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When preparations for Homespun’s opening hit high gear, an acquaintance reached out to remind me that her husband is a decorative painter. I’m glad she did.

After Amanda and I decided we were going to open a store and settled on a name, the first call we made was to Karli.

No matter how good the idea, how well you execute it, or how well known you are, you still have to get to the shopper.

Maybe it was the long-term sleep deprivation, maybe it was the opening weekend delirium, but I forgot a couple of people in my ‘thank you’ post.

Has anyone ever taken the stage at a political rally, stepped up to the microphone and announced to the crowd, “I…am what’s wrong with America!”

We can never fully articulate how we feel about all of you but here’s my feeble attempt.

Things aren’t slowing down but I have a few minutes to spare so here’s a quick recap of our progress.

It doesn’t matter what you say – what you do tells the true story about your business.

One day, 130 vendors, 5,000 craft lovers.

It’s scarily abstract to pick a date in the foggy future as the day we’ll be open for business but that’s exactly what we’ve done.