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.
louisem says
Congrats!! how exciting for you! Already pre-ordered the book and will sign up for the Richmond tour date. Live 1/2 way bettwen DC and Richmond so figure Richmond traffic so MUCH better!! Congrats again!!
Jenelle says
Wow- you could use the blank book as the one your fans can sign while you’re signing theirs!
YoungHouseLove says
Love that idea!
xo,
s
Kathleen says
Heck ya! I will totally take two days off work and drive 10 hours to see you in Toronto!
YoungHouseLove says
Ahhhh! Kathleen, you will seriously get to see how dorky I can get when you tell me that when we meet. I might cry or jump up and down or something. We love you guys.
xo
s
Sarah C. says
The question is: will I have the guts to wear my orange and maroon “Save a Collar, Pop a Wahoo” t-shirt to the DC event? Hehehe. Probably not. ;) Congrats! Can’t wait!
YoungHouseLove says
Hahahahahh!
xo
s
Elizabeth Tavarez says
I will be driving to Ft. LAUDERDALE from Tampa to meet you guys!! Will Clara and burger be joining you guys??
YoungHouseLove says
Wahooo! We’re not sure who will be where yet (waiting on more travel details, etc) but Clara and Burger won’t be at any signings just to shield them from the chaos (could be super overwhelming for Burger and pretty crazy for Clara too).
xo
s
Elizabeth Tavarez says
Oh Definitely!! btw. I will be praying for you guys for safe travels and for rest! Thats a very busy schedule but an experience of a lifetime! God Bless!
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks so much Elizabeth! You’re so sweet!
xo
s
JK says
Sad you’re not making it to Philly, but super excited that you’ll be in NY and Boston the week of my 26th birthday. My little bro lives in the city and my boyfriend and I will be in Boston Nov 8-10 to see friends for my bday. (Yes, I’m already looking into going up a day early!) It’ll be an amazing gift to get to meet the people that inspire my creativity. I can also finally show my boyfriend the reasons for the constant repainting of our house. : )
Jenelle says
Oh, ha. Obviously I’m not the first to suggest that. Whoops.
YoungHouseLove says
Love it!
xo
s
cinemarie says
*jumping up and down*
Yay yay yay! You guys are coming to Toronto!!! It’s during my 2 year old’s bed time routine but I’m sure he won’t mind staying up late :)
So happy for you guys!! :)
Amanda says
So excited for you! Perhaps you could take that dummy book around with you and have some of your biggest fans sign it – kind of like a yearbook – but more like a scrapbook to remember your tour with – maybe you could even have a spot for a few pictures to be adhered inside the dummy book (if you had a Polariod, that would be so cool)…..like you with your fans. :)
YoungHouseLove says
We love that idea. It’s something we’ve been tossing around too!
-John
Allie says
Amateur Gourmet seems like a great blog/book but I’m surprised your sharing your hometown event with him… Plus its $15? Congrats on the awesome tour though.
YoungHouseLove says
We LOVE R Home for the holidays! We pay to go every year and it’s totally worth it! Good food, good talks, lots of fun! Seriously, we’ve gone the last four years, so when they invited us we were so honored!
xo
s
Jes says
My calendar is marked for your DC party! I can’t wait!!!
Britt @ Honest to Goodness Living says
Already planning a road trip to Dallas from OK with some friends! Eee! LOVE :)
Theresa W says
EEEK! I made my husband promise last night that if you were in Ohio we’d make the drive – but we’ll be on our way to Disney with 3 kiddos that morning! Sorry I’ll miss out, but have a wonderful book tour!!!
Lindze says
Boo! No where near me… lol
Excited to get the book though. It comes out on my birthday, so naturally it’s on my wish list! (Which means that I emailed the hubs a link to it saying “I neeeeeeeed this for my birthday” Gotta be direct with men sometimes! Ha!)
gina says
Would have loved a Va Beach visit but it’s a good excuse for a road trip. :) I am assuming there will be paw-printed photos of Burger? Booger would love to have one to hang by his bed.
YoungHouseLove says
Hahahahah!
xo
s
Katie says
WOWZA! A Canadian Date! Soo excited aboiut that! Oooh the places you two should go!!!
Christina P (NS) says
I am so happy that you have included a Canadian date on your tour! Toronto is a little far for those of us on the East Coast but I may try to worm my way down to Boston or win that fantastic trip to Richmond (I hope that flight can depart from a Canadian airport)!!
I think I can speak for many of your fans when I say how proud we are of you, this is a fantastic opportunity, that you have worked damn hard for and I am so glad to see it come to light.
Nina says
Blaaahhhhhh, so excited! See you Dallas!!!!
Robin @ our semi organic life says
I noticed that some of those dates are so close together! What a busy time for you guys! Then a nice holiday/December break, and back at it! You’ll be pros.
Also how are some dates before the release date?
YoungHouseLove says
They’re able to get a few boxes of advance copies printed and shipped directly to those events. So there will be books at all of them, that’s for sure!
-John
Melissa says
DANG!! I was crossing my fingers you would be coming to Nashville, TN. Or somewhere remotely near us. Looks like I will have to try to voyage to Cincinatti to meet you guys!
XOXOXO
Krystle Clark says
WOO HOO!! Just reserved 2 tickets for the Richmond event — can’t wait to meet you guys!!
Robin @ our semi organic life says
me too! I didn’t want them to sell out. See you there Krystle!
Cora says
OMG!!!!!!!!!! The dork in me just called my mom in excitement that you’re coming to Wilton!!! As a former Fairfield County gal and current Westchester County gal I figured you’d be coming to NYC but so close to me??? I’m super excited! Did I mention that yet? Can’t wait to finally meet you guys (since you know we’ve been friends in my head since 2009…). I promise I won’t be a weirdo.
Rachel says
I’M SO EXCITED! I wish I had a nice place for you to house crash dammit.
Kelly H. says
Congrats you guys! That sounds so fun (and exhausting!)
Bummed that Charlotte didn’t make the cut since you guys seem to have love for the Queen City. Maybe someday there’ll be a bonus signing event at Mary Jo’s?
YoungHouseLove says
Ooh, we’d love that!
xo
s
Caroline says
Wahoo!! Congrats, y’all!!! I’m pushing for Raleigh, NC to be added – although if it’s not, Richmond and DC are both a pretty close drive! :)
Renee says
Yay – can’t wait to meet you on your DC stop!! I’ll try not to be too awkward – I don’t want to scare you guys off ;)
Stefanie says
Ack! A Richmond AND DC date? Since I’m in Fredericksburg…right between the two, I might just have to make both stops. Can’t wait to come out and see you two….I swear I’ll be just as sweaty and awkward as you are.
BRB…printing off a picture of Sherry and Eminem for Sherry to sign. I’m actually not joking.
YoungHouseLove says
LOL. Can’t wait for that!
-John
Susie says
So happy for you – but I was really looking for you to come to Chicago to come visit. But, it happens to be my daughter’s birthday…. womp, womp, womp :(
susan says
Cincinnati…………….yes! You will love this venue and can actually walk down to the Ohio River from the Duke Energy Center. If you need a guided tour let me know. Hope to see you there.
Amy says
Eeek, we just booked a girl’s weekend in Chicago with my Mom and 3 sisters for the weekend BEFORE you guys are coming there! Hmm, maybe I can make up a reason for needing to reschedule… :)
Kelsie W says
The Big D! I feel so lucky Dallas made the list! Lots of Texas in your futures. :)
I still dwell in an apartment, but hopefully someone else has a cute house yall can crash.
Congrats on a awesome tour- so jealous.
Katie G says
Unrelated to your book tour (which is obvs exciting!), for the past two days when the new post has come up a few minutes later than normal I’ve made up a story in my head that John has been drinking so much water for Aquatober he’s overdosed and you’re dealing with a medical emergency so you can’t post.
This probably says several things about me, one of which is I love Diet Coke so much I can’t imagine only drinking water!
YoungHouseLove says
LOLOL. I really don’t want to say anything to ruin that idea. So… um… off to drink more water!
-John
Brooke says
DenverDenverDenver! Maybe a layover? :) Let us know, because there are more than a few of us that would love an impromptu airport layover book-signing. For serious.
You should bring your blank book along with you on tour and have your fans sign and write you notes in it!
YoungHouseLove says
HHahaha, that would be fun!
xo
s
Darcie says
Not one stop in the entire state of California? Clara called and and ask that i remind you that she wants to go to Disneyland!!
YoungHouseLove says
We wish we had more control over where we stop! It’s all about who calls our publisher and asks to host us- here’s hoping things get added!
xo
s
Katie K says
Crossing my fingers for ATL in February! Congrats!!
Kayla says
Ahhh so exciting!! We will see you in your ol’stomping grounds of NYC!!! I get married in 2 weeks (eeee!!) and was so nervous that I might miss you while you were in NYC. So thanks for hitting us up November 1st. I know you were totally thinking of me :-P
Congrats again! You guys will be pros by the end of the tour!!
Kristen says
Just picked up tickets for Richmond!! So stoked for you guys!!
Alicia Gostylo says
You will love Austin. I’m
Annelies says
So amazing you guys wrote a book and are going on a book tour ! Must be so much fun and I can’t wait to read all your stories. I can imagine you are all excited and nervous to meet all the fans. I definitely would have come to meet you if I lived in the US, but unfortunatly Europe is not on the list ;-)
Lauren@FilingJointly says
Yay for Chicago! I’ll be there bringing the awkward for sure! Like seriously, you are not ready for this awkward jelly.
And I would totally submit pictures for a YHL house crashing if my house was exciting in the least, alas it is boring. You should be relieved about this because we have four flights of stairs in our town home and they are a pain in the butt to climb.
Sarah says
Any idea when the DC RSVP info will be finalized? I want to make sure I’m on top of it because I know the Design Sponge book events “sold out” really quickly!
YoungHouseLove says
No idea – hmm, maybe check back tomorrow? I think they were trying to finalize things for today but ran out of time in some cases.
xo
s
Hemma says
I called FLOR in Geo’town, wanting to sign up but they said that ithe sign up maybe will be up by the end of the week.
YoungHouseLove says
We just heard they revised their page based on all the calls they got. Hope it helps!
xo
s
Bridget says
Oh, I just can’t wait for you to come to Chicago!!
Carrie B. says
9:30 am on Friday in Wilton CT? No way to change the time so us 9-5ers can make it?? Pretty please??
YoungHouseLove says
So sorry, we don’t arrange the events, the folks who invite us out make all the calls and we just show up when they tell us!
xo
s
Stefanie says
Also…forgot to mention that it looks like there’s enough time between Grand Caymen and Tacoma for a little island vacay. Intentional? I wouldn’t blame you.
YoungHouseLove says
Sadly we won’t be staying long- just getting in and getting out. We think all that time away from home (and with a blog that still needs to be updated daily) won’t work for a long vacay. We’ll have to go back another time when we can take a week off like we did in Hawaii!
xo
s
Lauren says
I would love to see you in DC, but I probably won’t make it into the city from NOVA that day with my little one (I’ll see what I can do though!!). I’ll be thinking good thoughts for you and can’t wait to pick up my copy of the book.
Tyleet says
I am disappointed that the folks in charge decided to completely skip the south east :( Much love you to and the tour! SO EXCITING!!!
YoungHouseLove says
It’s really all about what book stores invite us, so here’s hoping some book stores or vendors out there ask to host us! We’d be there with bells on!
xo
s
annette says
BEST Birthday gift ever! Y’all are coming to Texas!!! SO HAPPY! Debating whether I should go to Houston, Dallas or Austin! LOL Thanks for being so awesome!
Rosemary says
I have class during your NYC event! :( OK TWIST MY ARM – I’ll skip class and be there. Looking forward to it!
Elizabeth says
Do ya’ll have something against the south?!?! Haha! You aren’t even going to be within 2 states of me, in any direction.
SOOOOOO upset.
YoungHouseLove says
Here’s hoping something gets added! It’s really all about who invites us and wants to host a tour, so here’s hoping some bookstores or vendors down there decide they want to have us! Fingers crossed!
xo
s
Beth says
I was pretty sure you wouldn’t be stopping in little ole Nova Scotia, Canada, but for some reason I still read the list with hope. :) So stoked for you guys!! It’ll be fun to follow you on your adventures.