DixieLee
Grumbler
I know this is long, but I haven't posted in almost a year, so please bear with me...
An update and a thank you......
About a year ago, I posted a question to y'all about the best way for me to become a picture framer. I wanted to work in a small frame shop (not own a shop) and needed to know how to get started. My husband was seriously ill at the time and I was starting to do my research getting ready for the possibility that I might lose him and I would need to return to the workforce (I am retired and had no desire to return to the same type of work I was doing prior to my retirement).
Well, after spending 5 months in Seattle going through a bone marrow transplant, my husband passed away last December just a few short weeks after returning home to Alabama.
Last year, y'all gave me some really good advice about how to get started, books to read, schools to attend, magazines to research, etc. Well, believe it or not, it all worked!!
After reading your postings and e-mails, I joined PPFA, subscribed to a number of magazines, and purchased Vivian Kistler's 6 volume set. Next, per your suggestions, I located the only CPF in our area and made an appointment to talk to her. She gave me a lot of the same advice y'all did and offered to "sponsor" at the Larson-Juhl course once my family situation became resolved.
Well, I went back to see her after my husband passed and asked her if she would consider letting me work in the shop as an unpaid apprentice learning the art of picture framing. I wanted to learn it right and wanted to have a CPF as my mentor....she agreed. I worked in the shop for about 2 weeks before attending the Larson-Juhl course (BTW, best money I ever spent...highly recommend it). When I returned from school they offered me a full-time job as a picture framer!!! Can you believe it! I was floored.
Thank you all so much for sending me in the right direction. I am working diligently to learn my new craft and am studying hard so I can sit for the CPF exam next year. I can't believe how well all this turned out. I am doing a job I absolutely love and am working in a wonderfully nurturing and supportive enviornment. What more could I ask for.......thanks for taking the time to help me.
An update and a thank you......
About a year ago, I posted a question to y'all about the best way for me to become a picture framer. I wanted to work in a small frame shop (not own a shop) and needed to know how to get started. My husband was seriously ill at the time and I was starting to do my research getting ready for the possibility that I might lose him and I would need to return to the workforce (I am retired and had no desire to return to the same type of work I was doing prior to my retirement).
Well, after spending 5 months in Seattle going through a bone marrow transplant, my husband passed away last December just a few short weeks after returning home to Alabama.
Last year, y'all gave me some really good advice about how to get started, books to read, schools to attend, magazines to research, etc. Well, believe it or not, it all worked!!
After reading your postings and e-mails, I joined PPFA, subscribed to a number of magazines, and purchased Vivian Kistler's 6 volume set. Next, per your suggestions, I located the only CPF in our area and made an appointment to talk to her. She gave me a lot of the same advice y'all did and offered to "sponsor" at the Larson-Juhl course once my family situation became resolved.
Well, I went back to see her after my husband passed and asked her if she would consider letting me work in the shop as an unpaid apprentice learning the art of picture framing. I wanted to learn it right and wanted to have a CPF as my mentor....she agreed. I worked in the shop for about 2 weeks before attending the Larson-Juhl course (BTW, best money I ever spent...highly recommend it). When I returned from school they offered me a full-time job as a picture framer!!! Can you believe it! I was floored.
Thank you all so much for sending me in the right direction. I am working diligently to learn my new craft and am studying hard so I can sit for the CPF exam next year. I can't believe how well all this turned out. I am doing a job I absolutely love and am working in a wonderfully nurturing and supportive enviornment. What more could I ask for.......thanks for taking the time to help me.