Holiday Craft Fair

Cocoa Village's annual holiday craft fair is this weekend! Saturday and Sunday, 10 - 5, come check out your favorite merchants (like us!) as well as over 140 art and craft vendors. It should be busy and fun and a great way to accomplish a little (or even a lot) of holiday shopping. Shopping in the village ensures that your gifts will be unique and is a great way to support our local economy!

Small Business Saturday

Have you heard about Small Business Saturday? It's a nationwide movement intended to increase patronage of independently owned small businesses on the Saturday after Black Friday. Here at Village Home, we'll be offering special holiday sales and discounts. As an incentive to visit small businesses this Saturday, American Express is even giving statement credits for qualifying purchases! Just go to www.smallbusinesssaturday.com/enroll to sign up, and then spend $25 or more at an independently owned business tomorrow in order to receive your $25 credit. That's a free Christmas gift for someone on your list!

Christmas Gift Idea

Village Home has your holiday shopping list covered!

Looking for the perfect stocking stuffer? Need thoughtful gifts for multiple kids? These personalized necklaces are always a hit!

~ 20 inch multicolor nylor cord with silver clasp.

~ Spell out your child'd name in quality 9mm ceramic alpha beads. Perfect for that hard-to-find name!

~ Adorn each end (or inter-space) with decorative glass beads - .925 sterling silver end caps (fits Pandora) - you pick the colors.

Prices are as follows:

$2 base price for each necklace. $0.50 for each ceramic letter bead. $0.75 for each Pandora-style decorative glass bead. Discounts available on orders of five or more necklaces! **Key chains or bracelets can be substituted for necklaces - just ask!

Nursery Bear

This bear is an old favorite at Village Home - a real best seller. She's from the Gund Fun line and is just mesmerizing to little ones of the right age! Nurserytime Bear holds a baby bear and tells five nursery rhymes when you press her paw. Like all Gund gifts, she is super soft and sure to be cherished.

Shopping Time

Do you realize that Christmas is only five weeks away? I am REALLY not prepared and need to get started on my holiday shopping! I like to have time to wander the stores, picking up little things here and there. I find this to be much more enjoyable when I'm not rushed and do not absolutely have to find everything in one afternoon. I think I'll visit my favorite shops this weekend to give myself enough time!

More Beads!

We have a great selection of beads right now - AND we just ordered more! Not only are these glass beads perfect for decorating the personalized necklaces and keychains that we offer, but we've been selling quite a few to shoppers "filling in" their existing beaded bracelets. At less than a dollar apiece, our beads are hard to resist!

Pucci Print

I just love the look of this new racerback! The Pucci-print dress is a blend of silk and rayon with a tiny bit of spandex and feels great. It has empire seaming and a longer, flowy shape that is both casual and a little dramatic. Best of all, it can be machine washed and dried. We just put out a few new styles of dresses, wraps, and scarves, so come by and check them out!

Philbin

Meet Philbin, our newest bear friend! He's a very floppy, chocolate-brown bear with the softest paws ever. I think he'll make a special someone very happy indeed!

Bloom

I think many people will wake up Christmas morning to a pretty new Envirosax in their stocking! We just restocked with our favorite styles and even picked a couple of new bags for the line-up. I've been waiting for this design to be available for months and it's just as lovely as expected!

Baltic Amber

I think this is the best-selling fragrance from Voluspa. Baltic Amber blends notes of amber, sandalwood, cedar, and vanilla into a deliciously soothing scent. Right now, we have the three-wick decorative candles, mini reed diffusers, and shea butter hand lotions. The lotion has saved my hands during these last few cooler days! They feel much better and smell great too!

Pomegranate Patchouli

Our Voluspa order arrived yesterday and it smells great! We have our old favorites, of course, but couldn't resist trying something new also. Here's the Pomegranate Patchouli candle from their new Maison Rouge collection. Slightly musky and a little sweet, it's a perfect fall fragrance - just in time for our cool weekend weather right now!

Swingin' Good News

Coming back this week: Swingsley the monkey! Dennis will be so excited - he loves these little guys, but they were unavailable the last few times we ordered. Come check them out Saturday evening during the Gallery Walk (6-10pm); they'll be hanging around with some adorable new bears and dolls, also from Gund.