November's Feature

Good Afternoon, If you find yourself browsing this beautiful Sunday afternoon, take a minute or two to visit our Feature page for November:
November Feature 'Shelley McVittie's Studio'

The beautiful graphics are compliments of Shelley, from Shelley McVittie's Studio. What a treat it is to visit our neighbor to the north (Shelley is located in Canada) and really appreciate her talent on display! Enjoy your day : )

Vic

P.S. Special announcement either tomorrow or Tuesday about our participation in the Make Mine Pink Shop Hop!

October's Featured Site

Good Morning Everyone, We are welcoming October this morning in New Mexico : ) September seemed to be a rather challenging month for many of us. I hope that those of you who faced some tough challenges see a bright new day today!

We would like to direct you toward our Featured page for October:

October Features 'Swan's Picture Hangers'

Carol of Swan's Picture Hangers has some great deals to offer as well as some historic significance of Victorian Picture Hanging! If you pay Swan's a visit sometime today, you may never look at picture hanging the same again. I certainly never have since first visiting Carol's shop now some five years ago!

Have a great day and let's keep encouraging each other in our endeavors. An internet business seems for many of us our "heart and soul" in cyberspace!

Vic

New Member to Welcome

Hello Everyone, It is a beautiful Sunday afternoon in New Mexico! A great day for thanksgiving, baseball, and barbeque : )

If you are strolling through the internet today, take a minute to visit our newest member's shop: Marianne from Recollections

You will find Recollections' gorgeous product line displayed on our First, Second, and Fifth Avenue Shoppes.
First Avenue
Second Avenue
Fifth Avenue

We welcome Marianne to our community. (See her photo in our gallery: About Us )


Regards,
Vic

Remembering September 11th, our fallen Heroes

Lest we never forget their sacrifice:
Charmed Victorian Remembers

End of summer news!

Good Morning Everyone, We are giving you a sneak preview of our End-of-Year Event! This contest will run from September 1st - December 31st:

End-of-Year Event!

It will take the place of the current holiday page after our summer winner is drawn : ) We actually have room for a few more merchants to join us on this page. I purposely put the prize as a grab bag so we could adjust its value. If anyone else would like to participate, let me know by Monday and we can add you to the page.

Hope you all have great 'end of summer' days!

Vic

Good Morning Everyone, It is a beautiful morning in New Mexico! We are grateful for this mild summer weather : )

Speaking of Summer, cool off with these darling delicacies brought to us by Patty of Pink Hugs Sweet Shoppe:
August Feature
Nothing could top these faux pastries for a summer Birthday party or backyard Tea Party!

We are so happy to welcome Moira of Mostly-Victorian.com to our Second Avenue Shoppes:
Second Avenue Shoppes
This site is packed with information on the Victorian era, well researched, wonderfully illustrated, and a plethora of knowledge : ) Enjoy perusing!

We have gone back to our summer Contest page and will hold the current drawing in late August. We have room for a couple more merchants on the "end of the year" contest. So if anyone else is interested in participating please let us know in the next couple of days. Instructions to follow for all of our participants. See current Contest for more details:
$100 Contest Drawing

Have a wonderful August,
Vic

End of Year Contest Prep

Good Morning All, We got home yesterday from our visit with family in Texas. Long drive from Houston to Albuquerque : ) It was hot and humid but being originally from Minnesota, I am familiar with that kind of weather!

For our own Victorian Laurels website, business has really picked up in July. I'm hoping this is a pattern and has affected all of your businesses as well. August 1st we will return to our summer contest page for the duration of the current drawing. We will be putting up a new Contest page on or around September 1st. I will be out of town with my mom in Minnesota, so everything will be prepared before I leave.

Those of you who want to participate in our year-end contest can notify me now! The contest prize will again be a $100 value of which $10 is taken from each participating merchant's entry fee. I will be building this page in the next three weeks, so there will be plenty of time to get your information and image to me : ) Just respond to this e-mail with a "count me in" message and I will confirm your spot.

Thanks,
Vic