please join parcel and mizz bee (aka marlene haveron) for crown crafting
we all deserve to be crowned…
moms, dads, teachers, grads, birthday girls and boys, YOU!
$40 includes materials
and royal refreshments
10 person capacity- so reserve early
please confirm your spot by email
info@shopparcel.com
or 973.744.7700 with payment information.
It's interesting that there are two upcoming holidays that involve eggs. Tonight many people of the Jewish faith (myself included) will have a hard boiled egg on their Seder plate. Sure it's a cameo appearance for the egg, but it's still good egg-sposure (please excuse the awful pun- I couldn't help myself). In the store we've stocked up for the biggest of all egg holidays; of course I'm talking about Easter. Egg farmers must love Easter.
At Parcel we only use the fake stuff- only for treating, not for eating (unless you'd like some delish egg cream molded candies, candy-coated milky eggs, or violet mallows!) We've got many eggs- vintage West German, Japanese fun ones, some new, but mostly old-the way we like 'em. Plus, plenty o' other holiday-related figures and friends just waiting to brighten up your day.
If any of you know the origin of the Easter Bunny and egg relationship, please let us know. Sure I can Google it, but it's way more interesting hearing from y'all!
Stop in, say you're a Good Egg and get a sweet treat...
want to share this recent article with you in nj monthly magazine. special thanks to nj monthly and wendy oswald kinney for a job well done! please click on the images for the full view.
foils, seals, trims, beads, ribbons and papers to create lovely cards,tags & gift toppers
our vanessa handmade this gold leaf and floral heart wreath - gold leaf is our latest obsession!
made of vintage chenille, sequins and boullion wire, we crafted these sweet heart ornaments
our love-themed festoon. see our website shopping page for details.
the 'paris is for lovers' parcel theme box
see our website shopping page for details.
for pricing and purchase information for heart wreath, ornaments and love kit, email us at info@shopparcel.com. more shop pics and lovely gifts to come...
great to be back!
xoxo
FIRST 7 COMMITTED GROUPS OF 2 HOLD THE SPOTS. *CHILDREN AGES 9 AND UP PLEASE, UNLESS YOU ARE VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT THE CONDUCT OF YOUR CHILD IN ADULT GROUP SETTINGS.*
**MATROYSHHKA DOLLS (OTHERWISE KNOWN AS NESTING DOLLS)
though my goal is to write in several times a week, i have a feeling that i'll be all about the sunday evening post. seems a good way to tie up one week and get juiced up for the next.
kind of a strange week in the shop - with the election at the beginning and kids out of school for teacher's convention at the end, everyone seems a bit out of sorts. typically customers ask about everything holiday the minute after halloween, even sometimes before. this year there's been a little bit of delay and i'm noticing that the shopping is more about generally lifting the spirits. this actually works for me, because i'm the slowest in getting my holiday presentation together - there are just a million tiny details to pull off, and since we do the custom holiday cards, invitations, wrappings and packaging as well as gifts, it just goes in so many directions. i also love thanksgiving, and always feel that it gets neglected, sandwiched between halloween and christmas. so for now, we celebrated by putting together a tempting table of harvesty goods, fit for a feast.
in the meantime, here pictures is the latest acqusition for my overgrown inspiration library. the french primer is gorgeous, the boys and girls bookshelf is chock full of image splendour, and the bird children, well, is truly one of the best finds in such a long time. given my latest obsession with morphed animal- headed characters, it will be very useful for some upcoming projects. my hubby adam found these fabulous old books this weekend, along with some goodly holiday trimmings. more pics during the week.
ta ta for now.
