Fingers, toes, and ribbons crossed!

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I'm still in awe that I was lucky enough to be chosen as a presenter at the Country Living Fair Pitch Your Product event, held in Atlanta in October. After a long build up, I went in the room, said my perfectly-timed three-minute speech and fielded the questions.

Me, before going in to Pitch Your
Product at the Country Living Fair!
Can you see my knees knocking?

Was I nervous? You bet. The judges were very, very nice and seemed genuinely interested in what I had to say about Wrapagain. I got a good reaction when I told them about the tracking / Follow Your Fabric idea too.

It was great meeting all the other creatives out there who are eagerly waiting to hear as well -- we heard that there were about 120 of us pitching, probably just under 10 will be winners. I wish them the best of luck too!

So now it's just a waiting game -- they have until December 19 to notify those who won a spot in an upcoming issue of their magazine. Keep your fingers, toes, and ribbons crossed for me!

Ho-ho-holiday fabrics

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Thanks to my Uncle Joe for the title of this post :)

It may be Halloween today, but we're getting everything together for the upcoming holiday season.

This is your sneak peek at some of our fabrics this year (there's another set of chile pepper lights that's not shown yet).

Wrapagain is moving to Etsy!

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Wrapagain is pleased to announce that it is in the process of moving its online store to the Etsy community. More fabric styles will be added over the next few days to www.etsy.com/shop/wrapagain.

If you see a pattern on our website that you want right away that hasn't made it to our store listings, let us know and we'll get it posted as quickly as we can.

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• View holiday fabrics

Holiday shopping

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Historically, I have never been a fan of getting ready for the holiday season too early. Growing up, I would wait eagerly for the Thanksgiving Day parade on TV -- enormous, people-tethered balloons and marching bands became synonymous with the start of the Christmas season. That was early enough.

Many people will probably agree that the "season" seems to be starting earlier and earlier every year and certainly having a company specializing in gift wrap has changed a lot of my actions. Holidays patterns come into the fabric distributor in June and July. Sign-ups for some holiday trunk shows and open houses start in August and September.

Ginger & Company, Toledo

So today, despite being mid-October -- and I'm still wearing flip-flops -- I am pleased to announce that I just got back from Ginger & Company in Toledo where I officially signed up for my first show of the season.

Mark your calendar for their Holiday Open House on Sunday, November 28, 2010, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at their salon Hess Road near Reynolds and Dorr.

Stay tuned for a complete list of vendors.

And while you are sitting there clicking away, see what else great stuff Ginger & Company has to offer by visiting their website at: www.gingercosalon.com.