Hotlanta

It's been a busy beginning of 2009...this past week we went to Atlanta as we like to call it Hotlanta, however this time of year it is more like Freezelanta! I exhibited Tamagrams the 8th-13th at the Atlanta Merchandise Mart. - Despite the obvious economic conditions and attendance, I learned a TON and am so thankful that I had the opportunity to attend. I meet so many other exhibitors like myself, some there for the first time with their businesses and some that had been attending for many years. I made many new contacts and got a chance to really hone in what direction I am going to go in. After talking with several other companies, I am going to start putting more focus on trying to get my work licensed by companies such as Hallmark, American Greetings, Recycled Paper, etc. While we were there we made some great friends with other fellow booth mates near by! Funny how you can become so close to people after just one week! Here are some pics of our time there. Our sweet 11 week old daughter, McKenna, was our newest sales person, however fell asleep alot on the job every so often when she was at our booth to give my mom a break! :) My mom was gracious enough to stay with her most of the days at the hotel across the street while Taylor and I worked the booth. I went back and forth through out the day to nurse, needless to say it felt so good to get back to home sweet home since we were there for 6 days, but we really enjoyed our time there...