The Family Jewels

Happy 2008!!

phew, the holidays are winding down, but things are crazy here at Rocknrocks still: tons and tons of new products, computer issues, and orders oh my!  We're working working working :)

I'll post some holiday pictures soon!

Doing Great in 2008, everybody?

Holiday party and plans! And Blog Sale!

We had our Holiday Party here at RocknRocks on Tuesday night, and it was fun fun fun.  I'll post a few pictures just as soon as I have them on the computer!

We got a huuuuuuuge shipment in today, as it was finally released from customs in Alaska yesterday afternoon.  With the holidays, things are going to be patchy in getting it online asap, but we're gonna do our best.  I'm leaving tomorrow to be with my dad's family in Fort Worth until Christmas Eve, when I will come back here.  Greg will be gone beginning Saturday until the Day after Christmas.  I can picture things on Christmas Eve and will be here while Ruth Ann is gone until the Friday after Christmas, when I leave to stay with my best friend Aidan for New Years.  Phew.  We tried to plan our vacations around each other's plans (hence my weird broken-up vacation), and it gets a little crazy  :)

I'm adding to the Blog Sale today.  Going to keep the Lapis and Malachite guys on the sale, but I'm adding these beautiful hypersthene beads:

It's hard to capture, but the shine on these beads is breathtaking!  Just type BLOG in the promotional code field at checkout, and the system will take 50% off!

Storypeople

Good morning, everyone! Cassie here :)

I get morning email updates from this lovely website called StoryPeople, which sells prints and cards and sculptures with original quotes.  Some are funny, some are poignant, many are brilliant.  This morning's made me laugh aloud, as I both work in a business that is involved in the holiday retail rush and am definitely also a consumer braving the crowds at the mall and can identify.  It's called Born for Retail:

has always had the soul of an artist, but the instincts of an attack dog, so of course he went into retail

When my best friend Aidan turned me on to the site months ago, it was during the break up with The Boy, and he directed me to this quote.  It's called Different Plans:

I don't know how long I can do this, he said. I think the universe has different plans for me & we sat there in silence & I thought to myself that this is the thing we all come to & this is the thing we all fight & if we are lucky enough to lose, our lives become beautiful with mystery again & I sat there silent because that is not something that can be said.

Loving that one, I spent a good couple hours reading every single quote on there.  So of course I have my favorites... I would post them all, but it would get a little ridiculous. That said, here are more than a few:

Imagining World
Blue Squares
Decisions
Epiphany
Awakening
Proper Steps
Single Mind
Just Friends
Side By Side
One of Us
Waiting for Signs
True Things
Quiet Prayer

And one more, called Real Reason:

There are things you do because they feel right & they may make no sense & they may make no money & it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other & to eat each other's cooking & say it was good.

Now that I've gone on and on this morning about somebody else's store, I'll be sure to post a new Blog Sale today :)  Much love from Tennessee!  Deep breaths, the holiday is almost here!

Barbie as The Island Princess

Hi everyone ~ Caline here ~ Governors Square Mall contacted me to join in the festivities of hosting Island Princess Barbie last Friday night! I was completely excited at the opportunity to participate with the community on such a large level.

We made Island Princess Barbie bracelets. The colors were blue, pink, purple and green seed beads. We pre-made 100 little bracelets and to our excitement they were gone in 15 minutes! So excited at the turnout, Leah and I began stringing more. My husband Greg showed up to show his support and immediately we put him to work stringing seed beads. Everyone loved their bracelet. The little Princesses were so darling and it was a blessing for us to see their smiles as we passed out the bracelets!

We also passed out over 100 flyers on birthday parties. I am looking forward to booking many birthday parties this year!  Give us a call at 931-245-6400 between 10am-6 pm, Tuesday-Saturday, to set up your party!

The mall has contacted us again. They are going to be hosting "THE HULK" in January. More details to follow.

Here are a few pictures from last Friday!

Leah gets prepared!

Caroline with Island Princess Barbie!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

New Blog Post! Steve's Favorite!

Cassie here!  To continue the Welcome Home theme, I'm putting Steve's favorite gemstone, Charoite, as the new Blog Sale!  Type BLOG in the promotional code field at checkout, and the system will take 50% off!

Safe Return and Blog Sale!

Mom and Steve are home from China safe and sound!  I'm looking forward to all the stories, and I perhaps got a very nice handbag as my surprise present from Hong Kong, which I am very excited about. 

To celebrate her return, I'm putting Mom's favorite stone, Amethyst, on Blog Sale!  Just type BLOG in the promotional code field, and the system will take 50% off!

Bussssssssy

Cassie here.  Things have been a little hectic around here the past 30 hours, as my 14 year old brother Angel came down with appendicitis and had to have his appendix removed early yesterday morning.  He's home from the hospital now and doing okay, just a little uncomfortable.  Poor guy!

Last night we had the Art Walk here in downtown Clarksville, and I know Caline will be posting about that sometime very soon.  Tonight, we're going to an event at the mall where Island Princess Barbie will be appearing, and we'll be giving out themed bracelets to all the little princesses in attendance.  The cuteness is going to be overpowering, I predict ;)

Yesterday morning was also the first day of our new packer, Matt.  I trained him for most of the day, and I think he's going to be really good and a good fit for the team.

It's been a busy end of the week here at RocknRocks, and there are lots of new items in our New Arrivals section! 

Phew.  More soon ;)

Parade :)

I hope everybody had a great weekend!  As for me, my friend Alisha came to visit, which was really fun.  On Saturday night, we met part of the family (and most of Clarksville) out on Franklin for the Christmas parade...

light everywhere, and some...holiday... storm troopers??:

That last picture is our storefront, with parade onlookers in front of course.  And try not to judge me for the bunny ears picture--I'm clearly indignant about the bunny ears being perpetrated against me ;)

I'm having a visitor!

I'm excited today because my cousin Phillip, who I haven't seen in three years or so since my grandfather's funeral, is coming to stay tonight.  He's on his way from North Carolina to the Rockies, and I happen to be smack on the way.  There are five of us grandchildren on my dad's side, and we're the two oldest, him two years older than me.  He does things like mountain climb in Alaska, and I've done things like travel around the country in my car for a year, but we've never really hung out much--should be fun!  :)

Weeble Eggs?? New Blog Sale!

Packing today, I came across a product that I didn't even know we sell!  I want to share them with all of you, and maybe you can enlighten me about them: Weeble Eggs. 

I Wikipedia'ed "Weeble," but am still a little in the dark.  In any event, they're neat!  And I'm putting everything in their folder on the Blog Sale, exclusively for you guys.  Just type in BLOG in the promotional code field at checkout, and the system will take the 50% discount!