Custom Lamp Shade and Famous Last Words

Sally Dixon Martin, a fabulous interior designer here in San Diego once asked me if I could do a custom lamp shade.  I said, "Sure.  How hard can it be?"  Well, let me tell you, it isn't easy. It is very hard to tell from the photograph, but this lamp shade was huge!  First I had to take apart the existing shade so I could figure out how it was done and how to re-do it.  It involved sewing and gluing and was in no way an easy thing to do.  For my first attempt, I was pretty happy with how it tuned out.  I am pretty sure that Sally told me the client whose home she was working on and for whom I had done this lamp shade was being shot for Home Companion magazine, but I either wasn't paying attention or I forgot.
You can just imagine my surprise when I was in Bay Books and there's my lamp shade on the cover of the magazine!  I was so excited.  I bought the magazine and as I was walking down the street, everyone I met (no one I knew, of course) I showed them the cover and told them I made the shade.  Thinking back now, it was pretty funny.  I couldn't help myself though.  I was just so excited and wanted to share it with anyone I saw.