Woe is I. Woe is U.

Ugh.

I feel like I could be sick over and over again like in that infamous pie-eating scene in Stand By Me.

You're gonna kill me. Or at least want to whip me with a wet noodle.

Or you may not ever want to read me again, which utterly shatters my patchwork heart.

Due to unforeseen manufacturing circumstances, our lovely line has been delayed, which means it may be several weeks later than anticipated for SMASH. I'm dying inside. Truly, I feel embarrassed, depressed, mad as a hatter, and then forelorn because I know how you love SMASH so.

This is how Kim feels.

This is how Tuesday feels.

This is how scared and devastated they are together.

So ... I am humbly offering a couple Band-Aids® for this blunt-force trauma. The first is that I've nabbed a few highly-coveted, rarer-than-cell-phone-etiquette production samples to give away here on the blog—one book giveaway per week until we have 'em in stores.

Second, we've got the list of retailers over there to make your stalking easier.

Third, I love our followers more than I love 5-gallon buckets of tiramisu. Therefore, we have a little SMASH freebie to send our followers, and it looks something like this:

A little SMASH wallet book—the perfect place for little bits. Includes 10 designer, saddle-stitched pages, 4 pockets for your stuff, 8 accent strips and 2 clips. W 3 1/2”x H 5 3/4”x D 1/4” This item is not sold anywhere nor will it be, but it's a nice appetizer prior to the the main course.

The thing is we'll mail these away to the first 400 followers* who email us at smash@kandcompany.com and tell us to they want the SMASH freebie.

Directions
In the subject line, type: SMASH Freebie 400.
In the body of the email, type: first & last name, the name that you use as our blog follower, street address, city, state and ZIP code.

* One freebie per address only.

Again, you have no idea how terrible we feel. Please accept my deepest and most sincere apologies.

I still love you, SMASH, and will count the days until we can be together.