More newsy news from "nowhere"

L to R Kara & Darcy taking a chocolate break in ABC Carpet & home

A favorite vignette


Thank you, Ryan for taking us on a "highlights" of NYC tour!
So glad we got to meet your wife Betsy, she is a doll.
Thanks again for the fun dinner....


old "department store" display cabinets

Darcy with her thick European sipping chocolate,
the desserts--- well we almost moved in!
Hey, everything you need is @ ABC Carpet & Home

including the $35,000 mattress on the 5th floor!

Ribbons & more ribbons

Fashion week in the park

Love, Kara & Darcy from NYC

We're here having a ball here in the city! The last two days have been so exciting as we have found wonderful new things for the shop. AND we made it to ABC Carpet & Home, well worth our time (& taxi fare)!

Have you seen Country Living, March issue2008? Well-- we are in there--- amazing & humbling. We were walking down the street here in NYC and a Borders comes into view, "should we stop & see if it's there?". So we did and after rearranging their magazine racks we found it, and on page 44 there is the title McMaster & Storm. (yah, yah, Ryan you were right)

To all of you who support and love our store, a hearty Midwest thank you. Now pass the mashed potatoes around (please). Come see us anytime.

Our home page is up with shopping coming soon......www.mcmasterandstorm.com

(to ship to those who live away "from nowhere")

Love, Kara

I actually found some of the prints to be quite striking & lots of pink

Bolts & Bolts of Hawaiian fabric

I'm back, well sort of.....I still have 80 degree weather on my mind. I miss that the most--- it's brrr cold here in Ohio. I'm so glad to see family & friends AND customers! I'm really glad to be back, Maui is only 48 miles long & 26 miles wide as Darcy says "wow a big gust of wind and you would blow right off the island". I would eventually feel trapped if I live there. I did find one funky junk/antique store among all the souvenir shops.

When I returned to the store I was shocked: Darcy outdid herself (again)! The store has no remnants of Christmas. New merchandise is arriving & the window displays are cheering up the town. We even have a tiny sale room, Darcy opened a closet that is under a stairway, has exposed brick--- (75% off mind you)!
Alas! I can't find the new pics of the store, they're somewhere in a file AND I will try to post these tonight. grrrr

Other news folks, Darcy & I will be heading to NYC this weekend. We hope to scour and bring back lots of goodies. Inspiration abounds here and we are blessed to be able to go. (www.aa.com & click on last minute vacation packages--hotel & airfare is combined, this was an incredible deal) I wanted to post this for our shop owner friends as shows can be pricey, this is through American Airlines.
Love,
Kara