by Gregory Smallwood | Jul 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
We are in Collinsville, Illinois this weekend – essentially in the shadow of the Gateway Arch. And surprise – it’s hot and muggy here! Any story involving the Gateway Center begins with one thought among the vendors – “Do you have signal?” This place is...
by Gregory Smallwood | Jul 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
Due to popular demand (imagine that) . . . the store has added a set of Ken Oliver classes on Sunday, July 31 to go with the set already scheduled for Monday, August 1. You can find links to all four of Ken’s classes here — http://bit.ly/19D1YzH Meanwhile, I am...
by Gregory Smallwood | Jul 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Last weekend was my 20th StampFest Summer (previously known as StampFest Orlando until it moved to Lakeland last year). There have been 21 of them – so I only missed the first one . . . And yet I get occasional glimpses of that first show – yes, this is the...
by Gregory Smallwood | Jun 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
A lot of you remember Amy Harpool from Amy’s Magic – she was on the show circuit for years and made several visits to our store. Amy told me several years ago that she would eventually do shows again, and four weeks ago she and her daughter Ashley had a...
by Gregory Smallwood | Jun 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
The most valuable benefit of my travels is the friendships that I treasure – and this story is about some of those. It all began at StampFest Orlando in 1998 – in those days, the show was still at the old Sheraton World on International Drive. We needed a...
by Gregory Smallwood | Jun 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
We start getting calls and e-mails in the spring – “What’s going on in the store the week leading up to the Cincinnati convention?” And we don’t have a clue – at that point, we’re barely working on the schedule for the Spring Spectacular at the end of...
