WGN piece on the Berwyn Shops — I haven’t watched it, because I am too self-conscious watching myself on video unless I absolutely have to, but I did notice that it looks like they open the video with a pic of some of my jewelry, so that’s nice. 🙂 https://wgntv.com/video/weekend-break-berwyn-shops/10224432
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Well, publicity works — did about $600 in sales today, best single day in the shop so far. Several people who came in said they’d heard about it on the TV news. So that was fun. Hopefully it kicks off a profitable season of holiday shopping…guess I better make more art. 🙂. (This serving board
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Never too old for free hot chocolate with marshmallows, fresh popped popcorn, and a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus. I love their costumes; so gorgeous. She sewed them herself!
Holiday kickoff party at the Berwyn Shops today (Sat 11/16): • shops and cafes open 10-6• Santa’s visit 12-2• Lincoln school choir 1:30 – 2 I’ll also be collecting Oak Parker signatures for Ade Onayemi (Park district) and Dr. Theresa Chapple (Park district) this weekend. (If anyone else needs signatures collected, don’t hesitate to ask
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I did not fall off the ladder hanging my new sign, you’ll hopefully be pleased to learn. The morning WGN interview went well — they’re doing live interviews with all the shop owners, I think, along with a 5 p.m. feature on the shops overall, with more interview clips included. I had a moment when
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TV tomorrow, WGN coming to do a spot on Berwyn Shops, and they’re doing a focus on my store. So I finally got around to drawing a chalkboard sign to hang in the shop. Now, what are the odds I can hang it by myself tomorrow morning? Hmm… If I die falling off a ladder,
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About to pour some resin on the handles, so placed them so it’ll drip onto the tray in progress. Waste not, want not.
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It feels like an abdication of citizen responsibility to not watch the news right now, but honestly folks, I am barely keeping it together WITHOUT watching the news, and if I tried to actually track the Trump appointments, etc., I would just spiral into misery and non-function. And my family and students need me to
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Maybe we went a little overboard on the dried citrus…
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My first resin bowl. 🙂 I don’t love how it came out on the reverse; I think I’ll paint that gold as a final step. And I probably should have started molding it a little earlier in the process, because it wasn’t quite as malleable as ideal, so it’s a little uneven in shape. But
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