Mirror Mirror On The Wall

One of our dearest friends, Angela Lombardo-Sacchet, is moving her hair salon today.  Salone di Bellezza's new location is directly across from the Riverview Beach Park in Pennsville.  Each and every work station, including the hair products, scissors, razors, hair dryers, curling irons must be packed up and moved down the street to the new location.

The Shop Girls are an empathetic bunch. It really wasn't that long ago when Picture That! was moved from Woodstown to Pennsville.  What an overwhelming task that was! It seemed like we moved over 1,000 mat boards!  Who knew paper could be so heavy and cumbersome?!  Not to mention the effort necessary to move cases of glass.....in all sizes!  We also moved on a hot day in June. It was back-breaking work.

Back to our dear friend.......

She ran into a bit of a snag today.  The mirrors above all of the work stations are GLUED to the walls.  Uggghhhhh.  GLUED!  The question is: Can these mirrors be removed from the walls without harm?  Can these mirrors be reinstalled in the new shop? 

The Shop Girls have a better solution than all of that scraping, prying, sweat and tears. 

It would be so simple and quick to order mirrors and have them framed --- in any shape,size or style preferred.  Piece-of-cake.

Custom framing is about so much more than just artwork.

Clowns - New Orleans Style

Last night's special project was a bold, colorful, original oil painting of a New Orleans Clown.  (colorful may be an understatement!) 

Blues - Purples - Orange - Yellow - Black - Pink - and White, too - WHEW!  It's an absolute explosion of color!

The Shop Girls are trying their best to locate a Purple frame.  Purple will make all of those colors of the rainbow POP!

We were told by a kind visitor, who just happened to live in New Orleans many years ago, that green - gold- and purple are the traditional colors down there.

We're doing our best to make this work!  Stay tuned.

Hello, Old Friends! We've Missed You......

Life sure does get busy sometimes.  And when it does, it's awfully easy to lose your way.....and lose your focus. 

If you're as lucky as The Shop Girls are, you have at least one terrific friend to help you get back on track at times like these.  That's what today was all about at 'Picture That'.  Two friends helping one another to regroup and get back on track. 

Today was a perfect day for errands and chores.  Someone asked, "Why are you running errands together?"  We knew why.....it was so very simple.  Because it's just easier to get things done when you have a great friend by your side.  So, off we went to Bridgeton.  There were things to drop off, things to pick up, things to return, lunch to share, stories to tell, stories to listen to, orders to place, prices to confirm, mounting boards to measure & cut but most importantly, plans to make.

We're excited about the work we have in the shop right now.  Three pieces will be completed next week. 

That's when the fun begins.  When our customers pick up their completed work, we just LOVE seeing their reactions.  Both Shop Girls are looking forward to next week.  There should be plenty of smiles at 'Picture That' to go around.