Tolentreasures

So, the saga of the hutch. I beleive it is creating a history of it’s own.    My mom and dad moved last July to a smaller house.  Mom had all these beautiful cobalt dishes that she displayed in her old (larger) house on a plate rail that ran all around her dining room.    The new kitchen has a place for a hutch and we started to look for one.  A woman walked in the shop one day with a picture of this one for a great price.   I would have to go and pick it up.    The problem was... I was on crutches and non weight bearing.  But the hutch was perfect.  So, a quick call to my grandsons and a suggestion to draw straws  over who gets HAS to go with gramma.    Logan draws short straw and off we go.    First of all, the man at the house insists, vehemently that it won’t fit.  I calmly tell him it will.  He gets out a tape measure and begins to measure.    I...

The last two days have been consumed with moving all this paint.    I closed one location and combined it all into the other.    I packed and moved one location in an hour and a half.    Carried the boxes out and loaded them in my van.   I must have been on some type of adrenaline rush because when I got home,  I could not lift the boxes!    I had to cut them almost in half to get them out of the van.    But this evening,  they are all in place!   Whew!    Now to pack all the remaining Christmas items in my booth!    Anybody have a new paint project?  I can ship!