{"id":1250,"date":"2006-08-21T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-22T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=1250"},"modified":"2006-08-21T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-22T01:00:00","slug":"another_trade_s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/another_trade_s\/","title":{"rendered":"another trade show season ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every summer Steve &amp; I travel to three &#8216;week long&#8217; trade shows to sell a.i. paper design wares to stores across the US.&nbsp; That means we pack all our displays &amp; merchandise samples in this big old wooden crate and ship them from show to show.&nbsp; This year&#8217;s itinerary included Atlanta, Los Angeles and New York.<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/steve_crate_copy_b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Steve_crate_copy_b\" alt=\"Steve_crate_copy_b\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/steve_crate_copy_b.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>After about 3-4 hours of set up our booth turns into the colorful wonderland of a.i. paper design.<\/p>\n<p>This is our new work place for the next 5 days.&nbsp; We meet and greet stores of all kinds and write orders that we&#8217;ll ship out once we return to Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>I really enjoy doing these trade shows but they definitely tire me out.&nbsp; That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m happy to be back in Metro Detroit for a while&#8230; or at least until January.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/sky_view_2b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Sky_view_2b\" alt=\"Sky_view_2b\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/sky_view_2b.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/another_trade_s\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/another_trade_s\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every summer Steve &amp; I travel to three &#8216;week long&#8217; trade shows to sell a.i. paper design wares to stores across the US.&nbsp; That means we pack all our displays &amp; merchandise samples in this big old wooden crate and ship them from show to show.&nbsp; This year&#8217;s itinerary included Atlanta, Los Angeles and New York. 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