Happy May the 4th (be with you)

Happy Star Wars day to all you jedis and stormtroopers out there.  (Yes, Cam loves Star Wars even though he's never seen the movie!)  Just a reminder that we have our final Spring Show this Sunday at the Gardena Elks Lodge from 10am to 3pm.  A small show, but it is great for those who like to take their time and browse.  Don't forget that Mother's day is coming next weekend.

How about my Los Angeles Angels?  The same problems as last year.  (even with Pujols) No one hits with runners on base and the bullpen gives away leads every game.  (They can't even get 3 outs without giving up runs)  We went to the game last Tuesday and picked up our cool Rally Monkey Beanies and, surprisingly, they won!  It's going to be a long summer!

Sophi's, Nikkei Matsuri, & the ER

We will be at So-Phi's Fashion Show tomorrow.  (Hopefully in our normal spot)  We'll have some new small frames, Swarovski Crystals Bracelets, Journals, and Notepads.  At the end of the month, we won't be able to attend Nikkei Matsuri in San Jose this year.  (I think that breaks our run of 11 straight years)

For Spring Break, we took a trip up to San Jose for fun.  (I kept feeling like we had a show the next day...)  Took Cameron to see the Redwoods, Golden Gate Bridge, Lombard Street, Discovery Museum, and a bunch of Targets.  (Hey, the Cars 2 die cast cars were only 99 cents that week)  Came back and Cam was sick.  Ended up taking him to the ER, which led to 5 days in the hospital.  He's better now and will, hopefully, be off meds next week and back to his old self!

Show Season Already?

Happy St. Patrick's Day weekend to you.  We will have our first show of the Spring season on St. Patrick's Day at the Nishi Hongwanji Temple in Downtown LA this Saturday.  It is the Nisei Week Luau from 5:30pm to 9pm.  Let's hope it doesn't rain on us (or at least not too hard on us!)  You do need a dinner ticket to attend.  (and eat the excellent Hawaiian food by Our Daily Bread)

Did anyone call in sick today?  If so, they're probably home watching all the NCAA Basketball action.  (I could never get away with it.)  American Idol elimination tonight also.

Happy New Year!

Happy 2012!  It will be the Year of the Dragon!  Hope everyone had a great holiday season and hope that you got what you wanted for Christmas!  (Like a Clayvision ornament?)   Our first show of the year won't be until March.

Cam got everything he wanted and more.  His best present was probably getting rid of the Christmas tree.  (I think he was allergic to it.)  I guess we'll be shopping for a fake tree for next year...

It's Almost Christmas!

Wow, what a crazy Winter season this has been!  I can't believe it's almost over!  (I am exhausted!)  We are going to be closed from Friday, December 23rd thorough Monday January 2nd.  (You're just going to have to brave the malls this weekend!)

Thank you for all the orders!  We hope to see you at one of the shows in 2012 or online!  Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Love,
   Daniel, Cynthia, and Val  (Cameron says 'Hi')

One Show to Go... but who cares! Go Angels!

Just a reminder that we have one show left this year and it is A Time for Sharing at the Gardena Elks Lodge #1919.  http://www.clayvision.com/craftshows.htm  It's not a big show, so you can leisurely shop at all the booths and finish off (or start) your Christmas shopping.  We will have the last of our big journals, new ornaments, sale ornaments, giftpacks, and the last of our photo holders.  See you there?

I woke up early yesterday with a bunch of text messages on my phone.  (Who's texting me this early in morning?)  So, I read the texts and say "What! No Way!  That must be a mistake.  I must still be dreaming..."  We signed the #1 hitter in Albert Pujols and the #1 Free Agent pitcher in CJ Wilson.  Our owner, Arte Moreno, just dropped over $325 million dollars on those two.  If we can win just one World Championship, it will all be worth it.  If not, at least, Arte tried and that's all we can ask of him.  Needless to say, I'm looking forward to baseball season!  Go Halos!

3 Shows to go...

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday.  I, once again, overate.  (Stuffing, rice stuffing, and pumpkin pie being the main culprits...)  We have 3 shows to go this year and two of them are this weekend.  ImaginAIR is on Saturday from 10am - 3pm at the Torrance Civic Center and Krafty Delites is on Sunday from 10am - 4pm at the Carson Community Center.  (Our final show is the next Sunday in Gardena.)

On Thanksgiving night, we drove by a Toys R Us, since they opened at 9pm.  We thought we could sneak in there and pick up a few gifts and then sleep in the next day... we were wrong.  The line was around the side of the building all the way around to the back of the building.  (I can only imagine how long it would take to check out.)  So, we decided to head to Target the next morning around 7am.  This was a great move as there was nobody there and we were in and out of there in 15 minutes.  (All the crazy shoppers were long gone!)