Decorating for Christmas...

Okay...We know that Halloween  has just passed & Thanksgiving is a few weeks away, but because we are a staff of two, me & my sister Lorraine, we have to start decorating our store for the holidays. It takes a great deal of time to mark in the merchandise, make room for trees & move displays. We wish that we could wiggle our noses & blink our eyes (alla I Dream of Jeannie) & everything would be perfect, but that's just not the case.

A great deal of planning goes into Christmas. It starts in January. We no sooner take down the trees & we're off to the NY Gift Fair to buy Christmas for the next year.

We loved it all...Dear Santa..."We want it all !"

Most shipments start arriving in June...with the bulk being delivered in September. Then the fun begins! Cleaning & setting up the displays...Trees need lights...we all know how much fun it is to put lights on trees...try putting lights on 5 or more trees. Fun is not the word ;).

But, in the end something magical occurs...

Visit us this Christmas season...& here is a preview of some of the exciting things in store for this year...

Baking is a must...

Gingerbread for sure...

and we all know...

LIFE IS SHORT...Eat Dessert First! 

because...

"STRESSED" is "DESSERTS" spelled backwards & that is "Why" we must eat Dessert First...to relieve "STRESS".

Lots of Fun Stress goes into decorating for the holidays...Stay tuned for more photos of Christmas at Town & Country Gifts...

Eating Dessert First,

Kathleen Sforza

Town & Country Gifts

1213 Castleton Avenue

Staten Island,  NY 10310

718-447-8237

Websites:

http://www.kathleenrosescollection.com/ (an eBay Store)

http://www.lorrainesfavoritefinds.com/ (an eBay Store)

Blogs:

http://www.lorrainesfavoritefinds.blogspot.com/

http://www.accessoriesbyashleyrae.blogspot.com/







RX for the winter blahs...

Every year, at this time of the year, I start to feel blah... The cold starts to get to me...I can't seem to motivate myself to do much of anything...Half the time, I think I may have some kind of serious disease (God forbid). Maybe, just maybe...I have the "Winter Blues". Symptoms include tiredness, sleepiness, lack of energy, imaginative aches & pains, always hungry, always cold...

My cure...a cozy throw (like the one above "Luxemburg" from Manual Woodworkers & Weavers available for sale in my eBay Store: http://kathleenrosescollection.com, something hot to drink (my fav "Hot Chocolate), my computer (shopping online), a television, a good book (my pick right now chick lit..."Savannah Blues" by Mary Kay Andrews), and of course...my bed.

Maybe the bears have it right...hibernate and..."Wake me when it's Spring."

At my store...Spring is calling & new items are arriving daily.

Here's a sneak preview of the 2010 Byers' Choice Caroler® figurines that will be arriving at my store Town & Country Gifts or in my eBay Store: http://kathleenrosescollection.com

Valentine Girl

Wedding Party



Time for Tea

Looking forward to Spring...

Warmest Regards,
Kathleen Sforza

Town & Country Gifts,
1213 Castleton Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10310
718-447-8237

Websites:
http://kathleenrosescollection.com/ (an eBay Store)
http://lorrainesfavoritefinds.com/ (an eBay Store)