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Socks the Fox:

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It’s Friday and we figured everyone deserves a giggle, right?  Who doesn’t love a sweet little animated fox named “Socks”….besides, he’s one of our newest cuddly friends in our renewed Baby & Child department (Vaughn Rd location only)!

Enjoy!

\”Socks the Fox\”

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Thursday Treat:

30% off All Hydrangeas !

We’ve moved our “treat” days from Tuesdays to Thursdays, so be on the watch for our very special one-day-only sales on items throughout the garden center and home store!

Be sure to use your Garden Rewards membership card when checking out to receive the phenomenal offer of the day. Not a member? No problem! Simply let our cashiers know at checkout and they’ll help you sign up on the spot – it’s fast, easy & FREE!

This week, we’ve got an offer you’ll LOVE:

Child’s Play (& Pretend!):

Oh goody, goody!

Visit our Vaughn Road store location and you’ll notice lots of ‘new’ arriving!  We’ve recently had the inkling to refresh our children’s section, so it has been a case of

Out with the OLD…

                      & in with the NEW!

Meet our newest Baby & Child additions….Melissa and Doug as well as bla bla!

Melissa & Doug:

 Pretend Play, Puzzles & More!

Melissa and Doug toys are well-known for their timeless design, educational purposes and durability (even against the toughest kid-tests!).  We adore the wooden nature of the toys featured below, and even some of our staff say their own kids are proud owners of Melissa and Doug toys (we hear the play food that velcroes together is worth hours of entertainment!)!  Great as gifts to your own children, grandchildren or a little friends’ birthday – unwrapping one of these treasurable toys will ensure a lifetime of happiness!

Barnyard chic: Chunky first puzzles for the wee ones!

Beep, Beep: Chunky 1st puzzles for tots on the GO!

Time for FUN: Clock puzzles made for pre-schoolers!

Keep Truckin': Car Carrier is so fun for the youngest car lover!

Iron Chef: Cutting Food makes the cut for the culinary cuties!

Who doesn't love baking & decorating cupcakes?!

Get a Mooo-ve On: Fold-&-Go Barn is perfect for the travelin' tot

bla bla:

 heirloom style huggability!

 One touch (okay, we totally gave it the ‘hug-test’!) of these sweet and uber soft bla bla dolls, you’ll be sold!  We wanted to hug these little characters until their filling came out – but we figured we’d save that for the children!  bla bla dolls are gorgeous heirloom-style knit characters complete with names, personalities and adorable outfits…give a bla bla to a child and you’ve given them a lifetime of love to carry!

Bubbles: Come meet the Giant Bubbles, he's nearly life-size for the little ones!

Giant Pumpkin is any girl's best friend!

Under the Sea: Meet Coral!

Hop on over and meet Fleur!

Meet Coco, who is as cute as a button!

Meet Pierre, Fleur's BFF

Hush Little Baby: Let the Little One count sheep as they drift off to sleep...

Look for more ’new additions’ to arrive soon in our new Baby & Child section! 

Last Day Today!

Vera Bradley Bookbag just $75! 

Get campus cool this fall with the functional, stylish and very roomy Vera Bradley Bookbag for just $75 ($92 value) through today only at our Vaughn Rd. store location!  

This bag can be more than just a ‘bookbag’…great as a hands-free diaper bag, Mother’s Morning Out bag, carry-on bag for travel (small enough for kids too!), day trips anywhere and SO much more.  This truly is the little bag that could!

Features Include:

• Comfy, padded (& adjustable!) shoulder straps
• Easy double-zip top opening
• Inner pen pocket
• Inner slip pockets
• Two outer-gathered side pockets (perfect for water bottles!) 
• Magnetic flap compartment on the front
• Webbed top handle makes it a cinch to grab and GO!

Available now in four new Fall colors plus selected other colors at our Vaughn Rd. store location only!

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If you have shopped our Vaughn Rd location recently, then you’ve noticed a few new ‘angelic’ additions – we’d like to let you in on the story behind these beautiful works of art…

Most Londoners have known all their lives about a special area of sacred ground (Highgate) situated within its northern boundaries but unlike many, Jeff Cane had never visited it.  As an expatriate living in the US, he had on one recent journey home been drawn to see and photograph the Victorian ‘Place of Angels’.  It is a place of tended wildness set aside by Queen Victoria in 1839 in which angelic statues stand powerful, noble, serene and ever-watchful.  We hear it is one of the most magical places in London (we wish to visit it ourselves!).  Jeff was brought to a ‘Place of Angels’ to look for new material of a spiritual and atmospheric nature, little did he realize that in this old and somewhat overgrown place he would witness such unequivocal splendor and beauty.

England being typically England, it was pouring rain the day of Jeff’s trip and he said his prayers for the weather and headed out.  The journey took about an hour, by which time his request seemed to have been partially answered, the rain had begun to stop.

As the last raindrops pitter-pattered on their journey from leaf to stone his eyes caught the most amazing sight – there was a mad fumble to fix the lens and at the same time figure the exposure, and an attempt to focus before a drip of water left the nose of the most exquisite angel!  Jeff had the uncanny feeling that the angel was crying; the camera reeled off about ten shots before the drip made its final and fateful journey downward.  Amazingly, as he stood there taking in the moment, no further rain touched the angel!

There was something very magical indeed that allowed Jeff one gray and rainy day in London to capture these angelic figures on film, we hope we have been able to share the spirit and emotion of that moment with you.

Funny thing is that Jeff actually resides in California…and more specifically, Los Angeles. 

The ‘City of Angels’.

Outdoor Living Essentials:

Enjoy them every season

One great benefit we have living in the South? Enjoying glorious warm weather (much warmer than our northern friends!) almost year-round.  Now don’t get us wrong, when Fall and Winter roll around, we experience frigid weather too – luckily we’re not buried under several feet of snow for months on end, right!? 

We’re privileged to live in a climate that allows us to sit on our patios, porches, and decks most mornings, noons and nights – all year long.  As the season begins to change from the hot, humid summers to the crisp, cool Fall, don’t forget to take a few minutes (or hours!) to sit outside and enjoy Mother Nature and all she has to offer!  Perhaps you aren’t so sure about relaxing on the rickety old patio furniture – or perhaps what’s left of it – all in the name of enjoying the view, but we would like to make a sweet summertime offer that you’ll surely love…

Save 50% off our entire selection of patio furniture, beautifully crafted to withstand the elements, offered in several distinctive collections including:

Dining sets

Deep seating sets

Chaise loungers

Sectionals

& more

Enjoy 30% off savings not only on our vast array of outdoor patio umbrellas (color selection may vary) but on our timeless indoor/outdoor rugs too. Available in several sizes (2’x3’, 3’x6’, 4’x6’, 5’x8’ and 8’x10’) to suit your favorite outdoor living space, our outdoor rugs are offered in five classic color palates including:

Black & Chocolate

Emerald & Honey

Chocolate & honey

Orange & honey

Blue & honey

All discounts are valid August 8-13, 2011 with your Garden Rewards card on in-stock items only.  Excludes previous purchases and special orders.  Cannot be combined with any other discount, coupon or offer. 

Vera’s newest Bookbag is head of its class for fun & function!  Designed with comfy, padded (& adjustable!) shoulder straps and an easy double-zip top opening, it’s the fashionable way to cross campus.  Some of our favorite features included an inner pen pocket, inner slip pockets, plus outer-gathered side pockets (perfect for water bottles!) and a magnetic flap compartment on the front.  The webbed top handle makes it a cinch to grab and GO!

Available now at our Vaughn Rd. store location only – in all four new fall colors + selected other colors!

Purchase the new Bookbag for just $75 ($92 value)

 August 4^th – 15^th only

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