Hello, gorgeous! Yes! It’s Week #2 of our Big Summer Fashion Sale! Our selection is great and we need your help to make room for Fall arrivals coming in next month. This is the best time to spruce up your closet, at great savings! Can’t make it in? No problem! Visit our new online boutique, where the clothing is ALL 30% off, plus FREE shipping! Shop Online anytime of the day or night! __________ Do you do your own upholstery work? We were gifted 2 antique chairs and we’d like to pass them on to you, for FREE! The chairs…
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Hello, gorgeous!! We all have a friend that gets the best deals, on just about everything! If that person is you, please listen up! Each week of our summer clothing sale, discounts will get deeper, up to 50% off! This week only, all jewelry, purses and scarves will also be 20% off! We have a great selection on hand, so don’t delay! _______ If you love a good workshop, the Decoupaged Tennies class is a blast and the results are amazing! All you bring is a pair of white canvas Tennies I understand Walmart has the best prices and slip on’s are great!…
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Hello, gorgeous! Great news! Our Summer Boutique Sale starts next Tuesday, July 30th, with 20% off all summer clothes! (As you see, we’ll be closed Tuesday-Thursday, August 20-22, to have our ancient asphalt parking lot re-surfaced.) The sale includes all summer clothes and will be discounted at the shop and our online Boutique! There’s plenty of summer left, so enjoy the savings! Shop early and often! 🙂 ________________ By the way, we’ve replenished our Iron Orchid Designs inventory, including the new Summer Collection. This gorgeous 8 x 10” arched raw wood blank has been made beautiful by Old to Ooh…
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Hello, gorgeous! We’ve wrapped up what has been a wonderful week, with Betsy and her family. I’ll share a few pictures in a bit, but I wanted to tell you about a few upcoming workshops, that still have space available. You can check out all of our workshops Here! Our Vintage Window Workshop, August 3rd Or how about the ever-popular Decoupaged Custom Tennies workshop, taught by Dori, on Saturday, 8/17 & Sunday, 8/18! Check out these adorable children’s shoes, a creative grandma made, during our last workshop! There’s lots more workshops to be learn about online. Just click here! ______________ I…
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Hello, gorgeous! I hope you’re enjoying a short break from the heat! Every summer, my daughter and her family, make the treck from New York, to Lake Tahoe. We look forward to it all year long! I’ll share pictures of our adventures next week! (Bob’s recent sunrise photo) If you read last week’s newsletter, you may remember me saying we wouldn’t be open on Tuesdays, for the rest of the summer. Well, forget all that! Cheryl was at the shop today, (when we were scheduled to be closed), to ship Online orders and a number of customers stopped in to…
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Hello dear one! Days like this remind me of the olden days! I must have been about 22 years old and I had convinced my boss that I was capable of moving from the order desk, to an outside sales position. This was a straight commission job. No car, expense account, or unnecessary frills, at the regional Sysco Food Service branch. The first car I purchased, with help from my parents was a 1972 Pinto, stick shift, without A/C. May I remind you that this was all before hair product and blow dryers. (It was also before cell phones and…
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Hello, friend! I wanted to let you know that we’re back to regular hours this week. Yes, it’s still hot, but a wee bit cooler. I’m praying for a Delta breeze and some relief soon! ______________ Important changes… Starting next week, we’ll no longer be open on Tuesday’s. That means we’ll be open Wednesday through Sunday. As we near our 12th anniversary, we have seen lots of changes. Most of the time, change is good. But, right now, we’re seeing a drop in customer visits and sales. Sadly, we’ve all seen many small businesses in the area close. Yet,…
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Hello, gorgeous! I just wanted to check in with a reminder about this weekend’s shorter hours, due to the heat. Saturday: 10:30-2:30 Sunday: 12:00-2:30 ________ Iron Orchid Designs is introducing the Summer Collection this Friday, July 12th at 10 a.m., PST. You can follow along “live”, on their Facebook page, or visit the shop and see everything up close and personal! We’re still awaiting our shipment, so fingers crossed! We’ll be hosting a free Make-and-Take, Saturday morning and you can enter to win one of IOD’s new moulds! More details to follow! ___________ Have you picked up the latest issue…
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