Betcha can't wait!

ME NEITHER!!!

Our front room has a definite echo of emptiness, but be assured, not after tomorrow!

The Olive Kat 1 Year Anniversary!

Our friends Matt and Veronica own The Olive Kat which is a GREAT shop featuring vintage Pyrex finds, gift items and hand crafted goods.  We're excited to share that they are celebrating their 1 year anniversary this weekend!

They are located at:
12503 NE 72nd Avenue
Vancouver, Washington
(Located in the NW Nursery Outlet)

 The store is filled to the brim with beautiful
"spring-y" items for your home and garden and as part of their anniversary celebration, everything in the store will be marked down from 10% to 50% off!

Sale dates and hours:
March 25-27
10am to 5pm

I'll be there, how 'bout you?

Wrapping up March Already!

Can you believe how fast March is flying by? 
Our guest vendor, Prune Hill, is having a sale in her space this upcoming weekend that you won't want to miss!

• Sale dates: March 24-26
• All furniture is 10% off
• All remaining merchandise is 15% off

My month long stay at Uncovered Ruby has been a successful adventure.
Thank you to all of my loyal customers!
Maryann Sackett (Prune Hill)

A Great Tea Party

We had a lot of fun at our Mad Hatter Tea Party, and as promised, here's some pictures!
Putting on an event is a huge amount of work, all the behind the scenes work takes many helping hands. Here, my mom-in-law and my friend Sandy diligently frost our Wonderland cookies. Bless their hearts, they worked on them for HOURS!

And these weren't even the finished product..we added minute hands to the Rabbit's pocketwatch. We had Queen Ruby's crown cookies, the Chesire Cat's grin cookies, the Mad Hatter's Hat cookies...you get the picture... 

 

We transformed the front doors into keyholes..here our excited customers wait for us to open. Lots of great party hats! 

Great hat, very CRAZY! 

 

My beautiful friend Julie and her adorable boys, helping fill the place with bubbles.

Cutie Sylvia above and below, our dear friend Karen from Old Quincy Schoolhouse (I get to see her maybe once a year, and she made a special trip to see us!) 

Love her hat, it had a crown in it too, kind of hard to tell in the picture.

I wish I could have gotten pictures of everbody, it's hard to get lots of pictures when you're busy!  

Karen didn't actually have balloons on her hat like it appears here, they were hanging in the background, that would have been a good idea for a party hat too! (Thanks for blowing up all those balloons Maryann ;-)

Sandy cracks me up..although it doesn't qualify as a hat, she gets an A for creativity, right??? She had a rough day in her kitchen apparently.

Lovely ladies having fun!  Above, Rebecca, Lori, Julie and Elizabeth. Below, Jennifer ;-).

 My beautiful mom and our sweet Florence. (yes Mom, I know you're going to hit me for putting this picture on) ;-)

 Nina and Michelle (My Shabby Passion)

 

 Here's a glimpse of our cookies, what was left of them!

  ..and you musn't forget the tea!

We played games all night, giving away prizes. 

 Denise, Arts and Scraps, was hosting a great make and take.

 

 Very cute and spring-y, I wish I'd had time to make one! 

 White Chocolate White Rabbits, compliments of Linda.

Mary Jo (Faded Rosie), Sue (Birdsong), Linda  

Our Mad Hatter's Hat 

 Doesn't Sue look FABULOUS?? 

 Ha, ha, this is how people feel when they see me coming with my camera ;-)..

Gotcha Annette (Andy's Attic)! Aren't they so cute??

Having fun together..Annette and Michelle!

Sue, Linda and Maryann (Prune Hill) 

Beautiful smile. Maryann is our special guest vendor this month. If you missed my intro post of her, go check out Prune Hill.

 Annette, Sue, Maryann, Jennifer, Mom, Mom-in law (Linda) 

We hung cards from the ceiling.

Denise's fun hat..she is so creative, isn't she??  

Becky and Heidi (Fritzie's Finds), such generous hearts.

Awww, love this picture of us. Mad Hatter, White Rabbit, Alice and Queen Ruby.

 

Thanks to everyone who came out and had fun with us. It's good to dress up and be silly! Think I should go blonde? Nahhh.

Sally and I also want to say a BIG thank you to all these wonderful people who helped make this event a success:

Linda

Sandy

Maryann

Sue

Mary Jo

Sandra

Becky

Heidi

Annette

Denise

Michelle

Vi

Debi

We tip our hats (and wigs) to you all for a crazy fun party!

Mad Hatter Tea Party & Sale!

Here at Uncovered Ruby, we Love to have parties, and I must say that this might just be the funnest one yet! is funnest a word?

THIS FRIDAY FROM 4PM TO 8PM

Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

 ~ the King

Several of us are dressing up as characters from Lewis Caroll's, Alice in Wonderland.

Read the directions and directly you will be directed in the right direction.

~the Doorknob


WEAR YOUR MOST CREATIVE, CRAZIEST HAT AND BE ELIGIBLE TO WIN A WHITE RABBIT!

 (no, not a real one, refer to my picture on the sidebar.)

We're all mad here.

~the Chesire Cat

The Mad Hatter and the White Rabbit will be 'dealing' every customer their discount, using playing cards.  get it?

You're nothing but a pack of cards!

~ Alice

SALE, SALE, SALE!!

We'll be giving away prizes throughout the night, compliments of our friend Debi from Rustic Cottage.

PrIzeS, PRIZES, pRIzES!!

What is the use of repeating all that stuff, if you don't explain it as you go on? It's by far the most confusing thing I ever heard!

~the Mock Turtle


Denise, owner of Arts and Scraps, is showing us how to make our own adorable spring-y picture frame complete with paper flowers, that night only. No reservations required, first come, first serve. Cost is $8.


COOKIES, SPRING-TIME TEA!!

It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that.

~the Red Queen

Don't be late for this very important date...Grab your friends, and follow the rabbit tracks to us this Friday..sure to be a GRAND TIME!

No wonder you're late. Why, this watch is exactly two days slow.

~ the Mad Hatter

Cozy Creature Comforts

Our good friend Maryann (Prune Hill) is back as our guest vendor in our entire front room..and she has outdone herself!

Walk in the front door, and it feels soooo cozy and warm, all the comforts of home. Take a gander:

Ahhh, HOME. Where our hearts are. Where we love, live, laugh and relax.

 Pull a chair up and have a cup of tea with us...

 ...or relax among all the blankets, linens, and rugs...

..how about an enamel bowl filled with eggs for Easter?

Pewter and dishes...

**LIKE**

Just in time for St. PATTY'S Day..do you have your green?

Maryann has a heart for the ocean and beachy things, these are some of her trademark pieces that always sell quickly!

 Toile and Americana...Vintage and WhImSicaL..everything blends so seamlessly.

Welcome to Prune Hill.



Maryann already has a teacup set out for you..don't forget about our Mad Hatter Tea Party on March 11th from 4 to 8!

SALE, SALE, SALE!!