Slice of Nice

 As I was going through all the Valentine’s pictures, this one immediately made me think of an old married couple.  Casey (left) is just sitting there waiting and Ashby (right) has that curled lip of frustration, such as a husband who has said the wrong thing again.  How many times has this happened to you on Valentine’s Day guys?  It’s because you forgot the roses right or maybe you took your wife to the sports bar down the road?

Let’s go on to our next picture, because Ashby’s outlook is much better as a husband or boyfriend!  To me he has this “I just got lucky” look on his face.  All the romantic guys out there would say - “I got lucky the day I met you honey.”  Casey looks rather happy in the picture also.  

A lot of people say that Valentine’s Day is a commercial holiday and they just don’t want to participate.  And while that might be a true statement, there are some good reasons to participate in Valentine’s day.  Number one reason - You don’t want to end up in the dog house!  But really, relationships are hard and we are supposed to work on them every day and give 100% and for those of you who do, good for you.  But for the rest of us, Valentine’s Day is a nice day to say to some one you love, “I Love You.”  The simple gestures of a card or dinner or flowers are part of the little things that just make your partner smile!  You might see a smile you’ve not seen in a long time.

Valentine’s Day is not just for couples either!  So many people can get down or discouraged on VDay, but think back to those days in grade school where everyone got a Valentine and the teacher got the carnation.  So, sending a card to a friend, flowers to your parents, or buying your dogs that extra special doggy treat is a great celebration!  Enjoy Valentine’s Day!  Make it special in your own way!

Don’t forget that Slice of Nice has Valentine’s Cards!  Click here to order yours now!  We’ll even send it for you!

Yes, we were in the ‘Windy City’ as the Chicago Cubs started their tradition playoff downfall.  But, we didn’t have tickets to that event, we were at the HH Backer Pet Trade Show launching the Slice of Nice Greeting Cards.

Slice of Nice Greeting Card Booth at the Pet Trade Show

There were two entire floors of pet product to wade through.  I truthfully don’t know how all the buyers are able to process that much information during the three day show!  As a pet parent, I was in the mode of “I need that, Emma needs this, Casey would LOVE that”.  I told Gary that it wouldn’t do for me to own a pet store of any kind.  Thankfully, that’s not what we are doing!

Anyway, we met alot of nice people and some good dogs as well.  I think the dogs got the better end of the deal at the show, as most of them had strollers to ride around in and each booth had a cookie for them to try.   We were across from Paws Fur Ever, which were selling these plastic paw boxes.  I had his sales speech down within the first day.  And as a lovely parting gift, we now have a set of four coasters.  I could also demo the Ultimate Leash for you as well, since they were across the aisle from us too.  I actually took two of these home for the Slice of Nice models.

But I think the most fun product that came our way at the booth were something called Kitty Boinks.  This kid was being towed around the show with his parents and he was entertaining himself with one of these KB’s.  Of course I was watching him facinated because I am a big kid at heart.  He spotted me and came over and shot me with it.  After much instruction and goofy trial and error (picture a 35 yr old woman in business casual dress contorting her body around in an effort to master a cat toy) I was finally able to master the toy.  I felt quite accomplished.  The boy, who I swear will grow up to be a sales man, disappeared.  However, he did reappear later bearing a Kitty Boink just for me.  So, I spent the rest of that day playing with my KB during the lulls in traffic and came to realize that while entertaining myself with it, it helped my sales technique.  Not only had it put a smile on my face while my feet were trying to remind me how much they hurt, my antics interested countless trade show attendees enough to come over into the booth and we struck up a conversation.

All in all it was a nice convention, a great launch, and a great learning experience.  People who do trade shows on a regular basis, just like dog handlers, have this fortitude for greuling travel schedules, long hours, and gypsy living.

Check out some of the favorite cards at the trade show:  Dog Sympathy, Christmas and New Puppy.

Here are a couple more booth pictures:

Emma

Here is the shelving we used to display the cards.

Ok, I just couldn’t resist the without suits part.  Here’s a video of three of our Slice of Nice models doing one of their favorite activities when they are not modeling.  It helps keep them in shape for their turn on the catwalk!

Enjoy!