Cards, Cards Everywhere!

Sorry about the delay, but I've been waiting to blog until I have photos, and I keep taking photos and then never seem to have the photos in the same location as my physical being when I want to blog. So here's the rundown: My front room/dining room has two 6-foot long tables that are covered with greeting cards. And any greeting cards not on the tables are filed in boxes stacked three high under them.

We've got the initial NSS orders out and have two to ship this week and the rest don't want shipment until August, September or October. We may have to buy one of those tool sheds just to store greeting cards.

On the up side, I was recently contacted by a major chain that is interested in carrying a few of my cards. I'll let you know when and where after they place the order. Which reminds me of my next order of business...updating my website (and Mincy's) to include all the stores we're now available in. Maybe that will be this weekend's project.

National Stationery Show - Full Speed Ahead!

Okay - I know we should have been planning for the National Stationery Show in NYC this May for quite some time now. Some would say we should have started back in 2001. Well, the Frantic Meerkat and Mincing Mockingbird work best under pressure, which is why we had our first "staff meeting" about the show last night.

Oh, we've done the important things like applied, sent in our money, and made plane and hotel reservations, so we can show up and stand in our booth. But planning the booth? Making up line sheets? Ha! Ha! We laugh in the face of line sheets! And after sitting down and figuring out costs, we'd better start doing everything to raise the cash to pay for this endeavor including giving blood and having bake sales (black bird pie, anyone?).

So we sat down and made a big calendar of when things have to be done by and what we have to do. Next up is figuring out what color we want our walls. And what kind of lighting. Luckily Mincy worked as an art director for a special events company, so he knows how to set up temporary spaces and make them look fabulous. I think I'm going to rely on him for a lot of that. Me, on the other hand, I'll be the one designing the price sheets and brochures. Oh yeah, and web sites.

Sigh...now I'm tired.