Photos © 2011 Curly Girl Design, Inc./Leigh Standley. all rights reserved.
This past weekend I enjoyed my first trip to the lovely town of Appleton, WI for an in-store signing at Scatter Joy. The event was an absolute blast! Owners Janet and Lori went above and beyond, far and away, and way over the top with cute fun stuff for me and their customers!! Their friends and family were just so lovely and I felt so welcome that I can’t believe I ever left!! When I arrived Friday, the girls met me at the airport with some of Wisconsin’s finest (cheese curds!!) and whisked me away for a day of fun, complete with a visit to see the Compassion Project which both of their daughters participated in and just took my breath away.
Side bar: What do you suppose the effects are of having 7000 people meditating on the idea of ‘compassion’ at the same time? Pretty awesome to think about what is possible there.
That evening the weather was perfect and we were treated to a lovely dinner at the home of a more than lovely friend and customer of the shop. (Thanks Missy!!)
After a night of rest, and much time spent determining my ‘sleep number’ at the hotel (I’m a solid 35!), I arrived to the shop, which was most adorable and completely decked out with Curly Girl!!
Do not miss the chance to visit this shop if you are anywhere NEAR the area! It is stuffed to the gills with colorful and creative treasures! I will do a little shop tour soon. I had such a wonderful time and am so grateful so many folks came out to see me! It was nice to be back in the Midwest for a moment and just revel in the easy conversation and simple nice-ness of everyone. Thanks to all who came, all who helped and all who made this possible!
Until next time Wisconsin….
xoxo
Okay, now I’m doubly jealous! I wasn’t able to make the drive up to Appleton to meet you . . . but I see in that top photo that my “cousin-in-law” (hubby’s cousin’s wife! LOL!) Sheree was there and got to meet you!! Waahh!! Next time for sure!!
a CANDY BAR?! amazing. I need a Curly Girl Candy-Bar in my life. Leigh. Let’s get on this.
So, I live in menasha, wi on the lake in the summer and live in Chicago in the winter. I haven’t been able to shop a lot in appleton, wi so I decided to pick up a magazine to see if they had any cute advertisements for shops. I saw one for scatter joy…went on their website and saw that you had been there…both of my houses are literally filled with your art designs!!!!! I can not believe I missed this event! You are such an amazing artist and I adore everything that you do! I hope to stalk you to see if you will be in Illinois or Wisconsin anytime soon! (Hee-Hee-just kidding!)