Bags of pretty things
Red Berry Large Country Wreath £19.95
Floral Cotton Handbag £24.95
As another busy day draws to a close, I feel so happy and satisfied at what we have achieved in preparation for Saturday's opening of our shop.
Most of the morning was taken up with packaging the online orders that arrived after the couriers had made their collection yesterday and overnight. We have had lots of telephone enquiries today too. This afternoon we have concentrated on getting the shop sorted out. Dave has already made the storage area spick and span and more organised that I can remember it being (even when we were at the old unit and before that when we worked from home) ~ he's such a star. I have focused on tidying up the shop area and making sure that all the lovelies that I want to display are out of their boxes and ready to be put on shelves.
The advent and Christmas displays are now complete (see the top picture), I love the advent wall pockets with their padded hearts. Each pocket is just the perfect size for a medium bar of Galaxy chocolate ~ what a coincidence, one of my favourite choccy bars!
I have been ironing the beautiful cotton coordinating bed clothes for mothers and children and spent a little while admiring a hand made range of soldier embellished baby items (bibs, towels and laundry bags).
I discovered a pretty bag (see second picture), which is big enough to hold lots of bits and pieces but not so huge that it becomes an overnight bag. I think it would make a lovely Christmas gift for a girl who can never have enough handbags (Dave please take this as a hint).
Actually the last few days have been like Christmas and birthdays over and over again ~ re-finding gorgeous things that I purchased a couple of months ago for the shop, but had put away until it was time to stock the shelves. I keep hearing Dave say 'Oh that's nice, when did you get that?', I just grin at him and carry on finding something else that he didn't know I had selected. So whilst he continues to surprise me with his skills, his attention to detail and his forethought; I continue to surprise him with just how much shopping I have managed to do without him knowing!
Well, there is one more day of preparation left, then what hasn't been done will have to wait until another time. Now it's time for the ever-present cup of tea and a couple of biscuits,
chat soon, Liz
Floral Cotton Handbag £24.95
As another busy day draws to a close, I feel so happy and satisfied at what we have achieved in preparation for Saturday's opening of our shop.Most of the morning was taken up with packaging the online orders that arrived after the couriers had made their collection yesterday and overnight. We have had lots of telephone enquiries today too. This afternoon we have concentrated on getting the shop sorted out. Dave has already made the storage area spick and span and more organised that I can remember it being (even when we were at the old unit and before that when we worked from home) ~ he's such a star. I have focused on tidying up the shop area and making sure that all the lovelies that I want to display are out of their boxes and ready to be put on shelves.
The advent and Christmas displays are now complete (see the top picture), I love the advent wall pockets with their padded hearts. Each pocket is just the perfect size for a medium bar of Galaxy chocolate ~ what a coincidence, one of my favourite choccy bars!
I have been ironing the beautiful cotton coordinating bed clothes for mothers and children and spent a little while admiring a hand made range of soldier embellished baby items (bibs, towels and laundry bags).
I discovered a pretty bag (see second picture), which is big enough to hold lots of bits and pieces but not so huge that it becomes an overnight bag. I think it would make a lovely Christmas gift for a girl who can never have enough handbags (Dave please take this as a hint).
Actually the last few days have been like Christmas and birthdays over and over again ~ re-finding gorgeous things that I purchased a couple of months ago for the shop, but had put away until it was time to stock the shelves. I keep hearing Dave say 'Oh that's nice, when did you get that?', I just grin at him and carry on finding something else that he didn't know I had selected. So whilst he continues to surprise me with his skills, his attention to detail and his forethought; I continue to surprise him with just how much shopping I have managed to do without him knowing!
Well, there is one more day of preparation left, then what hasn't been done will have to wait until another time. Now it's time for the ever-present cup of tea and a couple of biscuits,
chat soon, Liz
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