Oh what a wonderful day we had today. Our very first customer was Kathy Herda who greeted us at the door at exactly 10 AM.
Then we had a steady stream of old and new customers and blog readers who traveled as far as two hours away to come celebrate with us.
We laughed, they shopped, we nibbled on little French cookies (thank you Gfellers) and chocolate dipped strawberries (thank you Bennetts) and we caught up with each others lives and had a great time.
I wish you all could have been here with us. But there is always tomorrow.
Huge congratulations!!! I wish you much success!!
Posted by: kelly | Wednesday, 01 February 2012 at 11:16 PM
CONGRATULATIONS Ginny and John!!!
I had a quick peek at the recent photos and everything is just gorgeous. You picked excellent wall colours to highlight your merchandise.
I am going to go back and look at them closer, take the virtual tour of the shop kind of thing, haha.
Sounds like it was a wonderful day, and with cookies too! Bonus!
I forgot to ask if you guys will be working there full time together or take turns or just one of you and the other is a regular pop in or maybe you'll have other people working or all of the above? haha
Off to peer closer at the pics, congrats again. :)
Posted by: Tracey | Thursday, 02 February 2012 at 12:05 AM
Congratulations Ginny and John! I have a plan to stop by this weekend. So are those gorgeous glass domes for sale?
Posted by: Andrea | Thursday, 02 February 2012 at 06:20 AM
Congratulations! I can't wait to come and see the new store.
Posted by: Cyndi Duncan | Thursday, 02 February 2012 at 07:38 AM
I am so excited for you guys! Woot!! The best part?? Getting to catch up with the old friends!! Have a blast and thanx for taking us out here in bloglanding with you.
Posted by: Sharon Bennett | Thursday, 02 February 2012 at 07:55 AM
The store is beautiful! I enjoyed seeing you Ginny, and meeting new people. I can't to get started playing with the items I bought. Having you,Ginny, and the store is really going to boost my art explorations. Thank you! Thank you!
Posted by: Mary M. | Thursday, 02 February 2012 at 08:17 AM
It all looks so wonderful. I a m so jealous of everyone who lives close enough to come, visit, shop and take classes. It's like a dream for me but I love seeing it in blogland. Thanks for sharing this with all of us who can't be there.
Posted by: Nancy Lynn | Thursday, 02 February 2012 at 09:39 AM
Congratulations on your store opening Ginny! I wish you lots of success with your new venture!
Posted by: Cindy Lietz | Thursday, 02 February 2012 at 01:58 PM
i just love the store was nice meeting you Ginny, can't wait for the workshops.
Posted by: Heyjude28 | Thursday, 02 February 2012 at 04:33 PM
Congratulations-what a beautiful shop!
Posted by: Chris P | Thursday, 02 February 2012 at 08:32 PM
Hi, Ginny,
My sister and I are planning a trip to Westlake on Sat.
We can hardly wait to see the store and shop!!!
Posted by: Joan | Thursday, 02 February 2012 at 11:34 PM
Glad the day went so well ;)
xoxo Sioux
Posted by: Sioux | Friday, 03 February 2012 at 05:09 AM
Ohh congrats! I'm sorry I have missed a few of your posts, I've been sailing the seas of the south pacific! Great to hear you have been busy and I LOVE the look of the store! Wishing you both lots of fun and success with it all :)
Posted by: Rachel Greig | Friday, 03 February 2012 at 05:30 AM
Congratulations Ginny & John. Boy, I wish I could have been there to christen the shop. Can't wait for a road trip. The shop is very inviting. I expected nothing less.
Posted by: gaye | Friday, 03 February 2012 at 09:21 AM
Congratulations! So happy for you and wishing you continued success with the store... it looks so beautiful! -Shelly
Posted by: Shelly Massey | Friday, 03 February 2012 at 12:21 PM
Congratulations Ginny and John, I'm so happy for ya and the store is so very cute. I wished Texas was alot closer I would love to come visit and check out everyting.
Posted by: Brenda | Friday, 03 February 2012 at 08:09 PM
Congratulations! I can't wait to come for a visit. I love the Fornasetti dishes...I WANT those dishes! All the best - hope to be out in Ohio in August!
Posted by: Kim C | Saturday, 04 February 2012 at 08:12 PM
Oh, Congrats!! It, too, can't wait until I can come and visit. The pictures made me smile!
Posted by: Cindy Eagan | Monday, 06 February 2012 at 04:36 PM
my daughter and i loved your shop and you.....we will be back soon
Posted by: jackie | Wednesday, 08 February 2012 at 07:37 PM
Oh WOW....the store is AMAZING..I want to come visit and bring the bank with me. lol. How thrilling to be filling it up.
Posted by: Paula Hardesty | Wednesday, 22 February 2012 at 10:41 AM