Well, we survived our opening. We were still arranging shelves at ten
minutes to 5:00, when the doors were supposed to open. I think it is a
family trait to use every last possible second to finish the job.
We
had a nice turnout and everyone proclaimed that they were amazed we
were ready. We could not have managed without all the helpers....from
the packers in Buford (Thanks to Anita Kennerley, Patty Lee, Stacy
Nathan, Cyndee Suckling, Lynn Abernethy, Sherry Moser, Stan Fong,
"Bunny" Zahn and Ian Nicholas, to the unpackers here in Milton (thanks
to Dustin Johnson, Mark Jackson, Jonah, Patrick and Jason Ryan, Cyndee
Suckling, Sherry Moser, Lynn Abernethy, Anita Kennerley, Amy Koranek and
Lindly Haunani). Lynda Gilcher and her wonderful husband Jon surprised
us by driving in for the opening. Lynn Abernethy, not only drove over
from Alabama and spent a couple nights to help with the work but she
celebrated her birthday so we had an excuse to have a cake from Collets!
Catherine
Taylor from Collets sent beautiful flowers and had one of her wonderful
helpers, Jessica, come and help with the food. Lindly worked her magic
with the food table to set a beautiful spread. Of course we had pastries
from Collets! Ellen's cousin Mark and his wife sent a beautiful bouquet
to help us celebrate! Cyndee, after taking all the orchids home to her
house and taking care of them for six weeks, brought us two new
beauties.
Polyform
Products sent Amy Koranek to demo some of their new products. She did
an amazing job, especially showing how to use the new liquid polymer,
which she had nice sample packs of, so you could race right home and
continue playing. We really appreciate the support from Polyform.
We
were also excited to have a trunk show of Lindly's work. She had some
asparagus necklaces, bracelets and earrings that were just amazing.
We
have all been working like fools, but I have to say that we could not
have done the move, the set-up or all the construction do-overs without
Randy. Ellen's son (aka the Gallery Gnome) has made all this madness
possible. He is the consummate salesman and in his usual manner is
learning as much as he can about Creative Journey Studios to help you
enjoy your visit and find what you need (even is you didn't know you
needed it!)
Ellen is working her magic in the gallery to make a
room full of beautiful displays to showcase all the amazing art we have
for sale. She is also getting ready for the first official classes in
our new space. She is teaching design techniques for the next two
weekends. She is having you dig out all your old treasures that you
could never figure out how to use. She'll help you transform them into a
finished piece, even if you have to whip up a few filler pieces under
her watchful eye.
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