Atlanta Gift Mart and Sanibel

    We left Richmond at 6am Jan 12 on the first flight into Atlanta since the ice storm that had coated this southern city in 4" of ice. We were on our annual trek to the ATL Gift Mart and nothing would stop us. They had to de-ice our plane before we took off...that was scary. We arrived to ATL draped in white and impossible to navigate! We took the Marta(subway) to  Peachtree Center ( Gift Mart) and had to get a hotel room right there because we could not make it to Marietta where we ususally stay. But we were there and we embarked on our usual search for new items to put on our Santas and new ideas for our own ornament lines. We found pelicans, lobster traps, and even a parrot( you will have to wait and see why!) We found a great new miniature line that will make our little Santas very exciting this year! We visited many shell vendors and found many new gems! We also won a Kindle in a raffle!!! Yeah!!!After 3 days of traipsing up and down escalators and looking for bridges from Bld 1 to 2 to 3 it was time to move on to the second part of our trip.... SANIBEL ISLAND, FL!!! More to come.... remember to check us out....at http://www.chesapeakebaychristmas.com/ and at www.facebook.com/chesapeakebaychristmas we are like finding buried treasure!!!
Lynn