09/12/2026
Happy Friday Everyone๐ป
It's been another busy week, saying goodbye to Summer and remembering 9-11. Let's plow right into the...
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As we start eyeballing a shift to cooler weather (any time here, Momma Nature... ๐พ), we're shifting gears into some new and fun ideas. We've never produced much specific to holidays, but do look for some upcoming little adjustments for Halloween... We'll show you in a little bit.
To celebrate a return to Momma Nature NOT trying to cook us, we will be doing another sale event soon. ๐น
But there's something a little less fun that we need to talk about ๐ซฃ After giving Fridays a good, fair shake, it's looking like we're going to need to rethink our schedule. There's just not enough activity to justify giving up a full day of production, a condensed teaching schedule, and let's not overlook the heightened wear and tear on me and the Boss. ๐ญ As much as I don't like it, our Friday hours aren't serving us or you very well. With me and the Boss already over a year out from our last planned day off, this is wear and tear we can't afford.
After 6 months worth of Fridays, starting the week of October 1st, we will no longer be keeping Friday hours. ๐ We'll be taking this back to the drawing board to try to figure out how to best serve you ๐ฅน
But that'll be enough of that for now... It's time for...
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When have a Trio of rock-stars for you tonight, and we revisited some some old friends along the way... most with a spooky season twist... ๐ป
Falkor, buddy? Is that you? ๐ You been playing with kryptonite?
And there's our old friends, the crystal dragons ๐ also looking like they went to work with Homer Simpson...
From here, we're on to unfamiliar faces... ๐น Our new friends, the Gargoyles, one with a custom glowing the dark adjustment to make him stand out a little in the dark ๐ธ
Next is a little friend that's been waiting a long, long time ๐ธ๐ค Our Cowboy Frog was a model that was scheduled a long, long time ago, but an untimely equipment breakdown forced us to pivot, and we've only just realized the oversight that he didn't get his turn in the spotlight ๐น With Halloween in the offing, what better time to give him his time in the spotlight?
Keeping to a theme, we have another mash-up ๐๐ข๐ซ Our Chocolate Strawberry Sea Turtle! We're going to keep with these mash-up styles as we get closer to the Spooky Season's conclusion.
Last, we updated the presentation of our Planet Litho Pendant lights, and while I'm pleased with that specific part, overall, I'm not happy with how this one came out ๐ Uranus looks wrong ๐น
Jokes aside, this one is going to have to be redone because I screwed up. ๐ฌ When I made the adjustments in size, I neglected to thin out the walls so that light could shine through as expected. That has Uranus's (you're welcome ๐น) color tint off, and while the light fixture throws copious amounts of light, the main feature of Uranus (again, you're welcome ๐คฃ) itself doesn't show up well at all. This is one that my inner artist-tyrant isn't going to allow to rest.
For now, it's time for me to call it a day. Come see us tomorrow in Building 3, #72, 73, 74, and 31 - at the Tri-Cities Flea Market. If you're coming in the front door, look for our blinking sign in the distance, all the way down in the corner where you turn towards building 4, right across from Sweet Talkz.
Coming in the back door, turn left, go around the corner, and you'll find us right across from Bill's Coins/ Kingsport Coin and Jewelry. Also new to our corner that you'll pass on the way from this direction is the new Mushroom vendor.
You guys Be Safe, watch out for the rain (80 tomorrow with showers forecast to start at noon, and a slightly warmer Sunday with scattered chances of showers all day long), and we'll see you tomorrow ๐ป