September has come and gone and it has been a blast. Kathy and I started the French Door together. It's nice to have a partner! Here she is getting Pokeno gifts together. We love all of our customers! This was the day we got our lights over the register area installed. This is what the store looked like before we added the vinyl decals and our new sign. I love my photography booth. We created a transom with an old piece of glass we found here at the store. …
The French Door
Moving Into The French Door
I left off in my last blog post showing you the condition of the building when we first got the keys. We hired a cleaning crew and got to work. After they were done we got a painter to come in. He taped everything off and sprayed the white paint on the ceilings walls and top shelves. After painting was done we then tried to figure out how we were going to organize the store. Moving Day was so exciting, but needless to say we were all exhausted. We could not have done this in …
A busy summer and The French Door
A busy summer and The French Door I know it's been a while since I've posted on the blog. Here's what's been happening in my world. Since the end of school I made the decision to stop having paint workshops for the summer and start them up again in August at our new location, The French Door. I have not picked up my professional camera since May. I know bad blogger. But I did take some pics on my iphone. My goal for this summer is just to relax and have fun. We are opening the new …
Texas Road Trip, A Broken Toe
Texas Road Trip, A Broken Toe Every time we go to Round Top for Antiques week, it never fails we hear from some of the vendors, "Have you been to Canton yet"? "No", we would tell them, "We have not". "Well you should", they tell us. Kathy and I decide on going to the First Monday Trade Days, at the beginning of each month, which is actually the first weekend of every month. So we looked at the map and took off the first weekend in April. First off we had to stay in a hotel 30 miles away …
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT-NEW STORE COMING TO FRANKLIN, LOUISIANA
I have so much to share with you, but first up is my Big Announcement.....New Store Coming to Franklin!!!! First my big announcement is that Kathy of Lola, etc and I are going into business together. The new store will be named, "The French Door". We are moving our businesses from Chic & Shabby to another location right down the street. We'll miss our creative friends at Chic & Shabby but are going to be close by and will visit and collaborate with them often. Future home of …