Sunapee Awards and Other Good Fortune

I have had more than my share of good news in the last few days.  I have been so busy that it really didn't sink in until this morning when I was thinking about posting again.

My good fortune started Saturday night.  Well actually it started on Friday, but i didn't become aware of that part until Monday night.  I'll tell the news in the order I received it.

Saturday night was the opening reception for Dog Days of Summer - the current show at the Loading Dock Gallery in Lowell.  During the reception, a woman came up to me to tell me how much she loved my piece, a triptych called Keep Watering that Garden.  (I've written about it in this blog.)  She said that she really wanted it, but her daughter had been telling her not to spend any more money.  She was going to wait and think about it some more.  She didn't think very long though.  A little while later she came back to tell me she'd decided to buy it.  She said she would have been just too disappointed if she came back at the end of the show and it was gone.  I was so pleased.  I still feel that happy glow when i think back about it.  (If you click on the link for the show, that's my piece on the right behind the shot of the beautiful rose arrangement.  FYI - the rose arrangement was created by Rufiya Blank.)

Monday night I got the second bit of good news when I saw a friend's Facebook post about winning the awards for Best in Seed Beads and Best in Jewelry in the Craftwear Exhibit at Sunapee.  I was thrilled for her - and then she commented back, sharing the wealth by letting me know that I'd won an award on my jacket too.  My happy dance was only beginning though.  Another friend visited the exhibit that day and brought back the news that I'd won two awards on the jacket and sold another one.  My cup runneth over.   My jacket, Aurora, won the awards for Best in Fine Sewing and Best in Creative Sewing.  Woo hoo!!!