Golden-N- Grand anyone?

Hey ya'll!

I hope you've had a chance to peek at our show schedule by now!  We're kicking things off in March at the PCQHA Back to Basics show at Rancho Murieta and we're looking forward to seeing some old friends and hopefully meeting a few new ones too!  After enjoying those fierce and deterimined AQHA ladies as they settle into another year of counting and collecting points, it's nice to change the pace and hit an APHA show!  I have to say paints are a personal favorite of mine, which is funny because I've never ridden, owned or shown a paint horse....I think I just like watching all the colors together out in the pen.  The fun and friendly people at the shows sure don't hurt either - we always enjoy everyone at all the shows we go to.  I hope this year just as many of you plan to come out for the Back to Basics show on March 11-14 and the CPHA and 7CPHA back-to-back shows, April 21-25. These have been some of our biggest and most successful shows for the past few years, thanks to you all!

We understand that not everyone likes to deal with ordering new show clothes or enjoys shopping online. We know some don't want to deal with the planning involved, or maybe it's the waiting and wondering? Well that's just why we created our HOT RACK line of ready-to-wear and ready to buy designs for those who love to shop off the rack.  We know that going to the shows is usually the best place to shop for many of you, and I encourage you to try things on!  It can be really hard to tell what a jacket or top is going to look or fit like from on the hanger or on the internet!

For us, going to the shows is a great way to get to know our clients and discuss their indiviual needs. I LOVE meeting with you and hearing about your ideas for a new outfit and discussing all the options.  I'm sure some of you must wonder why we're not out there more often. The majority of our business is custom orders because we only do one of a kind, and this makes it a little harder for us to hit tons of shows. It's because we're busy working, and unlike some of the larger companies out there, we really do design, pattern, sew, and embellish each and every garment by hand, ourselves, resulting in real couture quailty.

We know it's so important get out when we can and make our services as convenient as possible for you...... so our big question is........ Are any of you looking forward to showing or, more importantly shopping at this years GOLD-N-GRAND????

We're playing with the idea of adding the GOLD-N-GRAND March 26-28th show to our calendar.  For now this is just an idea and would be a first for us as vendors.  We've never sold at a non-breed open show before.  Not because we're snobby or don't like them, we know everyone starts somewhere and open shows can be lots of fun. especially watching the cute little ones. We just find that most of our clients are showing at higher levels.  I can remember when I was a kid and the Gold-n-Grand was a favorite with 4-Her's and open showers alike.  This show has always had a big turnout and been known for prizes galore. We've definitely noticed lots more promotion of the show in the past few years, not to mention now it's a circuit with breed approved classes.  We'd really like to meet some of our clients who show other breeds. and we're thinking this show may cover several of them.

We're wondering what you all think.  Will you be there???  Post a comment and let us know!  Thanks!