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Saturday, July 19 Hi Everyone! Just a quick note... Mona's Finishing Frenzy information is now complete and up on the Class Pages for your perusal! Darling stuff... this is a one-day CRASH COURSE in assembling your various needlework projects into little useful things. Offered thru the mail, too, check out the details! We are giving our monkeys new bananas this week... in an effort to step up productivity! If you're looking for your order... I'm sure it's safe and sound in our system! Just Nan's Over the Top and In the Tin came along with her Gilded Dragonfly... the 4th of July came and messed up our work and shipping schedule... we debuted Scream House... I sent out a Vera Bradley newsletter... and then I left town for 4 days... to leave the shop gals treading water!!! On top of all that... we're having to CLEAN the backroom in anticipation of our Sweetheart Tree Weekend coming up in a few days!! We are over-the-top-swamped, but very happy about it! I have extra help on each day, and we're diligently working to get all your cool things to you ASAP! That's it! Gotta Go!!! (My office is part of that backroom... and it's calling...!) LindyTuesday, July 1 Hi Everyone! Quick notes to update you about shop happenings! We are hosting a Glendon Place Trunk Show in the shop! TONS of huge framed pieces... finding space for all of them has proven to be a challenge! We have that North Pole piece stitched... Pretty Pumpkins... lots of lovely things. All will be in the shop till July 25th. Just Nan has released her Gilded Dragonfly Scissor Purse, and the 2nd In the Tin design of Sizzle -- for summer. Both ship out this week... if you forgot to order silks or fabrics for the dragonfly, don't worry, they are still available. Sizzle is sold out, unless you're already on the auto-ship, but I BELIEVE that we actually have something like 6 Gilded Dragonflies left..., so first-come, first-served on those! Don't depend on email for this one... pick up the phone and call our toll free number. Our new 2008 Fall Vera Bradley arrived last Thursday. (Everything came on the same day... all of Nan's new, the Glendon Place show... and 28 cartons of VB!) Murphy's Law! Anyhow, it took Angie and me 2 days, but we managed to re-do the shop display, fluffed till we couldn't stuff more things into the cabinets... and it looks GREAT! I'm writing new words for pieces for the website, so watch for that in a couple of days. VB has, finally, caught-up with themselves, and put the new things up on their site in a timely fashion!!! I think all is there for the viewing! *** Remember that the Seaside, Microfibre, and Spring 2008 Limited Collection pieces have now gone to 25% Off! Kills me.. because it is STILL CURRENT in my eyes! Now on sale are the Seaside pieces, the pretty umbrellas, the darling Lil Patchwork Tote that was on one of the catalog covers, all the lightweight summer PJ pants and shorts, and the aprons. Raspberry Fizz, Riviera Blue, Yellow Bird, Pinwheel Pink and Daisy Daisy are the sale colors!!! It's a great deal, as these things are still really NEW! Lizzie Kate has released her Crazy Caption Contest Winning design... I'm writing description words for it NEXT... as soon as I'm done with this note! That's It... have a great week... I can't believe the 4th of July is around the corner! LindyThursday, June 5 Hi Everybody! Just a quickie hello... I realize that I have WAY UNDER-USED this little 'Notes From Lindy' link on the site! It should be weekly updates between the e-mail newsletters! ... Well... I'm not sure I can keep up with that, but an occasional, personal 'hello' IS in order! I leave for the summer buying market this Friday... not a 'Cash 'n Carry' ... just an 'ordering' show. There will be lots of new things coming in the next few weeks! Just watch the Just Arrived and What's New pages on the site... we'll be adding daily! A huge, gracious Thank-You to everyone who has taken advantage of the Vera Bradley Retiring Sale, and reserved the Mighty Bright Floor Lamps! Just Nan's Bella is coming this next week... along with the second installment of her Over the Top and In the Tin series. Then... Nan's Dragonfly Scissor Purse design debuts... everything has been hitting our fan -- all at one time!!! Thanks for any patience you've had to use on us! Angie and I are answering phones Thursday morning, June 12th at 9:00am for the Fall Camp Wannasew Registrations! Don't forget to remember! Our weekends are a lot of fun... very low-key... a great value... we think you ought to come! If that's not your 'bag'... come visit us while we host Sandy Vanosdall from The Sweetheart Tree the weekend of July 25th and 26th! I won't keep you... Vera Bradley new Fall 2008 ships the week of June 16th. I'm trying to write myself a note to REMEMBER to jot notes for you... lets see how I do! till next time... Wednesday, January 9 Hi Everybody! Well... you certainly blew us away with your fabulous orders during our New Year's Eve Sale last week... and we haven't landed yet!!! THANK-YOU so much for all the lovely comments in your orders and mails... if you were a phone-in stitcher... I hope we had enough time to chat a bit... We pulled all of the orders right away, in the order in which they were received. Now we're feverishly packing and shipping them daily, and I just thought I had better let you know that! We kept a log of all incoming orders... so if you get anxious... we can look you up to verify that YES, we did receive either your call, fax or web order. We are logging as we ship, too... so we can tell you if you've been one of the lucky ones, yet. Otherwise... we really appreciate your patience with us! We could just shove stuff in boxes... and rush to get it all out... and make a ton of mistakes in the process... but we're trying NOT to do that! Fill rates have been pretty good so far... that's good news for you... and since the orders are bigger... it takes a little more time on our end! (Darn!) We are trying to keep up with the regular daily orders, as well. I have separate groups of gals working the daily vs. sale orders, so that nobody gets 'stuck behind' anyone else. (We've even added Closed Sunday Afternoon Hours to do the orders!) UPS delivered 47 boxes of the new Vera Bradley yesterday and today... THAT is being unpacked and put on display as we speak. (New Free-Gift-With-Purchase, too! And it'll be well stocked for the Superbowl Weekend!) The Lizzie Kate Living With Charm 2008 Flip-It Frames came today, too... Secret Needle Night Prepay Special ends with the end of January... don't forget about that -- details are on the Secret Needle Night Page. March and April Camp Wannasew Weekends are coming. I am sad to say that we have space in both weekends. Used to be that wasn't the case... but everyone is so much busier it seems than they were 10 years ago! (why is that so?) Anyhow... DO think about coming to OK to 'Shop The Shop' and have a great stitching weekend with friends. Mona and I are working on cool projects... it'll be fun! That's it! Just a big loving THANK-YOU from all of us for your excitement and support on New Year's Eve!!! You are safe and sound in 'one of the tubs'... and we're working everyday to un-earth you and get your things to you!!! Happy New Year! Sunday evening, December 16 Hi Everyone! Well... a week has gone by since my last little ditty... we were in the middle of that ice storm, that, it turns out... was really a lot worse than any of us expected! It is now Sunday evening -- a week later -- than I wrote last. Craig and I had just come to the shop to stay warm and spend THE night to keep warm, because we had no power at home. Well... I'm sitting here at the main shop computer a week later... because we STILL have no power!!! We did that Hamburger Helper the first night, because NO restaurants were open... the city was dark. Slowly, the cuisine and lights have improved all week long. Natalie left that 'cushy' hotel room... because they suspended daily housekeeping services... and 7 people in one room got really old really fast! (isn't life hard sometimes???!) We always have the shop Christmas Party at my house, and Mary takes our pic for the home page in front of the tree. Scheduled for last Thursday evening... I really wanted everyone to dress warmly and bring a candle... but when I went to the house that afternoon for a couple of hours to check on things... I FROZE! Boston Deli, our next door restaurant catered... so he was cheerful (like... I Told You So!)...when he had to deliver dinner only next door instead of halfway across the city! We were 5 gals short this year, due to the weather... and short my house and tree! Our Home Page Pic for the next year is a 'shop shot' down by our Vera Bradley! Twinkles and Lizzie were in attendance... and enjoyed dinner immensely! Anyway, Craig and I have spent 7 nights in The Silver Needle's Backroom so far... they 'SAY' power will be restored to our area tomorrow or Tuesday... but who knows! The joke in the shop has been that nobody wants to come early and wake us up! Kind of strange for me to see my suitcase sitting on the shipping table, dog bowls on the floor... and I've discovered that our shop bathroom has no outlets for a hairdryer!!! Other than that... it's been a great week!!! We interrupt business when someone's family calls to announce that their house has power! Lots of the gals had fun coming in this week to work because there was NOTHING to do in the dark at home anyway! We have all that Holiday Food decorating the counter, that someone has to eat... so we've really had a wonderful time of things! (and because 1/2 of us didn't have electricity... nobody had to dress up and look really good!) Gosh... real life will probably come back tomorrow or Tuesday! E-Mail Letter due out this Wed or Thurs! Happy Stitching, Lindy Monday Evening, December 10 Hi Everyone, Just a short note to all of you to share our Tulsa Life tonight! You might have seen something on the news about our ice storms all over Oklahoma... whatever they're telling you is true! Tonight... Craig and I (and Twinkles and Lizzie!) are sleeping in the back room at The Silver Needle, because we have no power or heat at home. I have 14 minutes before my Hamburger Helper is done in the shop micro to jot you a note!!! (I brought 'dinner' to cook because most of the restaurants in town are closed!) Natalie -- the 'smart college student' has a suite (for 2) at The Embassy Suites with 7 of her friends! There are 150,000 homes without power tonight... and they tell us it could take a WEEK in the city and two in the country to fix everything. Those 7 better we splitting that hotel bill! Four of us made it into the shop today... because the internet and phones don't know there is a storm going on outside! We had a great day -- complete with one walk-in customer on her way home from an all-night hospital shift. Lots of phone business -- we were glad we were here! The scenery in town is surreal. I drove home tonight to pick up the dogs, check on the house, and gather the gourmet dinner. I actually passed my driveway, because I didn't recognize it... the house behind the fallen trees was the give-away. It's all familiar... but I hardly recognize any of it. The 75ft trees have either snapped off, or their majestic branches are bowed to the ground in painful submmisson. We have fog tonight, along with mist. It has rained all day long... coating the trees even more than they were last night. Craig and I opted to stay at the shop A) for HEAT, and B) so we could sleep. Last night, the snapping, creaking, breaking and crashing noises from all the trees and bushes was constant, scary, un-nerving, and demanding of our attention! Certaintly a different world! After that different world, came the familiar! UPS came to the shop today... the new Lizzie Kate Flip-Its for 2008 information came in the mail... and Mary managed to add something to the website today! Everything goes on... even though it feels like I'm in that different world! I walked down my driveway tonight, ducking the low-hanging iced limbs...(carrying my grocery bag with our precious hamburger helper -- and a bottle of wine -- inside!!) thinking that it was kind of a ceremony. I was leaving my house... husband and dogs in tow... to spend the night in a really happy, quiet spot! The Silver Needle's backroom! So, tomorrow morning, which, by now, is today... the phones will ring again, the UPS man will bring a boatload of stuff... and some of us will have made it into work for the day! (Others will have closed that new Aero-Bed we bought to take to WI over Christmas, and packed our overnight bags to try home again tomorrow night. That's it... our tiny life in icy Tulsa, tonight! L October 5, 2007 Hi Everybody! We're home from our Stitching Festival Show in Hershey, PA... the trailer was definitely lighter on the way back... it left room for the chocolate to travel home in the CAR! If you've never been to a stitching show... it's a big deal of 3 or 4 days of classes from designers and a merchandise mall full of shops and designers peddling their wares -- and a couple of thousand of YOU GUYS! You may have already heard that the CATS gals are not going to sponsor the Hershey show anymore. It would leave us without a show in that area of the country for the first time in something like 20 years. OK... nothing concrete yet... but it looks as if Hershey IS NOT going away! Too early for specific dates and details, but I'll definitely keep you posted. I think it's important to share the 2008 AND 2009 dates and cities so you can make travel plans with your stitching friends. (Isn't it funny that we need dates 2 YEARS ahead of time for planning???) Anyhow... all this news is fresh to the industry as of last Wednesday... so give us a few weeks to sort everything out... and DON'T WORRY in the meantime! Life as a stitcher is good!!! We are in the middle of our Fall Sales Event at the shop. In order to comply with Vera Bradley pricing rules, it features 15% OFF the value of your Vera Bradley purchase price -- in any other Silver Needle stuff! 15 New pieces arrived yesterday, and I put up a tiny ditty on Just Arrived about it. Really NICE baby-cordurry PJ pants and shirts, little slippers, umbrellas, I-Pod cases, padded hangers... all that. I brought home the PJ pants to do some words, and Natalie tried them on, and bam -- GONE! Took them back to her apartment! I don't think it's all up on the VB site yet, so be a bit patient. Camp Wannasew Registration opened up yesterday for the Spring 2008 weekends... look into it! That's it..quick and concise! August 2 Hi Everyone! Whew... We've been super-busy in the shop the last couple of weeks, getting ready to host Jeannette Douglas for our Exclusive Silver Needle Sampler! She came this past weekend... and it was superb! Mary came and took a few pics -- I hope she has some to share beside my notes! Jeannette arrived Thursday, and had to come home with me to bake cookies for the Saturday class day. We had an after-hours Meet and Greet reception Friday night in the shop, class on Saturday, and a BBQ dinner party at my house Saturday evening! Everybody came... everybody stitched... everybody ate... and everyone was HAPPY! We had several crisis situations during Jeannette's visit. Our Secret Needle Night embellishment order got lost in the mail on the way to Diane, our Clay Lady. Since she has a BRAND NEW grandbaby... and we were both out of town for the crucial 5 days of design/approval time -- on separate coasts -- and cell phones didn't cut it -- we both JUST ADJUSTED! We'll get cool clay next month!!! (Sometimes you just have to throw up your hands, take a breath, and smile...) Then, our Vera Bradley Co-Op Catalog Mailing had issues. Seems the mailing house misplaced our file, and didn't include Silver Needle customers in the Summer/Fall Main Catalog Mailing. They DID, however, manage to mail out 675 catalogs to those of you that have registered ON the Vera Bradley
website choosing US as your favorite Retailer. Well... 675 of you have a
card redeemable for a Free Gift With Purchase of a cute little credit card
case -- only VB didn't release the card cases -- because the mailing house
didn't mail both lists! Go figure! So... life around here is busy... which, in the end, is exactly how I want it to be! I could complain... but would only be kidding myself... because I LOVE the busy, daily, hectic challenges! Lindy July 6 Hi Everyone! We aren't due for an e-mail newsletter till next week... (if you don't get them, please subscribe! We don't share addresses or BUG you!) but I had lots of news, so I thought I'd jot a few thoughts here, in the meantime! Announcing a joint Hands to Work and Carriage House Trunk Show! One of my favorite pieces is Hearts and Flowers. Check out this verse...'When in love I do commence, may it be with a man of sense.' Lots of it is not new... but it's the first time we've actually held the stitched models in our hands. We have both the Village and Houses of Hawk Hollow Run, and that lonnng mermaid punch needle stocking. So take a trip down our Carriage House page, and ENJOY! The New Fall 2007 Vera Bradley Cottons are Here! Silver Needle has been awarded the 'VB Store With-in A Store' status... which means our shop's display is awesome, we carry the entire line, and our service is the best! (well, we already KNEW that) We earn the priority-ship status... so that's why we have all the new product weeks before some other retailers -- and so much earlier than VB posts it on their website. (I've even been invited to the 25th Anniversary/Gold Retailer Dinner in Atlanta in two weeks!) The big question -- WHICH handbag should I carry???! Anyway, we have such a great selection of lovely things... our current retiring pieces remain 25% off... and the new is so 'Fall-Feeling!' Jeannette Douglas comes in just a few weeks! And don't forget our shop Classes! I think that's it... I really need to close to work on my Just Arrived words for all this cool new stuff! Happy July!!!! Lindy and all the GalsJune 17, 2007
Just a couple of pics from our Sidewalk Sale Saturday, June 16th! Yesterday morning, we 'decorated' our parking lot with TONS of delicious bargains... and as you can see from the pictures... there was plenty to keep everyone happy!!! We opened at 9 to numerous 'road trip' groups... I know a few of them paused shopping to have lunch next door... and then finished, in time for a Saturday afternoon drive back home again.
Time Lapse pics would have been cool! We set-up from 8 to 9, and stayed 'open' till 2:15. EVERYTHING was packed up, tables back inside... EVERYTHING by 2:45! You'd never even know we'd had a circus on our sidewalk that morning! First sunny day in Tulsa in 2 weeks, too... it was a great success!
Next one of these parties??? At least another 5 years from now!!! Enjoy the pics!
February 12, 2007 Hi Everyone! I write to you tonight... just returning home from the Nashville Wholesale Trade Show -- our Spring Needlework Buying Market. I'm finally at my desk... in my jammies, suitcase unpacked, mail from the past few days opened and filed. It rained all day home during our drive... my dogs were outside all day, 'basking' in the mud and smells... and the three of us are SO HAPPY now, to be curled up in my office! Mary, Mona and I brought home A TON of really cool new things! It will take me weeks and weeks to get words written for everything that is here, and all the upcoming new releases. You're going to have a great time checking everything out! Just watch Mary's *What's New* Notes every day, and you should be in great shape. And if there's something you've heard about that just can't wait for us to get it up on the site, give us a call. I'll bet we have it! I came home to answer the age-old question... 'WHERE IS my Order???!' Oh, everyone,...*DO KNOW* that our industrious group of gals are so, so, so busy filling them... and working on getting them to you! And then, I have the nerve to go to Market and bring home tubs and tubs of new stuff... when we haven't even sent out what we have! We joked in the car today, that I should ask anybody who lives close to Tulsa to come to town and work a day... kind of like the old laugh about eating in a restaurant. When the bill comes... you can't pay it... so they put you in the backroom to wash the dishes! Well... we have a backroom... it's NOT full of dishes... but it IS full of orders you guys are all waiting for, AND all this new stuff that we have to check in and price!!! I just need you to know that we aren't sitting around doing nothing... or stitching either... we are pulling, writing, checking, adding, double-checking, processing, packaging, UPS-ing and mailing, and logging all your treats! We want you to love them as much when you open your package as we've loved gathering them together for you! So, into the shop tomorrow... to do all the right things to get your orders to you... and start showing off all our new Goodies!!! Happy Stitching, L December 14, 2006 HI Everybody! Silver Needle held its annual Christmas Party at my house last night. Once again... our new group pic, taken in front of my Christmas Tree in my living room, is up on our Home Page!! There are several new faces, several that couldn't make the party this year... and lots of laughter about who would get *stuck* on the ends and the front row! Besides the 'Sale Days' of New Year's Eve and Superbowl Weekend... this seems to be the only time we can corral so many of us together. (My little Twinkles and Busy Lizzie came right away when they were called... and they didn't mind the front row!) Anyway, its a glimpse into our friendships and good times made possible by The Silver Needle. You're part of that... and we all Thank-You! Merry Christmas from the sisterhood of The Silver Needle! L October 31 Hi Everybody! Angie, Cindy, Liz and I are on our way to Houston for the Quilt Festival Show!!! We left the shop yesterday afternoon, after loading the truck all day long. (We had to get a whole TRUCK this time instead of a trailer, because the show is 4-1/2 days long, instead of the normal 2-1/2 days our Stitching Festivals are. (Need TWICE the goodies to stuff into the booth!) I'm next in line for the grooming time this morning (!) so I thought I'd jot a quick note. As we were leaving the shop yesterday, the new Little House and Country Cottage things came in. I didn't grab one of each to write words about them... so I hope Mary can just put them up for you, and let the words/product descriptions come later! Our last Summer Snapperland arrived, and I managed to get that auto out to those on it. We'll be looking for Autumn Snapperland at some point, so we'll do a short auto for that 4-part series, too. No other news. We're back into the truck and car to arrive in Houston later today, and unload everything. Tomorrow is a 15-hour day, so maybe I'll get a minute to take a few pics for you Mary to put up for you. Happy Stitching, Talk to you in a few days! Lindy September 10 Hi Everyone! A quick 'Hello' to let you know upcoming TREATS this week! Our Shepherd's Bush's new 2006 Stocking 'Jillian's Stocking' has arrived! Along with the delayed 'Be Calm' Be Attitude... both have been shipped to those pre-ordering them. We hadn't had enough time to get pics up yet on the site... but just wanted to let you know that they are here! Our Just Nan Autumn in the Square and other newest releases came the same day the Shepherd's Bush did... and so that pile of things that Mary has to work on for the website grows and grows! Nan's things are delightful, as always! We have been able to procure a few MORE of her upcoming Limited Edition Whimzi -- named 'Horrified!' -- so can add a few more of you to our auto list for this fun set of VERY LIMITED releases. I have never been able to post any of the precious Whimzi designs on our Just Arrived Page, because they are always sold out before they even arrive through our doors! This is quite a treat! NO pics - trust me -- they're cute! (2 x 2 designs in a special JN Whimzi Frame embellished especially for these limited designs -- each has been seasonal, the first was released at Hershey -- in our booth -- last year!) Anybody coming to the Hershey Festival the end of September that wants to help us pass out Free Needles in the booth??? Send us an e-mail... or call the shop with a number where I can reach you! We ended up with an ADDITIONAL BOOTH SPOT... so now we will be a total of 6 booths -- 600 square feet! Just Nan in our special guest on 100 of those feet... and we're the other 500! Lots of floor to cover, lots of happy shoppers to take care... and we need help! (My first "real" shop space was only 660 sq feet. I agonized over setting it up... it served Silver Needle's retail needs for a little over a year, until our first expansion. Now, we've grown to packing all that into a trailer... driving it halfway across the country... setting it up in a day... selling for three... taking it down and packing up in TWO HOURS... and once home (2 days driving each way) ... integrating it all back into the 4000 sq ft by the end of the first day back!) The shop gals will be the first to tell you that it's a totally crazy and wild time... and it totally interrupts daily life at SN... but such FUN to see how far we've become... and to tell you it's because of YOU GUYS!!! Our Annual Vera Bradley Sale starts THIS FRIDAY!!! Every Year, from September 15th through October 15th... we offer the entire line of Vera Bradley at 15% OFF to you!!! Doesn't matter if it's in stock or not... we do special orders twice a week during the sale... so you can get anything your heart desires in time for Holiday Giving and the Fall Season. I mention this because, our Catalog Co-op mailing went out a week or so ago. If you're participating in that program... SAVE that catalog -- it's your lifeline for the sale! The new doggy things have come! The new Gala Collection and Micro-Fibre have come -- all brown and black microfibre things! The new Luxe Collection is here -- luscious wool tweed bags. We ordered our full allotment... but since we were only allowed 8 pieces of each style... pickings are real slim on this! The padded hangers, scarves, watches, I-Pod cases, belts, and DVD cases are due in close to the end of the sale. Several things are almost sold out, because you have been pre-ordering... I don't know if they will be here in time for the sale... but pre-ordering from that catalog is definitely encouraged! You'll remember that I told you somewhere that so many of YOU had chosen us as 'Your Favorite Retailer' on the Club Vera Website, that we are rated second in the nation!!! Well... our new cabinets and incentives have been arriving... and there's chunk of work in Mary's pile of things to update on the site! I have a new digital camera that I've been practicing with... and we'll have several new pics of the ever-changing VB area in the shop! My head is spinning with all that needs to be done before I get to work in the morning... just needed to drop you a note. We are planning an e-mail letter for Wednesday Morning... but I didn't want all this to wait! Happy Stitching... happy cooler weather?? It's wonderful in OK right now! L August 6 Hi Stitchers!  With the arrival of Just Nan's new Halloween and Christmas designs and new
Whimzi frames... I thought it was a good time to tell you a bit about our
Just Nan/Silver Needle Reunion we had at the shop two weeks ago. Nan worked at The Silver 'many-moons-ago' and came back to teach us her exclusive design The Queen of the Needle! Pam Hoops, who worked in the shop some of the same years as Nan, has become her professional finisher. Pam did the assembly work, patterns, and instructions for the 'Queen' finishing.  Queen' is Nan's first piece in a new set of Sewing Cases and little
what-nots... all with the Queen of the Needle and Boss of the Floss
theme! Our sewing case is sold out.. as it was limited for Nan's weekend
reunion and all-day class.We had such a wonderful weekend... there was a reception Friday evening for the re-union attendees -- catered by our favorite restaurant -- The Boston Deli -- located right next door. Nan set up a small display -- the sneak preview of the designs that arrived via UPS today! Our ladies had a chance to see everything 'up close and personal' , and chat with Nan about all of it.  We took a pic of Nan, Pam, and me... Friday evening at the
reception... and while we were in class Saturday morning, the gals left
behind in the shop glued all those pics onto a pretty card to include with
all the kits we mailed on Monday, to those who couldn't attend our
weekend. We even glued miniature grapes and cheese on there -- so they
felt like they'd even been here for the reception! Saturday morning brought our class. Since the project was stitched on the
new Rose and White Gingham Linen... our tablecloths matched... and I even
ordered those extra fun and totally cool M & M's in pinks and whites with
Silver Needle and Just Nan printed on them!!! (One must always have
chocolate close at hand -- especially for a whole-day class, or special
event!) Nan walked us through lots of fun stitches... we managed to throw in a couple of reminiscent stories... and then Pam took time in the afternoon to 'administer' finishing instructions.  Everyone had a wonderful time spending time in the shop both after hours on
Friday Night, and Saturday -- before and after class -- and then... it was
done! It was over with! Gone With The Wind! We've been planning and
looking forward to this since last Fall... and now it's only a wonderful
highlight of Silver Needle's history!
Nan hadn't seen the new shop we'd moved into 4 years ago... we even walked down to the old space and peeked into the windows of the vacant space. (My carpet and wallpaper is still in there!) So many memories over the years, so many friendships made over those years, we are so lucky to have both... and I treasure them! Thank You Nan and Pam... and all the rest of you who made our Queen Of The Needle Reunion a special one for SN!  
 
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Hi Everyone!
I could count on two hands the number of items that were over $25
in price... everything else started at a whopping 50 cents, and went from
there to the $1 and $3.00 tables. Then... for the 'average-priced
bargains'... we had $5.00 and $7.50 tables... finishing into the 'high rent
district' of $10, $20. We had a 75% Off showcase of watches and glass
fobs... and then moved up to Half Off!
I want to say a HUGE Thank-You to my shop gals for all the extra lifting
and sorting -- they really did a great job. And also a HUGE Thank-You to
those of you who came and ENJOYED!!! We remember several 'Carry-Out
Trunk Deliveries' of multiple bags! You really did quite well... because
there wasn't much to pack up at the end!!!
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