We're headed back to Philadelphia and the Buyers Market of American Craft for February 2009.

We were sorry to have missed the August 2008 show. Becky has had some scar tissue issues with her lower spinal cord and that show just wasn't in the cards for us. Still, all of you made it a successful Holiday season for us and we thank you! Now we're all fired up for this February and we'll be bringing a wide number of new looks and new lines with us.
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We've added some new product lines for Spring 2009.

We've taken ourselves out-to-sea, or at least down to the shore, with a new line that adds tremendously to our Fish chimes and suncatchers. We'll be showing off Seahorses, Crabs, and Shrimps as well as a new 6 foot Fish Chime and a veritable aquarium of ocean-themed Ornaments at the BMAC show in February 2009.

We're also tossing in a more vibrant color set to our standard 5 - Embers, Ocean, Mountain, Pastel, Royal - that we're calling Fire. It will be found in the full range of Modern styles that we offer.

And we're getting a little Southwestern - our first foray onto that trail - by offering our Sun line of Chime and Suncatcher in some of our standard colors. We'll see where it goes from there after we get some response over the course of this year.
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And, if any of you are curious about Becky's back...

...this is the fix she's expecting in January or February of 2009. She's about to become the Bionic Woman of New Paltz!.
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And, just to brag, Dean's folks are about to celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary!

We're heading off on a Caribbean Cruise with stops at Grand Cayman and the Cozumel. This will be Becky's first time on a big ship and the first time Dean has been on one in 30 years...and he won't have to stand any Mid-Watches on this cruise, either!
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