Sachberry's Supports Haiti

What's that you say? You've never been to Sachberry's? What do you mean you've never even heard of it? Granted, it is very new and is a business venture launched by three 5½ year olds with absolutely no experience whatsoever.

(SOLD! GRAMMIE)

This piece was snatched up quickly by a savvy buyer who made her reservation by phone for the piece titled "Exploding Acorn", sight unseen. Upon confirmation from the client (aka Grammie), Sweetie quickly affixed the "sold" ticket so other interested parties would not get their hopes up.

Consider this the grand opening announcement! Sweetie's Art Shop, also known as Sachberry's, is now open for business. The creative geniuses have been hard at work, using only the highest quality materials available in the Crayola line. Many pieces are already available in the shop although Grammie was here today and bought several.

Featured above (but already sold) is the Exploding Acorn, Strawberry and Rainbow. Can't you just feel the energy this piece exudes?

Honey is putting the finishing touches on another rainbow themed work. I believe this piece is still available but I expect there to be high demand once this post goes public so be sure to post your offer quickly in the comment section lest you miss out on your chance to own a Sachberry original.
Unfortunately I didn't get a photo of Lovey's "Rainbow Waterfall" but rest assured it was another marvel of sparkle, glitter and vivid colour. Grandad was able to secure this new objet d'art and is now the proud owner of this fresh new piece.

The artists are donating a large portion of all sales to the earthquake victims in Haiti. Honey is a tough negotiator and was heard on the phone with a potential buyer the other day:

Honey: would you like to buy it?

Buyer: how much is it?

Honey: $20

Buyer: TWENTY DOLLARS???? Can't you give me a better price than that????

Honey: Grammie! that IS a good price!!!!!!!!!!

Luckily Grammie drives a hard bargain as well and was able to talk her down to $3. All of Honey's earnings are being donated.

Sweetie was describing the new Sachberry's shop to Grammie and Grandad, explaining her various canvases and prices.

Sweetie: did you want to reserve one?

Grammie: oh, well..... that Exploding one sounds interesting. How much is it?

Sweetie: $3

Grammie: and are you donating your money too?

Sweetie: wellllllllllllll..... I'm going to give some of it to the poor people and keep some for me.

Grammie: well that sounds fair. I'll take the Exploding one then.

Sweetie: Ok!!!!!!

Lovey didn't do any telephone sales but did secure a deal once Grammie was in the shop today. She was not very flexible in her pricing, despite Grammie's best efforts, she would not budge from the sticker price. Grammie made several offers but Lovey adamantly refused them all. She would not take more than a penny for her artwork. "Why would anybody want to spend more than a penny on THIS?!?!?!? So Grammie had to put away her loonie and dig out some copper.

The girls would like everyone to know about their shop as they are anxiously awaiting the crowds to arrive and browse their merchandise. They are discussing this daily, wondering how many people will come. If you're in the neighbourhood and are in need of some updated looks for your walls, bring some coin and shop to your heart's delight. They will also take requests for commissioned pieces if you have a theme in mind. :)

Thank you for shopping Sachberry's Art Shop!

Cupcake City

We had some of the girls' friends over to decorate cupcakes before Valentine's day. I stocked up on sprinkles, candies & other toppings and greatly overestimated how much they'd need. That darn bulk store is so deceptive! You put the stuff in the bag and it never looks like enough and then you get it home, start your project and whoah!!! I bought enough to choke an army of cupids!

We had a good turnout come over for the sugarfest festivities. The Z girls came with cupcakes, Boo brought cookies and Tulip brought extra sprinkles and we also had the girls next door come over.
They were so diligent about working on their masterpieces. It takes a lot of concentration to get those towers of icing just so on your cupcake! Height is where it's at on those babies :)

Luckily most toppings stayed on the table and not too much on the floor and everything tasted awesome!

Bringing Home the Valentines

My gift from my valentine :))))

The girls came home with their valentines from school the other day and couldn't wait to get in the door to go through the little cards. They'd made a pouch & decorated it. At school they delivered their valentines to each person's pouch but they weren't allowed to open their own til they got home.
I'm pretty sure the anticipation on the bus ride home must have just about killed them! They dumped them all out on the floor and looked at each one, reading out the names, admiring the design of the card (especially anything with Hannah Montana on it!)

Sometimes I'm surprised when people tell me they have a hard time telling Lovey & Honey apart but tonight when I downloaded this image off my card, I thought it was Lovey but it's not! I think I got fooled by the fact that she's wearing Lovey's clothes though. At first glance I saw all the red & sparkles and then when I got to another picture that I knew was Lovey, I came back to this one to find that it was really Honey! So it even happens to their own mother sometimes!