The sweet smell of success!

Jodi and I have survived 2 grueling days of TNNA with one more to go, and things have been going great!  I’m so exhausted I can barely think straight right now, but just want to write a short post anyway.  It feels so good to be “not-a-newbie”, and be able to give advice to other people who are exhibiting for the first time.  And in addition to better-than-expected sales so far, I’ve been able to meet lots of new people and reconnect with those I met last year.  Jodi is my link to so many people — it seems like she knows EVERYBODY in the yarn industry (right Jodi?).  And it’s amazing how readily people will help each other out — yarn companies helping retailers, and designers and yarn companies helping each other, friends helping friends….and there’s lots of optimism around the show floor too, which gives me renewed enthusiasm for what I do.  And I’m finally at the point where the yarn companies are seeking me out to ask if I want to use their yarns (in the past I’ve always had to initiate the contacts in order to get yarns for designing).  That feels good too, although I have to be careful not to accept yarn from everyone who wants to give it to me because then I get overwhelmed and can’t focus well.  But I think I’m doing pretty good in that department, and being realistic about how much work I can handle in the coming months.   I learned so much from my experience as an exhibitor last year, and even more this year.  I can feel some momentum building for my business now!

I plan to take a photo of my booth tomorrow morning.  If I can get a good enough picture I’ll post it here after I get home.

Ok, I’ve got to try to sleep now.  Tomorrow we have a short day, with the show closing at 3:00.  Then we close down our booths, pack everything up and go home to start filling those orders!

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