"At Home with Julie & Barb"
9/28/09

This is our dog Penny! She laughs! Isn't she the cutest thing? She just turned 8 and we had her birthday party at McDonald's. She just loves french fries. She has been part of the store since the beginning. You may not see her (because she would lick you to death) but she visits when we are closed. Her big tail now seems to knock too much merchandise over but she loves to run in the hallway.
Well, Fall is in the air and we have a busy week coming up. As you may have heard, we are decorating a home for the Hinsdale Housewalk this year on October 4. It's great to be represented in another town. The Wheaton Housewalk has been postponed until the Spring (April 30). Then I (Julie) am off to New York with my daughter to celebrate her 16th birthday. This trip has been in the works for 2 years and it's finally here. So much to see on a long weekend. We will be visiting NYU, Columbia and FIT. Plus we will be doing some shopping and other sightseeing. The Big Apple in the Fall....awesome! Hope to see you all in the shop for your Halloween decorations. We have a great selection of Fall florals this year too! Customer comments have been excellent so I think we did good!!! See you soon.

It's Finally here... Thursday, September 10th Fall Premier! COME JOIN US!

Thursday is JB Winterberry's long awaited Fall Premier!

Please join us as

the "JB Girls" think this could be the best ever!

The shops are packed with wonderful Fall Decor,

Florals, Garden Iron, and Halloween Party supplies.

The Main Street Shop

will greet you with

an old fashioned farm style autumn celebration.

You'll delight in the " party table" set for the occasion!

Don't forget to pick up a POISON apple. They are HOT this year!

Wander down the hall and enjoy pumpkins in all shapes and sizes.

Notice the new Mad Mat outdoor rug patterns.

The "woods" of the Secret Garden

are abuzz with the trick or treating antics of a family of ghosts.

Enter if you dare... you will find wonderful treasures for your love of autumn. Don't miss the "costume shoppe" in the Secret Garden.

More adornments for the season await you there!

Enter the Sale Room

Take advantage of 50% off savings.

We have put many vintage items in this room

and hope you will take a peek.

The Gathering room

is a bit on the "dark" side.

When you enter, you will be greeted with a "haunted" graveyard

with crows, skeletons and hand painted works for your Halloween home.

Don't miss the family portrait wall and the

hand painted magnetic family fridge photos.

Be sure to check out some of the new books for the season.

Find the darling "Harvest Moon" thermometers... so cute for your home.

We hope you will enjoy finding unique items for your Halloween celebrations in the Gathering Room.

"At Home with Julie & Barb 9/1/09"

Feels like Fall is already in the air. We are preparing ourselves for the set-up this weekend. We know that we will see all of you this Thursday for the annual Fall Premier beginning at 10am. Life's been crazy at JB...Barb and Val have kicked off our new service "JB Decorate". Our first clients are being serviced. To get on the schedule, all you have to do is call. Looks like Fall is off to a good start. As you may have read in the latest newsletter, we will need everyone's support during the Fall & Christmas holidays in order to make it to 2010. We're trying our best so please stop in. Our creative juices are flowing for some great Halloween displays. Mr. Winterberry has been busy creating some display coffins for our graveyard scene. He admitted that they look cool but he was a little creeped out. They will look great in our displays. We're off to pick up the hay and cornstalks (our Fall decor staples from Sonny Acres.) Plan a trip out to see us on Thursday, September, 10th from 10am-8pm!

"At Home with Julie & Barb"

Our Fall work schedule has begun so we will be in the shop together every Wednesday and Thursday. Our college girls are back to school (one at Bowling Green and one on an intership at DisneyWorld.) Our first employees to make the Secret Garden come to life in 2004 are retiring this week. It's a year full of changes. Barb has been working hard to get all her strength back from her heart attack and has been in a real creative display type of mood. So needless to say that the old summer displays have come back to life. Julie has been sketching the shops getting ready to move everything around for the Fall. Back to school time definitely gets you in the mood. We just finished selling at the DuPage All Night Flea Market. Lots of work but some fun was had when our friends and family came to visit, otherwise a total non-moneymaker. Think we'll try a different flea market next month. Fall is always busy for us because it's our favorite time of year. Both our birthdays are in November (1 & 4) so our hearts are always ready for Autumn. Our next big thing is the Fall Premier on September 10th. We are trying to come up with some awesome displays. See you soon!