RMSC Follow-Up

This was my booth space at the Museum & Science Center show. It's not the best photo but I think you can an idea of how big my space was. I paid for 10' x 10' but could use all the space within this little display alcove so it was quite roomy. Seemed a little tacky to whip out a tape measure but I am curious as to it's size. Thought about "walking it off" to estimate but a gal like me strives for accuracy in her numbers, don't you know?

I'm not 100% happy with my display of magnets but I'm getting there. Those are little gift tags on the top row - not a Christmasy one in the bunch, which I thought was going to be a huge problem. Not one person mentioned, "Don't you have any gift tag designs for Christmas?" I told you, it was a ladybug and sunflower weekend! I'm still hoping to get some holiday season tags made for Saturday's show but we'll see.

This display is by my new friend Allison Barry, who creates wonderful machine embroidered towels and other items. I lifted this photo from her website, Graceful Living. I've run into her at several shows but really had a chance to speak with her this past weekend - and she'll be at Saturday's show at St. Jude's too. We bonded over the magic of our respective machines. It sounds like her embroidery machine (she's just ordered a 3rd!) allows her to create quite like my Groove does. Files/designs are available to buy but we create our own. If we can create it, the machine can make it.

Look at her display - how nicely it displays so many towels. It's a wall of colorful towels - very visual. Genius!

Look at the way she sells her towels - 3 to a clear topped box, with ribbon. And her merchandise bags are clear so other people see her purchased product walking around at shows. Genius! She credits her husband with the display and packaging ideas.

She was invited to participate in the Mackenzie-Childs Home Again for the Holidays, which is a pretty big deal. She has two little girls, so her life is very full. I kept telling her she's doing everything right and I'm so proud of her. She's so humble, I had to finally tell her, "Don't you roll your eyes at me, young lady!"

It's so much fun hanging out with like-minded creative people!