I admit it. This was me yesterday. The loving and generous artist who has done our festival ad for years our of the incredible goodness of her heart wrote that she had nothing for me and was going to Mexico for a week. Which would be fine if it weren’t for the fact that Bay Nature needs their artwork for the Spring ad February 24th. Which would still be fine if it we hadn’t already paid for it, many hundreds of dollars for an empty quarter page ad,
The only way to face panic is with planning. So I wheedled for an extension and thought about our options. The chalk artist Amy Hall said the image she created for last year is ours to use. So maybe that could work? It’s just a matter of meeting those exacting specifications.3 9/16 by 4 15/16. Who uses fractions anymore? But I found a mixed numbers calculator and was able to cobble this together. This will do in a pinch. And Amelia says she’ll try when she gets back, so this will have to do for now. Breathe,
Adding to my panic is that this weekend saw the start of begging for the silent auction and in three days I didn’t get one yes. I’m used to asking for ten things for every one I am given, but zero seemed very bad news. Yesterday I got six very kind and lovely responses to the requests I sent Sunday. And the first was from the company I arguably wanted to hear from most of all.
Cate & Levi is a company in Ontario that makes stuffed toys and kids things from entirely recycled products. Their idea is that kids should be allowed to use creativity to play, and the beaver puppets on the left made my heart sing. It’s the sweaters. Look at the SWEATERS!
Anway the owner wrote back with a generous promise of 2 puppets, and I was off to the races. Other things started to fall into place. So I could temporarily stop inhaling and lay the bag down. Not throw it away, mind you, I might need it again. But this is good for now.
