Friday, June 19, 2009

FLORALS FLORALS FLORALS!

As we told you earlier in the year, we are wanting to be THE floral destination in Central Kentucky. And with that in mind, we have supplied ourselves with 1000's of floral stems, all of which are the best (you know that) and great prices (you know that as well).

We've been so busy with floral arrangements. It appears as though that statement of "if you build (have) it, they will come" is true! We knew we were taking a chance on this, but believed in our hearts that this was a true need in our area. And we're seeing that we were right. It appears that many of you out there are tired of those dated florals, you know....the ones that look like they were on the set of "Mama's Family"!

A number of florals lately, we've been able to salvage some of the stems and actually use them again. Of course, if it's ugly, it's ugly, and if it needs to be trashed, it needs to be trashed, but you know that we will work with you!

To say something about the recent arrangements we've made....many people got more than one done. They just wanted a fresh start with all of it, and the great thing is because of our prices...they were able to affored 2 arrangements for the price that they might spend at somewhere else in the city!

So come and see us and the florals that we have. Bring your own container, paint swatches, fabrics, old arrangements, pictures...whatever you want...let us create something beautiful for you!

Hope to see you!

J

FURNITURE!

So for those of you that have been lately, you've seen our slip covered parson chairs, bar stools, and ottomans, all of which are amazing, well priced, 3 day turn around, and do not look anything like a slip cover. Well, what many of you haven't seen is our new upholstered furniture.

That's right...we're carrying sofas, chairs, chaise, ottomans, and etc. And what's the best thing about them, it's our own line! We have searched to find the best pieces and fabrics, and are providing our selection to you here. We don't exactly have a name for it yet, so look forward to hearing more about that. At this moment, I believe we have 3 sofa's out on the floor, and maybe 6 chairs? We have a catalogue for you to look through for styles, and many fabrics to choose from. We're very excited! Even though we haven't had it long, we've already taken orders!~

So come on down and see us!@ See what we have to offer....I'm trying to decide on a sofa for me as we speak!

J

I MISS VACAY!

I know I told many of you that Jeremy and I were going on vacation again in May, well obviously that has come and gone...and I miss the boat and ocean! We had a great time visiting Half Moon Cay, St Thomas, San Juan, and Grand Turk.

There were so many amazing things we got to see, Megan's Beach in St Thomas (ranked in the top 10 beaches in the world), the architecture and beauty of Old San Juan, and the snorkeling in Grand Turk. Last year, Jeremy and I went snorkeling in Honduras and had a blast, so when we heard that the snorkeling here was amazing and ranked 3rd in the world, we knew we had to do it.

It was simply amazing. They took us to two places, the first the ocean was at about 40' deep, it was so beautiful, the fish and coral was surreal. The second places was at the drop off where the reef meets the deep ocean....so you were floating above the sea floor which was about 40' down, and then you say this drop off...which went to 7000' feet! it was amazing. Seeing all of the fish which just stayed right there. Jeremy say a sea turtle although I missed it somehow. I know I saw a big fish waaaayyyyy down there, the leader on the tour said it was a nurse shark..but I don't know.... POINT IS...if you go to Grand Turk......PLEASE PLEASE go snorkeling..

I hope to have some pics up soon so you can see somethings, we had a great time! I just wish it would have lasted longer! A week away is just not enough!

J

JSD is HOT!!!

Stuart, Dwayne, and myself want to thank all of you for your support in our venture into JSD Designs. Our first collection, Grandeur in 2008, did extremely well for our first time, and they're are several pieces which are continuing on to be just as strong this year!

We're very excited for you to see what we came up with for 2009! We have 2 collections, one called "Holiday Cheer", and the other called "The Gift".

Holiday Cheer looks just like sounds. HAPPY! It's red and apple green. Harlequin, polka dots, stripes, swirls, and snowmen make up this fun and exciting theme! Don't worry you can't miss it, it will be the first thing you see when you walk in the door at Christmas! Our favorite piece in the collection is a little mini "theme" if you will, called "The Write Words". It is a 4" Black Chalkboard Picture Frame which holds a 2x2 pic, comes prepacked with chalk, and you can write little personal messages on them. SUPER CUTE!

"The Gift" is a traditional formal gold look. White, silver, chocolate brown, and pheasant feathers create this look. Our pround baby in this collection is our Santa figure, standing 17" I think, solid burnished gold, who is holding baby Jesus in a water globe! It's fab people....FAB. We all just love it! :)

We're continuing to work on pieces for 2010, actually trying to wrap it up! We started out with three collections, but ending up adding two of them together to make one. HOWEVER, we have a large mix match of extra pieces we've created. It really feels like we have come up with a ton of product this year (for 2010)...I think 3 or 4 times as much as we've done before! At least it feels it. We're heading to Chicago the week before the open house to see samples and etc, and also to look at the rest of the company's line so we can start getting a game plan for their showroom set up.

I can't tell you one of the things we are working on, which is something we really love, but I can tell you, that each of you will have your chance to "leave your mark on it" : )

Well....gotta go draw something!

J

IS IT JUNE ALREADY!

You know, I've always heard that time flies when two things happen, 1. when you're having and 2. when you get older. Well if the last 6 months are any indication of what it's going to be like the rest of my life, I better sit down before I'm 79....lol

It just seems like we had our Spring celebration, nonetheless Christmas seems like it was a month ago! And now we're trying to get ready for our Christmas Open House in July....oh yeah, Sherry let us know that we have 25 working days until the Open House, which in our world means "CRRRAAPPPP!" Inevidably we will get it done, but MAN do we have some things to get done! We are continuing to get stuff in slowly, however everthing that is coming in we absolutely love! Which I would hope to be the situation, since we bought it in the first place, lol.

Guys, for those of you that are looking for Christmas trees, garlands, and wreaths....you're going to be so excited this year. Even though we believed that we couldn't work any harder, we tried in January to find a better, more economical selection of trees, wreaths, and garlands. And did we ever!@ If my memory serves me right...the garlands for example, are 18" wide (WOW...6" wider than last years) and more full that what we've had in the past, and is less expensive! WIN WIN!

We're doing some Christmas collections we haven't done in a while, such as Candy and Ice World. HOWEVER, our favorite theme (aside from our JSD collections of course) is what we affectionately refer to as "A Trailer Park Christmas"....and we have a trailer to prove it... : ) we had a lot of fun with that one!

Well I guess I should get off of here and actually do some "work" on the floor! Hope to see you soon!