It is Time to Reopen

Although we are not 100% ready, Lake Erie Artists Gallery is opening on schedule tomorrow am at 11 o'clock. For directions and hours, follow this link. This week we will continue to get the new gallery in tip top shape. The classroom still needs to be finished, but should be mostly complete by the next weekend. Classes are scheduled for June, and anyone can pick up class schedules starting this Tuesday.

The gallery is bright and cheerful, with three new artists so far. Leah Gilbert has brought in her beaded jewelry line, A Piece of Cleveland has brought in lamps and furniture made from recycled wood, and Mindy Sand has brought in beautiful painted glasses and bowls. We continue to have a wide variety of prints, jewelry, books, t-shirts, platters, and other great gift items and our stock will continue to grow over the next few months. We have yet to set up our vintage corner, and our green gift section is just started. Events will be listed on our website and in the window of our store starting on Tuesday.

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Getting Things in Order

Spent most of yesterday putting things away in order to open on Monday. More of the same today. Chris from A Piece of Cleveland dropped of some items too. So the window displays are mostly up, but I still need to figure out why the lights in the windows are not working.

Things are shaping up nicely. Today artist Mindy Sand will bringing in her work. I am very excited to see what she has. On Wednesday, Leah Gilbert brought in her jewelry.

Baby steps, baby steps.

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Getting Ready to Open

About another week and we will be open again in our new location. We are almost done painting the entire space and are starting to open all the boxes and put everything away. It will probably take another month to get everything up and get all the kinks worked out but I am excited to get things going again, and reactivate everything.

Besides painting, we have done some repairs like replacing baseboards, cleaning the wood platforms in the bay windows in the front of the store, and just cleaning. Lots of great events and classes in the works. I should have a schedule put together in the next few days.

My next step after opening will be setting up my office and workshop and unburying and going threw every single piece of paper. I need to do a lot of address changing.

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We are all in--Phew--now to unpack

Although it seemed to me like our merchandise and fixtures were multiplying behind my back, I finally brought the last and final load to the new space on Saturday. I am definitely too old to do this again, so that is just more impetus to make this new store an AMAZING place for people to come and shop.

This week I collapsed for a few days, and today I am at the store, trying to begin to catch up with things. For one thing, we need a new phone, and we need to finish painting.

The plan is to finish all the painting in the front two rooms this Saturday, so that I can spend next week getting them set up. Our new artists will soon be dropping off their new stuff, and I just can't wait!

The new shop is going to be such a happy place to be with bright colored walls and a cozy atmosphere. My new neighbors at Balaton are great too. Next week things will be a little more organized.

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