Dogs and Shops, what a week!

Well 1 day to go until we get the shop - here is what the space currently looks like


I will post again tomorrow to show you the work in progress...

Today was spent busily at our Melton shop framing everything, including some new paper forest designs that will only be available through the Williamstown store, and look absolutely gorgeous, with little country fences in the background.

I was also lucky enough to see the Mingus bags and purses that were delivered on thursday to the shop, they were absolutely devine, and I am struggling not to keep one of them for myself.

On the way up the the shop today, we say a sign that had Boarder Collie pups for sale... Simon and I have been speaking for about 18 months to get Coupy a little sister, and thought that the sign must be an omen, as Simon really had his heart set on a boarder collie... So after 10 hours of fitting frames, we thought we would just pop in for a look, and definately not buy one but think about it...

needless to say, we popped in and I immediately wanted to buy 10, but eventually settled on a gorgeous little girl with a black head and a white strip around her tummy... She is just 5 weeks old so I couldn't whisk her away, but I will pop up a photo as soon as we bring her home!

2 days and counting

Thats right, there is just 2 days until we get the keys for our new handmade gallery in Williamstown....

It really has been a whirlwind January, with Angeline and I swapping from panic to doing our happy dance every 5 mintues, is it no wonder our poor husbands can't keep up!

This week especially there have been a lot of happy dances, with all the gorgeous products we have selected arriving - it is so nice when as gorgeous as something is on the internet, it is even better in real life, and that is what we have been experiancing this week! Here is a sneak peak of some of the parcels that arrived this week....

aren't they gorgeous - I am going to find it hard to make sure I take all of them to the gallery, and not leave a couple behind for my house!

So we get the keys on Sunday, and will then spend the next 3-4 days fitting it out, and open our doors to the public on Wednedsday, this is the bit where we are a bit more nervous, as we have to hope the people of Williamstown love our idea as much as we do...

This week has also seen the start of our new part time staff who will be manning the new gallery, we have been thrilled to bits with the three people that we were lucky enough to find, that share our vision. When we were trying to find staff, this was the part that worried us the most, but we really must have luck on our side, as all three girls are absolutely fabulous, and fit perfectly to the image we were hoping to present for the shop...

Also this week, we were lucky enough to find out that we were accepted to the Bower Bird Bazaar, for those of you not from Adelaide you may not have heard of this event before, but it really is a sensation handmade market. On twice yearly there is three days of trade, with one day being a trade fair, and the other 2 general days for everyone to come and have a look. Once we have finished making all the stock for the new shop, we will then be onto our stock list for Bowerbird....