Creative Aspects: 2013

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

December giveaway!!!!

We are giving away a Kindred Spirit Style Hippy Bag!!! Stop by the Creative Aspects page to see how to win!!www.faceboook.com/SACscreativeaspects

Friday, December 13, 2013

Kindred Spirit Style handbags and accessories now at Creative Aspects!!

Ok... I can't stand the anticipation any longer!!! I am soooo excited to announce that Creative Aspects now carries handbags and accessories from Kindred Spirit Style!!! Kindred Spirit Style is a fabulous lil shop in the Cooper-Young area. The absolutely amazing owner, Patti Yancey, has designed and created the incredible handbags, backpack messenger bags, and clutches that are now in the Creative Aspects shop!!! Y'all have to stop by and see all of the awesome goodies now in stock!!!

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

25% off the ENTIRE STORE through the month of December!!!

There are so many new items in the shop this month and we are adding to inventory daily!!! We have gone through and marked the entire store down 25% or more!! You'd be crazy to miss out on a sale like this!! So stop by and see us at the Creative Aspects shop, located in Historic Downtown Oakland.

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Downtown Market November 9th

Downtown Market
I would like to invite everyone to a new vintage market being held in historic Downtown Oakland. We will be launching the first DOWNTOWN MARKET Saturday November 9th, 2013. The Downtown Market will be a "flea market" style sale that will premiere vintage dealers and Etsy crafters. Among the offerings: antiques, collectibles, repurposed items, vintage clothing and home decor, handcrafted/re-fab furniture, housewares, jewelry, and MUCH MORE!!

Flea markets are great social places and recession-proof businesses, whatever your budget!!

The Market will be held at Creative Aspects located at 31 Main Street in Oakland, TN 38060 on Saturday, November 9am-5pm.

This will be a great time to get all of your Christmas Shopping done!!!

*******VENDORS********

If you would like to be a vendor, please read the information below.

VENDORS, PLEASE PRINT, SIGN AND RETURN TO ME WITH YOUR CHECK.
CHECKS ARE DUE BY OCTOBER 31. PLEASE READ ALL FOR DETAILS, ...

I need commitments now in order to advertise your Name, Name of space and merchandise. Please send checks to me to the address below.

Vendor space Information:
Friday, November 8 - vendor set up time will be noon to 7:00pm. If there are vendors who are unable to set up during those hours, please advise me and I will try and accommodate you as best as I can.

Saturday, November 9am-5pm 12 x 12 space per Vendor is $50.00

ANY PRODUCTS THAT A VENDOR WANTS TO SELL, MUST BE APPROVED BY ME FIRST.

If a rain date needs to be set and scheduled, fees paid WILL carry over to the rain date.

Please send Checks to:

Candice Haynes
100 Riverwood Cove
Oakland, TN 38060

This is first come first serve basis. Space is limited, so hurry and get your checks in the mail. Space is held at the time payment is received.

For questions, you may call me 901-652-8600 or email cahaynes88@gmail.com. I am looking forward to a FABULOUS DOWNTOWN MARKET!

Vendors, YOU are responsible for set up. This includes tables, tents, awnings, and anything you may need to set up.Vendors are responsible for their own "Take Down". This includes all remaining merchandise, if any. All tables, tents and trash should be taken with each vendor. You are responsible for cleaning up your area. The Market will be held along one of the busiest highways in Fayette County so you MUST keep your space clean, neat, and organized.

Set up will begin Friday, November 8 - vendor set up time will be noon to 7:00pm. Friday evening will also be a pre-sale for vendors only. If you prefer to set up on the day of, you may begin set up at 7:00am. The sale will be open as long as the weather permits.

Merchandise-All product and Merchandise must be displayed in a very neat and well organized manner and priced.

This is a "Flea Market" style sale. The items allowed are vintage, antiques, collectables, re-purposed items, painted furniture, and hand made items. I DO NOT WANT ANY YARD SALE ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD SELL AT YOUR PERSONAL SALE, ie..vacuum cleaners, basketball goals, clothes.
If the clothes are Vintage and/or repurposed that is fine. Items must be well displayed and in a some-what organized manner. I would like for vendors to email pictures of your items to me so that I can post them while advertising the Downtown Market.

The Market will be held at 31 Main Street in Oakland TN 38060. Vendors will be set up on the concrete pads beside the Creative Aspects shop.

Candice Haynes and Creative Aspects are not responsible for any Liability incurred by Vendors.

I will be advertising Downtown Market on Estate Sales.net and other online sites as well as the local paper. Please feel free to share this information with your friends and Vendors that may be interested in setting up or coming to to the Market.

I ________________________agree to the above stated contract
Vendor Signature

_____________________________________________________
Phone number and address

________________________________________
Booth/Business Name and Type of Merchandise

Date: _____________________

Friday, September 20, 2013

REFER A FRIEND WEEK for the month of September is 9/23-9/28!!

REFER A FRIEND WEEK for the month of September is 9/23-9/28!! (We will do this every month until December) ***When you refer a friend to Creative Aspects, your friend must tell me who referred them and they will receive 15% off of their total purchase. I keep a record of the names I am given. When your friend gives me your name, you receive 15% off of your next purchase and $10 towards your loyalty card. You will receive $10 toward your loyalty card FOR EACH PERSON you refer!! Loyalty Cards are given when you make a purchase of $10 or more. Once you spend $100, you receive 25% of your next purchase!!

ALSO...Don't forget to text the word JUNK to 57711 to register for the drawing for a $50 gift card to Creative Aspects! The drawing will be held after Oakland in October on Oct. 5th.

When you register, you will also receive texts, periodically, to update you on sales and special events!

You can get more info at www.facebook.com/SACscreativeaspects

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Estate Cleanouts

Creative Aspects offers Estate Cleanouts!!! If you have too much clutter, furniture, or just plain stuff in your house, or if you need to have your estate, home, attic, basement, garage, or apartment cleaned out, call us so we can help you. Avoid the hassles of cleaning out a house or estate yourself. Taking on such a job, or having to give way, donate, or throw away valuables or personal items can be time consuming and costly. With our experience, we can help you remove the guesswork from what is salvageable and resellable from what is rubbish or debris. We provide free estimates, and we offer cash or credit for good items that we can resell. We make the job of a Realtor, Homeowner, Executor or Executrix easier by locating and identifying personal items for you or your clients, and separating them for the family or owners. Our services include: ***Trash into Cash Don't throw away your potentially valuable antiques and collectibles, we can offer you credit or cash right now. In some cases we can turn your trash into cash. Some people don't realize that some junk they may have in their kitchen cabinets, closets, attics, garages, or basements may be able to be resold. We can visit your home and evaluate your items, but call us before you throw any items away. Even if you were planning on having a garage sale, call us first, at the very least we can help point you in the right direction or make an offer on the whole lot. We can also help put more cash in your pocket and minimize your losses. Most people hire us to clean out their homes, estates, or houses because we offer the most competitive prices and we give cash or credit up front for resellable items. ***Estate Cleanouts Creative Aspects is able to clean out the largest or smallest estates with ease. We have professional, courteous people working for us and treat every estate as if it were our own. We can remove all the contents of most homes within a day or two. If you would like just your garage or your attic cleaned out we can do that too. Call us at 901-652-8600 and we will make an appointment to come out and see what you need taken away. We provide all our own labor, trucks, dumpsters, and plastic bags. We have the equipment to remove most items very easily. ***Furniture, antiques, and collectible purchasing We purchase antiques, furniture, and/or collectibles or offer you credit towards your house or estate cleanout. We regularly buy pottery, porcelain, elegant glassware, old cameras, artwork, paintings, vintage trains, some interesting old tools, and many different types of antiques.

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Register for a $50 gift card to Creative Aspects!

Hello all!! Don't forget to text the word JUNK to 57711 to register for the drawing for a $50 gift card to Creative Aspects! When you register, you will also receive texts, periodically, to update you on sales and special events! Y'all make sure you stop by the shop this weekend to check all of the new items we have in stock! You can get more info at www.facebook.com/SACscreativeaspects

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

It's Shabby Chic Week at Creative Aspects!

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Quality v. Quantity!! A must know!

Quality v. Quantity

Since opening my own shop, Memorial Weekend of this year, I have had several requests for custom pieces. Custom jobs are my fave for 2 reasons; #1: I (usually) don't have to decide on the color and #2: the piece is already sold so I don't have to worry about how long the piece will sit in my shop before it sells. That being said, I wanted to share a few things I have learned about doing furniture make-overs.

The first week the shop was open, I was so worried about the lack of "bigger" pieces I had available and the shop seemed somewhat empty.

So I rushed home every day and worked on 2 to 5 pieces at a time, trying to get them done and in the shop to be sold. In the rush, I didn't think about painting the bottom of some of the pieces or even worry about what the inside of the drawers looked like. I mean, come on, who ever pays attention to that?!?! My customers, that's who! I had pieces sitting there for weeks and couldn't figure out why they wouldn't sell. So I decided to look at everything in a different perspective... From a customers point of view! Duh!! Why the heck didn't I think of that to begin with???

I started looking for pieces that I personally would want in my home and really putting more effort and time into them. Man!!! Those pieces started flying out the door!!! Whew!

So this is how I figured out that the amount of pieces I had available was nowhere near as important as the quality of the pieces I work on!

I started painting all of the drawers, inside and out, and even adding fabric or pretty matching paper to the bottoms of the inside of the drawers.

Also, if it is a table or a piece that the customer may have to turn up side down to haul home, the bottom side is painted first! That moment when you can't look the customer in the eyes anymore because of the uncomfortable feeling you get when they load up a piece and the bottom of it shows that it has seen better days!!! Been there, done that, NOT GOING BACK!!

Lets be honest... Most older pieces never get dusted underneath and can be pretty funky on the bottom. Not to mention all of the dang spiders that love to hide out under there!! Eeewwweee!

While working on a piece, I think to myself "would I put this in my home to look at every day?" And "will my customer love it so much that they refer everyone they know to ME?" WORD OF MOUTH is HHHHUUUUGGGGEEE in this lil bitty town! So I take my time and make sure that each piece is done with pretty much the patience of Job! And trust me, patience is not one of those virtues that came to me easily!! But hang in there, you can do it!

The conclusion to all of my babble is don't worry about rushing to get 5 pieces done to sell quick. Worry about how beautiful you can make one piece at a time. When you put the effort into it, it shows your passion for what you do and you will have return customers who send ALL of their friends to you!

So here is the shop now... FULL OF FABULOUS GOODIES!!!!

This is the latest custom piece for a client's daughter. The drawers are lined with the same fabric as the stool (I had a blonde moment and forgot to take a pic)

HAPPY JUNKIN!!!!!

I hope that y'all are enjoying my blog and I hope you will stop by and see me at the shop soon! You can check out all of the great JUNK and pretties on Facebook at www.SACscreativeaspects.com and don't forget to follow me on Pinterest! (I know ALL of you ladies are on Pinterest... It's the devil! LOL)