by Gregory Smallwood | Jun 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
I love working with Sally Lynn MacDonald from Gel Press. She is friendly and talented – and she knows everyone. She also wears the colors that she demos with on her hands. And Sally Lynn likes to demo while standing, which is not easy on her back because...
by Gregory Smallwood | Jun 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
I have said many times over the years that one of the best perks of my travels is the friendships I have made. But some of them go way beyond friendships – they become family. And there is something special about family that you get to choose . . . ...
by Gregory Smallwood | Jun 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
June 11, 1982 — Mom’s first suggestion for the rehearsal dinner was the Golden Lamb (Ohio’s Oldest Inn – you can look it up) — I don’t think she had even finished "Golden" before I said "I don’t do dinner — I do ice...
by Gregory Smallwood | Jun 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
Three shows in four weeks have left me with several stories to tell. I started with the ice cream story yesterday – the first one today has to do with golf and gel plates . . . Beth Wilkinson has helped me in our booth in Collinsville, Illinois (near St. Louis)...
by Gregory Smallwood | Jun 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Some of you are in line before the show opens on Saturday and stay until the very last minute when the show closes on Sunday. Others come only for a single day, or for parts of both. But there is one constant for the vendors when the show lasts for two...
by Gregory Smallwood | May 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
Yesterday was Zoe’s Eleventh Birthday. Birthdays are always special in my family, and the ladies in my family are really good at looking young. I can’t count the number of times I heard “She doesn’t look eleven” yesterday – and my response was usually “She...
