Let Love Warm Up your Winter!

Here we are with just a few days left until Valentine’s Day!  The weather outside continues to be frightful…makes me wonder…how will you warm your heart?  While fancy dinners out with your honey can be very tasty and romantic…the bill may leave you feeling cold!  Can’t get a babysitter, anyway?  Stay home with all your little Valentines and eat a backwards dinner…chocolate first!  Remember, it doesn’t all have to be about hearts and romance.  There are no defined rules on the best ways to give love and get love!  Start with loving yourself, send a little love to someone in need of a pick-me-up… and see where that takes you! 

So, here are some ideas to help you Simplify your Valentine’s Day!

As always, we have beautiful Amsterdam chocolates and heart shaped cookies, delicious pies in a jar, heart shaped lollis & ROSES (red, pink & multi) to cover the basics! Melissa is also making Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecakes Pops that are ridiculously delicious and the perfect ending (or start) to any meal!

Box Assorted Amsterdam Chocolates $20

Valentine Lolli Bouquets start at $17.50

Sugar Cookes $5.50 each

Get your heart pumping (& work off all that chocolate) with our new Phat Buddha yoga wear! One size fits most! 

This great tie-dye tank in pink that has a special gripping edge to prevent it from riding up while you are working out!

Bring a spark to your workout with this amazing sparkle bra $53

	Books for no other reason than we think Books are the perfect gift for most occasions!

Finally, an empowering dating guide for every woman who wants to have fun, express her opinions, and keep it real. No cheap tricks, no behavior changes, no nonsense. $18.95 This bedside bible of illustrated, expert advice on romantic and not-so-romantic disasters will keep readers amused and safe in equal measure. Also including an appendix of pickup lines to avoid (or use), handy excuses, guide to body language, an "It's Not You, It's Me" letter template, and more: $22.95

If you share your love with a fur-baby, why not show it with a new collar or great toy!

Up Country Collar in multiple sizes $24.50

A beautiful scarf is the perfect gift to give your favorite girl (even if it is yourself!)

Chiffon ruffle edge scarf $18.50

And of course, a little statement jewelry gives a whole new meaning to the "Winter Blues"…

Hand beaded statement necklace in blue $42

“What is done in love, is done well.” – Vincent Van Gogh

It’s as SIMPLE as that!

XOXO,

Eve & Beth

Signage!

Signage!  We are so thrilled to show off our new sign!  It’s been a long time coming so…despite the fact that it took three of us, one ladder and one over sized snow bank to hold said ladder…the SIMPLIFY MARKETPLACE sign has been hung on its post for all to see and beckon customers forth.  I’m a big believer that one good turn surely deserves another.  So, while we were outside admiring the sign (and icicles) we took a moment (ok, 10) and changed a few light bulbs on the outdoor string.  The cold is no excuse to put off improvements, particularly ones that are so simple!!  After all, “A wise owl Simplifies”

Now that I’m back indoors and cozily planted behind the front desk, I can see this lovely new sign and my own inner bulbs start popping with ideas.  I think…how very important it is to have signage, something with which to be identified.  So, let’s see how we can help you simplify your own signage… 

One of my new year’s resolutions is to keep in touch more.  In this digital age, I plan on using my digits (see what I did there?) to write more handwritten notes.  I received one not too long ago from an old friend.  I found it so delightful that it inspired me to share some of that with the people in my life.  Simplify Marketplace can have personalized stationery made to order - simple folded notes, elegant letterpress, and unique flat print options…so simple yet so elegant.  I can’t wait to order mine! 

Personalized Notepad $15

Personalized Sticky Notes $7

Set of 10 Personalized Folded Notes $18

Or make the start to your day a little more simple with these great personalized notes to send off to school

Personalized School Notes - Many Designs Available $15

It’s important not only for us to have our identifiers, but for children, too!  What’s more personal than a pillow?  Check out this one…not only super cute, but super cuddly, too.

Flat printed pillowcase on jersey. Super Soft. Many Colors/Patterns $32

Monogramming can turn anything into something special.  Why not go the extra step for someone special (yourself!) Carved Solutions is an elegant line of candles, soaps and hand towels.  With their super fast turn around time, you can have the perfect hostess gift anytime!

Carved Solutions Custom Candles $30

Personalized glasses can also make a statement…for one “Don’t touch my glass!”…unless you’re refilling it, of course!

Carved Solutions Glasses - Starting at $15

With that, I leave you my own signage…

Yours truly,

Eve

Angry, angry birds!

 It has been a long, long time since I have posted on this blog. I have been a little distracted getting the store up and running... but now it IS up and running, so I have made a New Year's resolution to get back to doing all the other SIMPLIFY things I used to do. One step at a time!

My plan is to go back and post a the cakes and treats that never made it to the blog - as well as to do an update on the new products that will start coming into the store over the next month. Being January, the store has been a little slow - so Melissa and I have done a few little projects to get the creative juices rolling! A couple weeks ago a friend asked if we had ever made Angry Bird lollis. I answered no, but thought it was a pretty good idea...

This is the result!

 These "friendly" little creatures will be available at SIMPLIFY Marketplace for $3 while supplies last! They are also available in a "Bitty Bird Box" for $16.50 or a "Bitty Bird Bouquet" for $20

SIMPLIFIED!

So here are the pictures you have been waiting for - the after pictures! (I must preface this by saying that these pictures really don't do the "after" justice! I took them with my iPhone and need to go back and take some with a real camera...) I think you will get a good sense what we were able to accomplish

In this Butlers Pantry area we moved all the glasses that were stored here into bottom cabinets (there were just too many of them and they were not used on a daily basis.) We then found some beautiful pieces of glass hidden in other cabinets - and created a showcase for them. They really look beautiful with the light shining through



This pantry area was filled with all kinds of items - from food, to tools to serving pieces. We organized all the canned and boxed goods on the pull out shelves. Placed some specialty, not oft used food items on a top shelf and relegated all the big serving pieces to the shelves above.



In the pantry closet we organized holiday and other specialty items, some bulk food and then created a spot for a bulletin board, shoe and purse storage



Above the ovens we built little cubicles for platters to make them more accessible and therefore more usable!



Dishes and serving pieces were organized and put near the dishwasher



Stayed tuned for more tomorrow....

Time to SIMPLIFY.....

Recently I was hired by a client to SIMPLIFY her kitchen. She was going away on a vacation and asked that we come in and de-clutter, SIMPLIFY and put some organizational systems in place so that she could maintain everything once we were done. It was quite the project!

Our first step was to empty absolutely everything out of all the cabinets, drawers and closets.

This is just a snapshot of what we started with...











Once everything was out, we began the long process of sorting. Trying to decide what was necessary to keep, where it made the most sense to be and how it would be used.... the items that weren't going to be kept were then sorted into give away and throw away piles. It was a mentally exhausting process that required quite a few texts and pictures to be sent back and forth to the vacationing client...

Simply Lovely Hostess Gifts

Summer is here - which means plenty of BBQs and weekend trips. Do you have hostess gifts on hand? Stock up on a couple so you are ready!

One of our favorite vendors is CAKE VINTAGE TABLE and HOME a company based in Tennessee that makes beautiful items for the table and home (imagine that!) SIMPLIFY currently has 3 of their products in stock

PERFECT PLACE SETTING PLACEMAT

Beautiful 30% recycled paper placemats give you 50 opportunities for everyday entertaining (they aren't so bad for teaching your kids how to set the table either!) $20



CAKE PAD set with Vintage Silverware

2 die cut pads tied together with a ribbon and a beautiful piece of Antique Silver. 50 Sheets in all $15.00



Kitchen Notes

A beautiful notepad, tied with a ribbon and an antique spoon. Perfect to leave on the counter even when company is coming! 50 bound sheets.
$15.00