It's time to Spring into Savings at Ciao Bella Boutique in Cary!
Though it's not technically Spring according to our outside thermometer, but lots of Spring Merchandise has arrived at Ciao Bella Boutique in Cary and is waiting to be scooped up and sprouted into your closet!Stop by Ciao Bella Boutique this Friday, Feb 19 and Saturday, Feb 20th and shop their fabulous new arrivals while saving 10% OFF ALL new Spring Merchandise.!
Also be sure to check out the 75% OFF Fall and Winter Merchandise sale going on too!!
Don't miss out on the good stuff! Get there this weekend and enjoy!
Ciao Bella Boutique
The Arboretum at Weston
2055 Renaissance Park Place
Cary, NC 27513
919.678.8320
www.shopatciaobella.com
Store Hours:
Monday – Saturday 10 AM – 6 PM
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Hand-carried and Hand-painted - "diva-fied" Handbags by Local Artist Brandi Bowen
You can tell a lot by a ladie’s handbag. It can often times give hints about who she is. A high-end handbag means she enjoys the luxuries of life. A cross-body or a satchel handbag means she may be business minded, has a lot of important paper work or could be harnessing a computer inside. A canvass or cloth handbag means she fresh and easy-going. A large handbag with many pockets and compartments means she’s into organization. What does your handbag say about you? Never given it much thought? You should!
Some of us change handbags frequently to match outfits but many of us choose our handbags and they accompany us through our daily activities for months at a time. If we're going to commit to an accessory for a few months, everyday; most fashionistas are pretty proud of their handbag and sometimes drool and gush over it months before even purchasing it! (Ok, wait maybe that’s me).Local artist Brandi Bowen, is here to give self-expression through handbags a truly unique option. Brandi offers us an opportunity to carry a handbag as well as a one of kind piece of art simultaneously. “The Diva” which is Bowen’s iconic figure is a exotic looking women with wild hair suspended above her head. The hair takes many different textures and seems to resemble octopus tentacles. Her trademark character has adorable rotund checks, a petite nose and retro pair of plump lips.
Brandi currently has two handbags with this “Diva” making it an art piece that travels with you! Both handbags are white. One is a clutch and the other is a hobo style. The prices are extremely reasonable (under $65!). Bowen also does custom orders so if you have a simple handbag that you want “diva-fied” just left her know!
Brandi has her own Etsy shop where you can purchase her one of kind items. Such as her handbags, as well as silk scarves and tons adorable vintage jewelry! Check it now!
Brandi Bowen
Creativ*Bee Design
http://www.etsy.com
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“Cheesecakes that Pop” - Miss Taffy's Cheesecakes of Apex .
Tired of the typical boxed candy and flowers for your sweetheart. Surprise your loved one with Miss Taffy’s Cheesecake pops!
These delectable treats are similar to lollipops but in a cheesecake ball hand-dipped in chocolate and decorated with sprinkles and various confections. I had a chance to taste test one of these masterpieces and they taste just as good as they look!
Cathy Wood, the owner operator of Miss Taffy’s, got the idea for these unique pops from a high school friend. However the cheesecake business was all her own! In a time of economic crisis, Cathy’s husband urged her to get a job. Cathy’s husband told her she was crazy for taking a passed down recipe from her grandmother and turning into her own business, which she operates out of her home.
However less than a year later, Cathy’s successful business is booming! “Miss Taffy’s Cheesecakes” serves a number of local Apex restaurants and coffee shops. Besides filling personal orders via phone and her website, Cathy also caters for local events. Recently last year Cathy made her famous pops for the Peak City Film Festival. She is also doing her very first cheesecake wedding cake in October. She plans to expand her business in the direction of weddings in the future.
So let’s get to the good stuff! The cheesecake flavors Miss Taffy specializes in are everything from Southern Nana Pudding, Very Berry, Snicker-doodle to Turtle cheesecake and Dark Chocolate Cherry for Valentine’s Day. Her most unique flavor is the Adam bomb, which is made with a layer of cocoa, cinnamon and cayenne pepper. The most popular cheesecake flavor is Tiramisu made with real ladyfingers imported from Italy! Among the wide variety of flavors to choose from I asked Cathy what her favorite flavor is. “Butterscotch, I could eat it just about anytime of day.”
Don’t see your favorite flavor? Not to worry! Cathy makes custom flavors too! If she’s not familiar with the request, Cathy goes out of her way to research, and do several test trials until she gets it perfect.
Cathy also caters to special diet requests such as sugar-free cheesecakes for diabetics and gluten free cheesecakes with crust made from gluten free chocolate chip cookies. Cathy researches the ingredients down to every detail so that customers can rest assured that they are getting the nutritionally safe and deliciously tasty treat they have been craving!
So what makes Miss Taffy’s confections better than all the other cheesecakes there are to choose from? Cathy claims that her loyal customers prefer her cakes to the traditional dense New York cheesecake style. Her recipe is a German style that has the consistency of creamy whipped moose.
Cathy Wood’s business sense isn’t all dollar signs though. Cathy believes in paying it forward to the youth in the Apex community. Last summer she mentored a young senior in high school who’s aspirations were in the baking business. This opportunity was sponsored by The Capital Area Workforce Development Board, which provides a salary for young students who desire to focus on their career goals. In return, chosen small businesses involved, provide training and experience. This proved to be a truly rewarding experience for both Cathy and Robyn, the young girl she mentored.
For your next event, party or just because, pick up one of Miss Taffy’s cheesecakes instead of that tired old sheet cake. They’re gourmet, unique, homemade and in my opinion the best in the triangle!
And don't forget, if you are a "Pink Perks" VIP Cardholder, you can Receive 15% OFF your TOTAL Order!
To place an order, visit www.MissTaffysCheesecakes.com or send Cathy an email and tell her The Shopping Memo sent you!
Contributed by Mary Gillogy
These delectable treats are similar to lollipops but in a cheesecake ball hand-dipped in chocolate and decorated with sprinkles and various confections. I had a chance to taste test one of these masterpieces and they taste just as good as they look!
Cathy Wood, the owner operator of Miss Taffy’s, got the idea for these unique pops from a high school friend. However the cheesecake business was all her own! In a time of economic crisis, Cathy’s husband urged her to get a job. Cathy’s husband told her she was crazy for taking a passed down recipe from her grandmother and turning into her own business, which she operates out of her home.
However less than a year later, Cathy’s successful business is booming! “Miss Taffy’s Cheesecakes” serves a number of local Apex restaurants and coffee shops. Besides filling personal orders via phone and her website, Cathy also caters for local events. Recently last year Cathy made her famous pops for the Peak City Film Festival. She is also doing her very first cheesecake wedding cake in October. She plans to expand her business in the direction of weddings in the future.
So let’s get to the good stuff! The cheesecake flavors Miss Taffy specializes in are everything from Southern Nana Pudding, Very Berry, Snicker-doodle to Turtle cheesecake and Dark Chocolate Cherry for Valentine’s Day. Her most unique flavor is the Adam bomb, which is made with a layer of cocoa, cinnamon and cayenne pepper. The most popular cheesecake flavor is Tiramisu made with real ladyfingers imported from Italy! Among the wide variety of flavors to choose from I asked Cathy what her favorite flavor is. “Butterscotch, I could eat it just about anytime of day.”
Don’t see your favorite flavor? Not to worry! Cathy makes custom flavors too! If she’s not familiar with the request, Cathy goes out of her way to research, and do several test trials until she gets it perfect.
Cathy also caters to special diet requests such as sugar-free cheesecakes for diabetics and gluten free cheesecakes with crust made from gluten free chocolate chip cookies. Cathy researches the ingredients down to every detail so that customers can rest assured that they are getting the nutritionally safe and deliciously tasty treat they have been craving!
So what makes Miss Taffy’s confections better than all the other cheesecakes there are to choose from? Cathy claims that her loyal customers prefer her cakes to the traditional dense New York cheesecake style. Her recipe is a German style that has the consistency of creamy whipped moose.
Cathy Wood’s business sense isn’t all dollar signs though. Cathy believes in paying it forward to the youth in the Apex community. Last summer she mentored a young senior in high school who’s aspirations were in the baking business. This opportunity was sponsored by The Capital Area Workforce Development Board, which provides a salary for young students who desire to focus on their career goals. In return, chosen small businesses involved, provide training and experience. This proved to be a truly rewarding experience for both Cathy and Robyn, the young girl she mentored.
For your next event, party or just because, pick up one of Miss Taffy’s cheesecakes instead of that tired old sheet cake. They’re gourmet, unique, homemade and in my opinion the best in the triangle!
And don't forget, if you are a "Pink Perks" VIP Cardholder, you can Receive 15% OFF your TOTAL Order!
To place an order, visit www.MissTaffysCheesecakes.com or send Cathy an email and tell her The Shopping Memo sent you!
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The Fashion Summit of NC - The Peak Of Fashion.
The Peak Of Fashion:If you live and breathe fashion and live in NC, The Fashion Summit of NC is a must attend event!
Beginning at 10 am, on March 13th at Captrust Towers in North Hills several of fashions' industry experts will be available to share valuable industry information and fashion education all in one venue!
This Spectacular day gives you the opportunity to join in on the following:
-Keynote speakers: Including Reco Chapple from "The Fashion Show." As well as various other fashion press reporters, model scouts and professionals, beauty experts and seasoned stylists!
-Fashion Education Sessions: Do's and Don'ts, What's Hot? Whats Not? Come get varying persepectives on current and upcoming fashion from leaders in the industry.
-Networking opportunities: Looking to break into fashion? or perhaps you are already in the fashion industry and want to grow and expand your career in a different direction. Come mingle and smooze with the connections that can get you to where you want to be!
-Fashion Showcase and Fashion's Night Out NC: This showcase is intended as a way to increase economic development in the areas of fashion design, clothing merchandising and modeling.
If you can't make it to the entire day's events, you simply can not miss this showcase, which will have models flaunting and parading the latest trends that will leave you with an entertaining eye-full of fashion!
Admission to the Fashion Showcase is $40.00. Which includes entry to the showcase from 6-8 as well as free entry to the after party at Solas "Fashion's Night Out NC" from 9pm-1am on Glenwood Avenue in downtown Raleigh.
The Shopping Memo will be in attendance at this event, covering the up to the minute details! Stay tuned to our follow up post where you can tune into all that went into this amazing event!
To purchase your tickets and for more information on The Fashion Summit of NC click on www.thefashionsummitnc.com
We hope to see all our shopping memo friends and supporters out for this educational, inspirational and fabulous event!
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Mollybeads Trunk Show at Ciao Bella Boutique of Cary.
Join Ciao Bella Boutique this Thursday, Feb 11th from 10am - 7pm for the Mollybead Trunk Show featuring beautiful handmade Spring jewelry from Molly Anderson of Raleigh!
Make a mollybead purchase and you will be entered in a drawing for prizes of merchandise and discounts!
mollybeads™ are original creations hand crafted by Molly Anderson, a Raleigh, North Carolina resident. Molly has been designing and making jewelry since 1987 and many of her designs feature carefully selected fresh water pearls and handmade sterling silver beads, as well as antique crystals and various natural and semi-precious stones.
Ciao Bella Boutique
The Arboretum at Weston
2055 Renaissance Park Place
Cary, NC 27513
919.678.8320
www.shopatciaobella.com
Store Hours:
Monday – Saturday 10 AM – 6 PM
Make a mollybead purchase and you will be entered in a drawing for prizes of merchandise and discounts!
mollybeads™ are original creations hand crafted by Molly Anderson, a Raleigh, North Carolina resident. Molly has been designing and making jewelry since 1987 and many of her designs feature carefully selected fresh water pearls and handmade sterling silver beads, as well as antique crystals and various natural and semi-precious stones.
Ciao Bella Boutique
The Arboretum at Weston
2055 Renaissance Park Place
Cary, NC 27513
919.678.8320
www.shopatciaobella.com
Store Hours:
Monday – Saturday 10 AM – 6 PM
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Getting Married This Year? Calling all Brides and Bridezillas!!! At Your Fingertips Wedding Show in Cary.
Due to the weather, the "At Your Fingertips" Wedding Show in Cary has been cancelled for today, Feb 13th and re-scheduled for next Saturday, Feb 20th - Same Time, Same Location!
YOU'RE INVITED!
If you’re one of the lucky ladies in the Triangle area to say “I do” this year, you can not afford to miss the “At Your Fingertips Wedding Show.” Consider this, all inclusive one stop shopping event, your bridal shower gift from The Shopping Memo and several other “area” vendors!
This FREE event takes place at:
Chocolate Smiles Village in Cary
Saturday Friday 13th 11:00am-4:00pm
312 W Chatham Street
Cary, NC 27511
Before you say “I Do” there’s going to be a long list of “To-do’s for the BIG DAY.
Come get great ideas for:
~ Photographer
~ Travel Agent
~ DJ
~ Cake
~ Venue
~ Make-Up
~ Jewelry
~ Invitations
There will be enough vendors in one place for you to plan the wedding of your dreams! Vendors Include:
Cake Stop, Celebrity Entertainment DJ, Creative Touch Events /Florist , Cute Buttons Gift and Paper Boutique, Events by G, Go4Lessnow Travel, Imagine Cheesecake, Makeup by Melissa, Michael's Memories Photography, Peche, Stella and Dot Jewelry, The Matthews House, The Shopping Memo, and True Flavors Catering Company.
Just for showing up, you get a chance to win a FREE BAMAMAS CRUISE as well as FANTASTIC GIVEAWAYS from your friends’ Tracie and Mary from The Shopping Memo including FREE 2010 “Pink Perks” VIP Discount Cards! You will also have the opportunity to purchase your 2010 Pink Perks Card at a discounted rate the day of the event!
( a portion of the proceeds of cards purchased will benefit The Pretty in Pink Foundation of Raleigh)
We can’t wait to meet all you beautiful brides!
Call 919-462-9618 for more information or email Alison at alison@shopcutebuttons.com
Written by Mary Gillogy
YOU'RE INVITED!
If you’re one of the lucky ladies in the Triangle area to say “I do” this year, you can not afford to miss the “At Your Fingertips Wedding Show.” Consider this, all inclusive one stop shopping event, your bridal shower gift from The Shopping Memo and several other “area” vendors!
This FREE event takes place at:
Chocolate Smiles Village in Cary
Saturday Friday 13th 11:00am-4:00pm
312 W Chatham Street
Cary, NC 27511
Before you say “I Do” there’s going to be a long list of “To-do’s for the BIG DAY.
Come get great ideas for:~ Photographer
~ Travel Agent
~ DJ
~ Cake
~ Venue
~ Make-Up
~ Jewelry
~ Invitations
There will be enough vendors in one place for you to plan the wedding of your dreams! Vendors Include:
Cake Stop, Celebrity Entertainment DJ, Creative Touch Events /Florist , Cute Buttons Gift and Paper Boutique, Events by G, Go4Lessnow Travel, Imagine Cheesecake, Makeup by Melissa, Michael's Memories Photography, Peche, Stella and Dot Jewelry, The Matthews House, The Shopping Memo, and True Flavors Catering Company.
Just for showing up, you get a chance to win a FREE BAMAMAS CRUISE as well as FANTASTIC GIVEAWAYS from your friends’ Tracie and Mary from The Shopping Memo including FREE 2010 “Pink Perks” VIP Discount Cards! You will also have the opportunity to purchase your 2010 Pink Perks Card at a discounted rate the day of the event!
( a portion of the proceeds of cards purchased will benefit The Pretty in Pink Foundation of Raleigh)
We can’t wait to meet all you beautiful brides!
Call 919-462-9618 for more information or email Alison at alison@shopcutebuttons.com
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2010 "Pink Perks" VIP Shopping Memo Cards NOW AVAILABLE!
Our 2010 "Pink Perks" VIP Shopping Memo Cards are now available!
This year we have teamed up with The Pretty in Pink Breast Cancer Foundation of Raleigh to help raise funds and awareness of their fabulous organization thru our 2010 "Pink Perks" VIP Shopping Memo Card program. For EVERY card purchased, we will Donate $5 to the foundation. So be sure to purchase one today and help out a great cause while getting access to Exclusive Discounts, Special Offers and other perks from local area retailers!
Find out more about our "Pink Perks" and how to Order Yours TODAY and start SAVING!
www.theshoppingmemo.com
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