Susie Paperie
I had a wonderful time teaching at Susie Paperie in Sun Valley, Idaho on Saturday. This immaculate little shop is owned by my friend Adrienne who I have know since my days at Impress Rubber stamps in Seattle. I thought I had a lot of energy, but back then Adrienne was working long shifts at the stamp store, teaching Claudia Rose classes and going to Law School - she was (and still is) such a superstar.
The store was decorated beautifully - soft, moss green walls, beautiful displays, plenty of workspace for class, the most delicious gingersnap cookies from the deli next door and a super sweet store dog named "Haddie" she had rescued from the shelter a couple of months ago.
Here's a picture of new friends Lila and Kim, who had driven 3 hours from Boise to take the class - I was quite honored!
Here's Adrienne - the generous store owner who flew me out for the day! There is a hanging collage, done by a local crafter, that spells out "susie" on the wall behind us. One really neat feature of the store was the giant schedule wall - where Adrienne writes out the upcoming list of classes on one of the store walls that was painted with chalkboard paint (so cool!).
I made it back to Seattle at about 6:30 - it was actually hotter in Seattle (90 degrees) than in Sun Valley (86 degrees)! Finally summer in Seattle (I think we skipped spring this year!).
Here's SeaTac airport - 90 degrees is HOT for Seattle, since most of us don't have air conditioning in our homes. Luckily, I just had a bunch of design work to do on the computer Saturday night (no heavy lifting)!
We're releasing a Christmas and Fall batch of stuff in a few weeks (stay tuned for details) - it will be another What's in the Box full of surprises. Here's a peak!



