Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving~

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Monday, September 23, 2013

Make It Alaskan Festival 2013

We are happy to say that we are preparing for this year’s Make It Alaskan festival! Amidst the lotion making, stacks of soap, trays of lipbalms, bins, flats, and scents all around the house, we are enjoying the beautiful fall weather we are having. The temperatures are dropping and snow is covering the mountains swiftly. The mornings have been filled with fog settling within the yellow and gold trees, and clouds threatening the mountains with snow. Chilly mornings mean hot tea, a cozy blanket and a warm fire in the fire place before we begin the busy days of product making!

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Winter is just around the corner for us and that means Christmas shopping, one of the best places for Alaskan made gifts is the Make it Alaskan festival. So come visit us at the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage on October  4th, 5th, and 6th!

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Sunday Blessing~

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“Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.”

Joshua 1:9

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Beautiful Handmade Gift Tags

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We just got in these absolutely *lovely* handmade gift tags! $9.95 for a pack of 6. They make the perfect touch to a gift package, card or gift bag!

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Happy gift giving ;)

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Sunday Blessings~

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“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.” Psalm 46:1-3

Sunday Blessings~

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“Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and all of you shall find rest unto your souls.”

Matthew 11:28-29

Sunday, September 08, 2013

Sunday Blessings~

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For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7

Sunday Blessings~

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“He has shown you, o man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?.” Micah 6:8

Thursday, September 05, 2013

Gladheart Abundance

We have recently restocked our lotions, soaps, and other product!

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Some of our favorite scents are in stock now…Rise & Shine, Currant, Alaskan Matanuska and many more.

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Sunday, September 01, 2013

Sunday Blessings~

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“This is the day which the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.”

Psalm 118:24

Friday, August 30, 2013

Festive Fall

Fall has long been my favorite season! I love the cool rainy mornings, bright vibrant colors, warm pumpkin coffees, and the scent of spice in the air. This week we put on our fall moods and added some festive fall touches to the shop.fall4fall3  fall7

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And this Fall we have a small cozy Christmas room with Christmas decorations, locally made snowmen, handmade Alaskan ornaments, and so much more…shop ahead for your Christmas lists!

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Flowers in the Sunshine

We’ve been soaking in the last few days of sunshine! It looks as if rain and clouds is what we have to live with now, which means nice cool fall days ahead. My daughter Haylee brought me some lovely flowers from her garden the other day and we captured them in the window with beautiful scenery and sunshine in the background!

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She grew these beautiful sunflowers in her garden as well. They all look so happy and summery in the window here.

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What are your last-minute summer time things to be accomplished yet before Fall truly sets in? ;)

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Sunday Blessings~

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“He that follows after righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness, and honour.”

Proverbs 21:21

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Sunday Blessings~

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“Have you not known? Have you not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, faints not, neither is weary? There is no searching of His understanding. He gives power to the faint and to them that have no might He increases strength. Even the youths faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint.”

Isaiah 40: 28-31 KJV

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

New Shop Sign

Since we made our move with the three other businesses to one location, it took us awhile to decide on a shop name for the whole store, but being located in the false-fronted building helped with the inspiration and gave us the name ‘The Boardwalk Shop’.

We are very pleased to announce that are signs are finally complete!

sign We hope you can come by and see them for yourselves. Business hours are Monday-Saturday 10am-6pm.

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Friday, August 02, 2013

An Exciting Announcement!

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby in the baby carriage…111We are so happy to announce that our lovely daughter Haylee and her husband Christopher are expecting a baby on March 18th 2014!!

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“Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord;

and the fruit of the womb is His reward.”

Psalm 127:3

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Vera Bradley

The new Vera Bradley area in the new store location. We also have a few new prints and styles in!201

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203The new prints are…204 Cocoa Moss205 Lola206and Heather!207 This is our current display of the Heather print, its such a nice happy print!

We are enjoying being able to still work with the Vera Bradley products and all the wonderful customers that come in looking for the special find!

Friday, July 26, 2013

New Store Front Location

Gladheart Acres, Cranberry Cottage, Home Again Decor, and Alaska Chicks are now all under one roof with the name Boardwalk Home & Gift Shop @ 701 E. Parks Hwy Wasilla, AK 99654.

We are enjoying getting to know the other business ladies, all the wonderful new customers, and the location!

Here are a few pictures of our space….

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Some of our products…

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104105We are so pleased with the way the new store is working out so smoothly! And our new ‘Boardwalk Home and Gift’ sign is now on its way to being complete!

We hope you can come by and see us sometime, the shop hours are Monday-Saturday 10am-6pm

We’d love to see you sometime!

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Back to Blogging!

To all past, present, or future blogging friends, I do apologize for my absence for the last several months. I can hardly believe its been so long! I have wanted to keep the blog going, but it has been difficult to keep busy with our business, being a mama of 8, working our shop, etc!

Our winter show season did indeed begin in November and we had two busy months of Craft bazaar season. Also in December our beautiful daughter Haylee married a wonderful young man Christopher and they are now living their happily ever after :) ! In January our daughter Harmony moved to Juneau Alaska for the legislative sessioin and is now living in Eagle River. Our little grandson Nathan is growing up fast and will already be a year old in August!

After breaking weather records for the latest snowfall on May 18th, we are now broken records for the hottest summer weather. We have enjoyed a quite unusual Alaska Summer with the temperatures in the high 70’s-80’s and our beautiful sunshine is continuing late into July, with not many days of rain!

As of June 1st our store location has moved, which I will share more on in another post! We are now in with 3 other businesses and share square footage and days to work, right now our day is Wednesdays. I hope to be able to be back at blogging and create posts here at the shop!

I am very pleased to see the blog to life again and hope we can keep up with it a little better (especially now that dear daughter Hannah has offered to help me with the blog :) )!

Hope you all take a moment today to have a glad heart :)