Friday, February 21, 2014

SF Market Recap
The San Francisco Gift Show is over!
For the last month and a half it's been consuming my mind...
to do lists a mile long...
and so many things to get ready, make and prepare for...
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It has been nice to have a couple days to wind down a bit
and get organized before I begin sending out orders.
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It was such a wonderful experience!
I am pleased with the success I had and am 
thrilled to have my products in more beautiful stores!
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It took a lot of work to set up our booth and bring everything down to the city...
But it all came together seamlessly
 {thank goodness for Brian and my mom!}
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It's always such a special time for my mom and I am so grateful for her 
optimism and complete belief in me and my business.
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After the first day we were completely stuck in the Chinese New Year Parade...
 and wondered if we would ever make it back to our hotel
{luckily we did an hour later which normally would take 10 minutes}
A fun memory {after the fact} to have!
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After four days of living in this booth, my mom and I were ready to go home...
What's funny is that now I actually am missing it...
missing sitting on our stools saying hello to people walking by...
getting ready to nonchalantly slide off my stool if someone stared at my products for more than a second.
Or awkwardly and quickly taking a bite of something after looking down the aisle to make sure no buyers were approaching...
I am on to thinking about the next gift show and which one I will do...
hopefully this Summer.
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Here are some pictures of my booth...
pretty similar to my booth in Seattle with a few minor changes!
{ excuse the mediocre lighting!} 
My sweet nephew and neice sent me these beautiful tulips to the hotel to wish me good luck!
Hard to believe a 2 year old and 6 month old are that creative :) 
I LOVE  this crate table. 
3 crates drilled together with a wood top we painted cream.
We designed it so that we had the open crate in front to place items in.
On the back side {not pictured} I found a filing basket 
from world market and screwed that to the back. 
It's perfect to hold all order forms, new orders etc.
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I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

2 comments:

  1. I really like how you set up your booth. It looks simply fantastic. and I'm in love with your cards and aprons. :)

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  2. Thank you so much Melanie!! :)

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