The Stationery Show is now over - phew!
It was so nice to see my favorite stationery friends and meet some news ones - including two big names in art & design,
Rena Tom and
Lisa Congdon. Love these women & felt super nerdy-excited to meet them. That's got to be the best part of this big expensive production - the friendships, camaraderie and connections surrounding it.
Above & below are a few Instagram shots from the booth. Immediately below is the brand new Pony Bob Card Carrier, named after the most famous rider of the Pony Express. I had the idea for a stationery carrier after my son was born & I found myself writing thank you notes in the doctor's office, pulling them out of my purse in a ziplock bag. Handy, but not pretty. I wanted to create something nicer and a bit more thank-you-note-inspiring than a plastic sandwich bag.
I hope to put both the Pony Bob and the Quilt Calendar online in the next couple weeks as coming soon products. I expect both to be available for purchase by mid to late summer.
Stay tuned next week for some more NSS follow up, as well as the announcement of the big winner in the
Paper Quilt Contest!
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Yesterday, Grace of
design*sponge wrote up her
first post on the National Stationery Show and said our 2013 oversized Quilt Calendar was her
favorite piece of the entire show. Pardon the toot toot of my own horn here, but TOOT TOOT!
This calendar has been in my head for over a year, but I knew that not everyone would get it. (You have no idea how many people asked if this was the real size or just the size we were showing at the show. Wha???) It was a bit risky, and I wasn't exactly sure (as I never am) how people would respond. So Grace, a design blogger I love & respect, saying that it was her favorite piece at the show is the biggest honor I could ever hope for because it means that my audience gets it & likes it as much as I do.
Big big
big thanks to Grace at
design*sponge for getting it & loving it!
I'll post more pics from the show tomorrow, but check out Grace's first day's coverage
here.
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Phew! It's been a busy week. And the show hasn't even started! We moved in on Thursday, tweaked a few things today, and head back for the show's start on Sunday.
I was all about changing up the booth display this year. Each year, we use the same foam core boards, fabric covering, rug & table. It has saved us a lot of money, but it was time for a change. Same foam core boards, new covering. And all new furniture - some bought, some rented, some hand made by a certain handy friend. With two brand new exciting products to show, this booth display feels like a perfect fit.
Come by & say hi. We're in booth # 2070.
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Here it is! The 2013 Quilt Calendar. A beast of a calendar at 26" x 40". It's hand screenprinted on 100# cover, 100% recycled stock, and hangs from two oak bars clamped together by two brass bolts & wing nuts. It's a statement piece that turns into frameable art print after the month has passed. I love this calendar so much & am so excited that it was so well-received on the first day.
The highlight of the day was
Lotta Jansdotter visiting our booth, pointing to the calendar & asking if she can get it. I was starstruck. I could barely answer. Luckily, I pulled myself together enough to mutter an obvious
yes! I was so bummed that she left no more than 1 minute before my Swedish speaking husband (and child, sort of) arrived! I love when he can speak Swedish to people & I would have died for him to speak to Lotta! Like I said, starstruck.
But back to the show. John and Griffin came to visit, play with the calculator, and chase all the balloon animals around. It was a great day seeing all my favorite stationery friends! More to come tomorrow.
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This weekend, we went to Battery Park City where our friends
Hub Hollow were playing as part of the
Go Fish program. Griffin got to see lots of kites, fish, a horseshoe crab - oh, and Jay Z, Beyonce and Baby Ivy!
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