Snow Princess Pageant Update

Please pass the word along about this...

The application deadline for the Snow Princess Pageant has been extended to January 28th! We know that there are a lot of people out there interested in the pageant that just haven't gotten around to picking up or sending in their applications!

We will also be holding a parent meeting for those of you who might have questions about the pageant or if anyone has a last minute application to turn in! The meeting will be held at 5:30 on the 28th at the Administration building on Locust Street in the Magnolia Room.

Let me just say again how great I think this pageant is; I really think that this is a good pageant to get your little girl started in the pageant circuit!
This pageant is all about celebrating the individual beauty of each little girl.
Of course there are the regular pageant winners, but unlike a lot of pageants, every single girl gets a tiara! We really want them to have fun, to feel beautiful and to really know how unique they really are!

Another First Day of School...

Hello Kitty might love school...Ashley does not.

I know I post stuff all the time on here that has absolutely nothing really to do with the store. But I figure, I AM the namesake for the store and all, so anything to do with my life is still connected to the store even if it's an indirect connection.
Plus that's what Ashley's Attic is all about; coming in, talking about life, hearing a little gossip, giving and receiving a little advice, catching up, etc. etc. etc. It's so much more than just a place to shop. People that come in are welcomed with open arms and if you spend any extended amount of time with us you are considered family. If you are a regular, you know what I mean. If you aren't a regular or if you've never visited the shop, you really should spend some (or more) time with us!
Besides, if you could care less about the 'slice of life' parts of this site, you can just skip them....that's the great thing about a blog. Right?

So.....that was a long walk for a short drink of water...
All I wanted to say was that tomorrow (today actually...it's already 1:30am) is the first day of my second-to-last semester (i hope!) at MTSU. Then I'm done! Come December of this year, we will be celebrating like crazy! So, keep me in your prayers and thoughts this week and this semester and this whole year...pray that my classes go well, my teachers don't hate me and the drive to Murfreesboro on school days is not too bad.

Thanks everyone for listening (mentally listening, reading, actually). Happy Monday!

A Great Idea!

Many of you might have already thought of or already knew about this idea...since I just found out about it though, I thought I'd share it with those of you who, like me, hadn't thought of it.

On the Kid's Alice by Crocs, there are little holes at the top to put a little girl's favorite Jibbitz in.

A customer was in a little earlier today and showed me another way to decorate the shoes using that hole. She got a tiny baby bow off the rack and put IT in the hole of a pair of the Alices!

Duh Ashley....they were right under my nose and the thought never crossed my mind! This is a great idea for those of you with baby girls who have bows that already match a certain outfit or as a way to use little bitty bows that your little girl has outgrown!

So, thank you Jennifer for that idea!

If anybody else out there that reads this blog has a great idea for Crocs...or anything else we have in our store, let me know. I love finding new uses for stuff I already have lying around!

A Crocs Sale!

I know that Winter really just began, but I've decided to go ahead and do some stock reduction since it's the new year. I have a big table FULL of several different styles of Crocs all on sale.

The Georgies (all purple) are $24.99, the kid's Mary Janes are $15.00, the adult Mary Janes are $20.00, the kid's and adult Alices are $20.00 and all of the remaining Mammoths (the ones with fleece-y lining) are $25.00!

These (especially the very popular Mammoths) are some good deals. It's a good time to stock up before the Spring shipments of Crocs start arriving and everything is full price.

Time for Market...

On Friday Mom and Dad will be heading out for a weekend in Atlanta at the big January Gift Market. If some of you don't know about The Market, it's where we go to order alot of the stuff that we carry here at the shop. We also go to see the trends that will be hot in the seasons to come and get ideas for promotions, products and decorations. It's alot to take in in just a weekend but we usually have alot of fun.
It's yet to be determined if I will head down to meet them later in the weekend but I'm sure if I don't go, they will still take lots of pictures for me to post on here.
With this trip to Market, we are planning to get more lines for our baby section, hopefully find a few more jewelry lines and bulk up our girl and boy toy lines more....same old, same old really for us...
We are definately making sure that we continue to suprise and delight customers with our unique gifts. We have our niche in the 'specialty children's gifts' market in this town because of our gift lines and service that you really can't find anywhere else, and we intend to always be that to you all!
If you have any ideas for what you would like to see here, something that you've seen out of town or in a magazine, let us know. We are always interested in what you have to say and what you like to buy. This is a great time to let us know about stuff like that because at The Market we can actually check the stuff out in person. If it is possible for us to get something that you're interested in, we'll try our best!

The Snow Princess Pageants

As most of you know, I am a member of McMinnville's Junior Auxiliary Club. Next month we will be holding our annual Snow Princess Pageants at the McMinnville Civic Center. It will be on Saturday, February 9 at 5pm.

These are a couple of great pageants and all of the proceeds from them go back into our organization so that we can provide different services to the families in our community with a special emphasis on the Children of Warren County.

The Little Miss Snow Princess is for girls, ages 5-7 and the Miss Snow Princess Pageant is for girls, ages 8-10. We are only accepting the first 50 girls entered in each pageant so that the pageant won't go on all night!

I have applications here at the store and they are going fast!

I am also in charge of getting the prizes and programs together for the pageants, so if any of you readers know anyone or you yourself would be interested in either: donating something to the prize baskets (there are 14 in all!),

or advertising in the program, just let me know...email me or call the shop! Anything at all would help us out...because every penny that doesn't come out of the pageant budget goes towards our service projects!

The prices for advertising are $25 for a half-page ad and $50 for a full page ad...a full page ad also comes with 2 reserved tickets to the pageant and is a great option for family members or sponsors interested in a "good luck" ad for their contestant!

Bows and Headbands and Bow-Holders - Oh My!

We are done with Christmas...and now Spring is already showing itself in a lot of the stuff we're getting in every day.

Just recently we got in a big shipment from one of our main hair bow companies. Inside the boxes were a rainbow of bows, headbands and bow holders...they are so bright and cute. I'm so glad that hair bows are back in style...these kind of make me wish I were still little enough to wear them! Here are a few pictures.

Polka dots are still huge...they came back on the scene in McMinnville last year sometime. So cute and fun, yet still simple enough to go with anything.

Of course, for those of you who don't go for the HUGE bows, we have some daintier versions. And don't you know? - Chocolate is the new black!

Bow-holders are a great way to get organized and to use your little one's bows as decoration too!

Princess and horse themes are everywhere, so these bow-holders will go perfectly with whatever they are into.

The picture really doesn't do these headbands justice...they are BRIGHT and so cute in person. You'll just have to come and see them!

We have actually had bigger girls coming in and buying these for themselves, so I know these are gonna be a hit! They give the illusion of just a simple ribbon wrapped around like a headband and tied underneath the hair. They look so cute and don't slip like a the plain ribbon would.

Finally....for the Birthday Girl or just one who likes cake! This is my FAVORITE style and pattern from the new group! It goes really well with the Adorable Originals' Birthday Girl tees that we carry, but it will also go with whatever you want it to!

I'm really excited about the stuff coming in daily. Spring is my favorite time of year so I'm so glad to see the bright colors beginning to pop up everywhere in the store. Come on in, check out the Spring shipments and let us help you get rid of the Winter blahs!