Archive for the 'show review' Category

It’s not me, it’s you.

Monday, February 8th, 2010

8th Feb, 10
So the CGTA Gift Show ended last Thursday and boy am I POOPED! Last day at the show is always tough, as lonely exhibitors keep busy by staring at each other and the clock.  Tick tock tick tock waiting to tear down the booth…
I always get a giggle when I think of [...]

Home sweet home!

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

15th December, 09
After what seems like a month of non-stop work, no sleep, TWO back to back One Of A Kind Shows and traveling to NYC, we’re home!  We arrived home late last night and was greeted by a couple of really grouchy kitty cats.  “Where have you been? We missed you!” they seem to [...]

CGTA Gift Show wrap-up

Friday, August 21st, 2009

18th August, 09
I’m alive!  It’s been soooooo long since I’ve written.  I know, I know.  Bad blogger! Well the show ended last week and I’m just getting back into the swing of things.  There’s buyers to follow up with, orders to send.  You know the usual post apocalyptic chaos that happens after every show…
The show [...]

Here we go again

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

22nd June, 09

So last Saturday was the Big On Bloor festival. Did anyone go check it out?  If you didn’t I don’t blame you.  Saturday was wet, cold and windy.  Not exactly a good day for a street festival.
We love the Big On Bloor show.  Lots of people, nice vendors.  Even with little rain showers [...]

Afterthought

Friday, June 5th, 2009

5th June, 09
My studio’s kinda a mess right now.  Cards drying everywhere, journals stacked all over the place… as I’m packing and filling my orders from the National Stationery Show, I start thinking about trade shows like the NSS and lessons we’ve learned along the way.  For anyone thinking about entering the trade show circuit, [...]

Home Sweet Home!

Monday, May 25th, 2009

We’re back from our looooong week in New York for the National Stationery Show.  What a busy week we’ve had!  The show itself went really well and we’re super happy to have gone.  We met interesting peeps, wrote lots of orders, hung out with fellow designers and even managed to squeeze in a few nights [...]