This was the fall edition of the showUP trade fair last week. Although I was completely exhausted (tell you more about that below) it again felt like being on summer camp with good friends ;-). ShowUP is always a feast! Sabine Wittig, my friend/distributor from Germany came over and took the above photo's of me (which is unique, because no one ever does!).
I hoped to have the final samples of the ceramic cups on the show and I knew lots of customers would love to order them. It was such a disapointment when I found out that I couldn't show any of the ceramics I received the night before showUP started. The cups were not ok in many ways. I somehow forefelt this, but there was the pressure of 2 important trade fairs and my hopes won from my fears. The result: no cups to show, a couple of nights with not more than 4 hours of sleep and no turnover from this nice new collection....
But I do NOT give up. Give me some time, some more rounds, the cups will eventually be in my collection, I promiss.
Still I was a happy wholesaler: I had my new Weave Lanterns to show ánd my almost final samples from the tea towels. And people loved them!
Today I'm preparing for Maison & Objet in Paris. It's going to be my very first time, so exciting!
If you are around please drop by: Hall 6, stand Q50 - bienvenu!
Komt vast goed, hou vol! En ik koop ze meteen :)
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het was zo leuk je te ontmoeten!
succes in Parijs
en als de kopjes er zijn
dan koop ik ze
olé!!