"Prints, Charming" is here!

Once upon a time...well, late last night, to be honest...we put the finishing touches on Prints, Charming, the new exhibit at the Castle in the Air gallery. Because this is our second show, we had the luxury of being used to the gallery space and how to put up the art. We do have some rather unique pieces this time, however, including a ten-foot long framed print, several portraits only a few inches wide, and books (glorious books!) from the Dromedary Press line.

I've been living with some of the original images from the show for many years, some for just a number of months. Now that they are all dressed and gathered together, they all seem fresh and new and as though they are all part of the same family, which of course they are--princesses, magical animals, and my hero, Commonplace Mouse, who has been immortalized in time for the show not only in print through Dromedary but also in doll form by Caron Dunn!

Fools All!

Welcome to April! If you stop by the store, you can pick this month's new calendar postcard. One of the little girls in this picture is playing a traditional French April Fools' Day joke on her friend, distracting her so she can pin a fish on her back. I sent my older girl to school with a stack of paper fish and a roll of tape so she could play some funny tricks on her friends. My younger one stopped by the store and got into April Fools' mischief with the Castle crew, who surprised me this morning with their own paper-craft prank!