from my time in Sydney are visiting family here in Southern Tasmania just now for a couple of week. We hope to be able to meet for lunch one day during their stay, as we always have a great talkfest on the increasingly rare occasions when we do manage to catch up. We must remember to choose a quieter venue this time, last time the restaurant was far too noisy for easy conversation...
Bye for now,
Di