Shamelessing Asking For Your VOTES Again!

It was so nice last year to be the winner of FoxLAs "Best Antique Store" in Orange County! And of course, we wouldn't have "won" without all of you out there voting for us. So, the time has come again to shamless ask for you to VOTE again for Country Roads! If my little "vote" link works, that should take you right to the voting page. I think many of you know not only how hard I work to give our customers an awesome shopping experiene here at Country Roads, but without our wonderful Country Roads family, none of this would be possible. We are always changing things up to give you the best of the best, along with some awesome displays as well! So, if you could just take a moment to cast your VOTE all of us here at Country Roads would greatly appreciate your efforts. We love your comments too. I have a confession to make. Last year, I printed each and every comment and saved them all. The words you wrote sincerely touched not only my heart, but my Country Roads family's heart as well! Thank you. And speaking about VOTING, you have got to go check out a blog I love to read, VodkaMom! Debbie is a kindergarden teacher, and hey, we've got to support our teachers AND she also has a wicked since of humor. So, since we are all in the "voting mode", it would be awesome if you could throw a few votes Debbie's way too! Thanks!

And Then the Sun Came Out

We all know by now just how much RAIN we've been having. This week-end the sun was out, and I was outside of the store, in the back in Johnnye Merle's Garden & Nursery. Thought you may like to see what I saw.






The one thing I love about the rain is when it is ALL gone and the skies are blue and the sun is smiling down on us! Although it is still chilly here, it is beautiful out. If you need a "garden fix", stop by and see us!

Country Roads December Eye Candy

It's a cold rainy day here today. So, for those of you that enjoy this weather, I thought I would share some of our holiday displays and other merchandise that is currently on display at Country Roads. Hope you enjoy the pictures, and of course if you see anything you are interested in you can e-mail me or call the store at 714.532.3041!! Hope you all are enjoying this holiday season as much as I am! Take care.

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Caution: Christmas Is Rapidly Approaching!

We still haven't gotten the store decked out for the holidays. The time has flown by, especially the month of November! This is an awesome country, primitive cabinet. What you can't see in this picture is the old red paint inside the cupboard, which looks awesome with the chippy white paint on the outside! Great for the holiday season. Interested? Stop on by, we will happily load it up for you! This is the part of Country Roads that Rachel did her book signing at last week at this time. Now it's time to pull Christmas together in this area, which still isn't done yet. I'm not sure if our little fireplace will be working this year, as we try to get this new vignette set up. We could use some "warmth" in the store! Yesterday morning when I left for the store it was 59 degrees out. Let's remember, this is sunny SoCal and that is COLD in my opinion! Our "antlered" friend shines proudly as he helps bring in the holiday season at Country Roads. And a reminder before you get upset with the dead animal, I don't hunt, I don't eat meat, so please remember I did not shoot this poor creature myself nor did anyone else at Country Roads! We found him like this, minus the holiday decorations!I love the look of old winter sleds and skates in our displays. I decorate my own front porch at home with this type of display. Although I have to admit I tried skiing once, hated it, crashed my only toboggan ride down a hill into a tree, and to be real honest, I hate snow. But, I do love to display snow related fun stuff. With all this said, I should start getting ready to go to work. We've got to finish up our Christmas displays before Christmas sneaks up on us!

The New Country Roads Fan Page on Facebook

So, as many of you know, I sometimes have a little, tiny bit of "difficulty" asking for things. So here is the deal. I just set up a Facebook page for my business, Country Roads Antiques & Gardens. And I'm looking for some fans to help launch my new presence on Facebook. All you have to do is go to Facebook.com and then in the search box just type in the words, Country Roads Antiques & Gardens. And when the page opens, you will see my old cat Leonard sitting up there with his tongue hanging out to welcome you. Is that professional or what? Country Roads is a fun store, so I think our Facebook Fan page should be fun as well! There will be a daily update of some type, haven't quite figured that out yet. I'm just hoping to create a fan page that will be fun for us all. So, as time allows, I hope you will join Leonard and me on the new Country Roads fan page! Thanks!!