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.
Katie says
I’m in St. Louis so sadly I won’t be seeing you on your book tour (I’m busy the weekend you are in Chicago, otherwise I would totally be there!). Will you be documenting every stop on the blog? I hope so!!
YoungHouseLove says
Yes, we’d love to do little updates about the tour- not every day of course, but we’ll be taking video and photos along the way and will share fun things like House crashing and window shopping!
xo
s
Tara says
I’m so sad….i’ll miss you guys in two places by a few days:( Too bad you don’t really have a reason to come to Fairbanks, AK.
Barbara says
See you in Wilton, CT. I never dreamed you would be so close. If you get to the San Francisco bay area, I can supply Clara with a playmate, my granddaughter who is one month younger.
Barbara, just up the road from Wilton.
Megan S. says
What, no California stops?! Blasphemy!
Please consider the West Coast, would love to see you guys!
Congrats on the upcoming book, super excited.
YoungHouseLove says
We’d love to be invited! It’s just all about what bookstores and vendors called to ask us there! Here’s hoping it gets added…
xo
s
cortney says
NO WAY!!!!!!!!!! I am so coming! I have been following your blog for forever! West elm in minneapolis is literally less then a mile from my home and you can bet your buns I will be coming, and going all starstruck on you two. I cannot wait for your book! Can I buy it there? Or should I buy it ahead and bring for you to sign. ahhh. I’m so giddy!!
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes, every single event will be selling the book (they’ll have advance copies even before they’re out in stores) so you can buy it there!
xo
s
cappy says
WOW WOW WOW, My State CT is on there!!! Now how to figure out having my second baby that is due then come early or late?! If I go into labor at the signing…that might be the ultimate DIYer!
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, I’m deliver that baby. NO I won’t. I’ll pass out on the floor and some doctor will hopefully come forward.
xo
s
maribel says
I can smell some kind of DIY art work showing all your book stops…Cayman Island how’d you score that one. Boo whoo….that California didn’t make the list.
YoungHouseLove says
We wish we had control over these things! It was just all about who invited us! No calls from Cali… yet! Here’s hoping they get added on!
xo
s
Natasha says
So exciting! I’m in Louisville, KY so it’s under 2 hrs to drive and seeing as Oct 27 is my birthday I’m sure I can talk someone into an Oct 20 road trip so we can all get our awkward on! Congrats you guys!
Lauren S. says
So…I just started SQUEALING at the top of my lungs and totally scared the heck out of my fiancé who came barreling down the stairs to find be a.) without any broken limbs but rather b.) booking Monday November 12th off from work! I can’t wait to see you guys in Toronto, and while hanging out in a West Elm to boot!
Woohoo! xoxo
P.S. I already reserved a copy at Chapters, but I will definitely be purchasing a copy to grab your signatures…and then displaying it under glass of course!
P.P.S. I feel totally guilty leaving comments ever since I read your exhausting “day in the life” post and realized how much time it takes to approve them all, but I couldn’t resist! :)
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Lauren!!
xo
s
Caitlyn says
I will be making a 2.5 hour drive from Portsmouth, OH to Cincinnati to see you guys! I am so excited, there is no way I could pass this up!
Chelsea says
You seriously get to go to Grand Caymon Islands?!?!?!?!?! How awesome. So happy for you!
Susan says
DC date added to the calendar!!! I am one of those people who keeps hoping to accidentally bump into you guys at IKEA or something, but then I realize that I would feel like a creepy (albeit giggly) stalker trying to say ‘Hi’,so YAY for sanctioned and planned meet ‘n greets! Very excited, and congrats you guys :)
Laura says
hahaha I always keep my eye out juuust in case when I’m at the College Park Ikea, you never know if you might bump into them!
Zoe K. says
I can’t believe you’re going to be in my little hometown of Wilton and my current town of Boston! Very excited to meet you!
Laurel says
nooooooo! I was so excited to see you in DC, then I realized that’s when we’ll be hitting the road to visit relatives for Thanksgiving in Pittsburgh : ( So sad. I was looking forward to (awkwardly) meeting you!
Hemma says
Do you realize that Thanksgiving is almost a week earlier on the 22nd?
Heidi P. says
BUMMED!!! I can’t believe there’s no stop in Utah or California! Or any of the 4-corner states! But somehow two in Florida?? Weird. Oh well. Hopefully there will be some closer than WA/OR additions. :) Fingers are crossed.
Ali Miller says
Hmm, let’s see how crazy my husband thinks I am when I suggest that we visit you guys in Dallas (from Jackson, MS where we live). :D I mean, it IS on a Saturday there so we wouldn’t have to miss work!
BeccaK says
Portland!! I’m thrilled – I think my sister and I might have to make a “girls’ night” of it and come to see you guys!
Anna says
Agghhh! I will be in Albuquerque when you are visiting locally in Chicago!! How did that happen???
J Llo says
Live an hour outside of Cincy and SO excited it will be your first stop! AND… when I checked out the link, the Novogratz will be there too! Definately need to somehow duck out of my soccer mom duties on 10/20 :) Just wish I could bring everyone over for a little collaboration on this rental we live in … over a year and still nothing on the walls! See you on the 20th …
Rosemary M. says
How did you score Grand Cayman? Was that based on pre-orders? It’s a gorgeous island. Enjoy! Please visit 7 mile beach!
YoungHouseLove says
Yup, I guess there were orders at a bookstore out there so they called our publisher and invited us out. They even offered to pay to fly Clara out (many folks only do J & I) so it was pretty amazing!
xo
s
Rosemary M. says
That is so amazing!!! Clara gets to go to an amazing island. Enjoy it! I’m trying to get to the CT or MA signing. I am soo excited to meet you both. I’ve been following your blog forever!
Sarah@SBrandesDesigns says
Awww as of 6 months ago we would have had at least 3 locations to choose from in the RI area but the darn military had to send us away to SoCal with nothing within driving distance. Sad Face.
Gerry says
Congratulations and good luck with your book tour!
(I’m sitting next to your old roommate here at work. I hope when you come to your NYC book signing you’ll give her a free book!)
Lara C says
Yay, Marisa! And hooray for sharing the YHL press!
Neal says
Awesome! Hopefully I can catch you guys in Portland this time – I was sadly out of town the last time you guys were out this way.
Kelly says
When I posted this – there were 1181 comments already. That’s crazy. Sorry Sherry for adding another one…
BUT THAT”S CRAZY YOU”VE NEVER LEFT THE BEAN FOR A NIGHT?!?! With John’s parents so close? I blogged about the joys and (good) surprises about spending a weekend with the g’parents. Before baby #2 (which could be soon?), you have to relish in your marriage!
Speaking of dropping off the kiddo, we are tackling painting our kitchen cabinets this week/weekend (kid-free). So if you’ve been seeing lots of hits from painting your cabinets (the first and ssecond time), it’s me!
YoungHouseLove says
I know, I’m crazy. We both are. We just love beansie. So we go out on dates but then come home and Clara’s in bed, but under the same roof. Oh well, I guess we’ll have to learn to detach. Haha. It’s just so hard!
xo
s
Kelly says
I understand…sort of. :) haha. You don’t know what you’re missing, but you’ll soon find out!
Ana says
It’s going to be a mob scene at BookPeople in Austin. They might need to put you guys in the parking lot with a microphone and a jumbotron. =)
Also, thanks for encouraging people to buy/order their books locally. We all benefit when little things like that bring cool people to speak and we can see you FOR FREE.
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Ana!
xo
s
bethanybordeaux says
i know everyone and their brother is going to want you to come to their city….but I’d highly encourage you to add Nashville, TN to the list! Nashville is all about the DIY/thrifting/ecofriendlyness that you guys dig and we’re also super into books as well. Might I suggest a signing party at Parnassus books? I think you’d have a line out the door. And…you can totally crash my house while you’re at it! We just gutted our 1920’s home and were featured on our neighborhood’s home tour this past April! You can check out the blog post I wrote about the reno and home tour here….
http://twogirlsturningthirty.wordpress.com/2012/04/22/tour-de-homes/
Please come to Nashville!
YoungHouseLove says
Sounds awesome!
xo
s
Mary Beth says
I would like to reiterate all the North Carolina love! I thought for sure being a loyal Virginia neighbor we would get at least one stop. I understand the limitations though. I’ll at least have my pre-ordered book to take some creepy pictures with! I might be able to swing the Richmond date. Hope your book tour is #AWESOMENESS!
Anne Marie says
I hope Clara and Burger get to tag along to Austin! I AM SO EXCITED!!
Ana says
Bah! Can’t wait to here how we can RSVP for DC. So excited for you guys.
Meg says
OMG, they’re being printed in Indiana? You have to tell me where so I can find a job there and take a sneak peek.
Lot of Purdue love from Laffy (Lafayette) and West Laffy
YoungHouseLove says
Hahahah! I wish we knew. We’ll have to ask the publisher.
xo
s
Meghan, UK says
You mean you’re not able to squeeze in a trip to London?! Even though you guys aren’t coming to Europe, it’ll be great to see all the adventures of the booktour :)
YoungHouseLove says
WE’d LOVE THAT!!
xo
s
Koliti says
Feel the LOVE! What exciting adventures you will have!
Have you been to all the destinations on your book tour before? How many NEW pins will you add to your map?
Isn’t it great that BOOKS are alive and well – nothing like holding one in your hands and being transported to another dimension – with YHL it’ll be a FUN, CREATIVE, UPBEAT trip.
I like the idea someone had of you using the “dummy book” as your book tour journal – capturing all of your feelings and thoughts on your most wonderful ride! Congrats!
YoungHouseLove says
We’re so excited! I think we’ll at least add around ten pins!
xo
s
Denise says
Oh, I’m so excited, West Elm is only 30 minutes away from where we live, I can’t wait to meet you guys and have you sign both of my books.
Lara C says
Grand Cayman? Awesome! If I can’t make it up to Richmond to see family in Nov, I sure hope you add a Georgia trip in the future – Savannah or Atlanta would love to see you!
Chelsey J says
I gasped in astonishment when I saw that you’re coming to Tacoma! I thought for sure I wouldn’t get to see your awkwardness firsthand, or I’d have to wrangle together a trip to the closest book tour location. But you’re coming to my city! Ah! I’m SO EXCITED!!!
Jenna says
Aww man, super bummed that you guys aren’t making it to Charlotte, but perhaps if an ATL date gets added, I can make it down there. OR I could just win the giveaway – fingers crossed!
Jenn says
Wahoo! So pumped you guys are coming to Canada! I will be there for sure :)
Lana says
H town is waiting, just marked my calendar. Thumbs up for the tour :)
Samantha E says
woohoo see you in the big apple! Silly question, your book doesnt come out til the sixth and you’ll be here the first….so i guess that means ill have a signature-less copy of the book huh? :(
YoungHouseLove says
NO way! Everyone at the events before the book comes out can buy pre-printed copies. They’ll be stacked there and waiting to be signed!
xo
s
Laura says
So sad you are not coming to the Midwest. Boo hoo.
Margie says
No stops in California? So sad! I’ll still pre-order my copy.
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks Margie! Here’s hoping they get added!
xo
s
gia says
Boston… 2 hours away from us but I will be there with my share of 2%male reader and a 10 month old!!!
will you be brining Clara to Boston tour?
YoungHouseLove says
We’re not sure where she’s coming yet since the travel stuff is all still up in the air!
xo
s
Rachel says
Aww too bad you’re not coming to Columbus, OH. I know Cincinnati isn’t too far away, but Columbus is way better ;-)
Madeline says
I just ordered two tickets to the R-Home event! The 2 ticket package for $25, says unavailable…could they have sold out? Not to make you even more nervous Sherry! And just like you previously said about West Elm…we can buy the book at the R-Home event as well? Can’t wait to see you again!
Stride Thru Time/Richmond Famous fan!
YoungHouseLove says
Ahhh- don’t tell me that!
xo
s
Jenny says
Going to be a long drive from Montreal to Toronto but I won’t miss it!
YoungHouseLove says
Wahoo! So excited to meet you Jenny!
xo
s
Megan says
You should totally have people sign your book as you tour! A little memento of everyone who can make it out to support the great family!
YoungHouseLove says
Totally gonna do it!
xo
s
Stephanie M. says
AH NUTS! No Nashville? WAH! If you add the ATL in February please please please schedule around my upcoming Disney trip the 9-16…thanks! lol. :)
gia says
oh also another quick question, will you please please auction some of your stuff in Boston too? ok I know I am being silly but how can we, the online readers, be a part of that auction?
YoungHouseLove says
Alas, we have tried and tried to make things available in other places but we won’t make any money for charity if there’s all that packing and shipping. So sorry! Maybe next book we can figure it out!
xo
s
Katherine says
Just got 2 tickets to the Richmond event – so excited to meet you guys!! I will certainly be awkward and treat you like the celebrities you are:)
Kelley says
I’m sure I’m not the first one to say they are crying over the fact that you’re not making a stop in their state. For me, it’s your neighbor to the south, North Carolina. Sniff, sniff. Maybe you’ll add NC when you add more dates?
PS. How in the world will you do this with Clara and Burger? Will they both come?
YoungHouseLove says
It’s so complicated but we hope they add a NC stop! As for Clara and Burger, there’s a little blurb about them in the post. Hope it helps!
xo
s
Samantha says
SO EXCITED!!!!! going to the Houston one!!