WE OPEN THIS FRIDAY!

FEBRUARY 

SALE 

BEGINS THIS WEEK!

FRIDAY the 24th

10am - 6pm

SATURDAY the 25th

10am - 4pm

SUNDAY the 26th

Noon - 4pm

I will take photo's at the shop today along with some more information on the consigners being featured in this month's sale!

Stay tuned!

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My Valentine? My St. Husband!

Ok...you are thinking a month in between sale dates...plenty of time, right??
GOLLY G! It just flies right by~ crazily!  Projects start at home...you ought to see my dining room table.  On second thought...no, no you shouldn't.  You'd think the garage would be the place to paint and repurpose those projects.  Yes, there too.  The back garage?  Yes, there too.  The kitchen floor, buffet, bedroom hallway and basement.  All there too! 


So what does the dear old hubby say?  Not much...sure he sighs, mumbles under his breath and probably rolls his eyes a few times at my 'piles of junk' but whenever I need a wire cut, a few boards sliced into quarters, and a screw here and a nail there, he does it without complaint.  Yesterday he came with to pick up a vanity I bought and couldn't haul out myself.  On the way, I noticed I hadn't yet emptied the crib in the back of the van.  When we got there I remembered the lamp and other thingamajig I bought also.  It would never all fit, nope it didn't.  We will have to make another trip back again.  Oops.  Then at the shop he hung a blind, moved a door, tried to hang a ladder (the spot I requested was not hanging friendly) and we left to put the vanity into the garage stall where the rest (of some) of my projects await...


What a guy!  
He may cringe at my 'junk' but knows I am in my glory surrounded by creations and projects that make me happy!  And for that my dear, I am thankful!
Happy Valentine's Day to my one and only!  

Getting creative with sale themes!

I erased the January sale this week.  I went from one corner to the next, pulling down items and moving them into the opposite corner of the room.  All consignment items came in from the greenhouse.  (I am leery leaving anything that is not my own out in it's elements!)  Some went home to their creators, some will be repainted or recreated into something new for the next sale!  What a fun business!  

I have a 'note's' file on my iphone.  It is chock full of ideas for creations to be made and now that I am storefront, I have themes!  Because there are no holidays between Feb sale (24-25-26) and mid March I picked some fun random themes bouncing off of some projects I have been wanting to dabble in!  How awesome is that?

February themes include:

Hometown pride!  

I <3 Duluth--Minnesota, teams we love, area landmarks, etc!

Lights!  

Fun and funky lighting options-

including candles, holders, sconces, etc!

Sweet treats!

Cookie jars, candy dishes, baking ware & things that make you want YUMMMMMM!

As always we will feature our 

M'antique's, Kid's and Kitchen corner's.  

DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA or SOME CREATIONS that would be a good fit for GOLLY G?

Contact us for consignment!

Thank you!

Another fun & fab weekend at Golly G

thanks to my customers & consigners who were here with us this month!

The greenhouse kept things interesting. 

(were you lucky enough to 'enjoy' drip-drip-drop on tin while shopping?)   

How about the 'shady' character's

(photo's on my Facebook page)

in disguise at the register?

After some shop talk and great interest, I decided I will be rolling out news on a 

FuNkY jUnK wOrKsHoP

in February!

Watch for updates!

February sale dates & times:

Friday, February 24 10am-6pm

Saturday, February 25 10am-4pm

Sunday, February 26 12pm-4pm

(Take note, we gave Thursday the boot!)

Thanks again!! 

January SALE starts today!

Our occasional dates have arrived!

We open later today for our evening sale from 6-9pm.

Followed up with:

Friday, 10am-6pm

Saturday, 9am-4pm

Sunday, Noon-4pm

THANK YOU to all of our ARTIST's & CREATOR's

featured this month!

Mrs.Kelly'sTea.com

Now taking orders for Valentine's Day

VISION ART Designs

Amplitude Modulation: Handmade bags & accessories

Blog with Missy!

Heart Sings on Facebook

Individual artist's:

Beau-tanical's- Goat's milk lotions and soaps

Handstamped cards by grammy W.

Stained glass and woodworking by Ron

Vintage accessories & more by KHM

Misc. lovelies by MI and her mom

NJ- a multi talented wonder

DF- Newest vendor and creator of steel art

AM-our dearly missed friend from Checkered Corner

BL- keeping us warm and pretty in winter

Antiques and stained glass by Joy

Vintage Retakes

Soycraze candles & the ever popular FiNgeR pUpPeTs

AS- Another multi talent just needing a little push

PF and your rockin' husband (You are quite a team)

HofJ- we are so happy to 'help' you when you are not open : )

NJ- Hooded towels and #1 SIDEKICK ever!!

MJ- Baby's favorite, ultimate double sided flannel, perfect sized blanket maker

Lapsi Babycrafts- Babyshoe artist & fab mother of 6!

JD- Jewelry so easy to display and ooh and ahh over

CD- collector then creator of small beauties: buttons, pins, beads, agates & more

TM- Pottery queen
CH-another grandma with knitting flair
TK-If only you didn't have a full time job!
Duluth Coffee Company

Laughingstock Design

All consigner's are local artist's creating

handmade or vintage items for your shopping pleasure at Golly G!

A HUGE thank you to them ALL!

Interested in consignment?

Call or email for details!

Heart Sings

Rewind about 23 years ago, Anoka Senior High school.  They called us 'band geek's' but we didn't care.  We had a passion for music, marching and good clean fun.  

Missy and I recently reconnected on Facebook and got to catch up on the last 20 some years.

Husbands, kids, jobs and extra 'stuff' that fills the holes of our daily lives- we even have boys about the same age.  Here is where her story differs.  Her son has Tuberous Sclerosis and it sounds like Missy is quite the voice behind it.  (5 trips to Washington DC under her belt to help lobby medical research)  

Altho I don't know much about TSC- I know that it affects Missy's son's daily life including seizures.

So, recently after opening up Golly G, Missy asked me about selling some non-profit products.  Missy was always pretty talented but this is just cool:

Missy sews for a cause:  

The proceeds from her items are all donated to Heart Sings.

 

Heart Sings is dedicated to raising funds to get ipads in the hands of children and adults with speech impairments.

This from Heart Sing's Facebook page:

"After seeing the piece on 60 Minutes on 10/23/11 about how ipads were giving autistic children a voice and personally having a friend who could not get their traditional insurance to cover even a portion of an ipad we was were moved to do something. Then an unexpected check came in the mail and Heart Sings 

was born."

Missy still has passion and her product and cause show it!  Thank you Missy for participating in Golly G's boutique!  I'm proud to carry your product and help 'find the voice we knew you had!'

CLICK HERE to connect to Heart Sings on Facebook!

Won't you swap your heart for mine- And be my little Valentine?

Cupid's Corner

Not just another Hallmark holiday....
The apex of valentine making was achieved in the Victorian era when very elaborate cards were created out of pictorial scraps, lace, printed verses, ribbons and colored papers.  

Cupid's Corner
The red and white corner is where I started in the room this week.  Being involved in Candy Bouquet has always given me a jump on this Kewpie's day.  I'll have to say my most favorite part in year's past have nothing to do with my own traditions, but those of other's!  Taking bouquet orders and the expressions of love that the sender has me add to their card has made me blush, giggle and sigh!   People are creative, bold and wonderfully, infatuating in LOVE.  And I L-O-V-E it!  


For our January sale, we are excited to feature handmade cards by a sweet grandma that has a bounty of creative talents.  Also vintage valentine items: postcards, unique handcrafted button bouquet's, primitive fabric hearts, fine chocolates and much, much MORE!

"There never was a sweeter face, There never was such gentle grace, And none has filled this heart of mine, Like my beloved Valentine." RF