A ONE YEAR anniversary for The Enchanted Home Shop and a giveaway!

Woo hoo! Happy Sunday......I made it to the one year mark. First things first, the winner of the darling mini Staffordshire dogs, congratulations goes to-

Here is the result #59-

Nonna's loves.........March 8, 2013 at 12:46 PM

Tina,
I must say there is NOTHING in your shop that I don't WANT! Love all your things and your beautiful taste. How do you find the time to do all you do???
This give-a-way is adorable. Love them!
Congratulations on your big anniversary!!!!
Linda Miller

Please contact me so these darling pups can be on their way to you!

 How exciting to have been officially opened for an entire year! I cannot thank you enough for all of your support. My customers have all come to me via my blog and then by recommendations and referrals. How do I say thanks for believing in me, liking my style and supporting what I do! I cannot tell you how much I enjoy the process, especially of helping people. I get excited when I am able to help them find a perfect gift, score the ideal pair of ginger jars, or helping someone put together a great new vignette for their home.

 I love running my little shop and can assure you, I am going to continue to improve and add beautiful things as I find them! This post is a celebration to mark the one year anniversary of my little online shop as well as a chance to say thank you for supporting me this past year!! There is much more to come and with your continued success and encouragement I will keep getting better and better!! Today is a little trivia post mixed in with some fun and then finally a giveaway announcement to celebrate! What's a celebration without a giveaway!

Ever curious as to my best selling item ever?  I cannot name one but here are the top five......in no particular order....

Here's my most popular pillow.......( a tie between these two)

And the best selling monogrammed item.........again a tie

 The wonderful cocktail napkins..also makes a fabulous and affordable gift

 And tell me who wouldn't flip receiving beautiful smelling monogrammed soaps!


Three of my personal favorite items that I think would make amazing Mothers day gifts are.....

The crystal hurricane candle collection with the most heavenly gardenia scent, when empty you have a beautiful crystal container or they can be refilled

 A stunning antiqued soup tureen.....just a beautiful piece for just about anywhere

This magnificent domed cake plate...love the old world etching (comes in three styles)


My favorite belljar lantern is...........

The tulip etched....the very ones I have in my own kitchen!


One item that I think makes an incredible and super affordable gift............monogrammed soaps. They are triple scented, come in a wonderful gift box and who doesn't want to receive a gorgeous box of milled guests soaps bearing their initials!

My most unusual and most special item is.........the pewter napkin rings

These are so incredibly special, I bet they might become a collectors item. The maker is such a talented man and he comes up with the most wonderful whimsical designs, love these!!

 A new item that I am super excited about........

All the beautiful new tabletop

The stunning new oven to table pieces

And have to say I really love these darling wicker bags!!

So how about you? Anything on my site excite you too? How would you like to win a beautiful silver tray!

 Well I am giving away a very special piece for my one  year anniversary!! This stunning new silver tray..one of my new silver items. I  love this tray, perfect for a bathroom as a vanity tray, or in a powder room to hold soaps and I could see it in the kitchen to elegantly hold your spices!

All you need to do to be eligible, is to visit my online shop by clicking here. Come back here and tell me an item that you would love to get for Mothers day (if you are a  mother) or a gift you would like to give to your own mother. Also tell me if there is a product or category you would like to to see in my online shop...something missing from the marketplace. I value your feedback tremendously.

If you want a second chance, leave me a message on The Enchanted Home Facebook page here. I will announce a winner on Wed. morning! Thanks for stopping in and being a part of this big milestone. Wishing you a wonderful day and end to the weekend. Until tomorrow......

Anniversary #3

Tomorrow is Andy's and my 3rd year wedding anniversary. It is crazy to think that we've been married for three years. Really, where does the time go??

Our anniversary is December 15, so it comes at a busy time in the Holidays. Unfortunately because of that we haven't done much in the past to celebrate our anniversaries. For our first year anniversary Andy's company wanted to send him on business to Pittsburgh, PA. I flipped out when I found out he would be traveling and gave him an earful about it being our first anniversary. I told him to tell his company that they could shove it, because he wouldn't be going. (Yep, I'm a crazy wife!) They still sent him, but they also kindly offered to send me too. Ha! So I went with him on his business trip to Pittsburgh. We had a free hotel and free meals which was nice, Andy just had to work during the day. It was an interesting anniversary to say the least.

Neither Andy or I can remember our anniversary last year. Now that's really saying something! How can we not remember our anniversary from only one year ago?? Probably because we didn't do anything. I remember moving apartments right before Christmas, so that must be what we did for our anniversary. I'm sure we went to dinner and said happy anniversary, but I don't think anything else happened. How pathetic are we?

This year we knew we would be busy over our anniversary because of the move to CA and Andy's crazy work schedule. Luckily we thought ahead and decided to take a little weekend trip to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. We went about a month ago before things were too crazy and had a lovely little weekend. We did some hiking, enjoyed the little shops, reminisced about the beginning of our relationship, had some good food, played checkers...you know, anniversary stuff. It was nice. I was glad that we were finally able to put some time aside for us to celebrate us.

Maybe in the future we'll have to make an anniversary celebration date so that we actually celebrate it rather than forgetting it. The funny thing is though, that it is definitely Andy's and my relationship style to forget things like our anniversary. Andy says, 'why celebrate it on one day in December when we can be celebrating it everyday throughout the year'. What a guy!

As For Me and My House Sign

Today is my parent's anniversary! Last year they were down here visiting us on their 30th anniversary while we waited on Lola to arrive - she gave us a false alarm that sent them and my sister Jamie on their way a little earlier than needed. I am pretty sure I neglected to give them anything seeing how I was otherwise occupied. =) This year, though, I wanted to make them something for the new house they are building.

 

Have you ever wondered where Lillie and Lola are when I am taking pics? Generally just outside the shot. I often end up cropping little heads or arms out. =)

Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad! I love you!

Five Years, a Weekend Thermal Sale, and Back40Life

Yesterday was our five year wedding anniversary! My, how time flies. It seems like just yesterday we were busy planning out all the details and I was knee deep making invitations, programs, seating charts and all the other fun things that go along with a wedding. I had planned on doing a post yesterday showing all of those items but the weather here has been rainy which does not go well with shooting detailed photos.

Our actual day yesterday wasn't too exciting. In fact we barely even got to see each other. Jon did go out for a fancy dinner - just not with me, haha. Some recruits were in town for their official visit so while he was dining on steak I was eating takeout Moe's with the girls....very romantic. =) Don't feel too badly for me, though. We went out for a delicious meal on Tuesday at my favorite restaurant and he surprised me with a completely unexpected gift. It was so sweet and I was so shocked to see it when I came down the stairs earlier this week. It made it even more special when I found out he had actually bought it a few weeks ago and was just waiting to give it to me. I couldn't believe he had thought so far ahead of time.

Again, thanks to the lovely rain and therefore the horrible lighting in our house, I couldn't get any good shots of it. I will just show you this close-up of it for now and then hopefully next week get some good shots of the whole thing.

 

On another note, we are having a little weekend sale! 

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And we restocked out Annistyn Scarf in Black yesterday and there is one left.

I also wanted to introduce you to another one of our sponsors:

Jodi of Back40Life!

They have so many wonderful products to offer from vinyl wall art to canvases! They are a wonderful family business that has been growing steadily. In August they passed the 2000 sales mark on Etsy!

I love these house numbers!

And I especially love all of the verses they use:

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!