Tangle update
I ordered all the rest of my yarn yesterday. Holy cow, I spent a lot of money! I’m so excited for it all to be coming in! Some of it might even come in today! I ordered wool and silk and cashmere and cotton and soy silk and lots of patterns and books and needles. I even ordered the new Clover knit lites. I could have used lighted knitting needles when we were coming home from Denver.
We spent the entire weekend folding and stapling and taping and folding and folding and FOLDING my newsletter. Jim has vowed that he will never fold another newsletter again. (Um, yeah, until the newsletter comes out again in two months.) I foresee a lot of folding in my future. Click here (PDF) to view the newsletter in PDF format. I’m really happy with it.
I’ve also picked out some furniture for the store. I’m getting this sofa from Kmart of all places. Gotta love the Martha Stewart Everyday. And I’m getting this table. It’s all very exciting.
The old store closes Saturday and then I can get in and start cleaning and painting. I’m feeling really good about the timeline. Everything should be all ready to go by August 1st!! Tonight is my meeting with all the teachers and I’ve got to go pick up some yummy snacks and drinks. I figure if nothing else, I can get them to like me because I feed them well.
Everything is falling into place… it’s all seeming SO real!!
More to come…
Category: yarn store 11 comments »
July 11th, 2006 at 12:52 pm
Congratulations! I am so happy for you. Are you going to offer online shopping, hint hint?
July 11th, 2006 at 2:55 pm
Okay… love GJ and all but your stuff (name, logo, newsletter, style etc) seems like it should be in a high faluten town like Aspen, Durango, Telluride etc. Maybe you’ll have to open a sister store sometime.-J
July 11th, 2006 at 4:02 pm
Congratulations! I’ve been stalking your blog for two weeks now. Do you need critiques on your website? :-)
July 11th, 2006 at 5:06 pm
Hooooray! I meant to tell you also that I luurrrve the name you picked and the logo you made!
July 11th, 2006 at 5:19 pm
How exciting! I can hardly wait to see your website.
Good luck on the painting–remember to tape the edges!
July 11th, 2006 at 10:36 pm
Fun logo — very young and lots of energy. And great marketing package overall. You’ll be a huge hit. Go get ‘em!
July 12th, 2006 at 4:01 am
Hey Allison,
your newsletter looks great. If i was anywhere near Colorado (or the US in general) i’d definitely be sure to stop by. Good luck for your new venture!! :)
July 12th, 2006 at 8:03 am
I am SOOOOOOOO happy for you, I have missed so much in the last coule of months…good for you and many prayers for your success!!!!!
July 12th, 2006 at 8:49 am
Wow! Both my daughter (17 years, loves your patterns) and I (middle-aged mom, loves to knit hats) are wild over your first newsletter….great name, design, colors, etc. We are very excited about your new store, and we’re sure that both of us will be really inspired by it! Good luck during these eventful weeks….we’ll see you on August 1st! You’re an inspiration!
July 12th, 2006 at 1:32 pm
wow! everything looks great… love the newsletter, couch & table. congrats on your new adventure!
July 13th, 2006 at 4:47 pm
That newsletter turned out beautifully! Really a great balance between classic and modern. I wish I could come take a class!
-T