wherein Liz commissions artwork
Aug. 12th, 2009 08:35 pmToday is my friend Susan's birthday. Yay!
I didn't get her a present this year because I had a different thought, and then I realized it might be presumptuous so I waited until today to run it by her, on the understanding that if she didn't like the idea, I would just buy her a Barnes & Noble gift certificate. But she liked the idea, so...
I commissioned her to make artwork. :-D
See, Susan is a freelance artist/illustrator, but she doesn't have a lot of steady work (and has not been successful finding a new part-time job since she moved back to NJ), so I asked her to make a pastel or watercolor picture of a Finger Lakes waterfall or stream (preferably Cascadilla Creek) in the spring, summer, or fall, for which I will pay her. This gives her both money and something to do, and gets me a pretty picture to hang on my wall. Everyone wins!
And that reminds me that I am now a year and a half overdue on Cat's story, so I ought to quit faffing around on the internet and get back to writing something this evening.
I didn't get her a present this year because I had a different thought, and then I realized it might be presumptuous so I waited until today to run it by her, on the understanding that if she didn't like the idea, I would just buy her a Barnes & Noble gift certificate. But she liked the idea, so...
I commissioned her to make artwork. :-D
See, Susan is a freelance artist/illustrator, but she doesn't have a lot of steady work (and has not been successful finding a new part-time job since she moved back to NJ), so I asked her to make a pastel or watercolor picture of a Finger Lakes waterfall or stream (preferably Cascadilla Creek) in the spring, summer, or fall, for which I will pay her. This gives her both money and something to do, and gets me a pretty picture to hang on my wall. Everyone wins!
And that reminds me that I am now a year and a half overdue on Cat's story, so I ought to quit faffing around on the internet and get back to writing something this evening.