Grand Opening Recap

First off, I want to say "Thank you!!!!" to everyone who came out for Wyng'd Lyon Creations grand opening celebration on September 29, 2012.

You are all amazing with your support and patronage!! People like you are the ones who make running a business worth the time and effort.

I'd like to put out a very special thank you to the following people:

My dear friend Tawmis Logue from Pirate Booty &  Never Ending Nights. With out all his hard work promoting things not only on the Wyng'd Lyon social media sites but also on his own pages, and all his support in keeping me from freaking out because of the level of stress I was dealing with, I would have been a total wreck come Saturday morning. Besides that he gives some pretty damn good hugs! I'm fortunate to have such a great person keeping me grounded and from running around like a chicken with my head cut off.

Katie is another one of those great people that I am honored to call a friend. She took the time out of her crazy, busy schedule and made all the food for the grand opening. Not only is she a fabulous person, she makes some seriously amazing food!

The DJ of the day: Michael over at DramaFree Productions. He spun some great tunes and endured the heat  outside to keep things going. If you need a DJ here in San Diego, check him out!

And last, but not least, my husband Tom. He's been there to deal with the ups and downs of everything and has been supportive of this endeavor. He's done all the installation work at the shop and helped set things up as well as took care of the kids so I didn't have to worry about them running rampant around the parking lot.

I'm looking forward to the upcoming days with the shop and growing the business. The grand opening was just the first of many events to happen. so please stay tuned for more.

Here are some of the photos, more to come soon!

Partial setup before the opening

More of the partial shop setup

Food & DJ setup

Me & Tawmis

Photos on top row by GCat Studios, Art Prints by OriginalCin

Final setup

Artwork by Lee Kohse & Handblow glass vases & goblets by Lance Burcham

Fabric ornaments by Wyng'd Lyon Creations

Vest by Wyng'd Lyon, Hair Barretts by Original Cin & Tshirt by SighCo Graphics

Bottles & Pillows by Wyng'd Lyon Creations

Ascots & Gift bags, by Wyng'd Lyon Creations

Outside the shop

Sometimes you really just need some help

I'll admit it, I'm horrible at asking for help, it's just one of my quirks. I love to help everyone I can, but I very very rarely ask for help.

We'll with my life as nuts as it has been between moving to a new (at least new to me) house, herding two kids, leasing a retail space for my studio and to actually do business out of, plus working full time, things have slipped through the cracks, like this blog.

So I finally made the decision to enlisted some help and without further adieu I'm happy to introduce my friend Tawmis, who is a fabulous guy, a damn good writer and lets me harass him on a regular basis plus he has some pretty fun blogs/webpages like Pirate Booty & Neverending Nights. This also means there should be more regular updates here and everywhere else. Yay!

But for now....I'm back to running around like a chicken with my head cut off.

 ~Col

Finally got this thing some what set up..

Well, here it is, the first post in my blog for my sewing business.

Over the next few weeks there will be plenty of changes once I get all the html and such figured out, etc. Yes, html. I one of those people who like to do my design stuff by hand kinda like my pattern making and other things. Sure I could use a preformed template like I'm doing right now for the interm, but I like to tweak colors and the way things are laid out.

So check back in the next few days, weeks, months, etc, to see what I've changed, added etc. Of course there may not be too much going on in the next couple weeks here as my second baby should be arriving sometime soon.

'Til then....have a good one!