It's Been A While...but We've Got New Products!!!

Wow...it's been a while since I've updated the blog. With closing the large store, moving to the Treasure Chest, working on my final dissertation draft, family, illness and holidays...the blog just moved to the bottom of my priority list. Now, I have some new things to blog about, including new products. The store started as an aromatherapy and natural products store and I'm happy to say that we are adding back those products to our online offerings. I'm starting with bath & body products but soon I'll have an entire line of essential oils and other natural and organic offerings.

To start with, I have one of my favorite items that I want to feature, which is the Air Freshening Spritzer. The great thing about this spritzer is that it doesn't contain Phthalates, which is a chemical that can alter natural hormones. In a study conducted by NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), they found that many of the air fresheners found in stores, contain phthalates. For more on phthalates, check out WebMD.

So...what does all this mean to me, you and Two Sisters Gallery? We now have four FABULOUS air spritzers that are 100% natural: just pure, clean, sanitary, non-contaminated, biodegradable water and pure essential oils!

REAL purity: 100% pure essential oils that have been GC/MS-tested to confirm purity and naturalness


REAL honesty: full ingredient disclosure includes every essential oil used in each aroma


Product Standards

No synthetic fragrances, colors or preservatives

Petroleum-free, Cruelty-free, Paraben-free, No solvents, No propellants
 
Check out these fabulous Air Spritzers on our website! My favorite and the one I keep in my office is Uplifting Bergamot & Orange...just when I need a little natural boost!

How to Lead a Charmed Life!

I am so excited about the new items that we will soon be offering. I have been talking with our distributor about some of the unique ways that we can continue to build charm bracelets. One of the reasons that I can offer .925 Sterling Silver less than where you will find it elsewhere is that I deal directly with the jewelry distributor, so by removing the middle man, I am able to offer you fabulous jewelry at lower prices.

Some of the new items that we will be listing on our website is a new spin on the traditional charm bracelet. By using split rings (these are similar to a key ring, where you thread your key on the key ring), you can thread these around the charms and hang them on almost anything without sautering the charm, creating a unique bracelet that you can mix, match and change your look! You can hang them on charm bracelets, necklaces, the cuff bracelet for the Story Beads or even the Add a Charm Stopper Bead from Story Beads! This is such a great spin on a traditional concept. I have placed a few items on the website as I am preparing all of the information to post all of the new items. You can find bracelets under Jewelry >> Charm Bracelets, and charms under Jewelry >> Traditional Charms (this is where the pom-pom/megaphone charm is located).


Here's a peak at some of the ideas:
 

 
Congratulations to our Facebook Friday winner:

 
Please contact me (kim@2sistersgallery.com) no later than the close of business on Tuesday, October 26, to claim your item. Thanks to all of you who posted comments, we appreciate your continued support.
 
Don't forget to enter into our raffle (I'll have the picture of the bracelet posted on Facebook tomorrow evening). All you have to do is make a $5.00 donation, all of which will be sent to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. You can make your donation by sending a payment to info@elemental-earth.com (our parent company) to enter. For each $5.00 you send, you will get one entry into the raffle. Help us achieve our goal and save lives!
 
Thank for your continued support and keep checking the website for new items!
 
Have a wonderful weekend,
Kim

Message Beads from Story Beads

The message bead group is such a neat group of beads. It's a fantastic way to have a reminder on your bracelet for encouragement and support. There are 10 beads in the message bead group with sayings such as Faith, Trust, Believe, Love, Peace, Hope and more. What a very neat way to express yourself with a bead as a resolution.

These beads are 10mm .925 sterling silver and cost $21.99. These would make a great gift to someone to help them start a bracelet.

Congratulations to our Facebook Friday winner for October 1.

Please contact me via email (kim@2sistersgallery.com) no later than end of day on Tuesday, Oct. 5 to claim your item. Thanks again to everyone who continues to support us on Facebook!

Kim

Still Telling a Story

This week, I received a new order of the wax seal charms and earrings from the Story Bead Collection. I really like the wax seal charms because you can do a couple of things with them, hang them from a necklace for an elegant look or hang them from a bracelet. These Victorian Wax Seal charms have an emblem stamped on them and a gemstone such as a pearl, peridot, onyx, amethyst, garnet and smoky quartz.

This seal, Forget Me Not, has a flower and a pearl and would make a very special gift to someone or to receive yourself. The matching earrings also have a pearl and the same flower. Choose from Forever Hearts, Cupid, Such is Life and others. These can be located under the Wax Seal category under Story Beads at Two Sisters Gallery.

Our winner of this week's Story Bead giveaway is...

...please contact me (kim@sistersgallery.com) no later than the end of the day on Wednesday, September 29, 2010 to claim your item.

Have a great week!

Kim

Tell Your Story!

The more I work with Story Beads, the more I really like the way these beads come together to create a unique story. This week I put two bracelets together for our two big college teams here in Alabama and they looked so cute! I will have them displayed at The Treasure Chest on Tuesday and available to purchase there and both online and phone orders as well. I have more tigers and elephants on order that we will have at The Treasure Chest too!

Another item that turned out really cute was this "Mom" necklace with the Mom charms, the two children and other pretty beads.

That's the cool thing about these Story Beads, you can make great looking necklaces as well. The boy/girl charm (51083) and the mother holding a baby charm (51079) are both only $18.00.

Our winner this week of the Story Bead hoop earrings is:

Please contact me no later than the end of the day via email (kim@2sistersgallery.com) on Tuesday in order to claim your item. Thanks to everyone who participated in yesterday's giveaway and your continued support!

Have a fabulous weekend!

The Story Continues...

he Story Bead line continues to grow and I love how the manufacturer introduces new beads. Unlike waiting until Spring/Fall, Story Beads releases a nice "handfull" of beads every month and the line continues to grow! I need to update the website with some of the new styles that just came out on Thursday [yesterday] and plan to do that on Sunday. My online sales are really picking up and this is becoming a very cute way to build a charm bracelet. With all of the style choices that Story Beads offers, you can have something fun or something elegant.

Enamel Flower - $18.00 

Glass Panda - $15.00

The cuff bracelet is selling well, that's the only style that has sold so far online...which is a good thing. I will tell you, I really like how their stopper beads work. You just slide them on and they hold all of the charms in between in place...it's totally cool! Anyway, I was mentioning above how there are some new style beads so I'll give you a sneak peek here on the blog:

Glass Ladybug - $15.00

Those are just cute and the price is just right! I have ordered a Tiger and an Elephant and I plan to put together cuff bracelets for Auburn and Alabama! I'll post photos when I get those made!

Our winner of this week's giveaway is:

Thanks to everyone who participated and as Candy said, she was glad to have the giveaway back and I'm glad to be able to continue to offer it!

Stop by and see us at The Treasure Chest or shop with us online (http://www.2sistersgallery.com/). I am continuing to add more and more back to the online store!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Story Beads at Two Sisters Gallery

WOW...I cannot believe it has been since May since I have written on the blog. The sign of a VERY busy woman. We've had a lot going on with our business including the *going out of business* sale to reduce inventory at our location on 231 S. and moving over to The Treasure Chest this week. I've missed writing the blog and am happy that I have things all sorted out now so that I am "back in business" both online and in a new location! I never really dreamed of being a retailer but the bug has set in and I just cannot give it up.

As many of you know, we started carrying Pandora Jewelry in our store in 2005, before it was even popular, and I worked diligently to spread the "Pandora word" selling charm bracelets. I have always thought that I was strictly a Pandora girl and with the five bracelets that I have built over the years; I still think it's a great line. Unfortunately, due to my work demands, we made a decision to stop selling Pandora and we knew that closing the location on 231 S, was inevitable since I have finished my doctorate (I haven't finished my dissertation yet) and started working with a university full-time in January. I just couldn't keep up with the demands of the retail store.

Anyway, I came across a line called Story Beads that I have absolutely fallen in love with, much like I did when I first saw Pandora. I think it's the whole concept of charm bracelets. I remember my mother had a charm bracelet when I was a child, with the children *heads* and other charms that had to be sautered on. That's what I loved about Pandora, the fact that you could create a charm bracelet and change it up, you weren't stuck with what you put on there originally, you could actually create something that could be modified.

There are plenty of other similar lines and while Story Beads is similar, it's different. It is .925 silver, it's less expensive and while some of the charms are similar, they are also very different. The coolest thing to me is their earring concept. I love that you can buy sterling silver hoops, that you can wear alone OR you can put Story Bead charms on them to create a different look. I LOVE the Story Bead earrings and when we were at the old location, I could not keep them in stock.

Are these not just the CUTEST earrings, ever? Before you have a chance to mentally say yes, I'm going to say...yes they are!

I'm so thrilled about the flexibility to be able to giveaway Story Beads to promote them, something that I was unable to do wih Pandora, I had a cuff bracelet with the "Believe" charm on it for the Facebook Friday giveaway to start off. In fact, I am so enamored with Story Beads, I am going to give away a charm for the next six weeks!

So...to wrap up, our winner for this week's FB Friday giveaway is:

Stacy has been a fan of ours for a while and I appreciate her support, as I do with everyone else who continues to support us. Stacy...please contact me (kim@2sistersgallery.com) no later than COB on Tuesday (Sept 7) to claim your item.

Thanks again for sticking around with us on Facebook as we transitioned to our new location and are working on our online store. I hope to see you online and have you shop with us at The Treasure Chest.

Have a fabulous Labor Day weekend!

Kim :-)