HI KATHY!
I KNOW YOU HEAR THIS A LOT, BUT YOU'RE SOOOOO GOOD! I DUNNO IF YOU CHECK YOUR OWN MAIL. I HOPE YOU DO BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO READ THIS. I THINK YOU'RE SO GREAT! I LOVE EVERYTHING YOU DO AND ITS SO YOU, SO LATINO! I'M 22 (I JUST TURNED 22 IN JULIO) AND AS A MATTER OF FACT YESTERDAY I WENT TO TARGET AND I FOUND MYSELF BE SOOO HAPPY BECAUSE ALL THESE WHOLE BUNCH OF SCHOOL THINGS WERE ON SALE, BUT THE CATCH IS I GO TO COLLEGE I DON'T GO TO HIGH SCHOOL OR MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO WHY AM I SO GLAD TO FIND THINGS SO CHEAP? ANYWAY, I HAVE SO MUCH JUNK AND I LOVE ACRILYCS AND PAINTING AND MAKE STUFF OUT OF ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING AND I SPEND MOST OF MONEY ON MICHAEL'S (YOU KNOW THE CRAFT STORE). BUT I LIKE IT! IT MAKES ME HAPPY, BUT I DUNNO IF I'M AS CREATIVE AS YOU.
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS:
DID YOU GO TO SCHOOL?
DID YOU LIKE TAKE ART OR SOMETHING?WHAT DID KIND OF CLASSES DID YOU TAKE?
WHAT DO YOU DO W/ THE THINGS YOU MAKE? DO YOU SALE THEM?
BECAUSE I MAKE THINGS AND ITS SO HARD TO LET GO OF THEM AND GIVE THEM AWAY BECAUSE I PUT SO MUCH IN TO IT AND SO MUCH LOVE IT MAKES ME THINK IF
THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF THEM AND LIKE THEM AS MUCH AS I DID. I LOVE YOUR BOOKS! OK I HAVE THEM BOTH. THEY'RE SO COOL! WELL, THANK YOU FOR READING THIS! IT'S GREAT TO SEE A PERSON LIKE YOU DO SO WELL DOING WHAT THEY LOVE!

KARLA

Whoa Karla! I can tell you are a very creative and outgoing person. You seem so positive towards everything you do. That will take you very far. I'm addicted to Michael's too! If I have to choose between a Mocha from Starbucks or a can of spray-on glaze, guess which one I go for? I'm long out of college and I still get all giggly at Target with their school supplies. I LOVE them too!
OK, Now I'll answer your questions:
1. Yup! I finished high school and then got my AA in college. Years later I finished my BA in Business Mgmt.

2. I never took an art class. I had art in grade school but no matter how hard I tried I never got good grades or my work hung up on the walls. It messed with me for years afterwards, until finally I said "Who cares?" and just started doing what made ME happy - and that was art.

3. If I'm filling an order, I set it aside for packing and shipping. If I'm goofing around or just doing something for *me*, I always like to save it and hang it in my house, or maybe use it as a craft project so other people can learn how to make it too. I'm like you, some things are hard to let go of. I made little shrines for my grandparents that passed away, I'll never part with those pieces. But that inspired me to make shrine kits so other people could do the same thing.

Thanks for writing and keep painting!
- CC



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