Archive for November, 2009

November 26th, 2009

Hope everyone is having a lovely Turkey (and Tofurkey) Day!

Just writing to remind everyone not to forget your friendly Short North retailers this weekend.  Who needs/wants to wrestle other shoppers at 4am for electronics, when you can shop on the internet at your leisure… and then go for a pleasant and tactile shopping stroll at a normal hour of the day?  Make your gift shopping a pleasure, and not a state of panic.  Plus, the neighborhood holiday window displays are going up, so there’s even more to look at!  A sneak peek of ours, in-progress… we’re immensely proud of it this year.

window-in-progress

Also, don’t forget our Facebook Fan Drawing – enter to win one of two $250 gift cards!  The contest ends in just a few days on 11/30/09.

November 12th, 2009

melie-bianco

This month has been wonderful so far!  Sunny days, cool evenings, and lovely colors everywhere.  Our holiday tidbits are flowing in, including cozy scarves and glittering jewelry (none of which will break the bank).   Our Levi’s are re-stocked, our final Indigenous Designs and Stewart+Brown fall shipments are here, and we’re gleefully consuming hot chocolate and delicious cupcakes.  Good thing we love drapey tees and sweaters.

Speaking of lovely things, check out the photo above.  It’s our Ziggurat Bag from Melie Bianco, from an amazing Short North retail collaboration effort: a cohesive lookbook.   Below, a plaid silk shawl from Nusantara handsomely blows our minds.  Taking bits here and samples there, it pulls us all together for a wonderfully stylish glance into the fall windows of the entire neighborhood.   Each item is tagged as to the shop it came from, giving those of us who always frequent the same boutiques an imperative to shop around for the perfect thing to complete a look.  A ton of work was put into it, for beautiful results.  Thanks to everyone who participated and worked on it!

Download the lookbook in its entirety here: The Style List: Volume 1

Also, don’t forget our November Facebook Contest.  Enter to win one of two $250 Substance giftcards!

nusantara-scarf

facebook fan drawing

We have so much fun on Facebook, we’d love for you to come join us (if you haven’t already)!

We’re having a drawing on our Facebook page – just leave us a comment there, telling us some of your favorite things about our store, and we’ll enter your name in a drawing for two $250 Substance gift cards.  If you don’t have a Facebook account, and aren’t looking to open one, don’t worry – you can send us an email for your entry.  Details are above and on the “What’s New?” tab on our Facebook page.  Good luck to everyone, and thank you for being our customer!