open house recap

Our Open House was a huge success! Lots of people came out for the event and made all of the planning well worth it! Customers seemed to have had lots of fun and enjoyed the 20% discount on holiday merchandise by stocking up on gift items, greeting cards, ribbon, stationery, and wrap!

Guest vendors the FOUND and Kate Funk made the day extra fun! Albert from the FOUND brought tons of old photos and assisted people in making their own one of a kind greeting cards. He also inspired lots of customers to do the same with their old photos at home. It was too cute. And we loved the free buttons!




Kate Funk was all set up with a nice display of her new styles. Customers really enjoyed meeting Kate and learning that she lives right here in Milwaukee. It was so nice for customers to put a face to the products that they are buying. And AC even made his special guest appearance as promised!



Debi from The Blooming Quill was a huge hit too! Lots of people took advantage of Debi's amazing talent. And many watched in awe as she did her calligraphy magic. Debi truly was the icing on the cake!


I hope everyone had just as good of a time as I did! Between the discount, demos, appearances, treats, and photos, I am certain everyone had a great time! I am counting the days until our next event (which will be the day after Thanksgiving- more details to come)!



All in all, it was a great event! Thank you to all of our customers who came out and a huge thanks to the FOUND, Kate Funk, and The Blooming Quill!

the blooming quill

I am extremely honored that The Blooming Quill will be joining us for our Holiday Open House! Debi Zeinert, the calligrapher extraordinaire behind The Blooming Quill, does beautiful work!

I first fell in love with Debi's work when she addressed my cousin's wedding invitations. It was love at first sight when I got the invite in the mail! I met Debi in person last May at the National Stationery Show and she has been extremely supportive, kind, and helpful to me since.


Debi was with Smock at the National Stationery Show and she calligraphed this piece of Smock paper for me while I was waiting. It was like watching magic... I couldn't believe my eyes. It was so beautiful to watch her work. This piece of paper was my favorite piece of swag from the Show. I've kept the paper in my office ever since and it's so amazing to think she'll be here for our Holiday Open House!

Everyone is welcome to have Debi address a few envelopes for them (please remember to bring addresses) or we will also be providing paper for Debi to use. Debi will be here from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm at our Holiday Open House on Saturday, November 14th. Please come witness the magic and beauty of The Blooming Quill!

open house

Join us from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. for a day filled with holiday inspiration, promotions, festive demos with free samples, and multiple giveaways! We have lots of things planned for the day! So many things that I can't keep it all straight... I'm so excited!


A few of our favorite vendors will be here, so you'll get the chance to meet the people behind the magic. Kate Funk will be displaying all of her latest holiday designs and her cat, AC, will make a special appearance at 1pm. the FOUND will be here all day and you'll have a chance create your own one of a kind card with them. The Blooming Quill will be here showing off her amazing calligraphy skills. We'll also have a photo booth from Celebrations Entertainment in the afternoon.

If that's not enough... we'll also be having multiple giveaways throughout the day. We'll be giving away product from Compendium, Simple Song, Snow & Graham, Table Topics and many more vendors! I'm a little disappointed I cant win anything! Maybe I'll enter under an alias (just kidding)!

And did I mention... 20% off holiday product for the whole day? This event is not to be missed... many more details to come. In the meantime, mark your calendars one week from today!