Dated: 15 May 2009
Posted by Blue
Framed Sheep Skin Diploma
Are you lucky enough to have a real sheepskin diploma belonging to one of your grand-parents or great-grand-parents? Have you not displayed it because it looks so yellowed and wrinkled after a hundred years or so of storage? Be encouraged, it probably didn’t look much different when it was first presented to the graduate. An original sheepskin is just what it sounds like: the tanned hide of the sheep, used instead of paper for an official document. It is such a rare treasure, that if you have one among the family antiques, frame it and display it in all its splendor. This one was a gift to a newly-graduated attorney: his grand-father’s law diploma from 1934.
Take it to your framer who will treat it more like cloth than paper, and NEVER, NEVER APPLY HEAT to it to mount it, or you will need a magnifying glass to read it. Frame it and flaunt it. It will bring the oohs and aahs of everyone who sees it. And if anyone comments on its wrinkles, tell them that sheep are not flat!
Yours,
Blue
Dated: 13 May 2009
Posted by Blue
The herbs and flowers were beautiful smelling creatures, and I had all I could do to keep from snacking on them. There were also some pretty ugly potted things that I wanted to “water” but I kept from doing that too. I am, afterall, a “Gentleman-dog” . We had fun in the sun all afternoon, but the 50 mph winds kept us grabbing the tent poles to keep from flying off to Oz. And with the gale-force winds were blowing my ears straight up in the air, so folks kept mistaking me for a German Shepherd. Anyhow it was all fun. I’m happy to be back in my gallery, however, where nothing flies around and needs retrieving, except when the mail comes.
Come visit me Monday through Saturday noon to 6PM. Until 7 on Tues and Thurs. Yours, Blue
Dated: 7 May 2009
Posted by Blue
Come visit us at the Chagrin Falls Herb and Flower festival on Saturday, May 9 from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. Booths of flower sellers, herb vendors, and arts and crafters everywhere in Riverside Park and Triangle Park in BEAUTIFUL Chagrin Falls, Ohio. We are SUCH a dog -friendly town. Come and see what we have to offer.
A purchase from any of the 60 + venders gets you a FREE herb plant. See Imagery’s booth in Triangle Park, right in front of the town bandstand. This is really up-scale “small-town America” . You’ll love it. See you at the festival … Blue
Dated: 4 May 2009
Posted by Blue
This is my very first blog. It’s not as hard keying with my paws as I thought it would be!
Enter your questions and comments about art, framing, home and office decor and I’ll do my best to answer your questions. I may have to ask Darlene, but I’m sure not too many times! 
Thanks a bunch for reading this, I hope to hear from you soon!
Blue, The Golden Greeter
