Greetings from Bucketville: Home of the Blossom Bucketeers!
Blossom Bucket, Inc. has been serving the retail industry for over 20 years, providing diverse and much-loved collections of primitive folk art, holiday creations, and general gifts. Now, we are looking forward to serving you!
The summer show season is slowly coming to an end. I think it is moving so slowly because of how hot it has been just about everywhere.
I am in Philadelphia right now at the Philadelphia Gift Show, and the temperature today is actually nice: it was about 70 this morning, and it is only supposed to get up to about 85 with little humidity. I know during setup it was miserable. Two days in a row it was about 95 degrees out with a heat index of about 108. (more…)
Every January and July I head to Atlanta to work our showroom at the AmericasMart.
While it is very difficult to leave my family, it always turns out to be one of the most inspirational things I do for work all year.
It is so great to see everyone, and to hear about how things are going and what plans they have for the upcoming year. I get to talk to customers about what works and does not work. It is a great time, and I love seeing everyone. I learn so much about consumer trends and needs.
I come back to the office with more ideas than my hands can type.
HELLO from Atlanta, Georgia!
Tomorrow will be the last day of the Summer Gift Show, and it was a success once again.
The weather has been beautiful, sunny and hot, and the customers plentiful, eager and excited.
Our summer show special included an opportunity to win 25% off your entire order, and I would like to introduce our first winners! Congratulations to IMMANUEL CHRISTIAN BOOKSTORE, from Springfield, Virginia, for picking the winning sticker out of the basket! Pictured below, in all smiles, are Mary, Nancy, and Pam after Pam chose the winning piece. You should have heard her scream!!
We are starting to get ready for our summer tour. Right now, all of our time is going toward our sale in Columbus for wholesale customers that is coming up on the 21st – 23rd in the Columbus Marketplace.
Then, we will go directly into getting the Blossom Bucket booth ready for the summer shows. (more…)
As the winter show season is starting to wrap up, I think we can honestly say that 2010 is starting out on the right foot.
All of the shows have been very upbeat, with customers ready to buy new products. We did not hear the discouragement that we did last year.
I think everyone who made it through 2009 learned an awful lot. We learned how to operate leaner and be creative. I know it was certainly a challenging year to get through, but we can all be very proud that we have come out of it stronger and smarter!
Hi, and Happy Friday!
Show season is winding down, and I’m finally starting to have parts of my desk cleared off again! We’ve had such a great show season this month. I have to admit that I love this time of show season – we’re getting caught up on paperwork, and not having to dip into our “Emergency Chocolate” stash as much!
To top it all off, I went and bought a new car yesterday! I’ve been going back and forth on finding a new one, and finally found one I couldn’t pass up! (more…)
It’s hard to believe that we are already at the end of the first month of 2010.
The 2010 winter show season is winding down, and from the places that I have been, this show season has been very successful for everyone. The buyers at the shows seem very happy with what they are finding, which in turn means that the vendors are just as happy.
We will have a new DIY project next Wednesday. In the meantime, perhaps you’ll be inspired by this peek at our Chicago showroom (located on the 13th floor!) and our upcoming collections!
I recently returned from Atlanta and it was amazing. It is such a good time; exhausting, yet good!
I also find it very inspiring!
I heard a lot of great ideas and game plans for 2010.
I am going to let the pictures I took speak for my blog today.
Make sure you look for yourself!
It was a record breaking show for many vendors at the Atlanta Market.
While there were buyers crammed into crowded showrooms, the weather was playing havoc on the Atlanta landscape. Icy Georgia highways were shut down and schools were closed for an entire week! Atlanta set its own record with record breaking low temperatures – the lowest in 20-25 years.
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