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The Hard Candy Christmas Show was great.  Surprisingly, the Friday after Thanksgiving - Black Friday - drew in a fairly large crowd.  Saturday slowed down quite a bit, but still a pretty good day for us.  We designed a whole new setup / layout for our booth at this show.  We were very happy with the way it turned out.  We even got several compliments on our display, some from crafters we had never met before, and some from crafters who had seen us at previous shows and were impressed with the improvement.  We also had several new items we introduced at this show.  Our Christmas Ornaments were a big hit, especially the 'Christmas Tree' Ornament which was our top seller of the weekend.  Aubrey made two 'IronWood' Trees to display the ornaments.  Also new were the Painted Daisy Card Holders, Copper End Tables, Maple Table & the 'Harvest Moon' Copper Picture.  Check out pictures of all the new items in our 2009 Photo Gallery.

Doris Hunter from Mountain Artisans did a great job organizing the Hard Candy Show.  We loved that the show was indoors, and the Ramsey Center at WCU was such a good location.  The setup inside was really nice; a large mat covered the gym floor and curtains separated the crafters.  We were in the middle of a center isle so we were happy with our spot.  We liked being able to leave our stuff set up at night and not have to worry about anything happening to it.  We went ahead and reserved our spot in next years SUMMERTIME Show the 4th of July weekend.

Now we are getting ready for our last show of the year with the Transylvania County Handcrafters' Guild.  Come and see us at the American Legion Building in downtown Brevard Friday Dec 4 & Saturday Dec 5 from 9 - 5 each day.  The Twighlight Tour will also be going on Saturday so there will be lots to do... and they are saying there is an 80% chance of snow so come inside and get warm!  Also, you can pick up some great Christmas presents for everyone on your shopping list.  Hope to see you there!
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Fall Fling 09/08/2009
 
We had absolutely beautiful weather all weekend for the Fall Fling Craft Show in Cashiers, NC.  Being Labor Day weekend we were a little worried about attendance, especially since at our last 2 shows attendance was kinda sparse.  Labor Day weekend marks the end of summer for a lot of people. Many take one last vacation or one last trip to the beach before cool weather settles in.  And, this weekend there was also a craft show in Highlands, the famous Apple Festival in Hendersonville, some kind of Farmer's Festival in Brevard and many more shows throughout Western North Carolina.

Saturday drew in a good crowd, more than we had seen at either of our other shows, but no one was buying.  With an hour left before calling it a day, we had still not sold a single item.  Our spirits were low and the hopes of making a sale were disappearing.  Then, finally, someone bought something!  We made one more small sale before closing out for the day, and then on Sunday we sold several items.  So even though it started out slow, this ended up being the most productive show so far.

Special Thanks to Becky and John for coming out to see us.  John, we are keeping you in our prayers and hope you have a quick recovery.

Don't forget to check out our 2009 Photo Gallery for pictures of all of our new items.
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Sadly we did not get to enter the 'Art Unleashed' Art About Animals exhibit at the TC Arts Council as we had planned.  We had a death in the family last week so we have been a little pre-occupied.  We do plan on trying to attend the Artists' Reception on Friday, May 22 around 6:00 if anyone wants to come mingle with us and meet our new puppy, Bella.  Take a look at some pictures of Bella on our About Us page.

Another new development we are excited about is our involvement for the first time in the Cashiers Valley Spring Fling Saturday & Sunday, June 13th & 14th.  We are already working on lots of new pieces to take to this event.  More details on this to come...

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New Ideas! 01/21/2009
 

We just got back from a long weekend in Las Vegas so we are refreshed and renewed and full of new ideas!  Take a look at the new pictures from 2009 in our Photo Gallery and keep checking back often because there are a lot of exciting things in the works!

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