You never know where the next big opportunity might be. I took a rack of Garden Gals earrings into a local garden center store, Weiss Brothers in Grass Valley. They have everything from locally grown vegetable and flower plants, trees, soil amendments, indoor plants, tools, containers, gifts....well you get the picture. Emil Baldoni, one of the owners, liked the jewelry and put it on his counter. As great as it was to have him want to sell them in his store, the real gold was a bit of information he gave to me -- the name of the buyer for a large garden center distributor.
My personal motto has always been "you can't hit a home run if you don't step up to the plate." So I called, got an appointment, and met with that very nice man at that very large company. HE LOVED the Garden Gals line! We've got some paperwork to do, but it's looking very good that his organizaton is going to add them to their line of product offerings! This could be huge and I am ready to roll!!
I apologize I haven't blogged in a few weeks. I will get back on schedule here soon with gemstone folklore. I've created some new pieces with turquoise and kyanite and mother-of-pearl that I'm proud of. My son Andrew even designed his own piece with turquoise and pearls that will make it to my website sometime this week.
And on this Memorial Day, let us remember all who have fought for our freedom and lost their lives in the process. It's truly the largest sacrifice.
