Copper Sun

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8" x 8", made with cardstock, copper metallic thread,
raku-style seed beads and Swarovski crystals.

I met 2 friends in Naples on Sunday for lunch and wee bit of shopping. I'd seen a review of The Brown Hound in the paper a few weeks ago and suggested to Linda (who lives in Naples) and Lynn (who lives in Batavia) that we might have lunch there sometime as one of our non-Geva Theatre outings. My ulterior motive was that I wanted to check out a store that came highly recommended to me by two artists, Artizanns.

Lunch, or brunch rather, was fantastic! I don't see what I had on the website menu but it was French Toast with cream cheese and a Grand Marnier syrup. It's called Stephanie's Epiphany and by coincidence it was served on a plate by local potter Stephanie Marsh, whose work we later saw at Artizanns. And my name is Stefani. Get it?? We felt the universe was speaking to me. :-)

We next stopped at Elements, another gift store in Naples. It had some interesting stuff, but lots of it was of the Made in China variety unfortunately.

Artizanns however, did not disappoint. I'd poured over their website so my expectations were high. I left my card with the store manager, but then the owner, Suzanne Farley, happened in just as we were leaving so I had a chance to speak with her. She asked me to send her some samples, so the above green & copper piece is one of the things I'm shipping to her today.

We also got to confirm that the 3 of us went to high school with her brother-in-law. I remembered Bill was an artist and had a brother Tom, so I was pretty sure. Bill had some nice work displayed there as well.

I would be so honored to sell my work at Artizanns. I even bought 3 things - 2 for me, which I'll show you sometime. The third "thing" is a little something for you, Mom - maybe for your birthday. So you'll have to wait until August to see that.

I'm on vacation this week and there are no words to describe how much I enjoy being home, doing what I want, when I want, how I want. Life is good.

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