goodbye and hello
It's been a crazy and surprising few weeks, and I'm still reeling from all the changes that have been taking place! Mariko, the face of Portland superbuzzy, decided she wanted to go her own way. I'll really miss working with Mariko, but I have a feeling she's up to something really fantastic! So, I spent this past weekend up in Portland, packing up all of superbuzzy and moving it down to my home town, Ventura, CA. It's very bittersweet: on the one hand, I'm really excited to have the shop headquarters close to home, but on the other hand, I'm bummed about moving it out of Oregon. I know that superbuzzy has lots of friends in Oregon and nearby, and the support of those friends really helped get us going.
Huge thanks to Oregon and all of our friends there. I'm pretty bummed that my perfect excuse to spend time in Portland has just gone away... Special thanks to Sam, who has got to be the coolest property management guy I have ever met!
The positive side to all of this is that southern California folks can now stop in to say hi and hang out at the new superbuzzy headquarters. We moved into our new location this morning, and we'll start making it a bit more homey and fun in the next week or two. If you are in southern California and would like to stop by, our new location is: 1932 Eastman Avenue, Unit 106, Ventura, CA. (Send a quick email if you'd like to say hi so that we can be sure someone is there.) I'm also really excited to be working with 2 fantastic, crafty women: Nicole and Cathy! We've got lots of great stuff in the works, and we'll keep everyone updated through the superbuzzy newsletter. Once we get all of our pending orders out the door, we'll also be adding a bunch of new product that just arrived... *really* good stuff!
The road trip from Portland was full of ups and downs (Siskiyous and Grapevine anyone?), but our favorite spot was this great motel/diner in Weed, CA, the Hi-Lo. I love stopping at spots like these - so much more fun than the big chains taking over the world! (I guess they ran out of room for the second "c" in construction!)
Lastly, I have to extend a huge thank you to my mom. She enthusiastically volunteered to help me make the move happen, and she even switched to my early-riser schedule to get up each morning, pack heavy boxes, and drive almost 1,000 miles. I couldn't have made it work without her... I feel pretty lucky to have such an amazing mom!
Congratulations on moving all of the stuff and setting up a new home. Maybe I can come up for a visit some time soon....when will you be open for guests?
Posted by: Rose | October 08, 2007 at 08:31 PM
Wow, some big changes! Good luck with everything, sounds as though you are taking it all in stride and settling in nicely.
Posted by: Donna | October 08, 2007 at 08:33 PM
Hey K - good luck with the SB I'm sure you'll be fine. Superbuzzy rocks!
Posted by: Nicole | October 09, 2007 at 02:02 PM
I'm sending you a link to Under A Blue Moon. Made my day to read two blogs on the same day enjoying the culinary delights of the HI-LO Cafe. The sign drew me in like so many others this past summer on my way to SF. Small world!
http://bleulune.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/10/go-duckies.html
Superbuzzy is great! Good luck getting the new headquarters set up. Take care!
Posted by: Sarah | October 09, 2007 at 06:09 PM
Good luck in your new HQ!
Posted by: Carrie | October 10, 2007 at 05:46 AM
Yaaaay! Do you know how close I live to Eastman? I can't wait to come by (with warning, of course!) and meet you. I can tell you, Ventura is sooooo happy to have the Buzzy!
Becky
Posted by: Becky | October 10, 2007 at 09:04 AM
Wow, big changes! Aren't moms the best? You can always count on them to lend a hand! Now that SB is in so cal, I have better than a snowball's chance in you-know-where of getting there! Yay!
Posted by: Amanda | October 13, 2007 at 07:26 AM
I haven't had much time to keep up with blogs and news, but I just placed an order and noticed that it now says the orders are coming from Ventura, so I had to see what was up! Thanks for clearing that up. I hope things go well for both you and Mariko.
Posted by: pam in miami | October 15, 2007 at 06:17 PM
Whew! what an undertaking, moving allllll! the merchandise. Hope it's all settled in just fine. Thanks for keeping superb going, such cool stuff to buy!
Posted by: Terry | October 25, 2007 at 11:53 AM
wow! do you like Japanese craft book?
there were two books which I designed in them:)
i was surprised and i am happy^^
thanks!
Posted by: Miho | October 26, 2007 at 02:05 AM