My finished Ring

Here is my finished product for that ring that I made out of a half dollar :) 

Thinking outside of the box....bringing in adult clothing!

So we needed to start thinking outside of the box. This economy is hard on us small businesses and we WILL NOT close our doors. So we have decided to sublease a small part of our store. We are bringing in THE DRESSING ROOM!

Natalie is new to this business, but has such great spirit and a true eye. We think this will go great with our current children's boutique. We are making sure it will all flow. Starting the first week in February, we will be carring adult womens clothing!!!! We can now say that we are a one stop shop. Bring your daughter and come have a true shopping experiance here at TEAPOT!

Isn't this cute!~

Start shopping now at their website:

www.thedressingroomonline.com

Giveaway Maddness

So in all this wonderful giveaway crazyness I found this blog that is giving away this very cute blouse~ check it out

Blouse Givaway

One World-One Heart Giveaway.......

Teapot is proud to be a participant in the One World-One Heart event giveaway.

Giving away to 1 lucky participant/Blogger:

12-18 months HUGGABLE long underwear. 80% Wool 20% Tencel

How to enter:

1.Leave a comment on THIS post only! You do not have to be an active blogger just make sure you leave some contact information. I need to be able to get in touch with you to send you the prize!

2. Make sure you enter before February 12. I will be doing the drawing on the 12 and contacting the winner that day as well!

3. Check out Lisa's Blog at One Heart-One World

Good Luck!!

Laurens Birthday Party with Mariah Smith Photography

Lauren came to have a party this past weeked at Teapot. Mariah Smith (Our Photographer) is amazing, she can capture the essence of our parties. We love her. Here is a slideshow of Laurens' Royal Ball party! 

Tap Tap Tap...making a Coin Ring

A friend of mine inspired me to make a coin ring. She said her father made her one long ago and I just had to try it myself. I guess it supposed to be easy... 

Soldiers long ago, when board, used to tap away at coins that were made out of 95% silver *pre 1964*. They would tap the edges with a spoon over and over and over, until they produced a silver coin ring. If they can do it with a spoon then I sure as heck can do it with a hammar and drill!

So I went and found some quarters at a local coin shop and decided to give it a try. First I started taping with a hammer (much easier then a spoon!). Soon they sides were smooth and round. Then I drilled out the middle. Unfortunately my drill and my dremmal ran out of juice so they are charging right now.. here is a picture of my process.  

I started with a quarter and then decided that I should make one out of a half dollar for my love. His birthday is coming up so I thought this was a nice sentimental gift :) 

Let me know if you try it, how it works for you!! 

I want this bed!

I found this on another blog (Designers Block) and I just love it!! Wouldn't that be amazing in my store! Or even better my house!

Click here to see the link!

Vote for Us! Best of Sonoma County!

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VOTE NOW for BEST OF THE NORTH BAY 2009

We need your vote!
We know you love us, but the world needs to know too. Winning this award is a HUGE way of promoting our business and in these challenging months, we need all the help we can get. Please take 2-3 minutes to visit Bohemian's site (click upper left hand corner) and vote Teapot for

401 Best Baby Gift Store
402 Best Birthday Party Place and

410 Best Kids' Clothing Store.

You only need to put in our name, you can leave the rest blank :) We have some serious competition down the street... but that was before we came into town.. so click away! Let your voices be heard!

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
Ashley and Kayse
Teapot
127 4th Street
Santa Rosa, Ca 95401
http://www.teapotparties.com/

Our Window and A Must Read Sign.....

 This is our couch, its been for sale for a while now. So I decided to get creative about it... I posted this sign...I hope it works :) 

This is our new window. We have yet to show what our parties were like. So I thought it would be a good idea to do that...the picture is not very good but you get the idea. 

I have the kids....

So Kayse is at work....and I have the girls..wont she be surprised to see what they have been up too!  They told me they are scary princesses.

Soaking in the sun...warmed our toes...now back to work!

                                  

We are back! We enjoyed an amazing time in Mexico. Holbox was a peaceful island that allowed us all to wash our worries away and relax. 

Kelsey ran the store perfectly, she brought in money that we needed and when I arrived on Monday found the store in clean, neat order. We are so blessed to have her in our lives!! 

It's fun being back at work. Yes, I loved being away, but I love interacting with everybody as well. I love being at the store, productive, placing orders, rearranging and being a part of the community of shops in Historic Railroad Sq. 

Just to let you all know a little incite into how we are doing.........

We are hanging in there by the skin of our teeth. It is hard, as you all know to run a store in this economic crisis. We are trying to get inventive with how to keep the money coming in, so that in return we can place more orders, as well as pay ourselves (a feat we have yet to achieve!). But with your added support we are going to try to make it! We have too, we want too, we MUST! Our lease comes up for renewal in a couple months, can you believe we have been in this location for a year? We have tried to negotiate the conditions of the lease in some ways, but to no avail. So we will just cross our fingers and hope that we can make it all work. 

We are thinking of some new ways of bringing in the money, for one would be to bring in Adult clothing as well. We are in the talks of subleasing to a woman that does very well with her clothing and it would flow with our children's lines. This way moms and daughters would be able to shop together! We also had the idea of bringing in a children's shoe store into 1/3 of the store but....we have yet to get a response for that posting. 

I am so excited, because people are hearing about us down in LA...that must be a sign that we need to stay going!!! I am going to take it as that, at least :)