TNNA, Woohoo! …. thankfully it’s over. Now I can recover for about a month or two and start planning the next one.
This post is a little over due, but when you see the little video Rory (the bf) and I put together you will see that it was definitely worth the wait.
This was the first time TNNA has ever been in Phoenix. I am so used to it being in Long Beach – just a short 30 minute drive for me. This time I had to get in my tiny little peanut of a car and drive across STATE LINE (not lines… just one). It was quite the drive, very boring, lots of cacti. I didn’t think my little car would make it, it was packed FULL! I should have taken a picture.
After the seven or eight (I lost track after the one hour detour in the middle of nowhere) hour drive I finally made it to my hotel. Yes! The next day was set-up. After months and months of planning of course not everything pans out exactly the way you planned, but I think I had a pretty good looking booth anyway. Here, see for yourself:
- My little booth corner
I even had those really yummy Lemon Rosemary cookies I blogged about back in September. I packaged them up and handed them out to everyone and anyone who needed a little sugar boost.
I didn’t really get much of a chance to shmooze with the vendors because I spent all my time hanging out in my booth. So unfortunately I can not report back about all kinds of fabulous new yarns and products. But while I was stationed at my booth I was meeting all kinds of fun people. Designers, LYS owners, yarn company owners and much more. We had a little mustache party. Here is a little video Rory and I put together of all the mustache fun. Please enjoy!
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I debuted two new patterns, Olga’s Vest and the Starry Pinafore. The Starry Pinafore has not been published yet, but Olga’s Vest has been published! This is a vest that can be worn ELEVEN different ways. I didn’t originally design this garment to be so versatile, but when I realized that it was I knew I had to name it after my friend and fellow designer Olga Buraya-Kefelian. Many of her beautiful designs can be worn more than one way – love her!
The Starry Pinafore is coming soon, I promise. I just have to do a little more math and more typing (arg). I hope to have it ready for you in a few weeks. Here is a little sneak preview:
Save 10% off Olga’s Vest on Ravelry with the coupon code: OlgaJazzyVest ow through February 13th, 2012 at 11:59pm Pacific time.