Last minute party ideas

How do you define busy? How about being in a store full-time, and juggling personal Christmas parties, customer events, and planning for next year? We know you can relate - you've got more than your fair share of things to keep you busy too, whether it's kids, work, family and friend holiday events, Christmas shopping or throwing your own parties. We're here to help - if you're looking for fabulous ideas for gifts, or are trying to pull everything together for that party tonight, come on by.

I'm loving the serveware we've got - always beautiful, and perfect for adding dimension to your tablesetting.

As usual, everything at our store is at affordable prices or at crazy-low sale prices. Our sale until December 31 includes:
- Save 15% on small (11-flower) bottles of our famous Wild Hibiscus Drink Garnishes
- Save 25% on Christmas Decor (ornaments, trees, wrapping paper)
- Save 25% on Furniture (stools, mirrors, chairs, dining tables ... even if we have to order it in!)
- Save 25% on candles, candleholders, and matches

Hurry up - we'll see you soon.

Oh yeah - our extended hours:

Before Christmas Eve:
(We are open on Tuesdays in December!)
Tuesday to Friday 11:30 to 8
Saturday 11:30 to 7
Sunday 11:30 to 5

Thursday December 24 9:30 to 4
Christmas Day Closed
Boxing Day 11:30 to 6
Sunday December 27th 12 to 5

See you soon!

Allison & Rochelle

It's been a minute! Happy Holidays

It's been a while since we've posted anything ... sorry, it's been crazy busy! Tonight's been the first time in a long time that I've been able to somewhat relax, as I contemplate the past few months and the upcoming events ... which includes our first impending snowstorm!

On November 25th, we celebrated our 1st anniversary in Leslieville with our Pink & Green party, raising funds for Willow Breast Cancer Support Canada. The party was a lot of fun ... thanks Paul & Peter for the amazing music!

We decided to make our food simple - taking simple, sometimes even prepared ingredients and making them look pretty ... to match our pretty pink & green accents

(fruit skewers, mini tacos, our green lit birdcage, pink & green candies & drinks, mom at our store window, chicken skewers and gazpacho)

Many thanks to Melissa Mather for her photos at our Pink & Green Party!

We also have been busy with other events. We were at the lovely Arcadian Court in October and again in November for a couple events - Harmony Movement's Gala, and the AroniAwards Gala. The venue is quite lovely, but adding our touches helped personalize the events.

Our products continue to be noticed! Check out this month's Zoomer magazine, where our stemware holder plate has been featured. The square ones are available for sale at $10 for a set of 2, and the oval ones are available on our rental catalogue for $0.40 each. I have to say I am in love with these plates - I hate when you're at a cocktail party and have to struggle to hold a plate a glass and try to shake someone's hand ... with these stemware holder plates, struggle no more. You'll be able to comfortably hold it all in one hand!

It's the holiday entertaining season, and some tips from Cry If I Want To on how to have the best parties are featured in Zoomer's online magazine - http://zoomermag.com/2009/11/get-the-party-started.html

We've also had our products featured in our fav event planning magazine, Biz Bash - http://www.bizbash.com/toronto/content/editorial/17102_5_last-minute_ideas_for_holiday_parties_in_toronto.php ... we'll be getting more black and gold rhinestone charger plates in January --- people have been reserving them for their special events already!

If you are stumped for gift ideas, or need help with your party planning, definitely come visit us in our store. We always love to help! See you soon!

Allison and Rochelle