Amy Peters' Studio Buzz

End of the trade show...time for fun....Broadway style!

What fun being in NY and being done with the trade show....
With some friends we went to the TKTS booth in the middle of Time Square to get half price tickets and we scored.  In the Heights...the winner of a Tony last year was at the booth!  Waiting in line with Michelle and Katy from Allen Designs Clocks.

Hanging out in my room (in the warmth of my room) until the show.
 Shopping for the perfect I Love NY shirt for Nikolas! 

The set for In The Heights.

 

I have to say the show was one of my favorites for the last few years.  The music and the dancing was really wonderful! 

The last minute upgrade from Chevy's....

Ok...one of the hardest things to do at the shows is to not overbook my dinner schedule.  Tonight was one of those REALLY crazy times where I spent about 2 hours texting between 3 women trying to get us all on the same page for where we wanted to go to dinner.  We had FINALLY decided to go to Chevy's....a staple for us at the NY gift...It's close to where we stay, the food is good and it has good margaritas. 

But last minute a friend who I hadn't had dinner with in 3 years sent me a text saying her plans had changed. Since we are rarely in the same town...I jumped at the chance. So we met up and went to dinner....we asked around for directions to a restaurant we had been to before.  Instead we found a limo driver that said...Oh no way.... go to Tortilla Flats instead. 

So we said sure....climbed into the longest limo in the city of New York and took a ride.

This is Lisa and Jeff, the owners of Femail Creations catalog.   

If you aren't already familiar with their catalog...go there now and spend some time shopping through all of the cool artist created goodies they hunt down to grace the pages of their catalog.  This year marks the 10th year I've been in the catalog. 
Me and Lisa....in the limo.

The decor of the place was a fun and quirkly mix of crazy stuff.

I mean...what's a mexican food restaurant without a picture of Elvis.

The food was wonderful and so were the margaritas.  Jeff really does have a knack at picking the best mararitas...so we left it up to him! 

After dinner we had a great treat of a game of Bingo.  The hostess called the numbers lightning fast in between seating diners that were late for their reservations...of course announcing that fact to everyone over the microphone. 

So while I missed seeing my other friends tonight....

While we passed it on the way home....I realized I didn't miss eating at Chevy's....at least this time around.  Tortilla Flats will be on my don't miss list now! 

New York International Gift Fair

So it's trade show season again....
I'm in new york.  Showing off all of my newest designs. 

For those of you that haven't ever been to a trade show.  It's a bit crazy and overwhelming.  There are literally thousands of 10 foot booths of wares. 

Luckily in NY I have a wonderful spot under 100 foot tall ceiling of glass.
The lighting is fantastic...for jewelry that is perfect!

One of our new collections.  Treasured Shapes...pewter designs.  Love, Peace, Happiness and Success....they are going to be on our website soon.  They are pewter and are available on stainless steel ball chain or a keyring.  I just love them!  They are the run away best seller at the show this time...well so far it's just day one. 

One GREAT thing about coming to trade shows is meeting so many fabulous women in business.  Tonight I had dinner with two of my favorites. 
Colleen Cooper...and...
Jo Dee Foster (the artist not the actress)  You can't see it from these pics...but the make and sell FABULOUS T-shirts.  Check out their website Cutting-Up.  

Their T shirts are Kyra's new favorite clothes... especially the freedom loving rocker chick shirt. 

The house...Kids rooms...

We were totally late in our schedule and a bit over budget moving in.  But the rooms are almost completely done for the kids. 

We expect to move in early December....We moved in the December 18th. 

The projects were a bit of a mess.  When we decided to build loft beds for the kids before we moved in....of course being a creative person I wouldn't be happy with just any 2 x 4 lofts in my kids rooms....

Soooooo.....

Kyra got a stone cottage set in a magical field of flowers and butterflies.  Thanks to Grandpa and Grandma for the cedar shingles.  Who figured they don't sell them as roofing in California anymore...fire hazard. 

The great thing about the lofts is how much extra space the kids have in their rooms. 

With some of that space we were able to fit a lounger under the lofts....just perfect for sleepover.  A desk and bookcases too.

The magical garden....

Nik ended up wanting a Millenium Falcon Loft bed and a star wars theme room....
I put my foot down when Jim said he wanted a full scale version of it.....so we cut it off a bit....I didn't want to be hitting my head on it every day.  I still haven't painted the cockpit design (yep...it's a garden pot..AKA cockpit)

Yoda sits on top of the Millenium Falcon.  OK...I'm REALLY not a fan of guns, but Nik got Han Solos lazer gun for Xmas and he was pretty excited. 

This is the asteroid field that Han Solo flies through...."Never tell me the odds"  You would never know that the bean bag holds all of Nik's stuffed animals.  And the other Asteroid in the background is a toy box. 

It was a lot of hard work getting the rooms together, but it was well worth it since the kids love them so much. 

When I finished putting the shingles on Kyra's loft she jumped up and down an squealed as only a 10 year old girl can....

Nik wrote me a secret note with a pop up in it...
It said "Mom thanks for making my room so cool" with an extra "thank you" on the pop up. 

What more can a creative mom ask for other than appreciation for my crazy creativity!