Glenview festival

Jay spent a very relaxing and sunny day Saturday at the Glenview Chamber of Commerce street fair. Besides his sunburn, his other comment was "WOW, i'm surprised how many people know you!"

If you stopped by to say "hi" I appreciate you and will return the "HI" on your next visit.

Luz

Memorial Day Weekend

After the events of the past months, Luz and I will be taking this weekend off to recoup, clean the house and maybe "Go Fishin' " We will be closed Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

Have you seen this site? 

 Seems like a good resource to help support the backbone of the United States.

Jay

Handmade Holidays for 2008

There is so much talk about the economy, finances, Presidential race, and what YOU should be doing or looking out for. For many of the boomers as they start to retire they have taken the biggest kick in the seat when they switched to bond funds and now two of the undoubtably largest, Freddie and Fannie are down and out.

This is reminicent of the great depression the economist say. SO like then we can move forward and push the same values and concerns to todays time.

Given the anemic environment, Wells expects discounters to keep faring well as shoppers focus on price. Joshua Thomas, a spokesman for Target Corp., which has been hurt in this weak economy because of its emphasis on nonessentials such as trendy jeans and housewares, said the chain is focusing on gifts under $25 in its holiday marketing.

Just by reading this blog, your aware we are a full service bead store, a small little niche market in a smaller global economy. We buy our beads from around the world and besides the cost of shipping, manufacturing and inventory holding time, everything is getting more and more expensive thus making the margins of profit smaller and smaller for the retailers.

Above is a logo and link of a pledge we took. Shopping locally helps everyone in our communities and fostering HANDMADE items restores the warmth, love and consideration of those who you either make or buy it for.

Whether your a beader, quilter, painter, artist or wood worker, check out the site and this holiday season, let's all band together to make it a HANDMADE HOLIDAY!