Export to PDF | Export to DOCWe closed my Sunflower shop last night. For the last time. July was a bitter-sweeet month. One dream ended, so a new dream could be born. I am happy. But very, very tired. Next week I will post photos. Today is Saturday. The first Saturday since July, 2014 that I […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCThe Home Stretch. Definition: “The last part of a long or difficult activity.” We are starting to wrap up our final days at The Sunflower Gift Shop this week. It has been “a long and difficult activity” to say the least. But we wouldn’t trade the experience for anything. As this […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCSunflower is MOVING on. We will be CLOSING our retail location at 110 S. Main Street at the end of July. [Or sooner… just depending on how long our inventory hangs around!] Follow us on Facebook for details of our hours and SALES which are happening all month! Another beautiful store is MOVING in. We […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCHappy Birthday, Sunflower! One year ago TODAY we opened up the Sunflower Gift Shop & Gallery. TODAY seems a fitting occasion to post photos I’ve been saving from “Phase 1” of our big Grocery Store Beautification Project last spring. Who would have thought we could turn the old Travelers Rest “Winn Dixie” into the uplifting […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCFour years ago… I moved my home painting studio to a space in downtown Greenville, SC. Looking for affirmation that my work had meaning. Three years ago… I moved my painting studio to downtown Travelers Rest, SC and opened up a small gift shop. Looking for a space to work, […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCEnjoy our new earlier morning hours. Sunflower is NOW OPEN Tuesdays – Saturdays: 10am – 6pm We WISH you would come visit our newest Travelers Rest, SC location! Was it really 10 years ago that I painted “Maple Wish?” I guess it must really be true that “time flies when […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCOur NEW targeted Opening Date for Sunflower is Monday, July 7. [ Or maybe Tuesday, July 8, which would then mean 8 days and counting. ] Here are a few photos of what we are working on today… Watch the numbers in the window for the most up-to-date status of our […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCSunflower’s newly acquired electric typewriter inspires my 6th grade son to write this Japanese Tanka Poem. Initial questions this typewriter raised: What IS this? What does it DO? Can we PLEASE get this? Secondary questions regarding the typewriter: How do I save my file? Why doesn’t it delete? How do I […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOC “Hydrangea Boxes“ is the last painting I created at the studio I had inside my shop called Home COLOR. I just moved out over the weekend, and we are working like crazy to get the new store and studio up and running. Right now I feel a little homeless. And OVERWHELMED. Our […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCHome Color is expanding into SUNFLOWER! Watch for our new store called “Sunflower” to open in June, 2014. [ Just around the corner! ]
