a week....

as you can see, there is a system.... it may all look like craziness to you, but it all means something else to me... with a 9 step process for each piece, each mark on the board means something special... is the piece drawn, painted, sanded, stained, shipped? I have marks for stores, special gifts that have been ordered, notes for calls that i need to make for supplies.... and when your name is all the way off the board....you've received your piece and you loved it...

i love to have everyones name next to the piece that they ordered.... that way when i'm painting the board they are in my thoughts... i can also appreciate the grouping of boards that they have created in their own minds... and see what it will look like together as i'm going along.

it's been a hectic week, so many different ideas going on in the studio... i'll be painting a piece and think, well here is a new design, i like it this way too.... so off for the camera to snap the design, and then on to finishing the painting on the original piece...

a wonderful group of artists are getting together for a "gathering" where we will be sending you a postcard of our work... but time it takes and 4th of july theme, it's sometimes hard to think so many months in advance.... but i'm thinking red, white and blue right now... and using a glue stick to see what layout will be needed...lots of emails and calls back and forth....

i've updated my site.... a section called... groupings to display, has been added http://www.dallisongameboards.com/ to help everyone visualize what boards look like together in a grouping. I also joined the american-folk-art site....(which you must visit...so here is the link...) http://www.american-folk-art.com/ and spoke to a magazine about their interest in an article about me for this summer...got mail from jen from earth angels...if you haven't checked out her site lately you just MUST, she has so many new things to show you... and of course, sell to you! here is her link... http://www.earthangelstoys.com/

also, much laundry, dishes, errands, wiping runny noses to remember, carpools, bills, bird business, coffees, runs for coke and icecream.... food to feed, rides here and there, phone calls... phew.... i'm glad it's saturday and all i have to do today is work in the studio and alittle laundry! Thanks hubby!!!