by Gregory Smallwood | Aug 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
After driving home from the Preview Party, editing and posting the pictures, doing the laundry that I forgot to do once I got back from Detroit, and oh yeah – getting a precious few hours of sleep, it was back to Cincinnati. Stampaway USA XVIII had finally...
by Gregory Smallwood | Aug 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
I never saw the store on Friday. Instead, we spent the morning jockeying for unloading position behind the Sharonville Convention Center – we were greeted by an amazing sight . . . This is the view from the loading dock – for those of you familiar with this...
by Gregory Smallwood | Aug 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
When I came into the store on Thursday, I came in the back door and around the corner, and walked straight into Libby Friel’s “baby romper” make it/take it. She was doing half-hour shifts and everything seemed to be moving smoothly, but I started to wonder when...
by Gregory Smallwood | Aug 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
I made two trips to the store on Wednesday. The first was about lunchtime, and the place was rocking. This is not an unusual sight during the Stamping Gala . . . Stacey Richardson (and family) were busy demoing Sweet Stamps’ new Shapes die inks (at least 60 colors –...
by Gregory Smallwood | Aug 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
This was the first thing I saw when I came around the corner this afternoon. Might not mean much to you, but those of us on the stamp show circuit know that this means the Sweet Stamps caravan is in town . . . Sure enough, I found Stacey Richardson inside doing...
by Gregory Smallwood | Aug 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
When we get back from a show, I often take a day off to mow my grass, rest, catch up on errands (you get the idea). Karen does, too. But not this week – not with the Stamping Gala in full swing starting on Monday. It’s an all hands on deck event . ....
