Festival sweetens up to ‘Bee’

For Melanie Reed, winning the Sequim Lavender Festival’s “A Shade of Purple” poster artwork competition is still surreal.

Reed, a Sequim artist and stay-at-home mother to a 10-month-old daughter, submitted three mixed media paintings for the competition but actually didn’t expect to win.

“When I saw a mock-up of a T-shirt, I thought, ‘Wow, that’s beautiful! Wait a second, that’s mine!” Reed said.