Chip

Poor Chip!

I saw him listed on eBay as an "antique" from China, but I knew he wasn't. I liked him anyway and decided to bid on him. He was a nice decorative piece, antique or not. And the price was right to re-offer him to my customers.

Alas, poor Chip arrived broken into little bits! He had been poorly packed and, from the break pattern, his tail had suffered the telling blow. My husband named him Chip because of the sorry state in which he arrived. I couldn't just throw him out, as his head, neck and chest had survived, and his "personality" too. So I, day-to-day, pieced him back together as best I could, using Elmer's and modelling paste. Then I matched his color and painted in the broken bits to match.

A coat of spray gloss and--voila!--Chip is back together! But he's NOT FOR SALE! Not after what he went through. He's now the store's mascot, along with the fish--together they are Fish and Chip! Hee, hee!

Wendy

The ART Corner

264 Washington Street

Salem, MA 01970

978-745-9524

Spring is Here! (We think!)

We have new window graphics to suit Spring. Bunnies jump about and Tulips bloom.

Wendy

The ART Corner

264 Washington Street

Salem, MA 01970

978-745-9524

We have a computer!!

I have hooked up my laptop in the store. It is not online yet, nor do I want to use it for a cash register or for framing layouts. It is for generating a mailing list and producing ads for now. I will call Verizon and hook it up via DSL soon so we will have internet access.

However, last month I bought a PRINTER for it, so we can make signs and such for the store, as I did for the "Frame Shop" and "Art Gallery" signs I put up recently. Of course, generating those signs KILLED the color cartridge!

Wendy

The ART Corner

264 Washington Street

Salem, MA 01970

978-745-9524

Ad Images

We have new images to use for our ads. I shot some photos of our "Roving Corner Samples" amongst the early-blooming crocuses--croci. Then Elaine and I went to the beach with the Corner Samples and played.
Elaine will add text and play with cropping and color and black and white versions for ads in the Salem Gazette, the Jewish Journal and RedBrick's catalog, to name a few.
Here are images.
Wendy

The ART Corner

264 Washington Street

Salem, MA 01970

978-745-9524