The Garden Is Awake

Happy Sunday friends.

Well my vacation is almost over.

I have to go back to work on Tuesday,

however I think I worked harder at the store,

then at my normal work. LOL

However it will all be worth it. 
Even though we have had the coldest weather 
thus far this Winter, the garden is awake
in our new store. 

This is our garden area.
Bunnies and faux lavender pots.

Birdhouses, a lighthouse birdfeeder and

small topiaries for sale.

Bunson burner vases, wood mango trays

and a cement pineapple.

Bob stenciled this sign along with others

we have in our home decor area.

{will show once completed}

Starting to get filled up.

Goodies on top, including this vent.

Bob painted the cabinet 

the same white as the other ones.
{this one we had}

.

Inside we have bunny cabbage pitchers,

cement snails and turtles in the second shelf.

On top there are glass plant misters,

exposed fern roots in glass footed vases.

White palm artichokes and bunnies.

Bob made this wood cabinet.

He also made another door trellis.

The first one is in our own yard.

I have more garden items

 coming in on Tuesday.

Will have to go to the store after work

and add to inventory.

Today the outside of our building 

will be painted blue and the awning gray.

Cannot wait to see this completed.

Then Bob will add our sign that I painted.

Getting more excited 

for our opening every day now. 

Today I have to take FIL grocery shopping.
Then I need to do laundry.
While doing that, 
will be crocheting more dishcloths.
Actually sold 3 of them the other day.
A lady came from our other store stating that
our worker told her we had them.
She came a long distance,
so I could not turn her down. 
Once laundry is done, will head back to the store.

What will this day find you doing?

Garden Blessings To All!

Janice

Window Beginnings

I cannot believe it is Thursday already.

Also cannot believe it is week two

of my vacation to work our new store.

Also forgot Valentine's Day is tomorrow.

Still spending long hours

getting the store ready.

Today I want to show you our first

window display.

I had created fabric peeps bunnies,

so I wanted to feature more peeps in my display.

 I made these out of heavy construction paper.

I think it turned out rather well.

Using more cardstock in Spring colors,

I created the paper garland.

Lots of cutting and gluing.

This display is facing in because

Bob still has a bench outside the window

blocking the view, so until he moves it...

it will have to be.

He was going to move it yesterday

before the snow came in,

but folks were sitting on it every time

he decided to move it.

Fabric carrots for sale along with 

handpainted scrabble tiles which spell HOP.

I so love these wood Cottontail Gardens boxes.

Notice the blue price tags.

Even though we have a price gun,

I still wanted 

the look of an old time shop,

so I will hand write all of our price tags

for everything except the food.

Off to to the store again.

Candles and room spray fresheners 

are due to come in today.

Still need to order the potpourri,

 honey, salsa and tea,

Our greeting cards came in Tuesday,

along with our coffee, candied almonds

and more home decor.

So much to inventory...

however starting to look like a store.

More to come......

I hope you continue to follow us on our

new journey.

Window Beginning Blessings To All!

Janice

Let The Love Begin

Hello my friends.

Trying to get my love on.

Valentine's Love that is.

Just so very busy at the new store,

that I don't have much time for anything else.

These are a few pillows that I have.

Not a lot of Valentine's out this year.

Yesterday I drove up almost 2 hours 

for my aunt's viewing.

Today Bob and I are headed back for

the funeral.

They were unable to dig the grave

 due to weather.

She will remain in a mausoleum

until this can happen,

 most likely in the Spring. 

My mom is holding out rather well.

Keeping my fingers crossed for today.

Let The Love Begin Blessings To All!

Janice

Our First Display

Hello my friends!

Well we did it.

Our first display for the

Blue Water Gift Shop. 

This blue spatterware vase made this display.

Trust me.

I originally ordered a gray urn....

well um...sometimes my plans dont go so well.

The urn was resin.

First mistake...not strong enough to hold everything

and started to tip over.

So I went over to our antique store and purchased 

this wonderful vase from one of our vendors. 

I then had Bob bring over these candy dishes 

that we were no longer utilizing.
7 0r 8 bags of it...cannot remember now.
All I know is it took me

 a few hours to put all of the taffy

by color in each dish.

The taffy in our other store is just in a

 large wood barrel all mixed together.

However I wanted to make a statement,

and decided to display our taffy this way. 

(blue taffy dish is behind the blue vase)

The next thing I added was this gigantic

bunny which is 6 feet tall.

He is a statement piece for sure.

Back to my table.

I cut branches from one of our shrubs

and added them to the blue vase.

Then I wired in prisms to the branches.

(sorry snowy day at time of this pic)

Next day was cloudy.

When the sun is out,

the prisms give off rainbows of light.

Right now it looks like raindrops 

coming off the branches.

Bob painted this round table 

the same blue as our cabinets.

Blue Water (Benjamin Moore)

{notice the green on top of the white cabinets}

Bob purchased some artificial grass

for our Spring Window displays.

This is my next project....

once I finish with inventory now.

Folks walking by have been stopping more,

and even walking in to find out what

we are doing.

We decided to put a flyer on the windows

and door now....but still folks come in.

I keep telling Bob we need to lock the front door.

But me thinks he likes folks stopping in.

So anyone in the area...

come on in.

Oh yeah, we actually had a sale yesterday.

A gentlemen came in and bought

a jar of jam which we just stocked.

Well friends....

back to work at the store.

Still have to order the specialty teas,

potpourri, honey...and more.

We also have a local lady coming in today

to give us samples of pretzels.

Looking forward to that.

Until next time,

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend!

First Display Blessings To All!

Janice 

Getting My Love On

Thank you everyone for your sweet comments

for my aunt and godmother.

She will truly be missed in our family.

The funeral is not until next Monday,

as they are trying to get my cousin's son

to fly in who is serving in our military.

I managed to put out a few things

for Valentine's Sunday.
I did not work the new store that day.
Had to do laundry and clean up a bit.

I created this fun Cupid years ago,

and still enjoy putting him out yearly.

This prim doll is holding my version

of a Hershey kiss in her hand.

Placed on my Wood table riser.

On my kitchen table.

Just noticed it is off center.

Today I have a dentist appt.

then back to work at the new store.

More ordering and more decorating.

More folks are walking by....

peeking in the windows...and even stopping in.

We are getting positive feedback.

Only one person thus far complained

that we were copying another candy store in town.

The problem is this person had no idea 

we are just moving our candy counter 

from our other store to our new one,

 and that we will be much more

than a candy store.
Guess you cannot always please everyone.

Well have to get to work at the store,

before my appt.

Are you getting ready for Valentine's?

Getting My Love On Blessings To All!

Janice

Blue Water Gift Shop

Good Happy Saturday my friends.

I hope the weekend finds you doing

what you choose to do.

Mine will be taking my FIL on our

weekly grocery shopping jaunt.

Then I will be headed to our new store

to work more long hours.

Each night after my own work,

Bob and I spend another 3 hours at the new store.

Speaking of new store,

this is the logo I designed for said store.

Blue Water Gift Shop.

These past 2 weeks,

Bob has been working tirelessly

on building cabinets to hold our goodies.

This is one half of the candy side.

This corner area will be for tea, honey,

coffee and kitchen related items,

Bob chose the color,

which by the way was called "Blue Water"

Here is the start of the drawers and cabinet doors

he also created.

I just love it against the gray walls.

This is our window area in the front.

Again my talented hubby made doors

for the cabinets...and shelves inside

to house goodies.

The white color I chose which was called

"Icicle White"

Bob moved our candy counter 

from our other store and painted it blue also.

Compliments the white candy shelves in back.

The other white cabinet next to the blue one

will be fore all of our pickled items and jams.

Some new items as well.

So I wanted tables in front of the counter.

We went to Hobby Lobby and looked at them.

They were too small to display anything.

Bob came up with this.

I love these smaller cabinets.

I can add my display on top,

while leaving more merchandise on the shelves.

My Bob missed his calling I think.

Then he surprised me with this behind our

checkout counter.

Yep.he made it all, including the little white one.

Bob needs to finish up painting.

Then the fun begins!

I took a 2 week vacation now,

so my job begins on decorating....

today though I need to do inventory,

but soon the fun will begin.

On a sad note,

my aunt passed early this morning.

Thank you all for the prayers.

It was very much appreciated.

My heart is broken once again,

but knowing she is with 

my uncle (her brother) is easier.

I know they are laughing it up

once again!

Gift Shop Blessings To All!

Janice

Paper Flowers

Hello sweet friends.

First I want to apologize for not

commenting these past few days

to your blogs and even my own.

My aunt took a turn for the worse

and I had to drive many hours to 

bring my mom many hours

to visit her sister one last time probably.

My cousin drove my uncle to the hospital too. 

Once we left the hospital yesterday afternoon,

my mom wanted to go home...

so I once again drove many hours

to take her home and drive back to my home.

My mom wanted to be alone.

Alone in her grief knowing her sister

would be going on to her next life.

Any minute now I fear I will be getting a call.

The call I do not want to get.

The flowers in these pics were paper ones

I created for sale in our new store.

I need to go to work now,

however it will be hard to get anything done.

Don't feel like doing anything.

So numb right now and tired.

Paper Flower Blessings To All!

Janice