Hi everyone! I am so excited to finally be able to post some pictures of the studio’s grand opening last night. It was a crazy week and we didn’t actually get to start moving stuff in until Wednesday at 4 pm. Our floors were supposed to be done last week and then they got bumped due to another job the flooring guys had. Then, the guys all ate lunch at the same place and all came home with food poisoning so that delayed things beginning until after the weekend. So, on Wednesday we started. My poor hubby had some very late nights and I had some crazy days trying to juggle the kids, work, studio stuff, moving in, hanging pictures, etc. Yesterday seems almost like a foggy haze, running from one thing to the next and trying to get everything done.
A few minutes before six people started rolling in and we had a very quick ribbon cutting ceremony. The next two hours were crazy busy and I was thrilled to see so many friendly faces there. I still can’t believe how many people came out for the open house, especially since it was the start of the Labor Day weekend. I feel so blessed to have so many great friends and clients and it just makes my heart sing.
I do have a few people I would like to thank personally who really went the extra mile for me this week and took time out of their busy schedules to help me out during this crazy time. My HUGE round of applause goes to: Julie, Nancy, Cristina, Melanie, Stacy, Brian and Jessica. I just cannot say thank you enough for not only your help this week but also your support in my studio venture. I also want to publically say a thank you to my contractor, Jeff White, for the amazing job he did on the building. I will have a whole post about him later this weekend so watch for that. I also need to dedicate a whole post to my husband Chris who without him this studio would have never happened. He put in countless hours on it and his belief in me is more than I ever dreamed. Last of all, I want to thank my Heavenly Father for truly being the one to make this all possible.
Now…on the pictures. My friend Jessica was sweet enough to take pictures on my old, old camera that I still use around the house (all for its little pop up flash). Things were crazy last night and picture taking was not possible for me to do so I am thankful for Jessica stepping up! I will take some new pictures in a few weeks once we get the rail system put up and the office complete.
Last of all, I wanted to announce the winners of the five door prizes. I waited until the open house was over at 8 and then got worried when no one was there to do it until I saw my client Robin and I made a huge sigh of relief and I put her to work. She drew 5 names and one by one we wrote the winning names on each of the bags. All of the bags look the same from the outside so I couldn’t tell you who won what but I wanted to list the names here. If you are a winner, please send me an email or give me a call to see when I will be at the studio next week for you to pick it up. The winners of the door prizes are:
Brent Runyon
Sanford Giemza
Bridgett Fishburn
Kellie Rome
Jennifer Stump
I plan to have another open house in a few weeks just so that people who were out of town could stop by and take a peek and I will make sure it is on a weekday this time. Thanks again to everyone who has supported me in this new path for my business. I am so excited to see the future possibilities.
