NSS EX : day 2

Day 2 started early and ended late. Good news is, it was crazy productive! We also met the coolest people who were quick to help us in every way possible.

First we walked to the Javits Center to check things out. There we met up with Edward and Paul from Suburban Silk who hooked us up with super cheap foamcore to build our walls. There they gave us a little demo on how to put the walls up. Awesome! Paul then even helped Ben carry all 7 pieces across the center to our booth. **Thanks again, Edward and Paul! **

Once we got bank to our booth we were ready to start laying down the floor which is interlocking foam tiles from SoftTiles. **SoftTiles has the BEST customer service. We noticed around 4:30pm that we had the wrong shade of yellow on the edge pieces! EKK! I emailed Christine at SoftTiles right then. She wrote me back within minutes with a UPS tracking number for the new tiles she had overnighted and Saturday delivered to our hotel. FABULOUS!**


After the floor was down, we were ready to lay the big vinyl girl stickers onto the foamcore. **Thanks, Ed and Matt from Signs By Tommorw Jax! They look awesome!** We were terrified about laying down the huge stickers since it was a one shot situation. But by the end of the day, Ben and I were experts! They turned out great, and we've gotten lots of compliments from other vendors.

Next, the walls went up. This we literally could NOT have done without our lovely booth neighbors from Tiselle. Not only did they totally guide us with our first wall, but they gave us a ton of zip ties. These are crucial to the hanging process, and I forgot our entire box at the hotel! **Thank you so much for everything, Tianyi and Dan!**

Ben and I are a great team! Once we got that first wall up, we were on a roll and totally knew what we were doing. We got all vinyl on and all walls up by 11:30 pm. We were tired but really proud of the outcome. Only displaying the actual cards would be left for the next day! Yeah!