UPDATE: This post isn’t updated with recent tour info, so click here to see our official regularly-updated tour page.
It’s heeeeeere. That fateful day when we finally get to reveal the finalized tour dates for our book, fresh from our publisher’s mouth (er, email).
A few things to note are:
1. If it were humanly possible we would parasail/glacier climb/spelunk to every last crevice of the globe to thank each one of you personally for reading our blog. But given all the factors that go into planning and executing one of these things, we’re extremely grateful to be able to slide through all of the places they’ve scheduled us – especially since this was originally going to be a much smaller tour.
2. For anyone who’s bummed that we won’t in their city, we actually have a mac daddy giveaway planned for this coming Monday (why yes it does include flying one lucky winner and a friend to Richmond for the November 8th signing… amongst other awesome things like delicious meals and shopping sprees). Photo courtesy of the Richmond Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau.
3. There’s always the possibility that our tour could be extended again down the line (depending on how things go, more dates could be added). Heck, our Austin stop wasn’t even initially planned but pre-orders at BookPeople were so popular that they invited us out. Thanks people of Austin! So to anyone in a city that isn’t on the tour, you know we’ll keep you posted the second anything changes, which is definitely a possibility (ex: there’s talk of coming to the ATL area in Feb).
4. As for the blog while we’re away, we’re sure it’ll be a bit of a juggling act but we’re dedicated as always to keeping things fun around here. So we’ve squeezed in some extra projects (surprise!) that we’ll be unveiling while we’re touring. We’ve also lined up a pretty darn amazing gaggle of house crashings (check out a few sneak peeks below). Speaking of which… if you have an awesome casa in one of the cities that we’ll be visiting, please email us photos so we can possibly crash your house! And of course there will be window shopping and other travel adventures as well as some ridiculous/dorky video footage of some of our events/stops/flights, etc – you know we like to virtually take you guys with us wherever we go…
5. Clara and Burger will travel with us for some parts of the tour and will stay back with the grandparents for other more intense legs. They don’t exactly love planes, unfamiliar rooms, and missing naps/bug-hunting adventures, so we’re trying to shield them from as much of the insanity as possible. Leaving them behind for some parts of the tour will no doubt make us a little sniffly (neither of us have ever spent a night away from Clara, and Burger even came on our honeymoon!) but we’ve gotta do the best thing for them, even if it’s the hard thing for us.
6. We just learned that the folks who are making this tour possible and hosting us at each destination (ex: independent book stores, West Elm, Flor, etc) love when you buy a book at the event for us to sign. So if you’ve pre-ordered one already and would like us to sign it, we’re happy to do that (and so grateful that you did!) but it would be awesome to show some love to the host for getting us out there by purchasing a book at the event for us to sign as well. With the holidays around the corner, maybe you can gift the one you got on pre-order? Or ebay it for $100 (what? our signature is only worth 40 cents?). Or just use it as a decorating prop while you read the other one, like so:
Fun fact about the shot above: that’s not actually our book. It’s called a “dummy copy” and it’s basically just our cover printed out and wrapped around a completely blank book since ours are still off in Indiana being printed (right here in the USA, baby). We’re supposed to get our first preview next week, which will surely make us squeal like the Chippettes. John included (he fancies himself a Jeannette – I’m totally an Eleanor).
Update #1: Some folks are worried that books won’t be available for us to sign if the tour stops in your city before the book officially comes out on the 6th. The good news is that there will be stacks of books being sold at every single event (both at independent book stores and places like Flor or West Elm). Yay! But I better start practicing my signature since it’s nothing but a messy squiggle that looks different every time… ack.
Update #2: We wish we had more control over what cities we were stopping at! It really is all about who invites us where. So it really has nothing to do with how big a city is, it’s all about if a certain vendor or bookstore works with the dates/times/etc. The great news is that it definitely sounds like the tour might get extended, so stay tuned for those details as soon as they’re finalized!
Now, for those looking for more details about our stop in each city – here’s a deeper breakdown of each event (note that some of ’em require an RSVP).
- CINCINNATI: Saturday, October 20, 10:00 A – Books by the Banks Festival, Duke Energy Convention Center. Talk, meet & greet, and signing. More details here.
- NEW YORK CITY: Thursday, November 1, 6:30 PM – FLOR, 142 Wooster Street; Book Party, Signing & Raffle (we’re unveiling and raffling an exclusive FLOR rug of our own design!) with wine, popcorn, cookies, and soda. More details here.
- WILTON, CT: Friday, November 2, 9:30 AM – Wilton Library, 137 Old Ridgefield Road. Talk & Signing. For details, call the event partner, Elm Street Books, at 203-762-3950.
- BOSTON: Wednesday, November 7, 6:00 PM -West Elm, 160 Brookline Avenue. Cookies, Cocoa + Crafting Ideas: A festive talk with signing and refreshments to follow. RSVP here.
- RICHMOND, VA: Thursday, November 8, 7:00 PM – R*Home for the Holidays at The Visual Arts Center of Richmond, 1812 West Main Street. Talk, Signing & Silent Auction: we’re offering up some of our favorite finished projects from the book to support the The School of Richmond Ballet. Wine & Hors d’hoeuvres will be served. Tickets here. Update: we’re working on a second Richmond event as well, details to come.
- CHICAGO: Saturday, November 10, 1:00 PM – West Elm, 1000 W North Avenue. Cookies, Cocoa + Crafting Ideas: A festive talk with signing and refreshments to follow. RSVP here.
- TORONTO: Monday, November 12, 6:00 PM – West Elm, 109 Atlantic Avenue. Cookies, Cocoa + Crafting Ideas: A festive talk with signing and refreshments to follow. RSVP here.
- MINNEAPOLIS: Wednesday, November 14, 6:00 PM – West Elm, 3879 Gallagher Drive, Edina, MN. Cookies, Cocoa + Crafting Ideas: A festive talk with signing and refreshments to follow. RSVP here.
- HOUSTON: Thursday, November 15, 6:00 PM – West Elm, 3910 Westheimer Road. Cookies, Cocoa + Crafting Ideas: A festive talk with signing and refreshments to follow. RSVP here.
- DALLAS: Saturday, November 17, 11:00 AM – West Elm, 5307 East Mockingbird Lane. Cookies, Cocoa + Crafting Ideas: A festive talk with signing and refreshments to follow. RSVP here.
- WASHINGTON, DC: Wednesday, November 28, 6:30 PM – FLOR, 1037 33rd Street NW. Book Party, Signing (we’re raffling an exclusive FLOR rug of our own design!) with wine, popcorn, cookies and soda. RSVP here.
- AUSTIN: Tuesday, January 8, 7:00 PM – BookPeople, 603 North Lamar Boulevard. Talk & Book Signing. To reserve your copy and RSVP, call 512-472-5050.
- MIAMI: Wednesday, January 9, Time TBD – Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables. Talk & Book Signing. To reserve your copy and RSVP, call 305-442-4408.
- FORT LAUDERDALE: Thursday, January 10, Time TBD – Books & Books at the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, 1 East Las Olas Boulevard. Lunchtime Talk & Book Signing. To RSVP call (954) 262-0255.
- GRAND CAYMAN ISLANDS: Friday, January 11, Time TBD – Books & Books Grand Cayman, The Town Centre at Camana Bay, Grand Cayman. Talk & Book Signing. More info here.
- TACOMA, WA: Friday, January 25, 1:00 PM – Tacoma Home & Garden Show. Talk & Book Signing. More info here.
- PORTLAND: January date TBD, 6:00 PM – Rejuvenation, 1100 Southeast Grand Avenue. Talk & Book Signing. For more info call (503) 238-1900.
***Please come. And bring your friends/parents/ceramic animals. And be as awkward as possible. I’m telling you guys, no one will be more nervous and sweaty than me. No one.
UPDATE: This post isn’t updated with recent tour info, so click here to see our official regularly-updated tour page.
Emily V. says
Please come to Orlando, FL!!! I’d love to meet you guys!
Kim says
I am in Milwaukee….should i come to Chicago or Minneapolis??? How about both!!!! So excited for you guys. See you (twice)next month!!!
YoungHouseLove says
Wahooooo! Kim you might win for best fan ever.
xo
s
Ellen says
I’m excited that there’s a Texas stop on the weekend and at a time where it’s feasible to come (with baby in tow…)
Hooray!
Carrie says
Squeeee so excited to meet you guys in Chicago. I promise to be as awkward as possible.
Nikki says
WHAAAAA? No Atlanta on the tour? I was sure it would be there, what with the Bowers and all! We need you here below the Mason/Dixon! (Texas and Florida don’t count as the South, sorry y’all)
I’m crying in my cereal.
YoungHouseLove says
Here’s hoping it gets added!!
xo
s
Shelley says
How did Grand Cayman get in there? We are going there in the spring so I will miss you – and I will have to miss you in NY on the 1st…darn! How about adding Philadelphia? That’s a pretty major city! Congrats to you guys!
-Shelley
YoungHouseLove says
It was so random! They just called our publisher and said they’d love to fly us all out and host an event. So nice of them!
xo
s
Alicia Gostylo says
You will love Austin. I’m so glad you will be coming to our eclectic city! From the reader and owner of the Goat/Dog painting, Ali
Yessy says
Yay for Miami…let the awkwardness commence!
Laurie says
Yahoo!! I will be in DC with BELLS ON! How exciting. I actually (and super awkwardly) hired Katie Bower to capture newborn photos of my baby when I was visiting family in GA just to get a small glimpse into the YHL circle of love. And to learn more about cloth diapering (good for you. and the planet. If I stayed at home I could make it work, but since I only get the morning/evening hours with Ryan we’ve decided to destroy the planet in an effort to save family time). Katie was awesome – and apparently she loved our pics enough to write about them twice on her blog – but you two are like the icing on my DIY-blog-loving cake. I CANNOT WAIT! Will it be weird if I break out into 13-year-old-Sherry-at-Eminem-hysteria when I meet you? No? Oh. Good.
YoungHouseLove says
So happy you got to spend some time with Katie B! And to get your newborn captured by here too. Nice!
-John
Laura says
yaaaaaaaaaaaaay you’re coming to DC! :)
Amanda says
*Squee* I want to RSVP so bad to the Dallas West Elm facebook page, but can’t yet! Curse you Internet work restrictions!
Andrea J says
If you have a smartphone, use it! ;)
Erin says
Not sure if this has been suggested, but I could totally see you turning the “dummy copy” of your book into an awesome tour scrapbook/journal! Best of luck on the tour, me and my pre-ordered copy will be there in spirit.
YoungHouseLove says
Yeah, we’ve been tossing that idea too. Could be great!
-John
Mallory says
Yay Cincinnati! My hometown. I’ll catch you at the DC signing but stop by Graeter’s for some good ice cream when your in Cincy. It’s the best!
Sarah in Indiana says
Second that recommendation! Go for one of the chip flavors to get the true Graeter’s experience. Coconut chip and black raspberry chip are my faves, but you really can’t go wrong.
Sarah Mc says
Bummed Southern California didn’t make the cut (yet) but hopeful to meet you in the future!
kate says
I’m so bummed you guys are skipping the Southeast. I remember a long time ago you guys mentioning that you wanted to visit Charleston, so I was really hoping you would add it! Have fun on the tour and don’t forget to stay nourished!
Carolyn says
Yay for Minneapolis! I don’t know if my house is House Crash worthy…but I’ll take some photos and let you decide! It’s still a work in progress…but we’re pretty happy with how things have been turning out so far!
Robin says
Excited you’re coming to Wilton, CT. Registered at the library. Now, I just need to take the day off from work.
Joanna S. says
Totally bummed you aren’t coming to Denver… or anywhere even close (Hello, Tattered Cover should totally host you!). I’ll have to pre-order now. Sniffle, sniffle.
IWannaBeKate says
Ahhhhh I can’t wait to see you guys in New York! Sherry, you’ll know it’s me when you actually feel LESS awkward than the person shaking your hand! Bringin’ the weirdness, 24/7
Brandy says
So sad you’re not coming to Des Moines! How many books do I have to pre-order from our local bookstore to help make it happen? :)
You guys should bring your dummy copy of the book with you and either use it to journal about your experience or have fans sign it while waiting in line to have you sign their books – wouldn’t that be fun?
YoungHouseLove says
LOVE that idea Brandy. We’re totally doing it!
xo
s
Alyssa says
Nashvillllllllllle!! Pretty please with a cherry on top.
Dannielle says
Wow no Cleveland stop:( I’m bummed!
Nicole says
Yay DC! You should bring your dummy copy with you to all of the sites for your adoring fans to sign inside. I guess kind of like a wedding guest book.
YoungHouseLove says
We were just talking about the same thing over here. Too funny.
-John
Molly says
Omg just told my husband my christmas present is going to be a trip to Toronto in November (and we can stop at ikea on the way back to Rochester, double excitement!)
You guys should use y your blank copy as a guest book for signings! Split it into a bunch of sections and people can sign it like a crazy awesome yearbook!
YoungHouseLove says
We’ve been thinking the same thing about the blank book! Great minds…
-John
Kim says
Hey guys! SO EXCITED for you and hoping to get to meet you in NYC!! How does it work for that event, I signed up on the FLOR website but didn’t get a confirmation and they didn’t really have any information on how the event will go, will it be ticketed or open for all? Any information you have is much appreciated.
Again, congrats on all your hard work and success!
YoungHouseLove says
You may need to call the FLOR store to double-check me (we haven’t gotten all of the details ourselves yet) but I believe the RSVP is primarily to get a head count, so I don’t believe there will be tickets. Sorry I’m not more certain right now!
-John
Lizzie says
Please try and keep the blog going well while you are on your tour, I’m in the Uk and love your blog but ovbiously there is no way for you to come here or me go there.
Keep us posted on tour info – at least I can pretend I am there while I sand a dresser or paint a wall, lol!
YoungHouseLove says
But of course! We have already done House Crashings and secret projects to reveal while we’re away. The blog is our first love, so while we adore the book, we won’t ever leave our poor blog baby alone in the cold!
xo
s
Lynn van Slyke says
This is awesome! I don’t know you all personally but I am oh so excited for you. This is huge!!!
TMI? Maybe, but I have lived within two hours of six of the places you’ll be visiting. I grew up 20 minutes south of Boston. Lived two hours south of Wilton, 10 minutes east of Richmond, and 25 minutes from Tacoma and Portland. I currently live an hour from DC.
I make it around, LOL. Hoping beyond hope I can make it to either the DC, Richmond, or in my wildest dreams the Cayman Islands, Enjoy every minute of this ride! You deserve it!!!
Debbie says
Wow! Grand Cayman is sort of random but I hope you will get a vacation out of it!
Meghan says
Would love to see you guys come to Philadelphia! This is such a milestone for you guys! Congrats!
Meagan says
I was so worried you wouldn’t make it to Texas, and now I have 3 cities and dates to choose from?!! I’m in the law library studying, but I seriously just whisper-yelled “YES!!” with a fist pump. People are staring, but who cares! I’ll see you in Austin!
YoungHouseLove says
Hahah! I love it.
xo
s
Erin says
Is it weird that since you’re not coming to CA, I’m not kinda planning a trip to Portland in my head? LOVE you guys! I hope CA gets added!
Oh, and it says Portland TDB in the graphic, shouldn’t it be TBD?
YoungHouseLove says
OH yes, all fixed.
xo
s
Riva says
I was sure you wouldn’t come to the Twin Cities because I’m not a lucky girl. But you are coming, you are coming, you are coming! I already RSVP-ed and I could NOT be more excited. Now to break the news to my hubs that he is coming too!
Amanda says
Didn’t think you guys would make it anywhere close to us, but Minneapolis will be great. So excited for you guys. Congratulations on the tour!!
Marissa C says
Already signed up for the Dallas date…West Elm used to be right around the corner from me, but alas we moved to the burbs. So exciting!
Sarah says
Can’t wait to see you in Minneapolis!! Wish my house was cute enough for a house tour, but we’re definitely not there yet!
Kim says
ahhhhh! you guys are coming to Toronto on the day i’m flying back from NYC! will definitely have to try to catch an earlier flight then!
LaTonya says
Wow! I am so excited for the both of you. What a jam-packed tour schedule! For those who cannot make it to any of your tour dates, would you consider doing a live web stream of one of your events? I would love to see what you too will be discussing (that is if I don’t win Monday’s giveaway). Best wishes and safe travels!!
YoungHouseLove says
Ahh, that would be fun!
xo
s
Nicole S. says
You should bring your blank copy on your with you and keep a diary.
YoungHouseLove says
Done! And we’re getting readers to sign it along the tour!
xo
s
Stacey Cucuzza says
I am sooo excited you’re coming to New York! I already signed up at FLOR’s site. Can’t wait to meet you guys! You’ve inspired a massive redecorating going on in our house currently and I’m sure my husband would love to me the “culprits” in person. Ha! Congrats!!!
Emily says
What!?! You chose Grand Cayman over my home state of Colorado in the middle of winter? I can’t imagine why. Congratulations, I hope you get a chance to enjoy every minute of it.
YoungHouseLove says
Hahah, I promise we don’t get to choose anything! It’s all about who invites our publisher to host us and then our publisher makes all the calls. Still waiting for Colorado to invite us ;)
xo
s
Ann says
I am already registered for the Wilton talk. Thanks so much for coming to CT.
Becka says
Can’t wait to see you two at the Washington DC event! Hope Clara and Burger get to come along for that stop on the trip–it’s pretty close, after all! :)
vanessa says
bahhhhhhh! i’m so excited i might have just peed a little! (i’m also 34 weeks preggers!) you are coming to minneapolis 3 days after i am due! here’s hoping that seeing you might induce labor if i go over! :)
YoungHouseLove says
Hahahaha!!
xo,
s
Megan says
You will love MN!! So excited (and nervous) for you!
Essie says
When you click the NY RSVP it says the start time is 630 but you have it as 730! Just wanted you to know…. I live in NJ right near Philadelphia… So not too far from NYC.. I wonder if I can talk my husband in to a late night in the city! Not sure how that would work with our 1 year old though. :) I really hope I can come!!!
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks Essie! We just updated it!
xo
s
Alison says
Guess I’ll be traveling to DC to see you guys!! How awesome is it that you get to do all this traveling and um… Grand Cayman Islands!!! LUCKY!
Can’t wait for the book!!!!!
leiann says
SOOO exited you’re coming to Minnesota!!
Yippee!!
Have fun on the tour! You guys deserve it!
Anne says
Oh no! I would totally go to the one in Cincy but it is 8 days before my due date and over 3 hours away. Mega sad face.
I guess we’ll just have to plan a post baby moon in Grand Cayman. Wouldn’t that be awesome?!?!?!
YoungHouseLove says
I say go for it. Congrats on your soon-to-be new arrival too!
-John
Anastasia says
So excited to see a stop in Minneapolis!!! The calendar is marked! I’ll have to take the book off my X-mas list to buy it at West Elm day of!!!
Rosemary says
If you do add more tour dates, please please PLEASE consider coming to Oklahoma City! I think you’ll be surprised to find that you have quite a fan base here!
YoungHouseLove says
We’d love to go there! Here’s hoping we get invited!
xo
s