Flamingo Fotos Craft Shows 2005
Date Show
Jun 11-12 Zonta Country Faire - very hot both days led to low attendance in afternoon.
Jun 25-26 Lake George Summerfest - very hot, but good tourist crowd.
Jul 02-03 Lake George Forum - new show this year, added late. Indoors on a very temperate weekend made for low traffic. Air conditioning was a plus, but would have been a better show location previous weekend. Met the German "Crazy Daisy" couple and had a great time - see other post.
Jul 09-10 Warrensburg Chamber of Commerce - periods of heavy rain on Sat. followed by a nice, sunny Sunday made for a good show.
Jul 16 Schroon Lake - this was a very good show last year and this year we had more Schroon Lake items and did really well.
Aug 02 Saratoga Catholic Canfield Casino - Pat got rained on last year, but did really well at an inside booth this year on a sunny day.
Aug 06-07 Town of Hague Craft Show - new show this year, added late, in low traffic area, but did fairly well anyhow due to buyer interest
Aug 19-21 Lake George Firemen's Carnival - this is a good show for us.
Sep 17-18 Eagle Mills - this 2 consecutive weekends shows have good crowds.
Sep 24-25 Eagle Mills - under the tent is nice, but awfully dusty.
Nov 05 St Marys/Alphonsus - new show this year.
Nov 19 Caroline Street School or CBA Albany - pending acceptance.
FlamingoFotos
from www.teridanielsbooks.com/ States/California.htm
Flamingo Fotos specializes in matting and framing antique postcards.
Specialty matte cutting is done to accentuate specific postcard features.
Double and triple mattes are used to bring out the postcard colors.
Team matting is a technique we employ to guarantee a quality matte:
1. Pat picks out the matte colors and creates a stack of postcard, frame and mattes to be cut.
2. Chris drafts the cut lines and creates a ready to cut stack.
3. When ready to cut, Chris places the ruler on the first line
4. Pat pushes the razor fixture along the ruler.
5. Chris uses his other hand as a stop to prevent overcuts if "stick-slip" occurs when Pat is cutting.
6. Chris turns the matte and lays down the ruler for the next cut.
7. The process is repeated until all sides of all mattes for a particular picture are cut.
"Sometimes our hands touch while we are working so close and we can only do a few mattes before we need to "take a break"", remarks Chris.
Antique postcard art is a term we use to describe when we make a panaoramic scence from two similar but different postcards. Using Google on this term reveals Antique Postcard Art by Lisa Begin-Kruysman. This artist extents the region of the postcard onto the surrounding matte using paint and imagination.
As a sideline, we also sell: Army Guy Soap, BugSoap, Fish-in-a-Bag Soap, Heart Soap and Various Holiday soaps.
Jun 11-12 Zonta Country Faire - very hot both days led to low attendance in afternoon.
Jun 25-26 Lake George Summerfest - very hot, but good tourist crowd.
Jul 02-03 Lake George Forum - new show this year, added late. Indoors on a very temperate weekend made for low traffic. Air conditioning was a plus, but would have been a better show location previous weekend. Met the German "Crazy Daisy" couple and had a great time - see other post.
Jul 09-10 Warrensburg Chamber of Commerce - periods of heavy rain on Sat. followed by a nice, sunny Sunday made for a good show.
Jul 16 Schroon Lake - this was a very good show last year and this year we had more Schroon Lake items and did really well.
Aug 02 Saratoga Catholic Canfield Casino - Pat got rained on last year, but did really well at an inside booth this year on a sunny day.
Aug 06-07 Town of Hague Craft Show - new show this year, added late, in low traffic area, but did fairly well anyhow due to buyer interest
Aug 19-21 Lake George Firemen's Carnival - this is a good show for us.
Sep 17-18 Eagle Mills - this 2 consecutive weekends shows have good crowds.
Sep 24-25 Eagle Mills - under the tent is nice, but awfully dusty.
Nov 05 St Marys/Alphonsus - new show this year.
Nov 19 Caroline Street School or CBA Albany - pending acceptance.
FlamingoFotos
from www.teridanielsbooks.com/ States/California.htm
Flamingo Fotos specializes in matting and framing antique postcards.
Specialty matte cutting is done to accentuate specific postcard features.
Double and triple mattes are used to bring out the postcard colors.
Team matting is a technique we employ to guarantee a quality matte:
1. Pat picks out the matte colors and creates a stack of postcard, frame and mattes to be cut.
2. Chris drafts the cut lines and creates a ready to cut stack.
3. When ready to cut, Chris places the ruler on the first line
4. Pat pushes the razor fixture along the ruler.
5. Chris uses his other hand as a stop to prevent overcuts if "stick-slip" occurs when Pat is cutting.
6. Chris turns the matte and lays down the ruler for the next cut.
7. The process is repeated until all sides of all mattes for a particular picture are cut.
"Sometimes our hands touch while we are working so close and we can only do a few mattes before we need to "take a break"", remarks Chris.
Antique postcard art is a term we use to describe when we make a panaoramic scence from two similar but different postcards. Using Google on this term reveals Antique Postcard Art by Lisa Begin-Kruysman. This artist extents the region of the postcard onto the surrounding matte using paint and imagination.
As a sideline, we also sell: Army Guy Soap, BugSoap, Fish-in-a-Bag Soap, Heart Soap and Various Holiday soaps.
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