Something for Your Dust -- Dusty Stuff
Our adventures in running a small business in Small Town U.S.A.
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Only Old and Vintage!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Christmas in July
Every year it comes, and every year it surprises us: time for holiday ordering! Can you believe you have to order for Christmas in July? And, we do it late! So, our thoughts are occupied with ornaments (what kind? how many?), tree skirts (do we even bother?), and gifties (new? old favorites? what vendors? old favorites?), when all we can really think about is how hot it is... Hopefully, we'll have updates on what we've ordered soon! Stay cool.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Happy Birthday to Us!
We just celebrated our second birthday! It's been a great two years and we're so glad to be able to continue to serve our customers -- locals and tourists alike. Thanks for shopping!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Long time, no blog
So, we haven't really got into the swing of things on the blog, have we? We'll try our best to change that.
We're busy busy busy getting in new product for the spring. Trying out a couple of new vendors for the gifties (welcome, Mary Carol Home and Napa Home and Garden!) and hitting auctions looking for great stuff to fill up the shop.
We'll post pictures when we have them. In the meantime, come visit us -- and the new product -- in person. We're here every day!
We're busy busy busy getting in new product for the spring. Trying out a couple of new vendors for the gifties (welcome, Mary Carol Home and Napa Home and Garden!) and hitting auctions looking for great stuff to fill up the shop.
We'll post pictures when we have them. In the meantime, come visit us -- and the new product -- in person. We're here every day!
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Happy Holidays
It's crazy around here! So much to do, so much to say. But it will have to wait. I think we're going to have a great month!
Drop by to see all of our great holiday product. Stocking stuffers, hostess gifts, and ornaments, with a lot of fun and funky stuff mixed in -- new and old!
Hope to see you in the shop soon!
Drop by to see all of our great holiday product. Stocking stuffers, hostess gifts, and ornaments, with a lot of fun and funky stuff mixed in -- new and old!
Hope to see you in the shop soon!
Monday, November 9, 2009
Things are picking up!
After a pretty slow late October and first week of November, things are finally starting to get busy. I don't know if it's the good weather, or that people are starting to feel the pressure of the holidays upon us, but people were definitely out this past weekend... and shopping!
We sold a lot of furniture (not exactly gift items) on Saturday, but Friday and Sunday were gift-y days. Maybe I should stop looking for patterns and just go with the flow, enjoy the business!
A new shop opened up across the street from us this week. We're excited to see empty spaces filling up and Downtown Plymouth feeling vibrant. Welcome to the neighborhood, European Gardens!
We sold a lot of furniture (not exactly gift items) on Saturday, but Friday and Sunday were gift-y days. Maybe I should stop looking for patterns and just go with the flow, enjoy the business!
A new shop opened up across the street from us this week. We're excited to see empty spaces filling up and Downtown Plymouth feeling vibrant. Welcome to the neighborhood, European Gardens!
Friday, November 6, 2009
Holiday decorations
Our current dilemma: How early is too early to put out holiday merchandise? We've been getting in new merch for the holidays since early summer, but that's obviously too soon. Last year we waited until mid-November and that felt way too late. Our solution: put it out gradually. Reindeer bottle toppers here, snowman dip/sauce set there. This ornament on Monday, that ornament on Wednesday. Over the course of October, we slowly put out all of our ornaments, displaying them in bowls instead of on the tree where they belong. We didn't want to startle anyone by having the tree up before Halloween! Some people feel really strongly about one holiday not infringing on the other, and those people should definitely not step into CVS because they would not be happy. But, now that Halloween is over, we can wait no more! Sorry, Thanksgiving, but the tree goes up today!We've got a lot of unique and beautiful stuff this year, from driftwood snowmen to tin angels to German glass sanddollars. Come in and take a look!
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