Sept 4 - 6 Marina Fest, Sister Bay

Sept 4 - 5 Gills Rock Art Fest

Sept 11 Sturgeon Bay Open Bass Tournament

Sept 12 Door County Century Ride

Sept 18 Peninsula Century Fall Challenge

Sept 18 Harvest Festival, Sturgeon Bay

Sept 24-26 Challenge Walk MS, Ellison Bay

Sept 24-26 Inside/Outside Sales, Fish Creek

Sept 25 Hey Hey 5K, Baileys Harbor

Sept 25 Fall Scottie Scamper, Baileys Harbor

Sept 25 Autumnfest Classic Auto Show,

Baileys Harbor

In our last newsletter we mentioned our Halloween puzzles. In this newsletter we want to tell you about one more puzzle since it has also been a quick seller this last month. That would be our gnome puzzle. This puzzle features a trio of Christmas Gnomes standing in the snow. With 1000 pieces, it is sure to help fill those cold winter nights. In addition to our popular gnome puzzle, we do have a variety of other Christmas/Winter puzzles available. What a better activity to do with your family this holiday season than put together a puzzle together.

We have our popular wooden advent calendars in again. These advent calendars feature classic holiday scenes including stockings hung by the fire place, nativity scenes, Santa's sleigh ride, and many more. These wooden advent calendars have 24 doors that are scrambled and open in different directions. You can fill them year after year with candies, small toys, gift cards, or our favorite snacks. These are fun for adults too. For example, you can fill each day with special memories from friends and family members.

We received our shipment of Simmered Cider Harvest candles by Thymes. Each of these candles are a perfect blend of freshly pressed apples mulled with crush clove and cardamom with a hint of bourbon. They make for the perfect fall candle!

While we are still waiting for this year's new Vaillancourt Halloween Santa (we are hopeful it will come soon - there have been issues with shipping), we wanted to mention some of the other Halloween pieces that we still have in stock. We have the White Jack O'Lantern with Vines. This unique piece is a white pumpkin allowing you to see all the beautiful artwork in green and gold that adorn this pumpkin. The Mini Striped Ghost with Pumpkin is the sweetest Halloween decoration. This ghost has decided to turn in his usual white sheet for something more festive. With orange stripes and black cats adorning his outfit, he is ready for any Halloween party. We have the Trick or Treat Pig, which has been around for a few years, but we just think he is so adorable. This pig is dressed in orange and black outfit. He is carrying a cat mask and completes his outfit with a crown. Finally, we have the Halloween Girl. This girl is wearing an orange striped outfit with black dress over the top. She is coming from a Day of the Dead festival where she had her face painted with her prettiest skull face.

We have many of our popular Halloween lanterns in stock. Each of these lanterns add a little Halloween spirit, without the over the top production. We have lanterns with pumpkins, a witch, and new this year is our lantern with ghost. We also have one with a fall display featuring a pumpkin farm. It is great if you are looking for something that can sit out all fall long.

We also have our popular Bottle of Boos back in stock. This ghostly trio is hanging out in their own wine bottle ready to get the party started at your house. With this bottle being under $20 it is an affordable way to bring in a new Halloween decorations.

One of our favorite Halloween collections is our Lori Mitchell figurines. These figurines are distinguishable by their fun outfits and their skinny legs. This year we have two new characters, Agatha and Jack and Mad Science. Agatha and Jack, shows Agatha dressed in her favorite witch costume and is next to her delightful jack-o-lantern.

Mad Science is a scientist who has had some trouble. With his hair sticking up and his lab coat a little worn, this scientist has been doing some troubling experiments.

With over 14 different styles, you can pick out your favorites to make delightful Halloween display!

We have another new Halloween collection that has been selling fast this year... it is our Pumpkin Head figurines. These characters each have a unique look to them. We have the Country Doctor, who is dressed in a skeleton-like costume carrying a pumpkin balloon. The Dapper Devil Figurine is wearing a dashing red suit accented with flames. He has a matching top hat and gloves and rather than a cane he prefers to walk with his pitch fork.

Matt the Mummy is all tied up in white cloth ready to scare anyone out for trick-or-treating. We also have Drack and the Headless Horseman. Both of these figurines are down to their last ones. So don't delay! These figurines are sure to liven up any of your Halloween displays.

It wouldn't be right for us to talk about all these other Halloween items and not mention our Halloween Broom. This is probably one of the more polarizing items in the store (you either love it or hate it). For those of you that are not a fan, go ahead and move on to the next item in the newsletter. But for those of you have not heard about our broom, let me tell you all about it. This broom is 47" tall and is motion activated to move and cackle when people get too close to it. It does have an option to turn the sound off to make it more of a silent attacker. It has definitely been one of the most talked about items in the store!

This year we have told you about some of the new books series we are carrying this year geared towards kindergarten thru 2nd grade (emerging readers). This newsletter we wanted to share with you the Notebook of Doom Series. We have two books in the series Rise of the Balloon Goons and Day of the Night Crawlers. Both books are about a boy named Alexander. Alexander has just move to a new school and he has found the Notebook of Doom. In each of the books, Alexander has adventures and learns more about the Notebook of Doom. These books have pictures to help the reader stay engaged. In addition, there are questions at the end of the book to test your reader's competency of the story.

We have had so much fun with the Poke-a-Dot series by Melissa and Doug. This newsletter we wanted to talk about the 10 Little Monsters book. This book is about adorable trick-or-treating monsters that can't resist nibbling on their sweets, just like kids wont be able to resist popping the dots in this Halloween book!

Most of our new merchandise has arrived in the store. While we enjoy seeing all the new merchandise we are shifting gears and starting to sell out of items, making August a great time to pick up your favorite items before they are gone. We are open seven days a week from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and ready to help you find all your new favorite items.

We'll be waiting for you,

Sue Ann and Ron Flittner