Hamburg, NY...August 23 & 24

After the Novi show we traveled to Hamburg, NY which is about 30 miles south of Buffalo, so we took a little side trip to Niagara Falls. We hadn't been to the falls for almost twenty years and it was wonderful to go again. It was a beautiful day and we had a great time.

Niagara Falls
August 21, 2008

The show was at the fairgrounds in Hamburg and was really fun. We had only been there once before, but we'll be back. We love the area and the people are very friendly.

Becky did a fantastic job at our make and take table.

Novi, MI Convention

We traveled to Novi, Michigan for the rubber stamp convention on August 16th and 17th. We had a great time and were so happy to have Karen back at our make and take table again for the third year.

The customers have such a great time with Karen
showing them how to use our Sugar Dust and Sugar Beads.

Stampaway USA...August 8, 2008

Wow...how did it get to be September already? August just seemed to fly by, but maybe that's because we had three shows in a row and were gone more than we were home.

We started the August line-up with the Stampaway, USA convention in Cincinnati, OH. On Friday night there is always a theme and this year it was a pajama party. Many of the vendors and some of the customers dress up for three hours of fun, shopping and eating from 8-11pm.

I thought I'd share some of the pictures I snapped.

Lisa, a customer, who wore crossword puzzle pjs.
She had the name of every vendor written on her puzzle.

Stamp La Jolla was on her right leg.

Don and Susan from Rubber Stamp Tapestry

Greg and the gang from Marco's Paper

Greg and Don...what a pair!

Sarah and Ron from The Paper Cut

Judi, Mary Jo McGraw and Rob from Judi-Kins

Joyce and Kat from A Stamp in the Hand
surround Aiko from JudiKinsDeon and Al from G-Rated Rubber Stamps

Ted from Art Gone Wild at the mashed potato bar

This show was lots of fun. We even saw our friend Martha from San Diego who had traveled to Ohio for the show. She had been one of our first customers when we opened Stamp La Jolla and has become a friend over the years. I didn't get her picture this year, but here's one from last year's Stampaway.

Martha and her sister, Helen, from San Diego