Happy (belated) Thanksgiving! Hopefully you spent the day with good food and good friends and family. Of course while you were feasting and relaxing, I was working... Woohoo! Don't feel bad though, there were multiple food deliveries throughout the day so I still ate my fill of turkey, stuffing, potatoes, sweet potatoes and more turkey.
In one day we (the store's artist and myself) had to bring down all the Fall and Thanksgiving themed decorations at the store and change it over into "winter holiday" mode. Because calling it Christmas decorations may offend someone. And we can't offend anyone. Of course.
In all honesty I'd really been looking forward to getting this done. Not just because it's nice to have it all completed, but also because we kept our plans top secret from the rest of the store.
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We even covered up the doors all day while we worked.
I wish now that we had taken "before" pictures so you could see what the store had looked like. We changed just about every display and decoration.
Ok, that's enough rambling, you really just want to see the pictures, don't you? I recommend clicking the actual picture if you want to see the details of each.
As you approach the store:
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The first display:
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The entry way:
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The next display:
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On top of the cooler case:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeSgNOti_StL3XGIKh4Tig9BnbGhURfpkTvnxg-WrAH6GN3MpTfQeJ_bH0504KVJX4Fhnf0NZFy8xJmNlRH6lsXzFcNqZ8GwtybRUDiwLFlnSpyh5B9QmX3SZzh0SoJdBy1FZjuw/s320/IMAG0046.jpg)
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Display number... 3?
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjicq5k1Ie4z5lub5iI_lxfFZYDn1hWDlsE4tQwvx5HBYh1Zk3OB5qb5Jb5EK-zJvwcTvhn5ivvdDWzyIlu2Sd3seEgFvIKtD1FBvbr9xZx7wshpICb9qXJWWch-BSQ5cUAugorA/s320/IMAG0057.jpg)
Next:
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The corner that isn't quite finished:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhygFeLqmDYkwQ2NwhqjxezEXnEK06pcrdz7Fld-MAo5VTLruqV7mRhAg6q0_3YV5hbVcOI-smJj0ty28pzbT91-IrooR04hP2VhOzIguIv0ZA4OyUOhIp2ERd9JXwVBXRESIjDvA/s320/IMAG0054.jpg)
The Demo Station:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRt9rT7EDxUtnR2Md0nqsmL0FLUQ9wXSMLbUjDzqQprDMgQIY_Odr3EKuvGWISPuAZ125gfKvsFEXPpX-pX1QQETErXOhA_GyIJLTHIz_-GzcWgWs9TmkqNwc6oMa63ojyNLGxTg/s320/IMAG0055.jpg)
Did I tell you my cracker assortment joke?
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-2jke6XzkYAdunRyVdXUrvlSr2Olcz1KzQLGsJuMAj5XAQzwbkoOAaeAeDpKt3rcO-abbnKvydAqVf6_ghkdVb8Ai87_HEYLp5SFhJGERDFaeixbetRlh87FJE_AmdWfkuVU-w/s320/IMAG0053.jpg)
Wine displays:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheHsZK0E69RNuNYcqi2UTL3UhBTGjx4SmJayb_YIbd7mxxTbbRJM3y-HZ8L3OoRdBlBjS8L_7C0nBXTmMAQhJpoRADLU97ci-NcD09u0Xm0BwsF27t3oPM-Lv0wZxU1Wfgk7COlA/s320/IMAG0050.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw5-A_ALfeLnlbiwndzkEPNPMMTncO8dckaxboAE82UE7F6ZmPYUUPWHueolg0a2QOMhxqXEKAMlcl7ZWobOjMgrBMBoShKiyLELYvqjICJC37Vak3aau5Q04lYPsC1_G3Vh3_kw/s320/IMAG0051.jpg)
Front office:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixpq1j0E5BOFvRcscyUeH7HfDmpK6Xi1tODmhFqASzq_0bQ9wJuBhQasGN3fABAOXnP34A7A7Wkf2wHQnVnOm-6GwsL2it4ZPXOIN-SZGdd6rAnS9Q_f4iQmgSK0-TNzWAx96Z2A/s320/IMAG0052.jpg)
Front displays:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOpRA3gehhB0xIReRJQYVWIGl6_EntD1aVGy6Q_-prUBRl_JlO5UKAVaNpUqAzO65pnXU6Oy2bskmuD-qWZJuVy43wRPbZXdZr3mwlEM1DhNvDKGMS9_SJrUkOFU-NiAw_iEYvw/s320/IMAG0049.jpg)
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The last? display:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO-rTkLA-e-20N5JeuhMZAf0sLSVnDv1ziq_m7_vs2r261cAOKtxFbSXfgKUAeE66N5sG9-m4Qm1YIJW9f67VrpufXii3831depcAnCaTHgEtB4D53IIpLL2sjBYnuyJWNrnmJOg/s320/IMAG0060.jpg)
Ok, I maybe lost track, but I think that's all of them. Also, a couple of ends didn't have the product available yet, so there are still some pictures that I'll try and get up in the next week or so.
I think it was time well spent. What do you think?