Tuesdays in Ballard: All Earrings on Sale for One Day Only

This Tuesday in Ballard, we're shining the spotlight on one of our best-selling items: Earrings.

Buy any pair of earrings in the store, and we'll give you 50% off a second pair (of equal or less value). This discount is offered for Tuesday, July 26th only, and isn't valid with any other offer.

After you swing by our shop for some new ear candy, head down to central Ballard for the Pub and Grub crawl. Print this passport before you go.

Tuesdays in Ballard: Give Back & Save

Tuesdays in Ballard is under way, and local businesses are banding together to make summer extra special. This week, the theme is Give Back. The folks at the In Ballard Merchants Association came up with the idea to collect donations for the Ballard Food Bank. We love this idea and we'll have a donation bin tomorrow.

Donate an item and we'll give you 

$5 off any purchase of $20 or more!

Laura Bee Designs staffer Debbie volunteers each week at the Ballard Food Bank, so I asked her what the most useful donations would be. She told me that hygiene items are always in great demand and short supply. Small sizes of toothpaste and brushes, razors, shampoo and the like make useful donations.

She also said that pet food, especially cat food, is much needed for those who struggle to feed their pets during tough times. Big bags of dry food work great; the bank repackages them into smaller quantities to give to many pet owners.

Even if you can't make it in to donate tomorrow, we hope that you'll consider donating to this wonderful local organization in the future.

Roll the Discount Dice on Tuesdays this Summer

The second annual neighborhood-wide campaign Tuesdays in Ballard starts tomorrow! We're using our Lucky 7 Dice came to give you discounts every Tuesday.

Visit our shop and roll the Discount Dice. Your roll will determine your discount on your total purchase of ready made bags and all other non-custom merchandise in our shop!*

We're also staying open until 7 pm on Tuesdays, so swing by after work for some retail therapy.

*Discount Dice Rules:

• Roll snake eyes, and roll again, adding both rolls together
• Roll Lucky 7 and save 15% (maximum discount)
• All other rolls get a percentage discount at face value
• Not valid with any other offers, coupons, etc
• Not valid with items placed on hold on days other than Tuesday

This Week: Tuesday Treasure Hunt

Gentleman Pug

This is what Otis wore to the event at All the Best Pet Care earlier tonight. It's a silk necktie I picked up at Goodwill. The button (which I made) says, "Notorious P.U.G."

He joined the panel of costume contest judges.

I honestly didn't even realize that my top matched his tie until Rebecca pointed it out to me before snapping this picture.

Am I Nina Garcia or Michael Kors?

Poster courtesy of All the Best Pet Care.
Click on the image above to see it full-size.

My friends down the street at All the Best Pet Care invited me to judge a pet costume contest this Tuesday. Join with with your festive furry friend and you'll have the chance to win one of three prizes. I'm offering gift certificates for custom photo products featuring your pets.

If you know me, you know I love to dress up my dog Otis Redding each Halloween, so I'm extra-excited this about this contest! Plus, with the recent debut of the new season of Project Runway, many of us have fashion on the brain.

Tuesday Special (That's Today!)

Join as we offer a mini scavenger hunt all day today.

Search for the yellow Tuesdays in Ballard tags hidden inside three Laura Bee Bags. If you find a tag, we'll give you 20% off that bag and a free Laura Bee Designs pen!

We're open from 10 am -7 pm on Tuesdays this summer.

Something Cute for Free!

Take a Cool Bath and Relax

Tuesday Special: July 28th

I've had fantasies of offering cute Laura Bee-themed pads and pens for while, and I've finally splurged on a first run. Visit our shop this Tuesday, July 28th and we'll give you a free set when you spend $20 or more. ($3 value.)

Printed in Ballard on recycled paper, the pads measure 4.25 x 5.5", and the hot pink pens are made in the USA.

I chose a style that reminded me of old-school pens they used to give away at banks and such. However, these are a fun, hard-to-lose electric pink color.

If You've Been Coveting Something Pretty

The jewelry in the images above were handmade by Jill Fagin from recycled aluminum, and are currently available in our store.

Tomorrow's Tuesday Special

Don't forget, we're open until 7 pm each Tuesday this summer, so stop by after work!

Tuesday Feature: Free Earrings with Necklace

Learn more about this week's Tuesday special here.

Tuesday: Clutches & Lemonade Happy Hour

Join us tomorrow, June 30th as we feature clutches and wristlets. Check out our newsletter here for all of information about the event.

Click here to see all of the events and specials more than 70 Ballard businesses are offering this week.

Window Signs

We hope to see you tomorrow night! View the digital invite here.

Maps, Crayons, and Bubble Machines

Photo courtesy of Chauvet.

Here's my latest update for you on all sorts of goings on:

I've been working on the Tuesdays In Ballard task force on our summer long campaign and we have cool things planned. Our much-needed Ballard map is now available online here and soon we'll have glossy, free maps in the shop.

Here's the invite to my first event, which is next Tuesday. I hope you'll stop by to say hello.

I bought a bubble machine in honor of all things inner child. We'll fire it up for the first time on the 23rd!

I've set up a Facebook fan page for Tuesdays In Ballard, so join up here. 71 businesses have gotten involved for the summer campaign so it's going to be wacky and wonderful!

Crayola Colors

I'm working on some planning promotional materials for our summer Tuesday Happy Hours. Yesterday I bought a big batch of crayons for our first event (June 23rd). I'd forgotten how much they smell like childhood - waxy and comforting. Plus, they're so much fun to photograph!

I'll be sending my first event announcement tomorrow. There's still time to sign up to be on this mailing list here:

Sign up for our Tuesdays Events Newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/bC6s

Sign Up for Summer Fun

Ashley and I went out for coffee last week and planned our summer-long Tuesday Get Happy Hours. We have some fun, free activities, specials, product launches and make and take projects to share with you, our lovely customers.

We'll stay open late each Tuesday to take advantage of the long Seattle summer nights. Our plans dovetail with the Tuesdays In Ballard marketing campaign.

I've set up a separate e-newsletter list for those of you who would like the inside scoop on the Laura Bee Designs events all summer long. I'm keeping this list separate from our normal monthly mailing list, since the Tuesdays info will go out once a week for twelve weeks.

Sign up for our Tuesdays Events Newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/bC6s