We opened our store July 24th and in 84 days hit the 100th sale online mark!!  We think that is awesome.   We had set that goal to occur by year end so needless to say we are thrilled with the response we have had to our inventory of items.

This week I sold aprons to a lady in Canada, a lady in Finland and the gentleman in Spain.  Shows you what a small world we truly live in as probably 25% of our sales are international.  I know I speak for all of the Chic’s in saying how exciting this year has been for us, so “thank you”.

Thank you so much friends, family, and people around the world, we appreciate you!

To celebrate with you we are giving away three lavender sachets free with any order and applying a 5% discount on orders of $25.00 or more and a 10% discount on orders of $100.00 or more with any purchase today through Friday the 20th of November.  If you had your heart on an item you were planning on purchasing for Christmas giving now is the time to place the order and be a part of our three day celebration.  Please convo us before placing your order so we can apply your discount.

Note:  Discount will not apply to handbags/purses/totes due to clearance prices already marked on all of those items. These are priced to make excellent Christmas gifts for the ladies on your list.

There are lots of new items in the store to choose from; here are a select few.

Candy Cane  Napkins                                                     Cowgirl Gift Bag

Yule Critters Gift Bag                                             Joel Dewberry Napkins

More at http://creativechics.etsy.com

If you are in our area, we’d LOVE to see you! Stop by at Bearden’s located on 7600 Metcalf in Overland Park Kansas. We’ll be there from 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. so stop by and say hi!

Momma Chic loading up the blog at 11:20 and have to be up early in the morning   Here is what is left to load in my car.

Weather forecast is rain, but I think it will miss us

Watch our blog for pictures in the coming days of our art festival debut!  Have a great weekend everyone.

The Emma Woodhouse Tote by Schtuff.  A lot of hand work went into this handbag.

Deb used a bead on her Mamma Mia Tote. This tote shouts, bright, cheerful, spacious, and classy.

Last on my list but certainly not least is this beautifully beaded purse from FoursightDesigns.  I love the colors and the beads make it absolutely superb.

I could have added so many more examples but hope, like me, you found each of these unique handbags beautifully designed using beads to embellish the final project. After viewing all of these I finished up my “Back to Basics” handbag, not quite as colorful as these but it fit my polka dot theme so I was pleased.

I have been dying to try my limiyrf skills on a framed purse but on the other hand feeling intimidated about it because it is something I have never been around in my sewing circle. Nicole, through her website, has convinced me “I can do it.”  So today the postman delivered my order.  I am so excited to try this project and so nervous too. I hope to share with you as I go along, however due to my schedule may be after the first week of August before I can start.

Isn’t it just too, too cute? The frame measures a whole 4” wide! Now I have to decide what fabric to use!!

We provided and served a pancake and sausage breakfast this morning for the elderly at a low income retirement living center, about 100 people in all. They were all so dear and gracious and wonderful conversationalists too.  This afternoon my granddaughter, Aria, has entertained me with her wild storytelling and constant chatter about anything and everything. Tonight we are grilling dinner for old family friends, one which was a classmate of Robert’s in grade school who travels back to the states from Hong Kong each year. His parents will join him and I’m sure we’ll be told many childhood stories of them growing up together.

And yes, dear friends, I still owe you some fresh summer vegetable dishes from my market excursion. They are coming, rest assured, by I am admittedly behind on things around here

I did find a wee bit of time this afternoon to upload some new merchandise to my store and do hope you’ll stop by and check them out. It is a new casual collection of Nancy Hobo Purses, medium sized, with lots of places to tuck this and that inside.