wow! I can't believe it.

[valis2]

Some of you may remember that I left some of my crafted pieces on consignment at a gallery neary my parents' house. I wasn't thinking it would do well; in fact, she only picked out a few things, and I was a little bummed, especially because one of the pieces was the Cursed Piece, a very expensive piece that I made about seven years ago and was certain would never, ever sell.

But I've received a couple checks, and today, I just received a wonderful check...the cursed piece sold. In fact, I'm a little worried that they have nothing left...I think they only have two pieces now.

Wow! Just...wow!

Comments

[virtual-gravy.livejournal.com]

Good for you!!!

That is fantastic!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Oh, thanks!! I'm so happy about this. But now I have to figure out how to get more pieces to her...

*dances about*

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

That is totally awesome. Congratulations!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

*jumping around in absolute amazement*

[kitschicat.livejournal.com]

Congrats! :D

See, it wasn't cursed. It just hadn't found its true owner yet. :P ;)

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I really am astonished! I even tried to talk her out of it! Well, waddaya know. Someone really wanted it after all!

[eloisasnape.livejournal.com]

Now I'm feeling insanely jealous and I want it.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

But it's cuuuuuuuuuursed, dahling.

[logospilgrim.livejournal.com]

Heartfelt congratulations to you :-)

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Aw, you're so sweet! Thank you!

Great new icon, too!

[whitemunin.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Considering that you seem to have a good sales record with them now, will you go back and present some new stuff? I bet they'll take on more.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I hope they will, but it's ironic, seeing as I was there just a week ago. I suppose I should have stopped by, but I didn't have much time.

They are four hours from my house, so I have to really work out getting there, but still, I hope I can figure something out so that they'll have a little more stuff for the rest of the summer season.

[gillieweed.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Does that make you a Famous Artist?
Congratulations!!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Well, it means I'm not-so-starving this month...*grins*

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

Wooo now you're a real artist!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Why, is that all I had to do? Sell a cursed piece? Wish I had done that ten years ago when I started out.

[chrysantza.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the good news and the unloading of the Cursed Piece!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I won't miss it a bit, I think. Oh, well, maybe just a little. ;)

[saruwatari.livejournal.com]

EE, YAY. *dances around, throws confetti* Definitely a nice surprise for you.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Totally! I feel like Schmendrick when he finally got rid of his curse. *giggles*

[scatteredlogic.livejournal.com]

That's great. Congratulations!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I'm still totally surprised.

[weasleyfan.livejournal.com]

Yay! Congratulations!

Just out of curiosity... what made it 'cursed'? ;)

[valis2.livejournal.com]

It was very expensive, and hadn't sold after seven years of being displayed at art fairs and craft shows! Wah!

Also, as soon as someone touched it and asked the price, they would immediately recoil and say the usual "I have expensive taste!" Oh, yeah, ha ha ha. And then everything in my booth would suddenly be too expensive! Ugh.

[cactus-wren.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Do you have a picture of the cursed piece? I want to know what it looked like.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Actually...no, I don't! Wow! That's kind of weird...and I'll never see it again, either! Now I'm almost sad.

[sylvadin.livejournal.com]

I agree with the sentiment that the piece wasn't cursed - it was simply waiting for the right buyer to come along. But wouldn't it be nice if those 'special' buyers didn't take such a long time showing up? :-)

After enough years in the business one discovers that every piece we create, no matter how much we might personally go 'yuck' or 'what was I thinking?!?' towards it, winds up being the 'perfect' item for some buyer.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Heh...I made about five pieces last year that were hideous, and at one show I sold three of them within two hours. Weird. I never put them out on display, they were that ugly, I just put them in the half-off tray and hoped for the best. I still have one left. wah!

It does amuse me when several of the same kind of item will sell at one show and then none at the next. Regional differences? Freaky coincidence?

[musigneus.livejournal.com]

Hurray! Congratulations.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

*dances around in joy*

[morricone1900.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! ESPECIALLY for selling the cursed piece.

You have NO idea how difficult it was for me to track that thing down and buy it!! ;)

[valis2.livejournal.com]

hahaha! May you have joy in its use.

[elddonnemar.livejournal.com]

That's wonderful, though it feels slightly odd to really want to purchase things from you knowing that I won't be able to, or even knowing what these things are...

[valis2.livejournal.com]

*inserts mysterious music here*

[aramintasnape.livejournal.com]

That's great! Go you!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

w00t! :)

How are those adorable girls, by the way?

[bell-witch.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! I'm feeling rather stupid, since I don't recall knowing that you're an artist. Do you have a website? What media do you use?

Still, selling a cursed piece, too. I hope they'll take more of your work now.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Still, selling a cursed piece, too. I hope they'll take more of your work now.

They haven't called me. Weird, huh? I'll have to find time to call them soon.