Open House Pics
Some of these may be slight repeats from the last post, but we did manage to pull it all together and the show was a success! By Sunday AM, our three room display had shrunk to one room and everything was well picked over. We learned a lot and plan to do it bigger and better next year. It was a great experience, but tired? I was in bed at 7:40 last night and I think that I might have slipped into a bit of a coma!
Highlights:
1. I was able to meet two blogging friends face to face, Lois and Nina, it was great to meet both of you. Nina, your grandsons are adorable, I can only imagine how fun it would be to have them together with my grandsons, a little exhausting, but fun! Lois, hope that you had a great bike ride home, it was such a beautiful day.
2. The girls now have the crafting "bug" and are planning for next year and what fun to have a family project to work on.
3. The nice comments from everyone about how they were happy to buy handcrafted items and not Made in China things.
Concerns:
1. All the people that made comments about how "this shop will now be open all the time?" I am going to have to keep my doors locked!
2. Am I ever going to find all my stuff and get it back in the right places?
My Mom setting up the refreshments and my Dad sampling them all.
Jenn's hot pepper mustard was a sell-out!
Last minute checkerboard that I made, and didn't sell and now Shawnee has it. Better than selling it anyway!
Now for the ATOH list. That would be the After The Open House list of things that I need to get done. Some orders, a shower gift for Saturday, the boys quilts, some knitting and that list of Christmas presents that I need to get done. Oh yes, and clean up and pack away the leftover inventory. At least it is all in the attic and I can do it a little at a time. OK, in reality unless someone is coming and I need that bedroom it will be about next November until I get to it. There, I said it for you, John.
Highlights:
1. I was able to meet two blogging friends face to face, Lois and Nina, it was great to meet both of you. Nina, your grandsons are adorable, I can only imagine how fun it would be to have them together with my grandsons, a little exhausting, but fun! Lois, hope that you had a great bike ride home, it was such a beautiful day.
2. The girls now have the crafting "bug" and are planning for next year and what fun to have a family project to work on.
3. The nice comments from everyone about how they were happy to buy handcrafted items and not Made in China things.
Concerns:
1. All the people that made comments about how "this shop will now be open all the time?" I am going to have to keep my doors locked!
2. Am I ever going to find all my stuff and get it back in the right places?
My Mom setting up the refreshments and my Dad sampling them all.
Jenn's hot pepper mustard was a sell-out!
Last minute checkerboard that I made, and didn't sell and now Shawnee has it. Better than selling it anyway!
Now for the ATOH list. That would be the After The Open House list of things that I need to get done. Some orders, a shower gift for Saturday, the boys quilts, some knitting and that list of Christmas presents that I need to get done. Oh yes, and clean up and pack away the leftover inventory. At least it is all in the attic and I can do it a little at a time. OK, in reality unless someone is coming and I need that bedroom it will be about next November until I get to it. There, I said it for you, John.
Comments
Balisha
Talk to you soon.
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Country hugs sweetie, Sherry
Cathie
Wow, sorry I missed it...looks wonderful. I'm sure it was fun although exhausting.
Let me know if you want to come back down to the old shop--things need cleared out very soon...I'm trying to figure out a plan to do that.
Take care...Bev