Echos of bygone splendour

I had been looking for a line of bracelets to add to our current selection of jewelry and, having a pretty clear idea in my head of what I wanted {chunky, cuff-ish, silver, artsy}, I headed to market. It's not always an easy task, finding things in my head, and I was getting discouraged after striking out the first 2 days at market, but on the third {and last} day,...SCORE! These are exactly what I had in mind. It was almost scary! And their story! They are made in Paris by artists who recycle vintage metals from tea sets, candlesticks, trays, flatware etc. in sterling silver, pewter, and copper. I love everything about them, the look, the feel & the story. You will too.

What does that say?

Yes, it says "Toad Hut"! What do you keep YOUR toads in? I had a customer come in about 9 months ago asking if I carried toad huts. "No", I said, "but it sounds like something I'd like to carry"! It took me a few weeks to track a resource down and it turned out that the opening order was too high, given I didn't care for anything else in the line (I didn't need 12 toad huts!). This season, this particular vendor had beautiful handpainted tin birdhouses, and some garden markers that I loved and could put with my toad huts to make the min. opening order. Woooo Hoooo! I can now say, "Yes, I carry toad huts"! Sometimes that's all it takes to make me happy. That, and knowing that even our friendly greenhouse doesn't have an appropriate habitat for the toads in your life! (I called around last summer!) Only at pepperberry's!

Let's make some noise!

Here's a great big thank you to my graphics girl extraordinaire! Not only does she have a wealth of talent, she has been so delightful to work with. I am so pleased with this new blog design! Isn't it lovely? If you love what you see, and are ever in need of a graphics guru, Rebecca Snyder from a la mode designs is your girl! Thanks, Rebecca!

It's not over yet

This is so not the picture any of us want to see right now, but I wanted to use it so that I can address a little problem I am having right now. It's probably only a big deal to me, but it's driving me crazy every time I pull in the parking lot. You see, I cannot change my window boxes! I am dying to take holiday out, but I physically cannot do it. I planted the silver ribbon trees right in the dirt, which is now FROZEN SOLID and once again buried in snow with more snow on the way! I probably can take the moss star off the front door, but I don't have anything to put up there for spring yet anyway, at least not that will go with silver ribbon trees!

What poor planning on my part...so sad!

INCOMING!

I'm sitting at the airport in NYC waiting to board the plane back to all of you and my favorite store! I bought the most fabulous things from all over the world. See the stack of orders and my badge from the show? The stack is double the size it usually is post show! I have a few more orders to place once I get back that will fill in nicely and round out the spring offerings. Wait til you see the bracelets from Paris and the cheesboards made from old european wine casks! Really spectacular!