The Knot & Bauble Shoppe Blog

We are currently accepting new Artisans with the Knot & Bauble Shoppe. Our goal is to provide a synergistic collective of artists, artisans and crafters who create high-quality, unique art and craft works that will be kept as cherished treasures or given as unique, meaningful special occasion gifts to friends, family, and business associates. If this sounds like you, please keep reading!
Our artisans and crafters who create our beautiful products appreciate the benefits of selling at knotnbauble.com.

First, while some of our artisans have their own websites, knotnbauble.com gives them greater exposure through our state-of-the-art internet marketing and advertising. In addition, they know that buyers would rather search one website for a variety of items than have to search multiple narrow category sites.

Second, the price is right! Knotnbauble.com does the work for you 24/7, rain or shine. You can use knotnbauble.com as a supplement to, not a substitute for your present marketing efforts.

Third, some of our crafters only make one item or one category of items, and they don’t have the quantity or diversity of products to have their own booth at a show or their own website. Knotnbauble.com is a great way for you to test the salability and profitability of your creations.

If you create quality, hand crafted items, give us a call at 651.442.4342 and let us help you with your decision.

Alternately, you can also sign up on our website under the link for “Become a KnB Artisan.” If you have any questions you can always contact us at the number above—we are always available and willing to help you get started.

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The Knot & Bauble Shoppe will be opening a new line of products specifically to support Breast Cancer Awareness.

SaM’s Beads & Baubles and Sewing Bee Crafts are both teaming together to support this cause and would like you to know that for each and every sale of their items in this category they will give 50% of the sales to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Did you know that 10 million people around the world could die from breast cancer in the next 25 years without the cure?
The foundation is dedicated to curing breast cancer at every stage - from the causes to the cure, to the pain and anxiety of every moment in between.

Serving people, saving lives.

Energizing science: They have supported every advance in breast cancer research over the past 25 years. Empowering people, ensuring quality care for all: Komen for the Cure provides community grants for breast health and treatment. Engaging millions in events like Komen Race for the Cure in thousands of local communities.

Join us in our support, watch our website for the opening of this product line.

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We had a great time this year at our second annual Spring Boutique. We met lots of wonderful customers—both old and new alike and just had a great time seeing so many friendly faces. While the weather was not at its best, The Knot & Bauble Shoppe was.

We conducted daily door prizes for our customers. All of our winners and their prizes had been chosen randomly by a customer at the end of the day. The following is a list of all the winners. We’ve been trying to contact some of you, so if you have not received your door prize, and see your name here—please contact Susan at 651.442.4342 between 8:00am and 6:00pm Monday through Friday.

1. Anita Speltz
2. Beth Peltzer
3. Stephanie Trisdale
4. Melissa Pedersen
5. Nicole Sveen
6. Carol Wood
7. R. Goodlad
8. Marianne Micco
9. Carol Longtine

The Knot & Bauble Shoppe would like to thank the following Artisan’s for their generous donations of our Daily Door Prizes:

Sewing Bee Crafts
SaM’s Beads-n-Baubles
Gretchen’s Stitches

We have plans to have a Fall Boutique, watch your newsletters and our store blog for more information on this event.

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The Knot & Bauble Shoppe will be at this years Slice of Shoreview. This is an annual festival held to celebrate life in Shoreview, Minnesota. The “Slice”, as it has come to be known, incorporates a wide variety of family-oriented activities including a carnival, parade, art and craft fair, food vendors, various displays and demonstrations, talent show, lots of entertainment and, of course fireworks. It is located at Island Lake County Park at the intersection of Interstate 694 and Victoria Street in Shoreview.

Celebration of Stars
July 25-27
Island Lake County Park

Friday July 25

Booths Open 4:00 pm
Carnival 4:00 pm
Petting Zoo 4:00pm
Opening Ceremony 5:00pm
Talent Show 5:30pm
Rubber Soul - Beatle’s Band 7:00 pm
Mike Lynch Star Watch 10:00pm

Saturday July 26

Pancake Breakfast 7:00 am
Water Ski competition 8:00 am
Parade 10:00 am
Booths, Carnival, Petting Zoo. Moon Walk. Water Wars 10:00 am
Bingo 11:00 am
Captain Kirby Train Rides noon
Slip n Slide noon & 2 pm
Obstacle Course noon
Raptor Center Program 2:00 pm
K-9 Show 4:00pm
Cajun Hot Soles 5:00 pm
Rockin’ Hollywoods 7:00 pm
Fireworks Dusk

Sunday July 27

Pancake Breakfast 7:00am
Water ski competition 8:00 am
Volleyball competition 9:00 am
Church Service 10:00 am
Booths, Petting Zoo, Bingo, Train Rides, Carnival 11:00 am
Farmer’s Market 11:00 am
Slip n slide noon & 2 pm
Car Show noon
Texas Hold em noon
Puppet Wagon noon
Band noon
Slice Closes 4:00 pm

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The Knot & Bauble Shoppe has recently become a member of the Metro Independent Business Alliance (METRO IBA), which is a non-profit organization that helps promote local Minnesota Businesses in the Twin Cities Metro area.

The Knot & Bauble Shoppe became their first online local business in April of this year.

If you are not familiar with the METRO IBA, the following is a bit of information about the organization courtesy of METRO, IBA.

MetroIBA is a non-profit organization working to support and preserve locally owned, independent businesses in the Twin Cities region.

MetroIBA’s mission is to help the Twin Cities maintain its unique community character, provide continuing opportunities for entrepreneurs, build economic strength, and create an environment where locally owned, independent businesses grow and flourish.

Their three goals are:

To promote local independents.
To educate consumers on the value of shopping at local businesses.
To improve conditions for local independents by influencing public policy.

Supporting locally owned, independent businesses keeps more of your money in your community.

When you spend $1 at a local independent, an average of 68 cents is re-circulated into the local economy. In contrast, when you spend $1 at a national chain, only about 43 cents stays at home. If Twin Cities consumers shift even 10% of their spending from chains to locals for one day, the Twin Cities economy gains some $2 million.*

If you or anyone you know might be interested in the METRO IBA, you can receive more information on the requirements of becoming a member of the organization by visiting their website at: www. metroiba.org

t’s a great place to get informational resources, as well as teaming up with other businesses to promote our local establishments.

You can also visit a list of all the members and their stores online. There are many stores that are extremely worthy businesses to shop, and you have the added incentive of supporting our local economy.

*Source: Andersonville Study of Retail Economics, by Civic Economics, October 2004 and MN Dept. of Revenue, Gross

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This is the 3rd and final week of the Knot & Bauble Shoppe Spring Boutique!

Make sure you come out and see us this weekend for our final days of sales.

Our next public appearence will be at the end of July during the Slice of Shoreview days at Island Lake Park. You can sign up for our newsletter or watch this blog for more information.

We hope to see you at the Boutique!

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The following is a list of our Second Week’s Daily Door prize winners. If you see your name listed below and have not been contacted by us, please call Susan at 651.442.4342 and arrange to pick up your prize or have it mailed to you.All of our winners and their prizes have been chosen randomly by a customer at the end of the day.

1. Thursday, May 8, 2008: Melissa Pedersen

2. Friday, May 9, 2008: Nicole Sveen

3. Saturday, May 10, 2008: Carol Wood

The Knot & Bauble Shoppe would like to thank the following Artisan’s for their generous donations towards our Daily Door Prizes:

1. Sewing Bee Crafts
2. SaM’s Beads-n-Baubles
3. Silverwolf Glass Studios

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This week will be your last chance to save during the Knot & Bauble Spring Boutique. Our final days at the Boutique will be Thursday May 15, Friday May 16, and Saturday May 18th.

We have some very beautiful Stained Glass Art that has been going fast, as well as some awesome embroidered fingertip towels, hand towels and dish towels that are going like hot cakes!

Our beautifully created Artisan Jewelry has also been selling like crazy, we still have many pieces left - Hessionite Jewelry Sets, Genuine Cultured Pearls, beautiful Artisan Designed and kiln annealed Sterling Silver pendant necklaces & bracelets - gorgeous semi-precious gemstone earrings, necklaces & bracelets.

We still have a few purses, totes, coffee cozzies, and some awesome home grown natural wool yarn - so don’t miss out on this chance to get some quality, hand crafted treasures of your own.

Our next public event will be at the Slice of Shoreview at the end of July - stay up to date with our sales and news by signing up for our newsletter, or subscribe to our rss feed.

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We thought that we would list our daily door prize winners here, if you see your name listed below and have not been contacted by us, please call Susan at 651.442.4342 and arrange to pick up your prize or have it mailed to you.

All of our winners and their prizes have been chosen randomly by a customer at the end of the day.

1. Thursday, May 1, 2008: Anita Speltz

2. Friday, May 2, 2008: Beth Peltzer

3. Saturday, May 3, 2008: Stephanie Trisdale

The Knot & Bauble Shoppe would like to thank the following Artisan’s for their generous donations towards our Daily Door Prizes:

1. Sewing Bee Crafts
2. SaM’s Beads-n-Baubles
3. Gretchen’s Stitches

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