New Years Store Hours

Open Thursday, New Year’s Eve 10-4 pm

Closed Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Reopen Monday Regular Hours (10-6 pm) and we will be restocked with lotion!

Have a safe, wonderful weekend recounting the past year’s many blessings!

A Quick Link

Here’s a refreshing ad that we love!

http://www.us.dockers.com/season/landing.aspx

Palmer Store Now Closed

While our Palmer location is now closed we are open in Wasilla (and will continue to be). We are located at 1830 E Parks Hwy Wasilla, where the IHOP & Joanns are. Our store hours are Monday – Friday 10-6 pm and Saturdays 11-5, and the phone # is 631-4153. We have been restocking the soaps and there is a nice selection again and more lotions will be there later this week as will our very popular “scoop your own”  bath salts. Thank you to everyone who supported our Palmer shop and for a terrific holiday season at both stores, at shows and online. You are all so wonderful and we appreciate you!

Tradition Day & Holiday Pictures

First an explanation on our family’s “tradition day”… A few years ago our family started our very own tradition of allowing the girls 12 & over stay home the Monday after Colony Christmas (our last show of the year… this year it was December 14th) and clean the house (top to bottom just like a good old-fashion spring cleaning) and then put up the Christmas decorations. Rick, I and the younger children leave early in the morning and don’t return home for another 12 + hours. The girls turn up the Christmas music and are treated to a Jones soda & peanut M&M’s and have lots of sisterly fun (and hard work!). Since we are still making our soaps & etc in the kitchen and by this time of year it has overtaken most of the house, it is a good feeling to put the bulk of it away and scale back for the new year’s slower months. I can’t explain how refreshing it is to come home that Monday evening to a sparkling clean home lit with a bounty of white lights, delicious smelling candles and everything literally aglow. For everyone in the family, including the cleaning crew, this is one of our very favorite days and a lovely start to our own Christmas season.

 

Above: A precious gift from a dear friend and consignor at our shop. I love this and will treasure it always.

I am spoiled.

Above 2 pictures have Red Hot Cinnamon candles from Moon Sisters Studio. They are beautiful and smell so fabulous! You can find them at our shop as well as many other yummy scents.

(ok, I cheated on this one…it didn’t snow on Christmas, it was warm at 32* and windy…this picture was taken last week when we got tons of snow!)

Closing Sale at the Palmer Store

Saturday December 26th, (10 am –5 pm) will be our last day in our Palmer shop. We are trying to make it a festive occasion (although I know I will be shedding a few tears!)… to thank you for being our loyal customers. We hope you will all come tomorrow and then keep coming  to our new Wasilla shop…we are anticipating many happy years there.

Tomorrow in Palmer we are offering:

* 25% off everything (except Gladheart Acres products & furniture)

* complimentary cookies & candy (yep, more goodies!)

* a free gift sample of lotion

* punch cards for our Wasilla shop ($5 off every purchase of $25 or more, valid once a month January-May 2010)

~XOXOXOXO~

Very Merry Christmas to You

Christmas Bells of Joy~

by Louise Pinkerton Fritz

Ring out today

Oh, bells of joy,

For there is born

A Baby Boy

The Savior of

The world is He

Who came to set

All mankind free

From sin, if each

Will trust in Him,

Open their hearts

And let Him in.

So ring today

Oh, bells of cheer,

Ring out this message

Loud and clear.

Merry Christmas wishes to each of you. May your day be filled with praises to our King and love of friends & family.

 

Store Closed Monday

We will be closed Monday December 14th due to our family’s “tradition day” (description in a later post). Come see us on Tuesday though, we’ll have both locations restocked for your shopping pleasure.

Another Birthday!

Today our 2nd oldest daughter, Heather, is turning 19 years old. She is a beautiful young lady whose interests are as varied as baking, watching children, taking care of animals, writing, survival/first aid skills and crocheting. She just doesn’t like sewing! She also likes photography and took the sunrise photo below last Saturday. Happy Birthday my dear daughter, I love you to Maine and back again, and again, and again, and again and forever!

(And don’t forget Colony Christmas in downtown Palmer today) 

Birthdays!

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday to 2 of my favorite people…my wonderful husband Rick and my dear sweet Mom! I am so very blessed to have each of you in my life.

Colony Christmas Downtown Palmer

 

Wahoo! One of our most favorite events is this weekend… here is a link to the Palmer Chamber of Commerce and the schedule of events.

http://www.palmerchamber.org/

(scroll down to the bottom of the page)

We will have a booth in the train depot (Fri and Sat.) and both of our retail shops will be open regular business hours. For the first time the Downtown Palmer Plaza will be hosting the cookie contest so come by and look (and taste!) all the wonderful Christmas cookies. Soap and cookies in the same spot… does it get any better than this???

There will be fireworks Saturday, we always joke that it is to celebrate our last show of the year <smile>. This is a great weekend to bring the family or friends to our picturesque “Norman Rockwell” town. Hope to see you there.

Wolves!

Yesterday we tried laying down in the late afternoon for a much needed rest (we are all fighting head-colds and some fever). As soon as our heads hit our pillow, our dogs starting barking & howling. A quick trip to the front porch revealed to our ears that our resident wolf pack was indeed back in the area. All the canines continued their symphony until any idea of a nap was pure frustration.

Let It Snow!

Actually we have already been having snow…several inches of it. Everything is blanketed in beautiful shimmering white. We had such a long nice fall, then windstorms, a couple weeks of minus 20 degrees, freezing rain earlier this week and now snow! 

          I love the snow!

This is the view from our backyard

And a view from our side yard

Colony High Christmas Bazaar

Saturday, November 28th, we will be at the Colony High School Christmas Bazaar (in Palmer Alaska). Our booth is located in the big gym and we will be bringing a nice selection of soaps and lotions as well as our other bath bliss. We hope to see you there!

In addition both of our retail shops will be open 11-5. We are continuing to give a complimentary sample lotion to everyone who comes in to our Wasilla store. Tell your friends, or better yet bring them with you!

Our deep gratitude to each of you who support our family business! xoxoxo

Black Friday Sale

Today, Friday November 27th, at our Wasilla store* we are offering $5 off your purchase of $25 or more plus everyone who comes into our shop receives a free sample lotion!

Shop local, support small business

* Located in the Creekside Plaza (where Joanns & IHOP are)

(907-631-4153)

Giving Thanks

“ In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”

I Thessalonians 5:18