A Holiday Feeling of Distress . . .
Yesterday was so busy – we are just swamped with your orders from the Thanksgiving Weekend Sale (this is a very nice problem to have). And then I spent quite a while yesterday working on something that I usually put on the blog as well – but I forgot. So...
Coupon Contest Winners
While those of you in the hinterlands spent Thanksgiving Weekend overwhelming us with orders during our sale (and for that we thank you very much), the locals were having their own fun. They got to make their own coupons to use in our retail store, and the most...
A Two-Day Sale Warning, and Emptying the Cell Phone Camera (Including a BABY PICTURE) . . .
First and most important – if you have forgotten or neglected or put off placing your order during our annual Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday Weekend 25% Off Everything on Our Site Sale, this is your reminder that IT ENDS WEDNESDAY AT MIDNIGHT – at...
The Big Sale Starts VERY Soon (and Then I Can Start Baking) . . .
It is the day before Thanksgiving . . . and I have been given a lengthy baking/preparing to-do list (cheeseball, chocolate mint cookies, gluten/dairy-free brownies, pumpkin cheesecake lasagna) that I need to accomplish between now and 3:00 p.m. tomorrow. But...
Fun and Frivolity at Home . . . and a Winter Wonderland (?) in Wisconsin
It’s a big weekend at our retail store in Dayton – they’re calling it the “Holly Jolly Holiday Affair” – the beginning of a week full of sale items, Make & Takes, and more. And it begins tomorrow with two full days featuring Anthony Gilbert from Anthony’s...
I Am Completely Out of Style – and I Don’t Care . . .
During the day, I usually listen to sports talk radio – I became an old fogey on the music scene a long time ago, and most days “regular” talk radio is too controversial for my tastes. Sports talk is like the toy store of life. But the sports squawkers...
Happy Birthday, Karen . . .
Today is Karen’s birthday – and at the store any occasion such as that is a good excuse for a carry-in. Today, it was a cake carry-in – there were three of them. And I got a text this morning inviting me to come up and partake – so I did. Karen wanted to...
November Distress Color . . . and a “Heads Up” for the Locals
If it’s the first Friday of the month, it must be time for another Distress Ink Color of the Month. Is anyone else besides me wondering if this will continue into 2016? As popular as it has been, wouldn’t it be nuts if it doesn’t? That said, here it...
Filling Your Trick or Treat Bag . . .
In the past, we haven't started this until mid-November -- but a conversation about "trick or treating" led us to put this in your treat bag a little early! From now through December 16, all retail orders $30.00 or more ship FREE in the Continental...
Drawing the Red Lite-Brite Peg After 34 Years . . .
I live in a town that is known as “The Antiques Capital of the Midwest” – there were once 75+ antique shops on Main Street – but I am not an antiquer. I have just a few heirlooms in my house – and each of them has a story associated with a member of my...