Plush You LA!

It's hard to believe that in little less than a month away we are going to LA to have our first Plush You! LA show.  Last year I decided to try one more time to have a show somewhere else.  It's a lot of work and expensive.  To make it hopefully profitable I decided I had to go somewhere where plush really sells and LA seems to be it.  I send a lot of plush down to Southern California so I decided I would try one place and if they said yes, I would go for it and if they said no, I wasn't going to investigate other venues.  My top choice...was Munky King.  They seem to have a really good reputation, have been really nice to work with and hopefully all this will mean a successful show!  I have never been to LA and I am pretty excited.  Michal was super nice to offer us a place to stay the first few days and then we are going to Disneyland to meet Sara!  We will stay with her dad that night and then the last few days get a hotel.  I can't wait!  One night Michal, Shelly and I are going to have dinner with Robert which is also very exciting as I have never met him in person.  Don't forget to tell all your friends about the show!  Let's try to sell this bad boy out so I can consider doing it again :)  Who else am I gonna meet down there????

And the winners are...

Opening Ceremonies:

GOLD: Cutesy but not Cutesy

Silver: Bebe Babies

Bronze: AbbyDid

Figure Skating:

GOLD: Love and a Sandwich

Silver: Scrumptious Delight

Bronze: Shannah O'Meara

Skiing:

GOLD: Felt Mistress

Silver: Plants and Animals

Bronze: Annette Morrison

Made Up Sport:

GOLD: Knot by Gran'ma

Silver: Ellen Ault

Bronze: Vera

Bobsleigh:

GOLD: Herbert and Friends

Silver: Hannah Rames

Bronze:Danae West

If you are a winner please send me your address to kristen(at)schmancytoys(dot)com so we can send out your medal.  I would like to give a big thanks to all the judges: Leeanna Butcher, Robert Mahar, Christen Olivarez and Becky Stern.  I would like to give a HUGE thanks to Jennifer for not only MAKING the medals but also volunteering to send them!  You have made my life so much easier! xoxo

Meet Our Judges

Lastly, we have the awesome Robert Mahar of Mahar Drygoods fame. Here are his stats.

Please state your name and occupation: My name is Robert Mahar, I am the ringleader and proprietor of MaharDrygoods.com. I’m also Grand Poobah of the JuniorSociety.com

Your favorite sport? It’s a toss up between thumb wrestling and tetherball.

Your least favorite sport? Big game hunting.

Why do you love plush? Oh, let me count the ways... Plush is a wonderful mish-mash of art and craft. It’s illustration made three-dimensional. It’s universal, accessible, creepy and cute. And it’s that rare form of artistic expression that you can find on a gallery shelf and on a two-year-old’s bed.

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