Three weekends and counting...

I'm shocked by the wonderful response I recieved for my little shop! The people that entered it were so positive and excited about what I have to offer. There were people coming after reading about the shop in the Business Monday from the Mesabi Daily News.

[THANK YOU Angie for the fantastic write up! You captured me perfectly and all I did was ramble.]

I also did advertising with the Mesabi Daily News and had people come in from that! Wonderful to hear that I made the right choice! Cutsomers were actually looking for my ad so that they wouldn't miss the opening.

The SLIDER sale...

If you don't know me

personally

you would never have known that

The Creative Shop

had opened.

I had to pick a date to

work towards. It

originally was Mother's Day

two weeks before I

actually opened. Then

when I did open there

was no advertising done

because I was unsure of

how ready the store would be.

The responses from my friends

and family were very reasuring

and it felt great! The store is

unlike anything else in the area

so there was good feedback.

I will be advertising in the Mesabi Daily News along with putting up fliers and word of mouth. My main focus will be for the Land of the Loon and also The Great Virginia Get-Together July 4th weekend. There's tons of traffic around town during those weekends and I'm quite hopeful. The Creative Shop is going to be a destination for people once they realize what it has to offer and where it can be found. Because the building has been a dry cleaner for it's entire existence I still get people coming

in looking to drop off their clothes or shoes for repair. You can still drop

off your shoes for Tom Greiner to repair in the alley at the back of the building.

The BEFORE!

Where to begin is all I can say. Lots of thanks goes out to David, my husband with the patience of a saint. He listens intently as I continually change my mind on colors, fabrics, layout and anything else I can think of. "It'll look great whatever you do" he says. David was also fantastic at keeping me grounded when I would get stressed because my goals were unrealistic. He supported me no matter what my mood.

Tony is also a great asset to the store. He has fabulous ideas and has all the know how to make it happen. David and I wouldn't have gotten as far as we did without him.

We also had a painting party to get things moving in a forward direction. There was a random snow storm that day, but our friends showed up none the less. The painting fun ended with a great party including a magic show, dogs playing and kids running around playing catch.

{You had to be there :)}