by Gregory Smallwood | Aug 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
This was the view when I walked into Marco’s Too this afternoon – Terry Medaris was wowing a roomful of ladies in the art of all things Prismacolor pencils. But the story today is how fast we got here . . . This is Kecia Waters – she contacted our store about...
by Gregory Smallwood | Aug 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
I e-mailed Spellbinders yesterday to get an update – since about half of the calls and e-mails we are getting these days are a variation of “When are you going to ship my preorder?” Here is what I was told . . . "Our goal was to begin shipping...
by Gregory Smallwood | Aug 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
It is Tuesday morning and I am sitting at my desk at work. This is not unusual, of course. But it occurred to me this morning that I haven’t sat here on Monday morning since July 23 – haven’t sat here on Friday morning since July 20. Because the last...
by Gregory Smallwood | Aug 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Novi, Michigan show has always been one of my favorites. We had no idea what to expect when our good friend “Auntie Amy” Wright held the first show at the old Novi Expo Center in 1998 – but we learned fast. It grew year after year after year, and...
by Gregory Smallwood | Aug 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
I experienced it again last weekend at the Novi, Michigan show – the two questions I am asked more than any others . . . 1. “How’s Your Mom?” 2. “How’s Zoe?” So I will answer those today, and then tell Novi show stories tomorrow. Oh yeah – last...
by Gregory Smallwood | Aug 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Last week was “Convention Week” in these parts. In the store, we call it the “Stamping Gala” – I used to simply refer to it as “Stampaway Week” until Connie Williams reminded me that she had copyrighted “Stampaway”. Regardless, it’s a fun, exhausting week...
