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If you follow us on Twitter, or Fan us on Facebook or are a Friend on Myspace, you may have heard we have some BIG news we will be announcing very soon.

Unfortunately for us, we don’t have all the details finalized yet.

Fortunately for you, we are ready to announce what we HAVE figured out!

This announcement will take place Friday at Noon (EST) and will ONLY be announced on our TLB Exclusives & Sneak Peaks Mailing list, so if you haven’t subscribed yet, you better hurry up, you’ve only got 24 and a half hours to get subscribed and confirm your subscription (this is the most important step because if you don’t confirm your subscription, we can’t email you!)

The link is up there, at the top left of the page, if you have any issues, give me a call at 207-722-3519 or email contact(at)twicelovedboutique.com and let us know what the issue is!

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!

So it appears that our heating issues are back, and are not going to be fixed any time soon. Of course, this comes after a whole month of preparing to open back up, just to have another week of delays due to illness.

After a lot of thinking and debating and weighing options, we have decided that the best option for Twice Loved Boutique is to remain closed until warmer weather arrives, with a tentative date of May 1st. We were closed all of last winter for other reasons (one of those will be turning a year old in a few months!) and opening back in May and celebrating with an anniversary event worked out really well for us!

Our loyal customers understood the break, as I am sure you all will continue to understand, and you were right there celebrating with us for our 1st Anniversary/ReOpening celebration! Over our second year, even with the current economical state, our sales were up about 25% from our first year! I am confident that this business will continue to grow and gain even more amazing customers, even when we have to close for the winter.

I will continue to be available by request if you are in need of something you can call ahead and set up a time and I’ll make sure I am available to help you out, some customers have already taken advantage of this and I hope more of you do. The number to call is 207-722-3519, if there’s no answer, just leave a message and I’ll get back to you!

Thank you all for understanding the difficulties we are having, and for remaining loyal through these tough times. We will see you again in the spring (or sooner if you come visit us this weekend at the Mount View Elementary PTC Baby Fair!