by Gregory Smallwood | Aug 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
The week between the Novi (Detroit) show and the Cincinnati show is the busiest week of the year in our store. Customers coming in early, vendors doing the same (for many, it just doesn’t make sense to go home and then head back to our area three days...
by Gregory Smallwood | Aug 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
The first weekend with the complete new booth layout is complete – and a success. Thanks again to Rick and Kelley from Our Daily Bread for making it possible. Pics and commentary follow – but this is the more immediate issue . . . This is the current view...
by Gregory Smallwood | Aug 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
If the headline doesn’t ring a bell, you might want to read this post before continuing – I learned yesterday that the influence of the Trader Joe’s Bag Ladies of Grapevine, Texas reaches all the way to Novi, Michigan. It seems that one of our longtime customers...
by Gregory Smallwood | Jul 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
Gotta clean out the images left on my cell phone from the Grapevine show last weekend. Some of them are worth sharing here . . . For fellow vendors and former Stamp Camp enthusiasts — Mary Kay DelaFuente is alive and well and paid a visit to see us in...
by Gregory Smallwood | Jul 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
I got back from the Grapevine show last night about 9:00 last night – with three hours before the midnight deadline (after which I could post all of the new Tim Holtz stuff from Sizzix) and lots of work still to do. Because there is only so much free time on a...
