last day in NY....for now

the handmade section of the gift fair ended wednesday. It's amazing how quickly we can all dismantle our booths! The rest of the show ran until noon on thursday so we went back and walked through to check out who else was there. I placed a couple of orders from some great ribbon vendors, can't wait to use them in our CityBird necklaces.

We did some more supply shopping and boy are we ready to get into the studio!!

After working up an appetite we got on the subway and hit the lower east side and shared a reuben at Katz deli. Then, to work that off we walked back up to the garment district stopping at lots of neat shops along the way. It started to rain a bit on the way back so we stopped at a park and took a rest on a bench under some trees. I could've taken a nice nap there. The rain felt good as it was so sticky and I hadn't stopped sweating all day! When we got back to the hotel we took a quick snooze then went to dinner at our favorite place Pizza Suprema then walked around times square and stopped at an ice cream truck for a chocolate cone.

New York part2...

walking up to the Javits center. Today was day three for us, two more to go. We've met lots of people and gotten some great leads. The other vendors on our aisle in Handmade are just awesome and we hope to stay in contact with them. I think the artists that we meet by doing shows at all levels has been the greatest reward. It's been very much a learning experience, we've already been making notes of the things we want to do for the next show here.

look at this pizza!! we have eaten some wonderful slices so far. NY Pizza Suprema (shown here) was so good that we went two nights in a row.

where did the month go....

I cannot believe it's been a month since my last post, the time has flown by. Bryan and I have been busy building a crate/display table for our upcoming show in NY. Bryan will actually be blogging soon about "How to build a crate". It will probably be a 2 to 3 part post!

During this month we have made display props, and curtain panels along with gathering misc. items that we will need for the show. We also had a touch of fright but then(I think almost simultaneously)thought"why are we scared? This is what we do and this show is just the next step". So, I'd have to say we are pretty calm yet excited about the NYIGF.

Our crate was picked up this afternoon so we had a celebratory evening out tonight. That was the last BIG hurdle to get through. We were a bit worried about moving the crate from the house onto the truck. It ended up being WAY heavier than expected, but all went well and no one was injured. I had a strange feeling of sadness seeing our crate inside the truck then driving away from the house.


A few days ago,before packing the crate, we set up a portion of the booth in our living room and now I'm super excited to set the whole thing up. We will definitely turn some heads!