It's been a while since I posted and I thought you might want to know what's been happening. The first thing I would love to tell you about is our trip to Stitches in Santa Clara.
We almost didn't go because I was so tired and couldn't see myself doing all that work. After prayer and a lot of: "You can do it!!" talks to myself, we decided to go ahead with our plans. This meant that Niqua would be flying back from Kansas City to help with the preparations and with the show.. (YEA
H!! I miss her so much and this was a great excuse to see her).
H!! I miss her so much and this was a great excuse to see her). We packed and sorted and planned, wrote lists and checked them twice. Our trailer is 20' long and you can see from the picture that every inch of it was packed! When the guys at the convention center helped us unload they asked: "WHO packed this thing??" My answer to Dutch's "Do we REALLY need to bring all this?" has always been, we can't sell it if we don't bring it!
We knew going in that we would be short handed, but the "we can do it!" sentiment prevailed. At the last minute we also had an offer of help from Rikki (THANKS Rikki) who covered lunches and bathroom breaks for us during the show. Dutch felt well enough that he was ready and willing and excited to do his "thing" by sitting next to the "playpen", talking to people and encouraging them to dive right in and sample the yarn. He so enjoyed all the attention and love shown to him. Thank you for that! He was OK for most of the day and then in late afternoon, Niqua would take him back to the hotel.
Of course we are known for our bag sale at our store as well as at Stitches, but we always bring other items as well. So the question always is, how to fill the booth with wonderful yarns and still have room to maneuver? I think we did a good job with our display and hope that you enjoyed the huge variety of Prism yarns we had with us.
It's always a LOT of work, but also a lot of fun! So many people, so much yarn, so many ideas, so much color!We thank you so much for your patronage and look forward to seeing you at the next show!
