Deephaven Mother's Day Shop-Hop

It's almost Mother's Day and that means it's almost time for the Deephaven and West Minnetonka Mother's Day Shop-Hop. It starts Thursday, May 7 and goes through Saturday, May 9. This is such a fun way to enjoy a day of shopping with your Mom, sisters, daughters or girlfriends. This year we have many new merchants participating, offering lots of new places to visit! The participants are: Cottage Chicks, Beeline Boutique, Polly Berg, Donamae Sweet Studio, Scott Anthony Salon, Spasso, Great Harvest, In 2Place, and The Sitting Room.

All nine merchants are helping local women in need this Mother's Day by donating a percentage of sales from the Shop-Hop to The Sojourner Project - the local battered women's shelter. We encourage you to help us help them, as your purchases will increase our donations. The Sitting Room has even re-designed a bedroom for the shelter!

Cottage Chicks is loaded with gifts for Mother's Day and Garden Decor - and we will be offering 15% off storewide during the Shop-Hop, and The Sitting Room will be having their Furniture Clearance Sale. Most other merchants will offer specials and discounts as well!

You can find garden decor, furniture, clothing, jewelry, gifts, bed, bath and body, beauty services, yummy baked goods, candies, restaurants and more! Check out the delicious caramel popcorn at Donamae's Sweet Studio - it is fabulous!!

Hope to see you!!

Cottage Chicks has joined the 3/50 project - founded by Cinda Baxter of Minneapolis. The group consists of brick and mortar retailers who are dedicated to keeping small retail alive and thriving in this economic downturn.

The basics of the 3/50 project are that consumers should choose 3 independent retailers in their local community that they do not want to see fail. The premise is that if you commit to spending $50 amongst the 3 retailers per month (not in each retailer either) you will help them thrive and survive. You also will be giving back to your local community through jobs, employment taxes, etc.

Stop in at Cottage Chicks for a flyer on all the details of this important project to keep our Lake Minnetonka community strong!

We are thrilled to be celebrating our 5th Anniversary on April 1! To celebrate we will be having an Anniversary Sale starting March 31. There will be 20% off all Easter Decor, as well as a random drawing for discounts up to 20% off on everything else - see how much you can take off your entire purchase!! Kids can guess the number of jellybeans in our jellybean guessing jar to win 2 Easter Webkinz too!

In honor of our anniversary we want to give back to the community, so for the entire month of April we will donate a percentage of sales to the ICA Foodshelf with our Gifts With A Purpose Campaign. This is a great way to help out your community - when you need a gift for a friend or even just yourself you will be helping your neighbors by shopping at Cottage Chicks!

You can help the community and leave with a smile!

We have alot of new items that are coming in everyday so stop by and take a look. Remember your dollars go farther here so stop and shop local! We appreciate your business!

Exclusively at Cottage Chicks

Lake Minnetonka Signs $28 each

Easter Decor and Gifts have arrived!

Spring Preview Ladies Night Out

Save the date for the next Ladies Night Out. We had a great fondue night at the last one!! The next evening event is Thursday, March 12 from 6 to 8 pm. We will have all the newest Easter and Spring items on special discount for the evening!! Help us launch our Gifts with a Purpose campaign for the month of April as a way to celebrate the beginning of our 6th year in business ~ we will be donating a percentage of sales for the month of April to the ICA foodshelf. To kick off the campaign - we will donate 5% of sales from the Ladies Night Out to help others in our community during this difficult time. Plus something yummy and wine and non-alcoholic beverages too! We always have a great time and hope to see you! Stay tuned for more details!

Are we ready for Spring or what??

If you've driven by the cottage lately you've noticed my wishful thinking, as I have bright yellow forsythia in the outside urns, along with the spruce tops leftover from the holidays. Doesn't that first hint of Spring just make you feel a smile throughout - like you know there's hope coming, warm temperatures, sun and flowers, and the fresh smell of rain. Well this has been a long and cold Minnesota winter and I can't stand it anymore

so out came the forsythia and I hope it brightens your day as it does mine!

If you come inside - you'll find my enthusiasm for warmer days is not limited to outside. The shop is full of hints of Spring - with beautiful green and blue kitchen linens, lavender silks and potted ferns, and the most darling Easter items ever!! Come in and browse - it should put a smile on your face!

I have been busy shopping this winter for wonderful gifts for your friends and loved ones that won't break your budget. The freshest Nouvelle candle scents are in and I have small candle tins for less than $7 that make just the cutest little gift. Also new this past month are Add-a-Bead bracelets - they look the same as the premier brand - but the shiny rhodium beads are $5 each and the gorgeous glass lampwork beads in all colors are $4 each! These make a great Mother's Day gift as well!

I know the dollars are tight - they are for me too. I am thrilled to be starting my 5th year in business - but please remember to support us little gals as we don't have deep pockets to survive for too long without enough sales. My goal for this year is to provide you with wonderful gifts for the right price so your dollars will go farther! I appreciate every one of you!!

I have started this blog as an easy way to update my website for new arrivals - so check in often!!