Part I Americasmart-Demdaco!

wow! wow! wow! wow! wow!

I am really not even sure where to begin...

Have you ever been 

so grateful 

so thankful

so joyful 

and 

so excited 

you felt like you might burst?

Well that's how I felt during the last few days in Atlanta at market.

It was a pure whirlwind celebration!

There is so much to show you, so much to recap and share

I must break it into categories....so I'll be doing that in several segments this week, 

so you'll have to come back to see more.

We'll start with Demdaco....

Wow, the folks there are just wonderful!

I already knew that from my trip there but boy was it confirmed this weekend.

I was beyond delighted with how they displayed my collection. 

It was clever, colorful and oh so happy!

They even placed an orange bike right there...a spoof of my recent photo shoot, 

and they tucked a few bookmarks into the spokes of the wheels!

Here I am on the bike with a big ol' perma grin on my face.

just amazing to see it all come together...

and here I am with sweet Jean....she is who I have worked with for one year 

on product development for this line. I just think the world of her 

and we laughed and said it felt like we just gave birth to this Multiple Blessings collection. 

And my wonderful mom and sister came with me to Atlanta for the entire weekend.

It was a special time to have them there and we got to celebrate my sister's birthday too!

Demdaco threw a wonderful party Thursday night for their artists 

to mingle with their key customers, their great sales reps, and other fellow artists. 

I saw folks I already knew in this industry and met many new and talented friends.

In this picture below you will find the creators of:
Glass Fusion (Lori Siebert): http://www.silvestriglassfusion.com/home.php?cat
 (me) Multiple Blessings (Caroline Simas): http://www.multipleblessings.net/
Farm Fresh (Megan Halsey):
http://www.meganhalseyart.com/
Story Squares (Sharon Feldstein):
http://artisancraftshop.com/storysquares.html
This Thing Called Family http://thingswithwingsartjournal.blogspot.com/
Colorful Devotions (Holly Moody):
http://www.hollychristine.net/
The Kelly Rae Roberts Collection (KRR):
http://kellyraeroberts.com/
Allen Designs (Michelle Dornacher-Allen):
http://www.close2myart.com/shoppingcart/
Jessica Swift... new line with Demdaco Jan 2013 (Jessica Swift):
http://www.jessicaswift.com/
Studio BE (Cindy Wunsch):
http://www.cindywunsch.com/
Curly Girl Designs (Leigh Standley)
http://curlygirldesign.com/

Great to finally meet precious Kelly Rae Roberts in person....

we chatted about art, motherhood and balance.

and great to see Jessica Swift again (she's on the left) 

and then I met the talented mother/daughter team behind This Thing Called Family....such nice ladies! (Connie, Laura, and Jill)

And then cute Holly Moody from Colorful Devotions

another view of the collection...

great to see fellow artist and incredibly talented children's book illustrator Megan Halsey...

and I met a new Demdaco artist Sharon Feldstein (Story Squares)...

Fun to catch up with Pete Malone, Demdaco's V.P. of Product Development

in his fabulous painted pants...a gift to him from the awesome Lisa Frost. 

I met her too (so very nice!) but didn't get a picture with her. 

And the next day my sweet husband came to Atlanta and spent 24 hours in the city...

meeting all the incredible folks I work with, seeing every showroom, 

all the incredible products and celebrating with me. 

I can't even begin to explain what this meant to me. 

tears, joy, tears, joy

Such fun to watch retailers buying the new Multiple Blessings collection from Demdaco. 

I met so many nice sales reps, so many great retailers and enjoyed hearing why they liked our collection.

Such a surprise to run into my sweet sorority sister Kathryn who owns Razzberry Fizz in Clemson, SC. 

I was thrilled she loved the line and bought so many of the items for her store. Thank you Kathryn!

Such a great way to kick off market with the Multiple Blessings launch at Demdaco!

Check back tomorrow for so much more from my time at Americasmart...

Have missed you and thank you again for your comments here 

and messages of love and support while I was away!

Blessings,

Caroline