{"id":5054,"date":"2013-07-04T07:34:55","date_gmt":"2013-07-04T23:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=5054"},"modified":"2013-07-05T11:27:32","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T15:27:32","slug":"ann-arbor-location-in-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/ann-arbor-location-in-the-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"ann arbor location in the spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s hard to believe that Steve and I first toured through our Ann Arbor location last year around this time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/courtyard-before-blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5056\" alt=\"courtyard before blog\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/courtyard-before-blog.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/courtyard-before-blog.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/courtyard-before-blog-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We dreamed and envisioned what we could bring to this space to make 419 Detroit Street a shine little brighter&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/courtyard-after-blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5055\" alt=\"catching fireflies courtyard\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/courtyard-after-blog.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/courtyard-after-blog.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/courtyard-after-blog-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and I&#8217;m happy to say our vision has become a wonderful whimsy-filled reality (fairy bubble factory &amp; all)!<\/p>\n<p>It has been a joy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/hello-ann-arbor\/\" target=\"_blank\">bringing our latest location to life<\/a> so I was thrilled to find out that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.giftsanddec.com\/article\/564054-REA_2013_Finalists_Named.php?intref=sr\" target=\"_blank\">we were selected as a finalist<\/a> for a Retail Excellence Award from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.giftsanddec.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gifts and Decorative Accessories Magazine<\/a>.\u00a0 This means catching fireflies will be featured in their August issue and Steve &amp; I get to head to New York for the awards ceremony at the Chelsea Piers next month!<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to see if our whimsical world wins the hearts of the judges&#8230; and even if it doesn&#8217;t we know we&#8217;re already winners with our fabulous firefly fans who make what we do possible in the first place :-)<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Like to see what&#8217;s shakin&#8217; at catching fireflies? 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