Hello everyone, Happy Holidays!!! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are looking forward to the New Year. I know its been a long time since our last post on here, but we have had some major technical difficulties !! For weeks I had been posting on here thinking it was being published for everyone to see, (as it showed up on my preview) only to find out that no one else was able to see it...Then when I tried to republish the posts they all disappeared. Anyways, I have someone working on getting the older posts published for me, but until then I will continue to post and hope for the best.
So lets catch up on the last 4 months. Dale and I are having a blast. The store is doing well and each day we meet more and more amazing vendors and customers. We have officially moved into the whole store space now and set up a mini cafe area in the front. We offer tea coffee and sweets. We had our grand opening on December 3rd and I will post some pictures soon. The time just seems to be flying by and its hard to believe that we have been open for almost 5 months now..WOW!
The store is full of so many wonderful items .....more then we could have ever hoped for. It amazes us how many talented and artistic, creative people there are in our community and local area. We have tried really hard over the last 5 months to get the word out about the store, trying to rely on word of mouth as most advertising is so expensive... and although we knew that being referred by people was always a sure fire way to get business.... I will say we are amazed at how fast it worked! We are seeing people come from all over because someone mentioned we were here ... thank you to everyone who has told a friend!!
Heading into the New Year, Dale and I are working hard to put our heads together and come up with some exciting new ideas for the store.....we want to keep everything fresh and exciting. We want you to keep coming back for more!.....
Let me also mention the used books...all I can say is unbelievable.. we had no idea when we first started this just how popular the books would be. As avid readers ourselves we loved just having some used books to read and if they sold then great, but if not no harm done....well I must say the books are doing as well if not better some months then the crafts. We are always thrilled to see the return of our regular book buyers, looking for the one they don't have or wanting us to watch for a new book coming out. We are fascinated by the detail and organization that some of our readers have... from carrying lists with them to a detailed notebook with all their favorite authors and titles listed. It truly is inspiring to see so many people reading and recycling their books.
Well it is time for me to head out to the store and get the doors open, so I will close for now but will post some pictures of the store and the Grand Opening here later. Sorry for the delay in the posts but hopefully things will be back on track soon. Take care enjoy the rest of your holidays and we hope to see you soon!!
The Chix
