NOTICE!! Don't toss those nifty 'canning jar lidded' applesauce jars from Sunrype! I can't believe it took me so long to recognize their value. I always have a litre can of latex urethane on the go. The trouble is that it can take a couple years before I use up the can. In the meantime, the lid looks like a demolition field and won't hold a good seal after several openings. I tried to keep the can sealed in a ziptype baggie that sometimes worked and sometimes didn't. I was whining about my recurring loss in dried up urethane to Sweetie-pie-love-of-my-life and wondering how I could more conveniently store this airtight. He suggested storing the urethane in a canning jar....
Well....why did I never think of such a thing? And as providence would have it, we had just emptied an applesauce jar, and he said, "What about this?"
Of course, time will be the test, but anything is better than my usual mess of crunched can in plastic.
----Tomorrow is the first day of the studio show&sale. I wish I could be confident of success, but I'm not. I know Friend-with-good-ideas has a significant network of clients; I can count mine on one hand. Regardless, I will go forth and conquer! Yeah art...I go armed with coffee, cookies and lunch. I also have several tiny stretched canvases and my box of paints. It may be a surprisingly productive day yet.
So the little studio show was fun. If nothing else, I updated my portfolio and met new people. A few took my card and said they may call me....later, depending on tax returns!
