Good morning!
What's on
sale?
This week, all
ladies' pants, shorts and capris are 30% OFF!
and does
everybody know what Friday is? Why, it's the FIRST FRIDAY in August...and you
know what that means:
Why, it's
time for the
FIRST FRIDAY (and Saturday,
TOO!) SALE
Friday, August 3 and
Saturday, August 4
10 AM- 6
PM
50% off
STOREWIDE
Half off the
original price!
Get a jump on back to
school shopping-
The white tags
are our fall items and they'll be half off,
too!
Latest Columns!
My husband, Arthur, and I each write twice-a-month
columns for The Times here in Gainesville. His deal with computing and
technology issues. Mine deal with whatever strikes my
fancy.
My latest column was published on July
27th. Click here to
read "Shelter's 'lucky dogs' were anything but"
Arthur's column has been on hiatus for a
few weeks. But you can click here to go to his blog and
read past columns and even search for specific topics if you need help
troubleshooting a problem. His column will resume in The Times in
August.
Meet Carol
Here at N2N, we've known Carol Smith
FOREVER. She and her mom Scarlett (and later her daughters Sarah and
Natalie) been shopping with us since we were downtown in the mid-1980s. In fact,
she recently found a long-lost stash of N2N receipts, added them to the ones in
her purse and came up with over $750 in shop receipts- that gave her a $75
shopping spree. Brava, Carol!
Now, Sarah, the sweet toddler we watched
grow into a lovely young woman is preparing to graduate from Piedmont College
and get married, too. To finance the nuptials, Carol is producing beautiful
artwork on, as she says,
"anything that doesn't move."
Carol says: "I am a self-taught, eclectic
artist. I like colorful, happy art and I like to use repurposed objects. I like
to give previously loved things a new life. I make glass garden "totems",
personalized signs, and other decorative art. My favorite thing to paint is
chairs, and I can paint them in colors you like. Lots of people like rocking
chairs and time out chairs for their little ones. One of my most
popular patterns is painted to look like a quilt, complete with tiny stiches
piecing the 'fabric' together.
I also do signs for homes, with special sayings or names.
My motto is 'Embrace your inner quirky!', and that comes out in my bright colored art.
It takes 2-3 weeks for me to do a quilted chair, less for one that is less complicated. For a small child's rocker I usually get $45-$60, and I ship UPS. My favorite chair is also the most expensive, $145. If you're local, I deliver.
If you have a piece of furniture at home that isn't getting the attention it deserves, call me and I will make it a focal piece for the room!
Meanwhile, I'm doing what I do best - yard sale-ing, curb shopping...
and oh yeah, painting!
Shop name: Miss Ellen
Joy
www.etsy.com/shop/missellenjoy
email:childofgrace63@yahoo.com
phone:770-503-5375
www.etsy.com/shop/missellenjoy
email:childofgrace63@yahoo.com
phone:770-503-5375
So give Carol a call if you want her to
breathe happy life into a tired old rocker or if you need a personalized gift
that will be treasured forever!
Consign
Online!
Have an awesome designer bag you're not carrying
anymore? An original Cabbage Patch Kid? A pair of Jimmy Choos that don't
fit? Other high end apparel or collectibles? Email me. I'm taking consignments
to list on eBay.
I've been selling there since 1999. I'm a top-rated
Power Seller with a 100%
positive feedback rating (and that's from over 11,000 feedbacks!) Let me put
my expertise and reputation to work for you. Just drop me an email at
next2new@aol.com with a
brief description of what you have to sell and I'll get right back to
you.
In case you missed it...
...on our Facebook
page, here's Lisa, lookin' good, decked out from N2N head to
toe- Boater hat, Myst linen shirt covered in mother-of-pearl buttons, Hollister
linen tank top, Express capris and Van Eli slides decorated with more mother of
pearl buttons. All for...wait for it...wait for
it...$27.00!
Send us a picture of you, your kids, your husband,
heck...even your dog decked out in head-to-toe N2N and we'll feature it in a
future "Lookin' Good" segment. Be sure to give us the total of how much you
spent (or, rather, SAVED!)
Whatcha
eatin'?
It was one of those days. Rachel was home from for a day from her
summer job at Camp Coleman. She wanted to bake cookies for her fellow
counselors but it seemed we were out of almost everything- no butter, only two
eggs, no flour...and I didn't want to go to the store if I could avoid
it.
So we made
survey what we DID have- Bisquick baking mix, oil and pudding mix.
A quick Google
search turned up what may well become one of my favorite, most versatile cookie
recipes. The recipe calls for vanilla pudding but that we didn't have. So we
made the first batch with gingerbread pudding (a specialty product that Jell-O
sells in December) rolled in brown sugar and voila!
Snickerdoodles!
The second
batch (shown above) was made with coconut cream pudding mix with about a 1/2 tsp. of almond
extract tossed in. It produced delectable teacakes worthy of Scarlett
O'Hara!
Click here
for the basic recipe...and then let your imagination take
over!
Wise
Words
Computer
problems?
That's it for now. Remember-email goes both ways...
If you run across any exceptional bargains or impressive new products, let us know. We'll put the word out!
Have a remarkable week!
Teressa and the Next2New Crew
Next to New Resale Boutique
1705 Cleveland Hwy.
Gainesville, GA 30501
770-534-9070
Monday- Saturday 10-6
Sunday
1-6
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