Thank you all for a very nice holiday season, as the store was quite busy, which was nice to see everyone in a shopping mode. Customers seemed pleased with the products, and I have several nice comments I hope to list soon. Right now we are in the process of restocking retired Hallmark ornaments and listing all the 2009’s we could purchase. Many stores sold out, and some of the most popular ones are very hard to find, but we will keep working on it. By far, they were the most popular products this year.
Loon Lake Decoys, and Daphne’s Headcovers were a close second. I think many a father or husband received one for Christmas. Loon Lake is coming out with new products soon. One very nice one is the Mallard Duck coming in for a landing, a tabletop sculpture, plus a Loon call and more we haven’t seen yet, but should be available soon.
Daphne’s is coming out with about 10 new headcovers, which are so cute. Please check back with us in a month or two, when they will be out. The Cougar, Basset Hound, Beagle, Hawk and Boston Terrier should sell well, they look so real. They have also redesigned some of the older favorites, but my feelings on that are, it must be hard to refine a product as nice as their products are. We have seen pictures, but have to wait until they are available. I have my order list and am ready to order ASAP.
The hand painted stained glass products sold well for Christmas too. By far, the lighthouses win. There must be a lot of lighthouse lovers, like ourselves. It makes it especially nice to have repeat customers, for products family and friends have seen, and are ordered because someone liked it so much.
And of course I can’t leave out the slate signs. We certainly love these products. They are beautiful and the fast service from Kim’s Crafts is fantastic. They were a large part of our Christmas business too.
Now, for the future products for the store, we are still pondering Sandicast, but are also considering Crystal. If anyone has a good idea of something they might like to see on our store, we are always interested. We still haven’t given up on the bird accessories and dog products. Now that the holidays rush is over, and we get finished restocking, we can take the time to figure more products to add to the store.
Again, thanks to you all for making our holiday season a success. We couldn’t have done it without you, and your business is definitely appreciated.
We hope your year to come will be blessed and happy.
Melonie and Gary
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