[Jakaleena]

they all thought I was nuts - like they deal in REAL antiques not that sentimental garbage like photos.

I am so glad it worked out for you!

I also have much better luck when I frequent the little, seemingly disorganized, mom & pop shops rather than the larger, more "snooty" antique malls and such.

Fortunately, where I live now, the ONLY antique shops are the little tiny "homey" ones. I suppose those little ones can't afford to waste any kind of a possible income maker. And, there are a lot of people in this rural area who actually collect antique photos as a hobby - plus many historical societies that collect period photos from the area.

[CJ Swartz]

Margaret, I'm so glad to hear that your determination paid off -- I'll have to give it a try also.

I'm also glad that you were saved from the horror of having "to resort to deliberately mutilating some" Of course, we DID have that one manipulation challenge where we were asked to "deliberately mutilate" one of DJ's family photos -- have you done that one yet?

[winwintoo]

I got some interesting challenges among the photos I bought today. I've spent most of the day with one of them and I feel like they may be part of my family LOL

I haven't done the RetouchPro challenge where we are asked to "mutilate" a picture - I'll have to look for that one, it sounds like fun,

Back to work,
Margaret