After Christmas Sale 

going on now -  through January 4th, 2015 at Silkweeds

Bring canned goods for the food pantry and get 30% off Regular Priced Items.

All Christmas Items are 50% off!  That is Santa's, Snowmen, Christmas Wreaths, Snowmen Lights, Christmas Prints, Lighted Shutters, Snowmen Dishes and so much more.  

Hurry over because the sale ends January 4th at 5pm, and don't forget your Canned goods...even if you don't buy anything it is a nice thing to do to give back to the community this way.  Thank you!

30% OFF

SILKWEEDS

30% OFF 

ALL CHRISTMAS ITEMS, 

SANTA'S, SNOWMEN, ORNAMENTS, 

DECORATIONS, WINTER ITEMS. 

 COME AND GET THEM BEFORE

 THEY ARE ALL GONE... 

Right now at Silkweeds

Buy 2 Items at Regular Price 

And get 

ONE MORE REGULAR

 PRICED ITEM 

FREE!!!!

Excludes all the normal exclusions like fudge, red lined merchandise or merchandise priced in red.  Layaways, Gift Cards, Special Orders.

Thanksgiving Weekend Sale

@ Silkweeds

Friday, November 28th  30% OFF*

Saturday November 29th  25% OFF*

Sunday, November 30th  20% OFF*

*****  ALL CHRISTMAS ITEMS, SANTA'S, SNOWMEN, CHRISTMAS WREATHS, WINTER GARLANDS, AND SO MUCH MORE******

We will be giving away a FREE GIFT with Purchase (while supplies last).  We also will have spectacular sales on Items in store that you can only find out about if you visit with us.  

WE ARE OPEN 10 AM TO 5 PM EVERYDAY!!!!  

Winter Wonderland 2014

It's the time of year for sugar plum fairies dancing within dreams. And, nutcrackers,  gingerbread men, snowmen, and all sorts of wonders to make the season bright.  We have been blessed with friends that know how to do a video showing some of what we have to offer.  So please take a minute ( or five) to sit down and enjoy some of the sights of Silkweeds for the holiday season.

Silkweeds

Homespun Holiday Open House

Please join us for the festivities on

 Friday,November 7th from 5-9 pm. 

 We will have refreshments and there will be discounts, door prizes and free giveaways.  

We will continue the celebration Saturday Nov. 8th and Sunday Nov. 9th from 10 am - 5 pm.  In case you can't make it Friday Night. 

We hope you all can make it, we put our heart and soul into this every year, new displays, product and fresh ideas for you to take home.  All we ask is that you come, enjoy yourselves and have a wonderful evening out.

Please Note:  We will be closed to decorate from November 3rd through November 7th at 5 pm, when we open our store up to all of  you!

Fall is in the air!

At least it is @ Silkweeds,  I have just spent several hours out of a couple of days working on some fall displays.  It is the time of year that I love to decorate for.  The colors bring warmth to any room and they make you feel all warm and comfy!  It is my element, the one that I love to be a part of.  I love the store best this time of year and all for the reasons that I just told you.  I hope you all get to come by and check out our fall items.  We have more coming so check in regularly for the handmades.  They are beautiful and I just love that we are getting in things that are handmade from Crafters and Artisans right here in the good ole' USA!!!!

I have posted some pictures to our facebook page so please check us out there and give us a "LIKE"  that way you can see what is going on in Searsport.  Have a great day!!!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Silkweeds/105900868272

Just a reminder that Silkweeds will be closed all day today on the 4th of July.  We will re open at 10 am Saturday July 5th.  We hope you all have a safe and happy holiday.  

Schools out for Summer!!!!!

And we are starting off the beginning of Summer with a Furniture Sale @ Silkweeds.  

Buy 1 piece of furniture at Regular Price and you can get your 2nd piece of furniture at 1/2 off!  That is such a great deal, but if you need even more than that...we will give you the same deal again for as many pieces as you need.  

Happy Shopping!!!

Hope you all swing buy to pick up those TWO pieces that you just can't live without. 

The Furniture Whore.... 

Okay I know it isn't an appropriate name... but I would like to have a name, a cute little saying or something for my back room, you know the new one that holds all the treasures for you DIY'ers out there.

Between me and my friends I always joke that I am the furniture whore... because I absolutely love used furniture... I know, I know.... It doesn't sound good, so here is the deal...

If anyone of you come up with a better name for my DIY room and I use it... I will give you a Gift Card to use in the store.  Yup a gift card, just for you to use towards ANYTHING you want in the store.  I am trying to see just how many of you will interact, plus I am trying to see just how many of you are worried enough to help so that I don't hang a sign that says "The Furniture Whore"  

My mind is tired and my thoughts are clouded...and you, yes YOU could be the keeper of the name of the DIY ROOM at Silkweeds.  All you have to do is come up with it.   

Ready, Set, Go.... 

Transformation

Silkweeds has been in the throws of a makeover, we have moved our Linens and rugs to the front of the store.  The room that they have been put into is warm and cozy and I think I fell in love all over again the minute it was done.  Yup, that is what a great room can do to my heart.  How about you?  I hope you can find the time to stop over, to enjoy a stroll around, and take in the scents and love the new look we have going on.  

and once the what was the Linen Room was empty, we began filling it with Furniture and small goods that you could re purpose yourself.  Oh, don't get me wrong, I have no objections to doing the finishing myself but there are a lot of people out there that would like to buy quality furniture and small goods to do themselves.  So we have started filling the room with those items, you see it is a win, win situation for me.  I get storage for things that I might want to do in the future but if they sell first untouched by my hand well that is okay too.  

So I am hoping that you get some time to check us out, to come on over to hunt for your next project, and have a relaxing time strolling around the store.   Check back often as we will be filling it on a daily basis as we find things that we know you will love.... 

This Saturday (tomorrow) @ Silkweeds

We hope to see you there!  The Artisans will be selling right on the spot plus they will be doing some demo's on how they put together some of their items.  

Change is Good!

Change is good, change is good, change is good..... if I say it enough will it magically appear?  That is a big fat NO (laughing).  But with a bit of help from some good friends and a whole lot of WORK change will be happening at Silkweeds over the next few weeks.  So in case you don't see to much of me on here, don't despair..... Change is good but that damn fairy godmother, apparently her wand is broke or she is on vacation.  Happy Day my friends.  

Loving what you do comes 

with it's own set of issues

I love my job, I love that I get to come to work everyday and work for myself.  I love creating spaces, items and even possibilities for someone else's home.  I mean, I love creating for me and it isn't that different doing it for you.  

If I had my way a perfect week would be this

Thursday thru Sunday - Store

Monday - Day off for just me  :)

Tuesday - Day off to go junkin'

Wednesday - Day to Paint, Create, Build and Love

So you ask "What are your issues?"  

I work the store all 7 days a week.  I don't feel like I can take time off for the things I love because we have a MORTGAGE PAYMENT, and those three days I want to myself won't make me any money.  I know, I know you all think I should just hire someone to work the store.  It's not that easy, the reason that Silkweeds can turn product over, offer rewards programs, and bring in NEW inventory so often is because I work the store.  If I pay someone else to work the store, It means less money for product, less money to buy and build and create.... It means less of everything.  Yes, I would love to be back in a situation where money flowed freely, but in this economy, it is not an easy feat. I am no different than all of you.  We are watching our pennies, we are doing things differently, not because we want to but more because we have to.  When you as customers do not shop as much then we as retailers cannot buy as much product or hire as many people.  This is not something that we all complain about but it is a reality.  

We also know that with gas prices soaring and people still buying heating oil this time of year that the average person does not have the extra income to shop whenever they want.  So we have had to change with the times too.  Now there are rewards for shopping with us on a regular basis.  I am willing to give discounts to the people who think to shop with us on a regular basis, these options are all visible in the store.  We have choices of rewards, we have a large versatile selection of product and we try hard to make our customers happy.  Can we make everyone happy?  No probably not, and after 10 years I don't try to make everyone happy anymore.  What I do strive for is to offer great things at a reasonable price in an atmosphere that is relaxed and I refuse to push my customers into a purchase.  

I stand by my choices but don't think for a minute that this is easy.  Fun?  Yes, of course it is...  but not easy.  Have a great day my friends.  

Lisa @ Silkweeds

Friday turned into Wednesday

Today my Friday peeps showed up, so that was a nice treat for a Wednesday.  They didn't hang around long they had errands to run, they were on a mission today, after all, they are busy, busy, business women.  They were hanging flyer's for the Art Market at the Searsport Lion's Club on May 10th.  They still have a few spaces left so if you are a Crafter or a Artist and you would like to join this wonderful group of people by all means contact Sonja Twombly.  You can find her info on the bottom of the postcard below.  

This is the same group of people that I am proud to have doing the Art Markets at Silkweeds this summer.  These people are driven and determined to make quality items for you to love for years to come.  I hope you all will take a few moments to show support for this Market and for all of those to come to Silkweeds this summer.  

Happy Tuesday,

Today I find myself with a few to many unfinished projects,  I have a table and chair set that has been here way to long and because I am not in love with the color I have struggled to get it done.  It is within a smidgen of an inch of being there and the owner of it loves it.  She saw it this past weekend so as long as she is happy then I should be too.  

I have to deliver a piece of furniture to a friend this week at some point also.... so maybe before 5 I will put it in the car and do that tonight.  

I have two unfinished pieces in the back room that will be gorgeous when I get them done.  I already know what colors to paint them and where I will put them.  Now if only I could find the motivation to get it all done.    Just wanted to check in and let you all know that Silkweeds has so many new things coming every week.  We would love to see you, love to have you stop by and enjoy some of the new things that we have put out for you to see. 

Now I suppose I should get back to work.  

Lisa@ Silkweeds

Spring seems to be on hold!

Winter was officially over weeks ago....but Spring still has not shown up.  It gives us a glimpse here and there and then retreats.....only to my dismay.  You see I am long overdue for a some capri's and a pair of Teva's.  Literally, that is what I live in from April until November...and this year I am running a bit late.  Still stuck in sneakers or shoes, wool socks and long pants.  No matter how I seem to change my mind set I get sucked back into the throws of the long a$$ winter that we have had here in the state of Maine.

Springing up all over Silkweeds

We have floral's, bunnies, fairies and more.  Bright colored Owls and fresh smelling Candles, great Linens and so much more!!!!  We invite you to come on over, check us out.  Maybe you can bring a touch of sunshine with you,  If you have heat in your pocket all the better.  

VIP Update

If you are a Silkweeds VIP, Your names were put into our Easter Drawing and I would like to say Congratulations to Stacey Parra, you are one of our VIP's and it was your name that was drawn from the pile of entries we had for that drawing.  We would also like you to know that if you come in between now and the end of April we will offering you a free giveaway.  (A $10 Value)  Just show us your card and you will get your free gift.  If you are NOT a VIP then by all means come on over and find out how you can become one.  

Thank You

I would like to take a minute and say Thank You from the bottom of my heart.  Without the support of our faithful shoppers we might not be here and I feel so very blessed that even in a bad economy this business is still here serving the public everyday.  We know things have changed, some because it had to, some because we wanted it to.  Everyday we look for new ways to bring you a relaxing and inviting experience when you walk through the door.  We want you to be inspired, we don't want you to feel pressured to buy but we love it when you do make a purchase, we want you to touch and feel the quality of what we have to offer, we want your visit with us to be remembered, remembered so that the next time you are out shopping you think of us and all we have to offer.  Remember that shopping with us keeps another locally owned business in business and your purchase had a part in it.  

This would be a test post to see if Sonja has managed to work with someone like me who can be slightly challanged...to see if we can get the blog to post automatically to facebook and twitter.  So here goes.

DIY - Do It Yourself

This has become quite a thing.  Everyone in this economy is trying DIY projects.  Are you one of them?  Do you wish we had more items in our store that you could purchase to do your own DIY projects?  Do you need supplies for the crafts/projects that you are willing to tackle yourself.  If so, please leave a comment below on some of the things you are looking for.  

We (Silkweeds )have to make sure it would be worth it to turn valuable real estate over to a DIY emporium.  That is a slight exaggeration because we cannot turn the whole store into that but hey, I like to think big and the word emporium makes that statement.  We also cannot compete with the big box stores, so we are hoping what you need is the hard to finds... the we would love to haves...  not the what everyone else is carrying and why can't you carry them for less like the big box does.  We have answered that question a hundred times and I know that you are all smart enough to understand it, that they buy in such big quantities that their pricing is SO VERY different then what is offered to us as small business owners, and who truly wants to mimic a big box anyway.  

As a business owner, and I think I can speak for a few of us, we like creativity.  The building of displays, and the sense of style that you can show off, and lets face it the big box just doesn't have that going on.  So let's have a bit of fun and come up with really different and unique things that you can't seem to come up with for your do it yourself projects.  Here are a few pictures of some of the DIY things we like to do around here.  Furniture is my thing... it is what I LOVE to do, or should I say Re-do!

I would love to carry one of the big lines of Chalk Paint ( Annie Sloan or CeCe Caldwell), but the buy in for those companies is more than I make in a month this time of year.  So those dreams will have to wait.  We will consider a smaller line at some point but for now I am happy making my own.   You can find recipes online to make your own too.  You learn to tweak those recipes to your own liking.  What I do like about the above names are they are environmentally friendly.  What I make still uses components of latex paint.  

For the love of Rust!

I love rusty stars, bells, pins....heck I love anything rusty that I can pin, glue, attach in some way to something else.  Rusty wire seems to accent so many of our items.  Rusty tin roofs on birdhouses, rusty wings on an angel, rusty metal boxes, all great things to let your imagination spark.  

I suppose I need to go back to work, I need to get a few of my OWN projects to the finished product and out on the floor for sale.  

Maine Made Artists @ Silkweeds

Do you know what tomorrow is?  It is FRIDAY and this Friday Silkweeds will have a few of the artisans here that create some of the wonderful things we carry.  We will have Sonja from Lally Broch Farm, Tammi from Blueberry Bay Beads and Carla from Studio Three 14.  Now this is an impromptu meeting of the minds...  We laugh, and giggle some, we network a little and we bounce around a few ideas for each of our businesses.  In truth, we all could probably do without the "Friday" meeting, but Friday has become such a HUGE part of our world that when it falls apart, and it sometimes does, we all miss it.

Being in business isn't all fun and games, more than not it is a lot of HARD WORK, DETERMINATION, MORAL ETHIC, mixed with a sense of style and just a smidgen of luck.  I am fortunate to do business with these ladies - with whom I am lucky enough to call my friends also.  We all care about each other as well as our businesses.  So if you are in our neck of the woods tomorrow afternoon stop by and see some of these amazing women, because what they do and who they are is truly AMAZING.

Blueberry Bay Beads

Lally Broch Farm

Studio Three 14

So have you seen our new incentives program?  We have three options for in store buying as a way to say Thank you to our loyal customers.

The first card has monetary stars of up to $300.00 and and each time you visit and make a purchase we will punch out the stars up to the closest amount of your purchase and once it is full we will give you a $30.00 gift card that you can use on your next purchase.  Full cards will go into a drawing at the end of the year for goods from Silkweeds.

Our second card is a monthly rewards card.  You shop at Regular Prices the first month you are in and as long as you shop every month after that you will receive 20% off your regular priced purchases.  If you miss a month, you will have to make a regular price purchase to activate your card again but if you shop every month you could get 20% off for the entire year.  

Our last option for you is a VIP card, this card costs $100.00 but after you purchase it you can get 30% off your entire regular priced purchases for the whole of 2014.  You will need to buy a new card every year but for 30% off....WOW! 

Plus we will send out little notes of specials for VIP's Only.  

The choices are yours, you can choose which savings experience you would like to have.  Just let us know at checkout and we will get you started on your road to savings at Silkweeds.  

We try hard to make Silkweeds the store that you want to shop in all the time, for gifts for the family, for staple items for your own home, for that special steak sauce or pretzel dip, right down to the jewelry you are going to wear out tonight.  Not to mention if you get a 30% off VIP card you can come do all your Christmas shopping with us.  

Have a great day

Lisa @ Silkweeds

Handmade Bunnies
Only $69.99 each

Silkweeds Facebook Page  ( live link to the left of this post)

If you haven't checked out our facebook page you really should.  Last week I posted pictures everyday of new products that we have gotten in.  Worried you can't find those products in your website shopping?  Don't be.  You can email me at silkweeds@roadrunner.com or contact me through Facebook or call the shop and we can chat about the things you are interested in.  Then, I can invoice you through paypal and make sure we get things out to you in a hurry.  We also have a page called

Silkweeds Daily Deals  (live link to the left of this post)

Our Daily Deals are DEEP discounts on items that we may only have one or two of in stock.  They sell on a "first come, first serve" basis, so don't hesitate to long or what you want could be long gone.

Blueberry Bay Beads
Hand-crafted glass, lamp work beads on cord, $10 each. 

New Arrival! Only $299.99

If you haven't looked around the pages on our website in the last two weeks you should.  WE ARE OPEN for business.  More items and products will be added all the time but we are up and running and so very happy to have these new shopping options available for our customers.   We are so glad you are visiting and keeping track of us.  Keep a watch out for some tips and tricks for priming up your favorite things.   We will be sharing some of those with you over the next few weeks and we are looking forward to spring as much as the rest of you.

Prim Blessings
Lisa @ Silkweeds

Please be patient while we take some time to get the website back to where we would like it to be.  For years I thought I could keep up with both the shop and the website.... Only to find that it is difficult.  I am slightly computer illiterate, too, so that doesn't help.  So, with the help of Sonja Twombly from Lally Broch Farm, who is taking on trying to get things back on track for me. We will be even better than before!  Give us some time and check back regularly to see what products we have added and how much more we have to offer. In the mean time the Facebook block will take you to our page and you should "like" us to find out what is NEW at the store on a daily basis.  We also have a Daily Deals block that will take you to another page where we post a daily deal at deep discounts.  Something you won't want to miss out on, I am sure.  I would be interested in what you might want me to chat with you about. Maybe I can share some tips and tricks with all of you on decorating, style, in's and out's, etc.  I look forward to sharing some of my shop experiences with you and hoping that you will enjoy our website too.   If you are looking for a good read you should check out Sonja at her blog, right now she has a new puppy and a baby goat, let's just say that she has a whole lot of interesting going on.  :)  You can find her at www.lallybrochfarm.org

Welcome to Silkweeds ♥

Welcome to Silkweeds, located on Route 1 in Searsport, Maine. Immediately upon entering our store your senses are filled with the aromas of homemade fudge, soaps, and scented candles. Your eyes wander over shelves and walls filled with exclusive Maine Made collectibles from local artisans and famous designers. This is a must stop if you are searching for one-of-a-kind items. 

We're sure to have something to bring pleasure to any country heart. We carry a fine line of private label gourmet food that is sure to leave you wanting more. "It's always worth the trip to Silkweeds." That's how you'll feel after browsing our 14 rooms, all filled with the most unique country items around. We also ship world wide! (Read our policies.)

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