One more week until the Grand Opening Celebration for our new store, Today's Country FARM & Frills! We are excited to announce our "Special Guest" - Deb Bock! Deb started it all in our 1920's Gas Station 13 years ago when she opened Keepsakes, so we thought it only fitting to welcome her back!
Deb's blog Garden Party is absolutely breathtaking - check it out!
You are all invited to our Grand Opening Celebration, Friday, June 29th 5-8 p.m. at our new location, Today's Country FARM & Frills, 880 Main Street, Buckley, WA 98321
And be sure to start following our new blog, as this will be the last month I will be adding new posts to this one.
Amy and I opened our NEW store today!
Today's Country FARM & Frills at 880 Main Street, Buckley, WA!
To see more pictures check out our new blog:
I keep saying that I'm going to soon stop posting on this blog - but I worry that many of you have not found our NEW blog - so once again, click the link below and you will find ALL kinds of new Farm Chicks pictures!!!
And just in case you've missed it - we are opening our new store
in Buckley in
N I N E days!
So this is it...Amy and I have officially moved out of our old store. You will no longer find our treasures there... But you CAN still find us in Sumner at New England Saltbox.
But soon we will be opening our NEW STORE!! That's right - you can't keep a couple crazy girls down for long! HA!
We will be opening our new location at 880 Main Street in BUCKLEY, Washington in June. We're so excited to be moving into this old 1920's Gas Station (former location of Keepsakes). The new store will be called Today's Country FARM & Frills - so watch for more information.
But please start checking out our new blog: Today's Country FARM & Frills because we will soon be discontinuing to update this one.
So - after nearly 13 years, Amy and I will no longer call 1008 Main Street, Sumner Washington our home away from home. We take with us wonderful memories but more importantly FABULOUS friends and customers! This is a photo I took just before we left - dealers, Sharon and Jerry Rody moved out at the same time. Thanks especially to them for their love and loyalty all these years.
So Buckley - ready or not - here we come!!
You'll need to check our new blog (link below)
to find out our big news!!!
To see more of our Monticello's Barnyard Booth -
be sure to check out our new blog at
Monticello's Spring Show opens today!! So plan a trip to Portland and check out the most wonderful mall full of our fabulous friends! For all their information, click the link below!
Remember we've started a new blog!!
Be sure to check it out OFTEN -
because we will soon be shutting this blog down.
It's hard to believe that it's been 12 1/2 years! We haven't aged a bit! HaHa! In addition to Amy and I - there are three wonderful ladies who have been in the store since the very first day we opened! So on Tuesday night, before we turned our keys over to the new owner, we raised a glass to the five original Country Store Girls - Sharon Rody, Corky Wilkes and Jeanine Corey! Ladies - it's been a blast!
Remember, the store is open for business - so be sure to check it out! You won't believe how much stuff Amy and I could fit into 200 square feet!!
Winter White Night Out
POSTPONED to Friday, January 20th
5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Same great food, same great wine, same great friends and fun
just a new night -
because we're afraid it's just a little
too wintery and a lot too white!
As always we will have great food, wine and lots of friends - oh and some shopping too!
Now about those changes...
it is with mixed emotions that Amy and I announce this is the last event we will be throwing at Today's Country Store. As of February 1st the store's name will change and we will simply become dealers. Now - don't panic! We will continue to bring in fabulous and fun antiques - in fact, now that we'll have an opportunity to travel we will be bringing in MORE!!
Many of you know that we have been planning a change for some time now, and this is it! We have a busy show schedule this year, including Junk Salvation in Hillsboro, Oregon; Ruffles & Rust, Farm Chicks, Barn House and more - and all this in addition to our space in Portland's most fabulous mall - Monticello's. So honestly, it is time for us to pass the store on to someone new.
As I write this I find myself getting a little emotional. Amy and I opened the store in July of 1999 and had no idea how long we'd call Sumner home. Now, 12 1/2 years later it's a little scarey to think of moving on. I'm sure my car will automatically drive to Sumner a time or two before I realize I don't work there any more. And now about that...it will be bittersweet when February 1st comes - because we'll have the time to do all the things we've wanted to for so long, but WE WILL miss our wonderful customers so very much!
So PLEASE join us Thursday, January 19th from 5:00 to whenever we get outta there! We would love to see you and thank you for supporting us all of these years!
It's time once again for our Vintage Christmas Open House - this Thursday, December 8th from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. As always, the store is full of Christmas treasures. This is one of our favorite nights of the year that we share with our customers. We dim the lights, bring out some food for the soul and fill your glasses with cheer! So join us for this special night and take home a gift with every purchase!
We get told all the time how a visit to our store inspires folks for the season - and how our little town of Sumner is reminiscent of the famous movie town of Bedford Falls! So relax this holiday, treat yourself to some old fashioned fun and remember...It's a Wonderful Life!
First I need to say THANK YOU for all the support you have given our small business over the years! This Saturday is the second annual Small Business Saturday sponsored by American Express. Whether you are an American Express customer or not - you can show your support to your favorite "mom and pop" shops all over the country by shopping them this Saturday, November 26th! If you are an American Express customer learn how to receive a $25 credit on your next statement by clicking on American Express supports small businesses.
Statistics show that money spent in small businesses stays in the local community!
For every $100 spent in locally owned independent stores $68 returns to the community through taxes, payroll and other expenditures. If you spend that in a national chain only $43 stays here. Spend it online and nothing comes home! To learn more about this be sure to click on our 3/50 project link to the right.
Come visit Sumner this weekend!
Friday - November 25th - Sumner's Bridge Lighting and Fireworks - starting about 5:00 p.m.
Saturday - November 26th - Small Business Saturday - Opening early! 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Open Sunday - November 27th - 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Today's Country Store!
Check out our vintage Christmas this year - we just keep unpacking box after box after box!
Remember our Hometown Holiday Celebration
Saturday, November 12th, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
We welcome one more new dealer to our family - April! She is a recent transplant from Texas and has wonderful vintage clothes (she even made her own little dressing room). We are thrilled to offer our customers something fresh and different.
We just put this beautiful Cinderella-esq dress in the window - it's stopping traffic it's so fabulous!
Sumner is kicking off the holiday season with our annual Hometown Holiday Celebration - Saturday, November 12th from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Shops throughout the town will be decked out for Christmas - including us!
So be sure to save the date and put a visit to our store on your "To Do List" for next Saturday and join us for some pre-Christmas cheer!
Amy and I just got home from setting up our booth at the fabulous Ruffles & Rust Vintage Market! It was a long day - but it's always so fun to see the finished product. We usually have a "plan" before we start - but honestly it never really ends up looking like we thought - it's BETTER! If you have time Saturday make your way to the Monroe Fairgrounds - the show opens at 9:00 a.m. and goes until 4:00 p.m. You won't be sorry - this is a fabulously fun show with some of the premier dealers in our area. Admission is $8 - but if you stop by the shop you can pick up a $3 off coupon!! Hope to see you there!
We're open late tonight from 5:00 - 9:00 p.m. just so you can come check out all the great "old" stuff we have for fall!
Come meet our four new awesome dealers and see all the treasures they have brought - the place is PACKED!!!
We'll have lots of yummy eats and specials throughout the store! So come get INSPIRED!!!
Okay - so is it REALLY Fall??? You wouldn't know it by the weather! But Summer is better late than never - and I'm not complaining. Okay, maybe I'll complain a little because it was 90 degrees yesterday while Amy and I spent a LONG 18 hour day moving into our new space at the Monticello's Fall Show.
We are soooo excited to have been asked back - AND with our new fabulous space in the "Barn!" Yesterday was alot of work, but we are thrilled with the final look! If you get a chance to visit - this store is amazing and we recommend you go!
Monticello's Antiques
8600 SE Stark Street
Portland, OR
Open Monday - Saturday 10 - 6 p.m., Sundays 11 - 5 p.m.
Halloween is just around the corner!!
We are hosting our first ever soldering class - taught by one of our jewelry artists, Elizabeth Johnson!
The class is Friday, October 7th from 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Elizabeth will be showing the students how to make a bewitching charm (pictured above)!
The cost is $75 and includes the instruction, ALL the materials, including the use of a soldering iron and of course appetizers and wine too!
We will accept checks, cash and we can also take credit cards.
Call the store to arrange for payment and reserve your space today!!
(253)826-6646
It appears girls have always "just wanted to have fun!"
And to this day this contraption is still a girls REAL best friend!
The store has lots of great "girly" stuff right now, so it's a perfect time to have our first ever Girls Night Out - this Friday, August 19th, from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Doesn't this dickie look like something Sandy would have worn under her cotton candy pink cardigan in Grease???
"We're rough, we're tough, we're feelin' fine - we're the class of '79!" (And we're all turnin' 50 this year... HA!)
We love doing these late night shopping events FOR YOU - so join us Friday night for some fabulous shopping, food and fun! And be sure to ...
So hope to see you Friday night. Just a heads up that we aren't the only shop in town that will be open late - many of our neighbors will also be staying open late for your shopping convenience!
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