hey all!!!! i HAVE to tell y'all about this amazing lady i saw/met at the Ferret Show in Columbus Saturday... WOW!!!...oh WOW!!!...OH WOW!!!! she was at the table next to ours [i was with Kay of Fire Storm Ferrets... more about that later!]...anyway...there was this Sketch Artist next to us...ok...fine...another artist...i LOVED her drawings that she had hanging on her display...ferrets, dogs, cats, did i mention FERRETS??? ok...fine...granted she does beautiful work...THEN!...i am standing there holding kay's MOST ABSOLUTLE GORGEOUS BLACK ferret, Black Velvet...and Kelly...that is her name, Kelly...says she will draw her...that she can do it RIGHT THEN...RIGHT THERE...in front of God and everybody...[she did not say that part...i did!]...and she would put it with her portfolio if Kay did not want to buy it...ok...that was fine with me...i asked Kay... after all...Velvet was not mine to say yes about...LOL...of COURSE Kay said sure...so she sketched her RIGHT THERE!!!...5 minutes later... THERE SHE WAS...RIGHT ON THAT PAPER!!!!!...it was SO facinating to watch her come alive on there...and to watch Kelly work... She can do the drawings from the live animal OR from a picture...i was so amazed and facinated with her work...and she is SUCH a nice lady...:):):) later i gave her my business card...the one with my Uh-Oh on it...a tiny pic in the corner...and said after i got home...i would send her the full size version and see about getting a drawing of Uh-Oh done...she said she could do it from the card!!!...and she DID!!!!!...there my precious Uh-Oh was on that paper... ok...i have to write her and she will give me her info so i can put a link to her on my Happening Page...but for now...here it is...[from her business card] Artist...Kelly Zalenski Creating Custom Pet Portraits, Paintings and Designs i am not going to post her address on here...but you can e-mail her at... [log in to unmask] [ sketch1021 @ yahoo.com no spaces ] her web site is... http://www.rogueferretdesigns.com she is SO reasonable priced...and i was SO impressed!!!! ok....now...i need to sell ONE crocheted SleepSack to get Uh-Oh out of hock...i can make one whatever colors you would like...or you can get the ONE i happen to have already made up...it is in blues and tans...;-) just e-mail me... Uh-Oh is not doing well...i am not sure how much longer he will be with us...he goes back to the vet on thursday...i want some blood tests done... but Uh-Oh is his Daddy's boy...and we just lost Daddy's girl, AngelGirl... i want to make sure that tommy has this pic of Uh-Oh in case anything happens to him... ok...you gueys go check out Kelly's stuff... :):):):):) kat Fuzzy Hugs & Whiskered Kisses...from The "Crochet-ty" Lady... Main Page ... http://ferretlover97.terrabox.com/index2.html Happenings Page ... http://ferretlover97.terrabox.com/ SOS Fall Raffle http://www.supportourshelters.org/SOS-raffle.html SOS E-bays http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ50QQsassZsosferrets [Posted in FML issue 4985]