Crywolf’s experience @ the Toronto One of a Kind Toronto Spring Show
8 Apr
This past week/weekend was our first time participating in the renowned One of a Kind show in Toronto. We had planned on doing a time lapse video of our setup but it ended up only taking a few photos. We will have to try that again next time!
Steph placing the planks
almost complete
applying our foamcore sign to our self-built collapsable counter! awesome text decal made for us by Vanessa.
The final set-up:
one of our best looking set-ups to date.
Some bonuses to the show were that there was free coffee and tea for all the vendors each day (the mornings were cut-throat, people got vicious), a sleeping room equipped with cots (we didn’t take advantage but would have if it were the CNE) and coming in to a breakfast bag on one of the mornings. Not seeing anyone wearing crocs.. lol.
courtesy of google images
Overall we had a great time, met some cool designers, and hopefully gained a few new fans.
There were a few downfalls, like missing the free breakfast (I saw pictures and it was grand…) because I slept in,
courtesy of the ooak flickr group
but most most most of all we must blog about this devastation called SCAPA TAPE! Steph took the time to read all the fine print for the show so the day of set up we went out of our way to go get this SCAPA tape.
We layed the flooring down (faux wood laminate slats) and put down a strip of this 2″ tape on the front end of our floor. During takedown we packed up our stuff in about 30 minutes. We came back for one last round to clear up the flooring and a few boxes. We get to the last row of flooring that is taped down and I try to pull it and I tell Steph it won’t budge. She tries to pull it, and we try to pull it together..nothing. We eventually shimmied the dolly underneath to use it as a lever. CRACK! the board breaks. Eventually we realized that breaking the boards was the only way, but even so it took us 3 hours of sawing, using a hammer and screwdriver as a chisel, and literally shaving this tape off the cement floor millimetre by millimetre to take off 15 ft of the tape.
15 ft never felt so long
Many of our neighbours saw us and felt sorry for us 
and kindly let us borrow their tools. After 5 long days, to have to deal with that at the very end was devastating. We urge everyone to use Scapa tape with caution! One square inch at a time not at all for any hard flooring!!!
just getting started
oh mon dieu
hammer and a screwdriver
about 2 hours into it, feelin' defeated.
the last of the last
That’s about it. Thanks to those who came out! Despite the downfalls, it was definitely the classiest show we’ve ever done.
Keep checking back here for more crywolf adventures!
♥
R & S
That Scapa business looks brutal! The set up looked great though… I hope it went well overall.
i agree…best set up yet!! wish i cud have seen the real thing tho
i applaud how u handled the whole scappa tape sit..i probably wud have just poured some mild form of acid over the entire thing..
That set up looked amazing. Poor girls.. I wish i could of been there to help ya out.
holy chit. you ladies have outdone yourself. installing laminate flooring!? HELLO. it looked fantastic.
i can’t believe they had a nap room. the perks of being in such an exclusive show eh? can’t wait to catch you at the xmas ooak!