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?
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My Mom setting up the refreshments and my Dad sampling them all.
Jenn's hot pepper mustard was a sell-out!
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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?
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Last minute checkerboard that I made, and didn't sell and now Shawnee has it. Better than selling it anyway!
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Comments
Balisha
Talk to you soon.
While blog hopping tonight, I found your beautiful blog. I so love it. I have signed up to follow you, I can't wait to see what you share next. Please pop over and visit me. I would be so honored to have you follow my blog as well.
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