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We Are SW Washington's Start-Up of the Year!!!, originally sent on April 18, 2009:

Yea!!!

On Thursday night at the downtown Hilton, the Vancouver Business Journal hosted the Annual Business Growth Awards. If you've read the blog previously, we were selected as a finalist and Thursday night it was announced that we won!

We want to send out a big THANK YOU to all our customers. Without your creativity, artistry and patience to learn, we would not have made it through this first year. Please come to our birthday party celebration on Saturday, May 9th. Details are:

StitchCraft Birthday Party
Saturday, May 9th, 2009
1pm - 3pm
We're having cake and door prize drawings.

Here are some pictures from the awards ceremony...'

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Above is Jilian and me working the StitchCraft showcase table. We had a lot of our lovely yarns, and finished samples for people to peruse. A lot of people told us about their desire to learn and we encouraged them to come to a class.

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This is a picture of me and Bruce Lulow - my SCORE business advisor and good friend. Bruce helped me write my business plan.

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Here I am accepting my award and giving a little speech. I was so nervous!

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Here I am with the trophy. A lovely glass etched bobble. The two "sticks" are begging for some cast-on project don't you think?



StitchCraft is a premier yarn and needlework boutique, serving Vancouver, Washington and the surrounding areas, including:

  • Battle Ground, WA
  • Camas, WA
  • LaCenter, WA
  • Amboy, WA
  • Salmon Creek, WA
  • Felida, WA
  • Brush Prarie, WA
  • Ridgefield, WA
  • Woodland, WA
  • Yacolt, WA
  • Portland, OR
  • Gresham, OR
  • Tigard, OR
  • Lake Oswego, OR
  • Beaverton, OR