04/07/2023
I have had a few days to recuperate and rest with my family and reflect on the days leading up to and day of Vintage Runway Market. I have so many people to thank!
I am so thankful to Kelsey Lettering Co. for the beautiful hand painted sign you painted for Vintage Runway Market. It was truly a work of art and added such a special touch to our market. If you are in need of something hand painted, please check out her work. She is a phenomenal artist!
In addition to our sign you may have noticed the incredible balloon arch that went with it! This is all thanks to Saved By Grace Balloon Co. Your attention to detail was evident in every aspect of the arch, from the perfectly placed balloons to the carefully coordinated colors. We loved it and so did our guests!
The sign from Kelsey Lettering Co. and the balloon arch from Saved By Grace Balloon Co. both served as the perfect backdrop for Vintage Runway Market. Your combined efforts helped to make our market truly memorable, and we are so grateful for everything you did.
If you are ever in need of a tent and a team to keep you safe, Complete Outdoor is absolutely the company you should call! It was because of their team’s quick thinking and resourcefulness in securing the tent that kept all of our vendors and customers safe at our market. We are so grateful for Complete Outdoors hard work and dedication to maintaining the safety and security of this tent and the people inside. Thank you!
I am so thankful to Kaylee Mccollum for the shopping bags we gave away to our first 50 customers. They were so adorable and such a treat to our shoppers! I highly recommend Kaylee, thank you!
I would also like to extend my heartfelt thanks to Lecia Brown of GM Digital Printing, LLC. She did a wonderful job printing our Vintage Runway shirts for our employees to wear. Our entire team was thrilled with the final products and we received so many compliments on them! Thank you, Lecia!
I am so grateful to every friend, family and business that let me place a yard sign or helped me place them to help promote our event! (First Farmers Bank & Trust, Rustic Magnolia Boutique, Roshel Family Dentistry, Ever Haute Co. - Permanent Jewelry, Terre Haute Regional Airport, Hoosier Aviation, Cloud Nine Macarons, Marathon Gas Station). I am also so grateful to the friends and family that helped me place flyers as well as the multiple businesses that placed flyers in their businesses. I also appreciate the businesses that give the community a space to place flyers to support events such as these, including my own. This is a great support system to your community and I thank you so much!
Theresa Lois Ortega Eck from the West Central - ISBDC for her continued support of not only the market but all the small businesses behind it! It is so fun to see her excitement for helping small businesses succeed and to come rally behind us two nights in a row was just awe inspiring! I am so grateful for you Theresa and thank you for all the time and energy you put into Vintage Runway Market!
Thank you again to all of our amazing sponsors! Title Sponsor: Hoosier Aviation; Sponsors: Phoenix Color, Republic Services, City Press LLC, A1 Sanitation, Angie Burrus Photography
Thank you also to Terre Haute Regional Airport for allowing us to have this event for another year in a row!
Thank you to all of the news media outlets for helping to promote our event as well as sharing information about our event. These include, WTWO, WHTI, Alicia Morgan & Howard Geninger of the Tribune Star, all of the additional newspaper, TV and radio stations that announced our event or provided coverage about our market. We are thankful for you helping reach out to your audience. Thank you again for your support and for being such an important part of our community.
I would like to thank all of the vendors who participated in this event. I couldn’t have asked for a better group of individuals. You all know how I personally feel about you and there is just so much love for you all! This was really a special one…from start to finish and I thank you for being a part of Vintage Runway Market.
To our community…THANK YOU!!! We are so grateful to all of you who continued to shop with our small businesses at the market, despite the challenges so many were faced with after the storms the night before. We were deeply touched by the outpouring of support and kindness shown by everyone. We are grateful for each and every one of you who have shopped with us, shared our social media posts, and spread the word about these small businesses and this market. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
Last but certainly not least, I would like to thank my friends, family, hosts of other markets that allow me to reach out and learn from them and people I came to know along the way for their love, support, guidance and encouragement throughout this process. Your kindness and thoughtfulness, as well as your pep talks made a world of difference to me throughout the planning stages of this event. Knowing that I had your support and that you were thinking of me through your calls, messages, and even gestures of kindness meant so much to me. Your presence in my life is a true blessing and I am so grateful for each and every one of you! From the bottom of my heart, thank you!
In the coming days I will be sharing photos of the market and vendors through Angie Burrus Photography. They would love it if you would follow their businesses and continue to support them. It is through your continued support that we can ensure a bright future for small business owners and our community as a whole.
Thank you again to everyone!
Sincerely,
Vintage Runway Market
