Part of a series of posts on my recent trip to New York for Book Expo.

I had made it to 3 museum gift shops in two days, my shoulders hurt from carrying bags all over the city, but I found some fun stuff. Starting at the MOMA shop where you can find the most fun stuff, including lots of cool gift items like the hanging mobile that holds anything (I got that for Lisa to hang her artist trading cards) to the ridiculous snow globe rings that Susanne, Sandy and I all had to buy so we had a matching piece of memorabilia from our trip. There were also some inspiring books and really interesting kitchen utensils that looked more like art that kitchenware. 

We also went to the AFAM gift shop to see all the cool stuff they were selling in support of Paula’s exhibit, much of it came from C&T including our Kaleidoscope tote bags that zipper closed, notecards that are designs of Paula’s quilts and show how they were pieced on the back of each card, Paula’s book that documents her journey in making the quilts in the exhibit, and the 3D globes that were hanging in the window made from fabric by Benartex. We also went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s gift shop near Rockefeller center and I fell in love with a handmade scarf with Peacocks, but at the not so bargain price of $695.  I passed, but still think about it every day. So 3 gift shops in two days and now I have too much stuff to bring home and it won’t all fit in my suitcase. 

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