April Showers bring May flowers; so what does May flowers bring? The celebration of Mother’s Day! What a wonderful opportunity to let our mothers and grandmothers know how much we love them and how thankful we are for what they do and continue to do each day of our lives! I’m sure I don’t need to remind you that Mulberry Cottage has the perfect gifts for mom and grandma. To assist you, we have some special events this month!

Our Garden Party is on Saturday, May 1st. We have a special gift for the first 25 customers with a $35 min. purchase. We’ll be serving refreshments and sampling some tasty foods. Also, this day begins our Vera Bradley raffle which runs from May 1st through May 8th. You’ll get afree raffle ticket with each $35 min. purchase, and there are 2 chances to win some wonderful prizes from Vera! Stop by the shop for a sneak peak. The winning tickets will be drawn Saturday evening, and the lucky winners will be notified that evening so they’ll have time to pick up their prizes on Sunday for a wonderful Mother’s Day gift for Mom or Grandma. But gosh, you might want to keep these for yourself. ϑ We have other fun things happening at the Garden Party so stop in for fun, great savings, tasty treats, and just a great day to get your shopping done for mom and grandma. And hey, you could always bring them with you… and maybe they’ll give you hints on what they want.

Just in case you’re not sure what to get them, let me help with some wonderful ideas. We have everyone’s favorite Camille Beckman hand therapy or body creams (these typically sell out at Mother’s Day so come in quick for the best selection). We also have beautiful necklaces, bracelets and earrings, Greenleaf sachets and shower gels, and Heritage Lace (every mom and grandma loves Heritage Lace). And our new arrivals, some adorable vintage hankies and hankie pillowcases… just beautiful, and of course wonderful linens from April Cornell just to mention a few treasures. I have to say my favorite gift items would be one of our teacups, with Davidson’s Tea, a cozy throw, and one of our new tea-time or inspirational books, and of course give mom or grandma the “time” to curl up in her favorite chair, with her tea and cozy throw and a wonderful book… Just what she needs! For more gift ideas, come in to the shop and one of the Mulberry Gals will be more than happy to assist you!

We also have more exciting things happening. We’re now selling a selection of our most popular items online at www.mulberrycottagegifts.com. We currently have Wee Forest Folk, Timeworks Clocks, and Heritage Laceonline. Soon you’ll find Earth Rugs and many other items that will be added! These lines have been very popular special orders with our customers. Now, you can preview the whole assortment and place orders online or by phone. This is very exciting. We have many out of state fans of Mulberry Cottage who have been asking when we’ll be selling online. Well… now it’s happening. We even have customers in Europe! This thrills us because it adds yet another way we can better serve our wonderful loyal customers! If you have any questions about our online store, e-mail customerservice@mulberrycottage.net or call the shop (310) 316-1026 and ask for Leslie. You’ll also want to check the calendar on the other side of this newsletter for all the sales this month. We have some wonderful discounts that you won’t want to miss out on!

I want to close by saying, besides May being a special month that we celebrate Mother’s Day, I also celebrate my mom’s birthday this month, May 22nd. My mom left this earth many years ago but her love, warmth and smile are with me everyday. She raised me well and I thank her and love her for that, so Happy Birthday Mom and Happy Mother’s Day I miss you and grandma. I love you both. I also wish a very Happy Mother’s Day to all of you who are moms and grandmas.

Love and God bless,

Jamie