I didn't think we would sell all the dead of the dead stuff that came into the store this week, but it sold almost as soon as it was put out on the floor. Skulls are very popular around here too.
I know my volunteers think we should do everything like the big retail stores and only put out what's in season but for a thrift store it's different. People come in looking to add to their collections or flip so I try and keep the good stuff. I don't keep cheap trashy stuff, only things I think worth collecting.
What I like about the day of the dead stuff it that it's very colorful and makes a nice display even if it only last a few days. I send pictures to my PR person (who's vacationing in Hawaii for several months) but by the time she gets things posted it has sold.
Flat Fish Paper Arts was born many years ago when blogging first started. My family did a lot of camping and diving along the California coast. California halibut are huge fish that start out as any normal fish. As they age, one eye will start to move to the other side and the halibut will become flat so it can lay on the bottom of the ocean with both eyes facing up.
I always like the idea that we all start out the same but life experiences slowly changes us. In my case, my creative talents went the way of paper arts. Flatfish are always looking up when they mature and as with any artist, we see inspiration in everything around us - always looking up.
Evan and her flatfish
Years ago a local dive shop had a photo of a diver who caught a halibut so big he had to throw it over his jeep to take the picture. Our little spoof with our daughter sitting in her toy jeep with dad's halibut on the hood. 1987
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