Blue Windows

When I started this year long mis­sion of choos­ing a char­ity every month I always knew in December it would be all about TOYS! I think every­one can remem­ber from their child­hood what it was like at Christmas when you would unwrap a toy. I think every child deserves that expe­ri­ence. So, through­out Novemeber and December I will donate 1 toy for every $50 pur­chase. I fig­ure we will have to buy the toys around the mid­dle of December so I made November a part of this char­ity so we could get LOTS OF TOYS! The toys will be dis­trib­uted to local char­i­ties or orga­ni­za­tions through­out Long Beach. If any­one has a char­ity or fam­ily in par­tic­u­lar that could use toys please let us know.

Window dis­plays are def­i­nitely one of the best days at Blue Windows. I always seem to think I can get more done in one day than what actu­ally hap­pens. I assumed we could fin­ish both hol­i­day win­dows in one day but need­less to say it took two. I love cre­at­ing and brain­storm­ing with my employ­ees. We bounce ideas off each other and the end result is a team effort. I am so proud to have my crew!

The TOYS win­dow is offi­cially DONE!

Now on to the cloth­ing window…

blow­ing glit­ter on the backdrop!

It’s a messy job!

I look for­ward to this hol­i­day sea­son! I hope to enjoy every­thing it has to offer!

Heather

BEFORE…

AFTER…

Sunday night we closed early and began our tra­di­tional Christmas dec­o­rat­ing. Trees, lights, gar­land, mistle­toe, orna­ments, and stock­ings are all the basics for a great hol­i­day sea­son. Holli, Alyson and Andrea came along­side me to help with the dec­o­rat­ing. There were times when silli­ness took us over but I’ve found that is when the magic hap­pens. How can you be in a bad mood while dec­o­rat­ing Christmas? With gin­ger­bread cup­cakes and cof­fee to keep us ener­gized we got done in record time. I am excited for the sea­son and am falling in love with my store all over again. I hope every­one else does too.

We are almost ready! Just a few more touches to the store and the win­dow displays!