Easter

Expo Update

Expo update!
It went really well. We weren't really sure what to expect. We took our stuff so we could print, and wondered if we'd come home completely overwhelmed with orders. Turned out we only did 7 prints TOTAL over both days. Not great. BUT we passed out thousands of cards (see above image) and had a great response from people. Both days we had a fairly steady line of people at our booth checking out the albums. It was very exciting and exhausting. We also had a drawing. On the drawing slips we asked if people were interested in hosting an in-home gallery or having a private printing. At the end of the expo we split the forms up according to area and I have 17 people in my area that are interested in hosting or having a private printing. SO, if they all follow through, I could potentially be very busy.

We had two other great leads that came from this expo. I talked to the events coordinator at the Babies R Us in Odgen (about 45 minutes away) and she totally loved our stuff and invited me to come to their store in May to advertise at an event they are hosting. For free! They also have monthly fairs and she indicated I would be invited to be involved in those as well. So that's pretty big!

The other thing which we are really excited about (and I hope it's not too soon to share this) is that we may be featured on Good Things Utah, which is a local morning show (kind of like The View). There's no guarantee yet, but Cheryl (one of the other artists) and I met with the BOSS of the TV show, showed him our work, gave him a card and chatted with him about our product. He totally loved and said it looked like the type of thing they feature on their show. He also said he gets about 50 requests a DAY from people who want to be featured on the show. But the great thing is that our product is completely unique and copyrighted, so there is nothing like it out there that's competing with us. So we'll see. We're going to keep dropping him e-mails and see what happens. But at least we made the connection!

Baby Day Expo

I've been a little absent lately because I've been getting ready for the Baby Day Expo. There are 6 Piggies and Paws artists here in Utah, but business has been pretty stagnant. A few months ago I heard about the Baby Day Expo which is a huge event here, and I contacted the other artists to see if they wanted to do a booth with me. They got excited and said yes! And now it's here! It's supposed to be a huge event. So I'm nervous and excited and hope to report good news in the next few days. I'm leaving for Salt Lake (actually Sandy) early tomorrow morning (Friday) and will be back late Saturday night. Wish me luck!

Two Quotes

Two quotes from Ryan today:

(At lunchtime)
"I don't want any more lunches."

(At dinnertime)
"I'm not having dinner anymore."

I guess that makes things easier for me. . . .

Scrapping

Jared's been up late grading papers, so I've been scrapping! (Everything except the frame on "slugs and snails" and the photo corners on "kids at play" is designed by me.)

Oh, by the way, thanks so much for all your nice comments the other day when I was moping about being a stay-at-home-mom. Jared tries really hard to be understanding, but it's nice to have other moms who know what I'm feeling.

Alright, the pages!

Easter Dress

Using my Spotting Spring kit (will be posting the complete kit on my design blog soon) and a template by Jen Caputo.

Green Eggs and Ham

To celebrate St. Patrick's Day we had a fun Family Home Evening. We read Dr. Seuss's "Green Eggs and Ham", and then talked to Ryan about trying new things. He's gotten quite picky about foods lately. After the story we had green eggs and ham for dinner! They weren't very appetizing looking, but it was fun.