Archive for February, 2010

On Sunday February 14th, Sonny Bailey passed away very unexpectdly leaving behind his wife Donna, his 3 children Rebecca Furrow, Michael Bailey, and Janie Gerrish, along with 7 grandchildren. Sonny and Donna spent several years working side by side at their dairy farm in Montville, Maine to provided for there family. Sonny was known for being being a hard worker and never giving up on anything…true determination. And Sonny was always there to lend a hand for anyone in need. So now, it is the Bailey’s time of need. A great time for the community to rally together and help them out.

On February 28th at Unity Elementary School there will be a potluck dinner for Sonny. Donations at the door will be accepted along with please bring a dish to share. Raffle items will be available along with a 50/50 raffle. The start time is at approx 11:00 a.m. It would be great to see everyone come and bring some stories to share throughout the day of Sonny. He was very well known for his sense of humor and his ability for a great conversation, and answering “Poorman” whenever anyone would call him.

He will be sadly missed by all those that knew him.

Twice Loved Boutique is donating two Gift Certificates to be raffled off at this event.

Please visit the Facebook Event Page to RSVP and get more information

Here is a bit of information that was sent out today in the first issue of our newsletter… Subscribe using this link http://twicelovedboutique.com/list/?p=subscribe to receive these newsletters in your email inbox weekly!

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Are your kids closets growing as fast as they are?

We are looking for new consignment accounts… specifically we are searching for kids sizes 4 and up. We are interested in clothing of all shapes and sizes, but really could use some extra focus on Childrens (both boys and girls) sizes 4 and up to 18

If you hadn’t heard, we have a special mailing list just for those interested in consignment (selling through or donating clothes to Twice Loved Boutique). Subscribers to that list will be kept up to date on what items we are looking for (store wishlist), any changes to our Consignment policies or agreement, and anything else that pertains to selling clothing!

If you haven’t subscribed yet, check it out at: http://twicelovedboutique.com/list/?p=subscribe

Last Week on Facebook…

We gave away a $15 gift certificate… the only requirements were that we reached 100 fans and EVERY fan got entered! The winner was Irene R. from Brooks!

There’s yet another great promotion going right now, the prize being a $25 gift certificate, to be awarded at our ReOpening/Anniversary Event this spring! Check out our Facebook Fan Page for info on how to enter – http://facebook.com/TwiceLovedBoutique

Things to look forward to…

We have a lot of changes coming up in the store and online, you can read all of the details that we’ve announced, at our website http://twicelovedboutique.com with plenty more announcements to come over the next few months!

Can you believe that Twice Loved Boutique is nearly two years old? I know I’m still having a hard time believing that in just a few months, I’ll have been in business a full two years. When I was younger, I had the hardest time sticking to things, and I know a lot of people have hinted or even said right to my face in the past 2 years that they didn’t think I would stick with it. Feels good to prove them wrong, and prove to myself that I can do it!

So, I’m sure you’ve noticed that we’ve been closed, and if you haven’t noticed, well then why not? Kidding. Maybe.

Anyway, I mentioned in a previous post that we had been closed because we were having some issues with heating, we thought we had it fixed, but then as soon as I opened the store back up, it was a problem again. Gotta love these harsh Maine winters!

So we are working on a new plan for that (probably going to Propane next winter, but not sure yet). In the mean time we have been working on other plans. In probably a month or so we will be getting the materials to do yet ANOTHER renovation in the shop. I love improving the store every year, I really do! I love giving it a fresh look and feel and seeing everyone’s reactions when they come in and find a whole new store, completely different than the last time they visited.  Its fun, and helps to keep me motivated! Kinda like a treasure hunt every time you come in.

So my husband (aka super-hunky-handy-man), will most likely be replacing our current windows with some large store front picture windows. I’m SUPER excited about being able to set up window displays, and already have some great ideas.  We are also going to be adding some wall fixtures, so we can offer even more great items, and keep them better organized! A potentially ongoing process will be replacing the round fixtures we currently have with some custom built fixtures that will take up less space, but hold much more!  I don’t know if this will be done before we reopen or if it will be a progressive thing through the year, but it’s coming!

I’ve also got some great ideas in the works for customer appreciation, cause really, I’d be nowhere without you, and I’d be a fool to think otherwise! I’ve already started by giving away some gift certificates (a new service I’ve added!) on our Facebook Fan page… if you aren’t a fan yet, you should be, there is another gift certificate promotion in the works, exclusively for Facebook fans

I wish I could tell you all the great things I’ve got planned for the near future, but that would ruin the surprise, and well, if I give away all my secrets, that would be just no fun at all, would it? So stay tuned, and join us on Facebook and Twitter if you haven’t already, click here put your email address in there, hit Submit and you’ll join our Twice Loved Boutique Exclusives & Sneak Peaks newsletter if you aren’t already receiving our emails! And no worries, I hate spam as much as you do. Your privacy is guaranteed, I’ll never share or sell your information.

Now, I am off to go sort and tag more great items so we can continue to expand our offerings! Should be hearing soon from a few prospective new consignors about some great new and used items to add to the store this spring!