Megan and Margaret: Taking on the New York International Gift Fair

After a busy few days at the New York International Gift Show we can finally sit down and put up our feet...at least long enough to go over our orders. This being our second year at the gift show as store owners, I'm glad to say that it was a lot less stressful than last year. This could be in part due to the fact that I wasn't up in the middle of the night with my 4 month old daughter (she's now 16 months and sleeps through the night... well at least most of the time). I also didn't have to go through the awkward ordeal of finding an appropriate and comfortable place to pump. Although, I am glad to say and I’m sure all the mothers among us can appreciate that the Javits center did have a room set up to be used for just this purpose.

New motherhood aside, the gift show can be a quite tiring experience for anyone, especially for your feet. I'm grateful that this year I decided to wear my TOMS. They kept me blister free and comfortable for the past two days, while being stylish all at the same time. I now know what all the hype is about. And who doesn’t love the fact that for every pair sold they give a pair of shoes to a child in need? I will definitely be picking up multiple pairs.

Besides being exhausting though, the gift show can be exciting. Finding new vendors, seeing new items from old vendors as well as seeing what the new trends are kept me going through what at times felt like never-ending aisles. It also helped that I got to spend the day shopping with my BFF, something Margaret and I don’t get to do together often these days.

All in all I would say this year's gift show was a great success for The Summer House. We're bringing in some new lines as well as some great new items from the amazing vendors we already work with.

I'll leave you here with a few of the great items you'll be seeing coming soon to the store!

Megan