Daily archives "October 25, 2007"

Crafter Jan

I spent a little time with a featured crafter I was photographing for Valley Homes and Style. This lady takes average items and makes them extraordinary by painting them, giving them character and adding sayings or symbols.

The item above is made from a piece of wood, and some fine screen materials. A little paint and a few nails and you’ve got a crafter’s treasure.

While I was there, several shoppers at the Crafter’s Gallery were making purchases of Jan’s items. They have an appeal… you should take a look at them.

Witt and Gary

I’m such a romantic.

You know that. If you didn’t, just go with it for a minute.

Friends of ours have not had a good portrait done in awhile, so they called us and said they wanted some pictures down in the park. Okay, says we, and off we go. This was during the midst of the rainy week we had, of course. But for some reason the weather held off.

A sign perhaps?

Witt and Gary are two very lovely people. Warm and caring, generous and kind. They always ask after our family, our friends, and our work. They have even made suggestions about how to improve our newsletter.

Yes, we listened! We’re daft, but not THAT daft!

Diana applied a very nice new process that makes the image look like a sketch… pencil and paper. I think you’ll like it.