We're Back

Good morning! We had a safe trip back and after sleeping most of the day yesterday, I feel almost like my old self again.

I wanted to post this project by Natasja Verbeek, because Lindsay showed it in a video and gave credit to a fictitious person named Martina...... although he did get the country right. I absolutely love this project. I emailed the photos of my son, Jack, over to Holland where Natasja made this book. She bound it with ribbon for the show and it was a big hit! I'm not sure what she used as the pages, but you could used chipboard, bookboard, old game boards, old book covers, etc.

Many of you want to know which line sold the best. Well, I would tell you if I knew, but it is too close to call. To be honest, we cannot, at this point, even rule out Lil' Men and Everafter. Even when the orders are entered, Lindsay and I will continue the debate until the lines are dead...... and I mean dead, dead, dead. We are still arguing over whether Halfway Cafe will ever be able to sell more than Dutch Girl. I picked Dutch Girl which was number one, but now there is a chance Halfway Cafe could be picked up by another account giving Lindsay his bragging rights two years later.

AHhhhhhhh Photos!

It really is a miracle........ we remembered the camera. Here's some pics from the show. Now, you know, we never leave our booth, so when I say from the show I really mean from one little corner of the show.

Here come the attendees, checking out the gallery wall.

The booth was hoppin'.

Here's Lindsay filling in our sale's reps.

Product displays......... they always look so nice in the mornings.



I think this customer was telling Lindsay that if he said Snorkel was going to sell better than Girl Friday one more time that she was going to hit him.

Here's Lindsay....... charmin' the customers.

Let's Set the Record Straight!

Hi Everyone! First I have to apologize for being a right brained, highly creative, but organizationally challenged person. The camera is still at the booth! However, Maren did email this photo from dinner to me.

Now, to clear up a few issues that have been brought to my attention repeatedly on the show floor. Mr. Lindsay is NOT my husband! I had one gal come into the booth and ask to speak to my husband and so I directed her to Eric. She said to me, "That is not your husband." I assured her he was and then found Lindsay for her. Over and over again people are referring to me as Lindsay's wife...... and all I can say is .......... he should be so lucky! (I'm just kidding Tehawna.)

And one other thing. He is not by boss either! I had another customer tell me it must be so fun to have Lindsay be my boss. I replied to her that I was actually his boss. She said, "Oh, because your his wife." And so it goes!!!

The First Day at CHA

Good Morning!

We had a fabulous first day at CHA.

With every release, Lindsay and I have a competition to see who can pick the number one selling line. This show I am predicting Girl Friday and Lindsay is predicting Snorkel. Right now they are running neck and neck, although we keep hearing from our design team that Lil' Man and Everafter are the easiest to work with. So, it's still completely up in the air. What's your guess?

I have to tell you, with our summer releases, we were both dead wrong on our predictions. I picked Jack's World and Lindsay picked Haunted. But as you know...... Mr. Campy was one popular marshmallow.

One more thing, we had a blast at dinner with all our guests and wanted to give them a special thanks for joining us! We enjoyed getting to know all of you!

PS: We'll post more photos, but we left the camera at the booth......... stay tuned....... more to come!

Hello From Anaheim

Hi Everyone,

We got to Anaheim safely, put up our booth on Friday and spent the day yesterday at Disneyland.

Here's some pics. Stay tuned for more from the show!


This is what the show floor looks like when you get there.

After a couple hours the booth is up and almost stocked.

Uh, Oh...... we forgot to send any Paper Crafting Kits...... Hello, UPS, can you do a Saturday delivery.

Disney Land! Can you guess whose family is behind us?

Hey Eric, I think these glasses need some embellishments.
Hey Julie, I think we should sell embellishable glasses!
And another product idea is born........ I think that means we can now deduct this Disneytrip as a business expense!

Booth 1345 and Dinner Winners

You may have noticed that we don't take ourselves too seriously at Cosmo Cricket. So, if you want to find the most fun booth at the CHA, be sure to stop by. This year, our back wall will be a gallery of paper patterns, hilarious old family photos (these are legit..... well, except for the captions, the one above is Eric's grandpa and friends) and some irreverent treatments of classical art. When we made the gallery for the back wall, we printed a few extra pieces, and you could possibly win one!

Now, onto the dinner winners. We decided to have three random winners instead of just one. Here they are:
Mary T...... it looks like your husband will have a chance to wear his Buffalo Bill tie.
Memories Galore..... I'll tell Lindsay to try and remember his manners.
LaCoe...... Don't trip and fall as you're running to our booth!

For everyone else, we are so glad you like us enough to want to join us for dinner. We hate that everyone couldn't win!

Down to the Wire!

Are you all ready for CHA? I am so super busy with the final preparations, that this is just a short and simple entry. I will announce the Cosmo Cricket Dinner Winner tomorrow morning. If you have not had a chance to get entered into this contest, read this entry for all the info.

Check back here for updates from CHA. I'll be posting everday on the road.

One more thing. we have our first $5.00 charity contribution on our Health Nut contest (if you don't know about this contest, get filled in here). It seems that on Lindsay's and Eric's trip, Lindsay used a taboo word. Although I'm holding him to his $5 donation, I will say that what we are referring to as the $5.00 diet, has not been cheated on....... we are almost 4 weeks free from all junk food. That's 4 weeks with absolutely no chocolate of any kind! Somehow I have not died yet.